THE TENT COMMANDMENTS
MODERN lightweight tents are awesome. The fact that you can carry a shelter as little as 1kg on your back that will not only let two people sleep in it, but will have the room to dry yourself off and get changed, store your gear and wait out a multi-day storm is impressive. Like everything though, the new breed of tents come with their own quirks or limitations to be aware of.
About fabrics
Fabrics are becoming more complex. We no longer just have canvas. We’ve got different weaves of polyester and nylon with different coatings or laminates bonded to them, sometimes more than one and then there’s DWR (durable
