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Tent skin Evolution 2

The tent skin is made of a 320g / m² heavy polycotton fabric, which is further reinforced by its ripstop weave. On the underside (inside) this fabric is additionally PU-coated.

Inserted explanations

Ripstop: This is a special type of weave. In this, stronger threads are incorporated into both the weft and the warp, usually 5-10mm apart. This achieves two things:

The fabric becomes more tear resistant - a tear should only continue to the next strong thread. Conversely, of course, it is possible to make the fabric lighter without significantly reducing the tear strength.
Fabrics become more dimensionally stable. Originally, this was even the main purpose, because the cheap nylon fabrics have a big disadvantage: They stretch when wet, which is not 100% reversible. In other words, they lose their shape. This loss of shape is kept somewhat under control by these incorporated stronger threads.

Thus, the designation Ripstop does not yet allow any conclusions about the so-called weave of the fabric (canvas, twill, oxford ...), which, however, results in completely different properties.
The fabrics of the Evolution series have an Oxford weave.

Coating: This fulfills various tasks. The most important is probably that only it ensures reliable waterproofing - both sufficient waterproofing, but also windproofing are essential in a tent. It accounts for about a third of the fabric's weight and gives it a comfortable weight, which significantly reduces noise.

Often you still come across coatings made of PVC. We cannot recommend PVC coatings!

This very tightly woven material keeps out a large part of the sunlight, which, with the help of the sun sail, not only effectively prevents excessive heating of the tent, but also prevents it from becoming as bright as day in the early morning hours - something that is appreciated when traveling with children.

We deliberately chose this 320 g/m² tent fabric because it is sufficiently heavy to minimize annoying fluttering noises, but on the other hand it is not so heavy that it would unduly increase the overall weight of the tent.

Tent skin LIGHTWEIGHT

For the tent skin of the LIGHTWEIGHT we use pure ripstop nylon with an Oxford weave. This extremely strong yet surprisingly light material, weighing just 102 g/m² (320 g/m² for the Evolution 2 tents), nevertheless offers all the properties you should expect from the fabric of a roof tent: it is rainproof, windproof and breathable. One kilometre of the thread used to make this fabric weighs just 23g (sic) - exactly the right thread when a windproof and tear-resistant fabric is required. The inside of the fabric is of course PU-coated.

Inserted explanations

Ripstop: This is a special type of weave. With this, stronger threads are worked into both the weft and the warp at intervals of usually 5-10mm. This achieves two things:

The fabric becomes more tear-resistant - a tear should only continue to the next strong thread. Conversely, of course, you can also make the fabric lighter without significantly reducing the tear strength.
Fabrics become more dimensionally stable. Originally, this was even the main purpose, as the nylon fabrics of the time had a major disadvantage: they stretched when wet, which is not 100% reversible. In other words, they lost their shape. These incorporated stronger threads keep this loss of shape almost completely under control.

Thus the designation ripstop does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the so-called weave of the fabric (canvas, twill, oxford ...), which, however, results in completely different properties.

The fabrics of the Evolution series have an Oxford weave.

Coating: This fulfils various tasks. The most important is probably that it ensures reliable waterproofing - both sufficient waterproofing and windproofing are essential for a tent. It makes up about one third of the fabric's weight and gives the fabric a pleasant weight, which significantly reduces noise.

Often you still come across coatings made of PVC. We cannot recommend PVC coatings!

Despite the very tight weave of this material, the thin thread becomes noticeable when the sun shines, so that it starts to get light in the tent correspondingly early. However, excessive heating of the tent is effectively prevented by the awning.

Despite the low weight of the fabric, fluttering noises, as known from polyester fabrics, are pleasantly low or only occur at wind speeds where the wind already exceeds such noises in volume.

The fabric becomes more tear-resistant - a tear should only continue to the next strong thread. Conversely, of course, you can also make the fabric lighter without significantly reducing the tear strength.Fabrics become more dimensionally stable. Originally, this was even the main purpose, as the nylon fabrics of the time had a major disadvantage: they stretched when wet, which is not 100% reversible. In other words, they lost their shape. These incorporated stronger threads keep this loss of shape almost completely under control.