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As others have said... more details needed.

Beyond your sleeping gear.

Did you change into clean dry clothes before going to sleep?
Did you eat anything right before crawling in?
Did you have...

Welcome aboard!

Rock Chalk

Safe guide to scouting has several sections that would be applicable:
Under climbing above 6 feet, top rope belay required
Under slack lining a crash pad and no higher than 3 feet
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While a single layer does hold me at 350lbs I felt like I was testing ping fate.
I have no regrets with the dual layer it is some fantastic material

Two other examples with that construction, one from a cottage vendor, suggest otherwise

The reinforcement was a whim and improperly done, I have 1 unhemmed tarp that has no fraying or tears so far. I am convinced that the silpoly membrane will not fray without the hem.

Where I have...

So, no hot knife, no hem, and wrong bonding agent.
7 days of hot weather, highs of 98, winds 5-20 gusting to 32 for a of couple days staggered.

and I time for a new tarp :-/
...

My wife is not gonna be happy when I try DIY this into Silpoly for the first time.

The first time I went without hems there was no catcut and its harder to get I got edges than this version. That said, 20 plus days and many of those high winds with no visable fraying.


Last...

Kyle recommended silnet I believe.. in this case I used what I had available as a failed bond wasn't going to be critical.
The test I was interested mostly on this run was the benefits of catcuts...

For my latest tarp, I went used the Racing Red Silpoly PU4000 and the pattern from RBTR.

While my last couple tarps have been with made with the same silpoly material this time I cut the a 1 inch...

Kyle,
What are technical/business limits with offering a silpoly of the printed membrane?

Cheers

I'd go for another 4 yards of #6 in the membrane taffeta

For sewing the two layer together its easier to start from scratch.

For the bugnet there's a couple threads and I seem to recall a good tube videos on how to do that post hammock

350 and all the above

I've not tried bonding the reinforcements with or without stitches. And I like the discussion of us GG? . And as someone said, failure is just an excuse to make another tarp *grin*

Guess I'll...

I like it... guess I'm gonna have to order some GG

20 nights on a hemmed and same on an unhemmed
10-25 winds on 1/4 of those camps
25% were rain days
no cat cuts
no visible fraying

Fabric is Membrane Silpoly PU4000

And...

I have the unfortunate experience of camping in very windy conditions as a norm.

I have yet to lose a tarp to ridge line failure... I have however had many failures where tie downs (with and...

Great information Kyle,
For your test patch and the 50lb test, what material did you use? Is the guidance use the same material for the reinforcement patch as the primary fabric?

Yummy. I see a new underquilt a coming!
Hmmm... gonna make thread color selection a bit harder ;-)

I gotta admit that's a nice problem to have

Ditto


Looking forward to Winter Camo!

Some give the man a cigar already

Ceramic knives work well

#6

Winter camo love it

the white led versions are available now...

the new kick starter is for RGB version

Only issue I ever have is hanging my tarp

Yeah I'm digging that

I'm for a winteryear mix
#f2f2f2
#e6e6e6
#d9d9d9
#cccccc

It's held fairly well comparatively ...I'm a test junky not a gram weenie so someone else will have to talk about value

++ on Indian Caves, but add 30-45 minutes to the trip

Platte River State park has primitive camping 4 sites near the observation tower.
Latrine near the road/shelter and water near the swings.
...

Mahoney state Park
Two rivers state Park
Platte river state Park
Louisville state Park

All have spots to hang... Mahoney may be more convenient and has lots of spots near the ponds

Nice to meet some fellow hangers!
And talk about hanging you own hang, 3 very different setups and all looking very comfy

Kyle,
What are the chances of seeing sil RobicXL to compete with the 1.6 silpoly?
Cheers

Wife insists I finish my last trips expense report before I get to order again.

Argh... paperwork on a Saturday

Vacuum seal it in a food saver bag

Or warp the bottom of the cap and top of the tube with electrical tape

Kyle,
I just found myself looking through all the fabric pages for a specific color.
It would be a nice enhancement if you had a color category that listed the available fabrics.

Nicely done

WOOHOO!... I can be ready for the next blizzard!

So I had some time yesterday and whipped out another 11 footer, this time using 1.1 oz Silpoly PU4000 - Burnt Orange.

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As an experiment I did not hem the edges this time and while...

Ripstopbytheyard has a good faq for thier fabrics
I'm liking the RobicXL

I just told my wife I'd make her a completely hot pink set if she'd hang with the boys. Thanks for giving me a visual for her


Nice

That's what happens when you let 5 year olds pick the colors.... I refused the Robin Egg Blue!

Almost!
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Finished my new tarp last night and couldn't wait to see how well it would hold up in some typical local winds... 10-19 gusts to 25 for a good part of the day.

It's an 11 foot hex cut using Blaze...

Oh come on don't leave us hanging

My single layer 11.5 is 8.1 ounces my dual is 1.09lbs and I love them both

Kyle,
I'm really impressed with the comfort, strength and weight of this material.
Its near a dream default goto material that's easy to work with.

So I'm have got to ask:
Can we get...

Very very nice Kyle!

Wife says I have to finish my top quilt first before I get more tarps!
And this isnot the right material!

Dual layer. 11.5 foot hammock, zingit ridgeline and amsteel continous loop tie outs plus dual open stuff bag 1.09 oz