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Re: Re: tent Re: venitation.... I imagine there are conditions where increased ventilation makes condensation worse -- especially with a tarp. I imagine a large A-frame tarp set up under clear sky. If it... |
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Re: tent Does your hexamid have a netting floor? Also, did you use a groundsheet? If not then that could have contributed to the difference btw yours and your friends by letting more ground moisture to th... |
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Re: Reflection Versus Vapor Barrier "Something like 95% of your radiated heat (what the mylar in the space blanket actually reflects) is absorbed by your clothing" Absorbed AND then emitted back, apprx half back to your ... |
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Re: condensation in zpacks hexamid To better handle the spray, I would use a sleeping bag cover / bivy. Maybe you could just use a light nylon "sheet" (like out of .7oz/sqyd stuff). Course even with this your wife would ... |
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Re: Cuben fiber failure? Any updates since 2008? Franco, its not always so simple. Nylon expands when wet AND it losses elasticity when wet...I have seen (somewhere) that nylon will stretch twice as much for the same load with ~2% water absorp... |
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Re: Re: to those that are worried about how cuben fiber holds up in the wind David Olson's .51cf vs 1.3oz silnylon test: http://blog.owareusa.com/2012/01/16/cuben-fiber-and-silnylon-pull-test/ Here is one by Joe Valesco from zpacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8... |
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Re: condensation in WR bivvy is worse (!!?) than WPB one?? Once the outermost fabric surface is at or below freezing...breathability of the bivy fabric makes no difference. Water vapor will condense before it can pass thru. Once the outer layer of sl... |
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Re: Re: Re: Cuben fiber failure? Any updates since 2008? "This material has proven itself the world over. Enough all ready with these posts here at BPL from the CF haters. Time to move on folks." What posts? or What haters? You'll hav... |
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Re: DWR Bivy? DWR bivy should have similar to less condensation than the WBP. Near freezing I imagine it would be very similar. Yes you would want a full coverage tarp with the lighter bivy. The actual si... |
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Re: re: SL2 "It does pitch quite taught. Not as tight as something like an MLD shelter, but good." huh, I would expect the sl2 to pitch tighter than say a duomid. Mostly bc of the 45deg stitching... |
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Antig Outdoors Antig Outdoors I recently purchased some mechandise from Anig outdoors and noticed there was no review, so here goes... I learned of the site from some of member Jeff Antig's posts (guessing he's the owne... |
