Cuben Fiber

[Dutch]

Wait...you have experience sleeping on boars?

Boars make a good sleeping pad and are much softer than sleeping on gazelle's.

[billygoat]

The two Zpacks dry bags in my gear closet say otherwise, but thanks for playing.

Ryan

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This particular bag was tested when purchased. It was filled with two gallons of water and hung for two days above tissue paper - not a drop.

Your welcome.

[Violent Green]

This particular bag was tested when purchased. It was filled with two gallons of water and hung for two days above tissue paper - not a drop.

Your welcome.

Good luck with it.

P.S. - I will try to be helpful. A more valid test of its waterproofness would be to put the TP inside your dry bag along with something heavy, roll it shut and then submerge it under water for a period of time. Your previous test basically pushed the cuben tape against the sewn seams which will make leakage much more difficult. Under real world conditions the water will be trying to penetrate the opposite direction which doesn't bode well for the tape. It's not a thermal bond like with other taped seams, only a high strength adhesive sticking to a low surface energy film. Hopefully it passes the test and continues to do so after months of use.

Thanks.

Ryan

[billygoat]

Good luck with it.

P.S. - I will try to be helpful. A more valid test of its waterproofness would be to put the TP inside your dry bag along with something heavy, roll it shut and then submerge it under water for a period of time. Your previous test basically pushed the cuben tape against the sewn seams which will make leakage much more difficult. Under real world conditions the water will be trying to penetrate the opposite direction which doesn't bode well for the tape. It's not a thermal bond like with other taped seams, only a high strength adhesive sticking to a low surface energy film. Hopefully it passes the test and continues to do so after months of use.

Thanks.

Ryan

Spend a great deal of my time in your backyard - the wet Smoky's. Haven't had a failure with a few years on some of the bags.

Thanks for the well wishes.