seems a good year to ask this since everywhere had a proper winter it seems.
how very Canadian for everyone south of me. so with all the -40* everywhere, how has the cuben fiber handled? I ask because it seems so thin and everything gets rigid when that cold. I am looking for another tarp, so why not look at the lightest for the size?
This is a good question, since I'm looking at starting at the top with a HG standard with doors. Not to derail but I'm curious if silnylon gets rigid at these temps?
Ken
Cuben fiber doesn't change rigidity when temps drop - seems to stay the same. I've had mine down to 3 or 4 degrees Fahrenheit.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have had mine to -8 F with no problem
"I love not man the less, but Nature more."
Byron
silnylon gets stiff but cant really say rigid. My oldman winter tarp and the Kelty Noah tarp both seem the same at -40. But with Cuben being so much thinner...
Last edited by DeRozea; 02-08-2014 at 07:17. Reason: misspelt word
The dyneema reinforcement gets brittle below -240f. Ask me how I know! Not sure about the outer skins yet.
-240 F? were you playing with liquid nitrogen, because in all fairness, everything I tried gets brittle with that...taste is funny when you dump fruit into it, but it thaws fine...
how do you know? I have to ask as part of my pre-purchase research
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