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    Within the past month I have built FIVE huge tarps two Xenon and three silpoly XL.

    Both fabrics have a nice hand. I found with my two personal tarps the Silpoly had less condensation. Really a close call on which to choose.

    RSTBTR shipped EVERYTHING I ordered at the time I ordered it, plus they gave me a little extra fabric incase I needed to square up the ends of the length.

    Dutch vs RSBTR extra wide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sr1355 View Post
    We've worked with both, here is our understanding of the two and the major differences.

    20d XL Sil Poly from RBTR is Sil/PU coated both sides, both sides of the fabric have the same performance specs and either side can be sealed with silicone. 2500mm HH

    20d Wide Xenon from Dutch is Sil/PU coated one side and PU coated on side, both sides of the fabric do not have the same performance specs. Full PU coated side is the inner and needs to be seam sealed with seam grip. 1500mm HH

    Both will keep you dry, personally I prefer the true double coated Silpolys as the fabric doesn't seem as stiff.

    A XL SilPoly PU4000 (not available) would be a more apples to apples fabric to compare to Wide Xenon as it to is a PU coated fabric.
    I don't understand this comment because dutch, on his site Statesbthat it is pu coated on both sides for the xenon silnwide with an HH of 4000 or more (tested). Those numbers your referenced to I believe are for the older fabric xenon sil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Outdoorsman1017 View Post
    I don't understand this comment because dutch, on his site Statesbthat it is pu coated on both sides for the xenon silnwide with an HH of 4000 or more (tested). Those numbers your referenced to I believe are for the older fabric xenon sil.
    Since that post is from 2017, it's likely that it is old information.

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