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Has anyone used "Grip Clips" and silnylon with success....?
<http://shelter-systems.com/gripclips/ultra-light-silicon-tarps.html>
Sewing silnylon is a total PITA for me....
Happy Trails,
J.D.
Footslogger
02-04-2005, 12:35
Nope ...never have tried that approach. But I'll tell you something that works pretty well and doesn't require any sewing. Take a tub of SilNet or other silicone sealing product and make a series of dots in the area where you want things to stick.
I use a 3/4 thermarest and have a silnylong shelter floor. Used to slip and slide around all night. Took a slightly different approach with the pad though. I put the silicon dots directly on the thermarest. Stays put now !!
'Slogger
AT 2003
I saw them in use this year on the trail. Two silnylon ponchos were attached together at night using the clips. I think the couple fared well during some downpours.
I saw them in use this year on the trail. Two silnylon ponchos were attached together at night using the clips. I think the couple fared well during some downpours.
Thanks for the info...!
And, that's another good idea; e.g., using TWO silnylon ponchos. While setting up in a downpour, if you were wearing one poncho and had another to rig as a small tarp.... Hmmm... Wonder what the weight diff is versus a single silnylon tarp fo comparable size...
Thanks!
Happy Trails,
J.D.