Tag Archives: tarp tie out testing

March 18, 2015 · 6:26 pm

Bartack vs ZTack in silnylon

Same weight nylon thread. 42 stitch Bartack vs 42 stitch Ztack. Bartack failed by pulling out of 30 denier silnylon at 30 lbs.

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Tagged as backpacking, backpackinglight, dining fly, Oware, silicone nylon tarp, silicone tarps, silnylon, tarp, Tarp Tie Out, tarp tie out testing, tent, thruhike

March 5, 2015 · 4:56 pm

Tie out testing, Grommet in 4 layers silnylon vs unreinforced 1″ webbing

grommet in 4 layers of 30d silnylon, fabric stretched and grommet pulled out before 1" webbing stitched on failed.

grommet in 4 layers of 30d silnylon, fabric stretched and grommet pulled out before 1″ webbing stitched on failed.

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Tagged as aware, backpacking, diy, grommet failure, owareusa, tarp tie out testing