My 2qzq under quilt protector made with .66 oz MEMBRANE 10. I had it out this weekend with my minimalist tarp. Stormed most of the night and the fabric did a good job of shedding splash. Nice looking fabric with a very tight weave.
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John aka Suede
These look awesome. Anyone feel they prefer SilNylon or are you all pretty hooked on SilPoly after trying it?
Sous that just a hex tarp with no cat cuts? Looks like a nice tight pitch. Looks like everyone is getting good pitchs with out the cat cuts. I was planning on making a cat cut hex tarp, but I might nice the cuts now. Has any one tried it both ways? Or find out that that the cuts do offer a better pitch?
The differenece, at least in my experience, comes down to stretch. Polyester stretches less. Both when working with it, and out in the field (mostly when it rains)
I for one plan on replacing all of my tarps with SilPoly as money allows. So put me firmly in the "hooked on SilPoly" side of the line.
I can't speak directly for the hex without cat cuts. But based on my 12x10 rectangle tarp, I would believe that cat cuts would not be necessary for silpoly hex tarps.
The pictures above of my 12x10 are with it tied off just at the corners. As you can see, I got a reasonably tight pitch. And that's a big 'ol tarp. A hex (even without cat cuts) would be an even tighter pitch just with the angles.
I made one of the first Silpoly tarps using a testing sample and I put that tarp through hell for a week.. I Never touched it past initially setting it up (other then restaking a pulled stake) I bound half the tarp.. leaving the other half as a simple rolled hem (as a comparison)
After a week with some rain, and some snow.. it was still pitched tight, with no cat cuts.
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