Just ordered my Black 4S Cuben, wonder if it will come flying in like on the video??? Cant wait for the weight!!!
Just ordered my Black 4S Cuben, wonder if it will come flying in like on the video??? Cant wait for the weight!!!
Cograts man. I started my cuben adventure with a cuben packa, and then the tarp from HG. Re-flippin-diculous how light this stuff is, it's addicting.
Edit because I forgot: I just received a cuben hip pocket and accesory lid / bag thing from Joe at Zpacks, both solve problems and replace heavier counterparts. Told you it was addicting!
Last edited by body942; 03-02-2012 at 22:40. Reason: forgot to mention other cuben goodness
-Bill
"...the wolf shows up. Then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog."
-LTC D. Grossman
I'm thinking about selling a kidney to get a cuben tarp.
LTC Grossman, great speaker, I've seen him three times.
I LOVE my OMW but I'm giving serious consideration to getting a cuben tarp from HG. Saved half a pound switching UQ's. I could save 3/4 lb switching tarps. Probably the biggest single item I can replace and save the most weight. My back would definitely be happier
And as I understand it it's pretty difficult or a hassle extending the width of the tarps, yeah? I like a wide tarp myself for cold weather for the same reasons, but I still hate having to bend over to be under my tarp. Just got a M50/90 (can't remember, think it was 90) UQ which is supposed to be pretty windresistant so breezes don't steal your heat. Might be the way to go along with cuben and maybe a weathershield like the Danger Bird or BBO.
You should post some pics of it when you get it so we can see what a black one looks like
Slo,,I just unloaded my OES 10' x 12',,,but giving the wife the OMW to use as I just hate to part with it..and ordering a cuben 4 season in place of the OES to decrease pack weight. Just got a set of cuben chaps off Joe at ZPacks as the start of my conversion to cuben..and I must say,,after getting the chaps,,I am sucked in on cuben. I will get this first tarp in cuben then probably part with OMW for another for the wife later on.
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I do a lot of dualsport motorcycle riding so am not as concerned with weight as when i hike but am very concerned with bulk. How much room will a cuben save? A real world example of syl vs. Cuben packed size (for two tarps of the same dimensions) would be geat. The weight would be the secondary reason for me, and a great bonus, but a smaller packed size is most important.
+1 on HG cuben tarp.
I have used it twice now and really REALLY impressed.
The bonus factor is that that you dont really need line tensioners as cuben has negligible stretch when wet. (no expert but i would say zero stretch when wet)
My wife hasn't seen the cuben tarp yet.
I can already hear her now.."so why do YOU have that tarp and i only have this hennessey stock asym silnylon tarp?" or words to that effect!!
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubt" -BR-.
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