Cuben shelter design.

Enzo

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Ran out of glue!
Got some ordered for Saturday, only three patches left to bond.

Did a cutting plan, which suggests it can be made from 5.6m of cuben.
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So far all the bits in a bag weigh just over 270g. Still needs hemming once reinforcement patches are done, tape or sew... Sewing would be lighter, and tramplite does it, but taping is easier...
 
Enzo

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Yes and no. It's up in the garden ATM, but I want to make some changes, going to add cat cuts, not tort enough for my liking. Thinking of using sewn seams too, not convinced they are stronger at least on 0.5 but think the cat cuts will look better sewn.
Messes up all my bonded reinforcements sadly.
I'll call this version 1 :)
Sadly all the cheaper cuben is sold out.
 
Enzo

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Size, yes

Design, not sure how I feel re two pole design in a 1p shelter, seems a potential faff to pitch compared to 1p.
I'd drop the zip down 4", but I like the option to have the front low or higher, got used to seeing out with my 3/4 beak tramp.
 
WilliamC

WilliamC

Thru Hiker
Enzo said:
I'd drop the zip down 4", but I like the option to have the front low or higher, got used to seeing out with my 3/4 beak tramp.
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How about a buckle at the height of the 3/4 beak, one of Paul's slangers on the pole and hook the bottom of the door up to it when you want the view? I've set this up on the Dirigo (so the doors can be partly open in the rain).
 
Rog Tallbloke

Rog Tallbloke

Thru Hiker
Enzo said:
Yes and no. It's up in the garden ATM, but I want to make some changes, going to add cat cuts, not tort enough for my liking. Thinking of using sewn seams too, not convinced they are stronger at least on 0.5 but think the cat cuts will look better sewn.
Messes up all my bonded reinforcements sadly.
I'll call this version 1 :)
Sadly all the cheaper cuben is sold out.
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Sell the MK1 version and put the cash into new cuben.
 
Enzo

Enzo

Thru Hiker
I've got beastyD's at the bottom of the door panels and at the bottom of zip and short lengths of shockcord sewn to the inner zip cloth higher up with hooks so I can hook the bottom d rings up when the zpacks hooks are attached to the zip d rings.15927339511584642843087969793811.jpg IMG_20200621_111357879_HDR.jpgShowing off my amazing photography skillz lol!
 
Dave V

Dave V

Moderator
Staff member
Enzo said:
Think I'll do that. Rsbtr saying not shipping to UK ATM though.
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I had a delivery from them this week, it arrived 6 days after ordering with them via Fedex. I've been ordering as normal through the pandemic, some have taken longer than other orders but they have all arrived.
 
Dave V

Dave V

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Staff member
Yeh, I have not seen anything. I have been chatting with them over the last few days about restocking lead times and a few other things and no-one has mentioned anything in the replies :|
 
Alf Outdoors

Alf Outdoors

F.K.A tarptent
Clare said:
I hated the velcro overlapping doors on the first version of the NotchLi. They were fine to do up from outside the tent but a real fiddle from inside. There was no way I wanted to be messing around with that in windy conditions. I had bought a Notch version1 but sent it back because of that. The new one has two way waterproof zips. Yes the main ridge has a catenary cut. The seams are sewn with two lines of stitching and taped but taped only on the inside. The tape is very fine. When I made my cuben pack the fine tape was very expensive. The cheaper stuff was a lot heavier/bulkier, so I think they have really spent quite a lot on the taping. Can photo anything that you want.

I've had it up for a few days in the garden but not been out in it yet. It looks great. The only thing I don't like is how white/pale the cuben is because it makes the tent more conspicuous/less stealthy than the olive drab or spruce cuben that Zpacks use. I'd really like that, but hey. Its a lovely tent at around 500g. I bought it for multi week trips in the Pyrenees type stuff where I'm not worried about stealth and more interested in weight/space/wind/views.
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Have you thought of spraying it olive green?
 
Alf Outdoors

Alf Outdoors

F.K.A tarptent
Enzo said:
It's working now :)
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I am a newbee at sticking fabric together so I am confused as to how you have bonded two panels together without stitching? I gather you use some kind of tape, but what sort of tape is it? Is it self adhesive, or do you need to apply a glue to it?
 
Dave V

Dave V

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Staff member
tarptent said:
I am a newbee at sticking fabric together so I am confused as to how you have bonded two panels together without stitching? I gather you use some kind of tape, but what sort of tape is it? Is it self adhesive, or do you need to apply a glue to it?
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The transfer tape for DCF/Cuben has extremely high bonding strength, most manufacturers making cuben shelters use the tape alone. Venture tape is one of the more popular tapes but there are a few variations.
 
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