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John Brown
(johnbrown2005) - F - M

Locale: Portland, OR
 		seconds sil-nylon on 06/07/2006 00:25:29 MDT Print View

Just bought some seconds sil-nylon from thru-hiker for a planned bivy project. Any thoughts on whether the "seconds" nature of it could affect performance? Ray-way website suggested it might, wonder what other folks think. Thanks!
Colleen Clemens
(tarbubble) - F

Locale: dirtville, CA
Re: seconds sil-nylon on 06/07/2006 08:11:45 MDT Print View

i've used a little over 25 yards of 2nds in various projects (tent, tarp, stuff sacks, ponchos) and it's all worked just fine. i'll buy 2nds again for my next project.
Bernd Dr. Fischel
(ofischel) - F

Locale: Heidelberg
RE: seconds sil-nylon on 06/28/2006 05:14:05 MDT Print View

Hi, firsts sil-nylon is a lot more expensive, I have bought over 260 yards of seconds sil-nylon and made UPTTS (Ultralite Poncho/Tarp/Tent-Systems) out of them. Bad spots are clearly visible and can be eliminated, but they are very seldom.
Bernd, http://www.radreise-verlag.de

Edited by ofischel on 06/28/2006 05:16:47 MDT.