
Is two strips of coir that are 1.9m wide and run the length of the Emperor (so 5.8m long). The outside edges are hemmed with dark brown cotton but not the side that goes down the middle. They are also rectangles so you need to fold over the corners to match the shape of the groundsheet. The plus is that they roll into a more compact roll without a fold.
All new, this version comprises of two overlapping halves, one at each end of the tent so the join is shorter and runs from the middle of the main door on the long side of the tent. Each half is squarer than Type 1 at 2.9m by 3.8 and the corners have been shaped to copy the groundsheet. The outside edges are hemmed with dark brown cotton but not the side that goes down the middle. The plus is that they are shaped and that you could have one at one end of the tent and an inner at the other.


One side hasn't been edged so that if you go for the full floor covering using two strips you get a nice clean line down the middle. You can still put the Emperor Inner over the coir matting and it creates another layer of insulation from below.

It is all of the S3M4 rating (which happens to be the same as is used by Buckingham Palace in their marquee's for the Queen's Annual Tea Party......) It's a much stronger three treadle weave that gives more height to the coir mat offering better insulation, more stiffness so less tripping and a much longer life. Not to be confused with the lower grades currently being offered elsewhere in half moons. Rating is on the quality and thickness is on coir and the denseness of the weave. We had samples of both and they really are chalk and cheese.
THREE TREADLE WEAVE
Definition:- This is weave is employed to obtain a thick and better looking matting than the two treadle one. This type of weave produces a diagonal or herring bone effect. The use of this weave is principally for manufacture of plain and solid coloured mattings.
TWO TREADLE BASKET WEAVE
Definition:-This weave is the same as that of two treadle plane weave, both warp wise and weft wise (vertically and Horizontally) but two or more strands of coir yarn work together in the same order.