Two main choices are nylon and polyester.
Polyester taffeta tent floor.
A tent with a polyester floor might be interesting to test.
Nylon is transparent to ultraviolet radiation.
However they feature a lot of floor space which makes it harder to find a surface large enough to fit the tent.
Polyester vs nylon fabrics when wet we use 100 polyester fabrics on the moonlight tents.
It is used for camping tents or mountain family tents.
For myself i think silicone is great for floor bottoms and so posted my reasons on myog 8 25 10.
They cost more than similar nylon fabrics so we better have a darned good reason to use them.
I have a tent with a nylon taffeta bottom that seems to be more waterproof but i can t be 100 sure.
The floor and fly are constructed with 185t 68d polyester taffeta alongside waterproof 1 800 mm and 1 500 mm coatings respectively for waterproof protection.
It was considered a very long time better than nylon.
The thread was entitled silnylon tent floor sam.
The tent fabric is made of polyester taffeta with floor fabric that has polyethylene material together with a fly fabric that has polyester material.
Equally it has an internal gear pocket which is perfectly placed to store your phone wallet glasses keys and more.
If you search enough though you might find a product with such a two sided coating used on a taffeta floor.
The materials from which they are made the outer foil floor and inner tent are extremely important.
20d 330t ripstop nylon sil pu 3000mm.
1 point 4 years ago.
Polyester is usually padded with polyurethane pu.
I mean the polyester is less breathable than nylon.
It makes the tent almost completely sag proof.
It s soaks with water less than nylon.
When nylon gets wet it absorbs water and expands 3 5 in length 2 for nylon 6 6 high tenacity nylon.
This means that if the outer foil is made of nylon and the tent is in the sun you can get sunburn.
Our team collected information on hundreds of different tents of which 3 are polyester taffeta freestanding tents.
8 person tents are super spacious so you can use them for big gatherings and events.
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