Hey all yose hammock wise guys, I've got a few questions for ya'll that are in the know and been around.
I know that cuben is the golden ring of tarp trappings, and for good reason. However it seems that a former darling of those seeking lighter weigh barriers to separate their downy nest from leaking clouds has been forgotten and cast out. This former beauty queen appears to have had a scarlet letter imprinted on her once sought after covering and cast out of town.
How much did the spinn tarps cost? Would their current price place them between sil & cuben or comfortably in the middle?
From what I've read or seen they were about 1/2 the weight of sil. How do the weights of sil, spinn & cuben compare?
I've only seen the MLD available and they're on closeout for an assym. with a 10.5' ridgeline and a 102 lateral dimension @ 4.4 oz. @ $70.00. While that seems like a grand deal it appears it will no longer be available soon. A similar cuben tarp from Z packs weighs 4.3 oz. but hits the wallet with a solid $175 blow. I have a sil diamond tarp that is 10'5" x 72" that is 6 oz. with suspension that set me back $20 during the HH sale last year. Yeah it's smaller but it's light and a decent fair weather tarp. The only similar sil tarp I found for comparison is by Simply Light and tips the scales @ 8.9 oz for a larger tarp.
Tarp Size (inches)Weight Material Suspension Included Cost
Simply Light Assym 140 x 110 8.9 oz. 1.5 silnylon no $56.00
Mountain Laurel Designs 126 x 102 4.4 oz. Spinntex yes $70.00
Zpacks 132 x 102 4.3 oz. .51 Cuben no $175.00
(I tried to copy and paste a chart to no avail as you see)
How durable are these fabrics in comparison with each other.
And lastly where has all the spinntex gone? Any sources? Any special considerations for DIYing a spinn tarp?
I appreciate any wisdom from from my learned hammocking brethern.
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