"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift---thats why its called a present" - Master Oogway
It's always best if your an early riser!
.51 is good enough for a tarp. That is what mine is made of.
CB - I think beckya is asking about cuben fiber. New to the forum...
Cuben fiber is an ultra-lightweight fabric that was developed for the sailing industry, but is used for expensive but super-light backpacking gear as well. Including tarps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuben_Fiber
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"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift---thats why its called a present" - Master Oogway
It's always best if your an early riser!
Does anyone use the tarp tensioner on their cuben fiber tarp or are they not necessary.
"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift---thats why its called a present" - Master Oogway
It's always best if your an early riser!
Thanks Cranky Bear
No problem!
I will say that I have seen many use some shock cord on their panel pulls on their cuben tarps (I myself have done this)! My reasoning was I felt that with a side wind slamming against the tarp with my hiking pole attached to the line's coming off the pullouts it was a missile waiting to launch! So what I did was use zing-it line (about 3ft or so) which attached to my hiking pole, then used a piece of shock cord down to the stake, this added a little give to the tarp when a hard wind blew at it! JMO, YMMV
"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift---thats why its called a present" - Master Oogway
It's always best if your an early riser!
I recently bought a cuben tarp from a board member. He cut the panel pulls off, but the reinforced anchor patches are still there.
Question: Has anyone taped panel pulls to the outside of a cuben fiber tarp? Or do the panel pulls have to go through the cuben and be taped on the inside?
My thought is to get some short pieces of webbing (maybe 6 inches) and tape them on as 1 inch loops. I would have 2 inches taped to the tarp at each side of the loop. I may have to bar tack the webbing to the underside of the tape first??
Another thought I have is to make the panel pulls from some tyvek strips. I think I could tape or glue 3-4 tyvek strips together(sort of laminated 6" strips) and that would be strong enough for panel pulls.
I really would appreciate hearing from you all since I don't want to experiment on my only piece of cuben gear.
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Check out Joe at Zpacks,,he as panel ties pre-made for taping on your tarp..they only cost 2 bucks each. scroll down this link and check them out.
http://www.zpacks.com/shelter/tarps.shtml
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