I've used Mountain Goat's noseeum tarp sleeves before, but when I got my latest tarp, I decided to go with some cuben sleeves instead to try to save a gram or two.
The cuben worked fine in and of itself, but I found that it was a pain in my rump to try to dry the cuben sleve itself after it carried a wet tarp, and wound up smelling funky and imparting a funky smell to the tarp. That's a deal breaker for me, since I've got a pretty sensitive nose. The mesh sleeves don't particularaly make the tarp dry any better, but when I do get to have my drying party, the sleeves themselves don't hold any water.
So, I wrote Kat and asked if she could make a thinner set of sleeves, custom to the tarp, also with cord pockets on only one sleeve, since it's for a lightweight summer tarp. They arrived in the mail a few days later, fit perfectly, and wound up weighing a gram less than the cuben.
Once again, great product, Kat!
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