do you need to use tarp tensioners on a cuben tarp?? i remember reading some where you don't. what are your thoughts on this?
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KK&K
do you need to use tarp tensioners on a cuben tarp?? i remember reading some where you don't. what are your thoughts on this?
TY
KK&K
"Tenting is equivalent to a bum crawling into a cardboard box, hammocking is an art" KK
Cuben does not stretch like silnylon so the self tensioners people use to compensate for that are not required. Some people still like to use them for convenience of being able to position their stakes more easily or possibly take up some of the stress induced from gusty wind conditions. Personally I do not find them necessary after switching to cuben.
I use taut-line hitches with mine and no tensioners, and I haven't felt that I'm missing them. I haven't had much rain or hard weather while out though, so maybe it could happen that the tie-outs would stretch. Hth.
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