Originally Posted By Franco

BTW , I don't think those figures really apply directly to tent material because the Suter test puts an even pressure across all of the fabric tested . Rain does not fall like that neither you have a 1 m column on top of the tent, but it is a comparison.
Franco


I proably would do the lw cuben, but I would want a design with a reasonable pitch to the materiel so the water rolls off. - especially for what I would want a lw cuben tent for.. Honestly, I can't see something like the notch design doing badly in light cuben, everything there has a good pitch to it.


In all honesty, I don't buy the "column of water" waterproofness stuff I see in the reviews of people - It would be like my saying sheet aluminum holds more water than sil, so I should make a sheet aluminum tarptent wink I 've stayed very dry under treated cotton and canvas, and it won't hold water worth a hill of beans. it just needs to be waterproof enough to allow it to roll off wink

Eventually I'll decide I wanna be out enough money to try it
out with a hammock tarp..




Edited by phat (01/21/12 04:23 PM)
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