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Re: UL Tents

 

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The material doesn’t necessarily need to be babied, but it can appear thin when you first see it (although the one thing DCF is susceptible to is puncturing, so just clear the ground of pointy things when you pitch).

Typically a slightly heavier gauge DCF is used in the floor, and lighter for the rest of the tent. The tent DCF might be slightly thinner than the stuff sack you used as an example (I have a couple DCF stuff sacks that are more robust than my Xmid and Duplex tent materials).?

All that said, my Duplex is in great shape for a 7 year old tent. My Xmid had only been on a couple trips, but seems reasonably robust (for a 3-season UL tent).


On 27 Aug 2024, at 2:52?PM, chayaj via groups.io <chayaj@...> wrote:

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It seems the zPacks Hexamid was also DCF?? ?I googled it and found an old review that mentioned "cuben fiber." ?According to google (again), cuben fiber is the same as DCF. ?Since you had a DCF tent, did you find it super noisy or plastic-y? ?When I read Lange's and your descriptions, I imagine a fine, thin material that will need to be babied, but that will also shave off a good pound of weight compared to the non-DCF version. ?
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As an aside, when we first got our Copper Spur UL, we thought THAT was a light, thin-walled tent. ?Now, that is too heavy!
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CJ
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