We received some DWR nylon ripstop for 2 Bridge Under Quilts the other day from Quest Outfitters. The 1.1 oz uncoated ripstop they list here. We got the black and the purple (almost black).
I was expecting the final weight to be closer to 1.4 oz/sq yd and was very pleasantly surprised to have the final weights come to 1.17 oz/sq yd for the purple and 1.16 oz/sq yd for the black.
The fabric is soft and silky against the skin and really feels good. It doesn't have that stiff feeling I have experienced with some DWR treated nylon ripstops.
I noticed on the Mountain Laurel Designs web site, that Ron lists the weight of Momentum at 1.05 oz/ sq yd. Thru Hiker lists his weight at 0.9 oz/sq yd. My experience in the past with listed weights is that they usually list the weight of the raw fabric before coating/impregnation/etc and so the final delivered weight is usually a little to a lot higher than listed. In my dealings with Ron in the past, he has usually listed the final delivered weight.
Has anybody used the Momentum from Thru-Hiker and measured the delivered weight??
I was considering using the Momentum, but couldn't justify the cost. Even if the Thru-Hiker weight is the final weight, that would have only come to 0.27 oz/sq yd less than Quest's ripstop which seemed too little for a lot of money, approximately double the price. If the final weight of Thru-Hikers is closer to what Ron lists at MLD, then it would seem that the weight savings is even pricer than I thought since the weight difference then is only 0.12 oz/sq yd which makes for a difference of less than 0.5 oz for one of my under quilts and hardly seems worth double the price.
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