[pct-l] Gossamer Q-twin Tarp

[P Isabella]

What about the zpacks hexamid duo for a 2 person super light tent?
Anyone have experience with that one?
Mademoiselle

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> On Dec 16, 2013, at 6:14 PM, nosirreeb <nosirreeb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have NO inside info at GG, but I'd be shocked if they didn't have 
> more shelters in the pipeline, including a 2-person one, to at least 
> match their old spinnaker product line. There are several really good 
> 1-person tents out there to choose from, but I've yet to see a 
> definitive lightweight 2-person one to die for. I'll keep looking and hoping.
> 
> As
> far as DIYing the Q-twin tarp, I'm with you on just throwing the money 
> in the street. I could manage bonding a straight center seam and I could
> sew a catenary center seam, but no way would I attempt a bonded 
> catenary seam on such expensive fabric. Life is too short and I've headaches enough already.
> 
>> It's nice they are getting into cuben fiber. I really wish they'd  
>> come out with a 2-person tent rather than more tarps. Maybe they've  
>> got cuben tents coming someday.
> 
>> $315 is a lot of money for a tarp, but worse would be for me to buy  
>> the fabric and try to make one myself. I'd be better off throwing a  
>> couple hundred bucks in the street.
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