Tents made with dyneema (formerly 'Cuben Fiber') fabric have a reputation for bring noisy in mind. Anyone here spent nights in one? Looking at solo tents in the 16-20 ounce range.

I have two. A Zpacks Hexamid without mosquito mesh and a Zpacks Hexamid Solo Plus with mosquito mesh. I have owned the Solo Plus since 2012. I can't say that I notice anymore noise than I did in the Tarptent Moment (the old single wall silnylon model) that I used before buying the Hexamid. I like the Tarptent, but rarely use it now that I have the Hexamid's. The weight savings is suductive. The only thing I don't like is the purchase price and I've owned both long enough now that I've largely forgotten about that.

I'll add that before buying the Cuben tents I owned a Cuben tarp (which I still have) and never noticed that it was significantly noisier than the nylon tarps I'd used in the past. Not saying they aren't noisier, just that I have not noticed it. Maybe if I had both set up at the same time and could do a direct A/B comparison I'd notice a difference? I do know I am not giving up my Cuben (Dyneema) shelters anytime soon.

maybe a bit late with the response, but we took a zpacks triplex on 2017 for 15 days on the shoulder months, and I immediately bought another one after the trip for myself. very light and super easy to set up.

we also had the dyneema 8.5x10 tarp and it packs down super small and 6 oz.

Have you had any condensation issue's with your Dyneema tents while canoe camping? I have been eyeing the duplex for a while now.

FYI, tarptent has released some dyneema versions. Unfortunately (or fortunately for my wallet), dyneema seems to work best with flat surfaces and the tarptents I like best are ones with curved surfaces.

SinglePortage: "Have you had any condensation issue's with your Dyneema tents while canoe camping? I have been eyeing the duplex for a while now."

Not really, the material is waterproof, but there is mesh all over the bottom of the tent and there is so much ventilation that we never noticed any condensation problems.

billconner: "Tents made with dyneema (formerly 'Cuben Fiber') fabric have a reputation for bring noisy in mind. Anyone here spent nights in one? Looking at solo tents in the 16-20 ounce range."

I sold my Hammock Gear Standard with doors cuben fiber tarp and noise was one of the major reasons. Even a light sprinkle sounded like I was inside a snare drum.

No stretch and exquistely shedding water were my favorite features of the Cuben Fiber. I could have lived with the noise if the material wasn't so bulky. Cuben Fiber is super light but, takes way more pack space than my larger Silnylon tarps.

With respect to tents: I have a Tarp Tent Stratospire 2. We frequently have interior condensation issues. We used it along the California coast last spring in heavy dew/fog conditions and the combination of interior and exterior condensation meant a lot of drying time. Perhaps Dyneema in that instance would have been worth the extra bulk. Worth the extra dollars? That's a question you'll need to answer for yourself.

I've got the hammock gear with doors. In the rain... it is a drum. The material does not stretch, so once it is tied down, you don't get much wind noise. On the positive side, in heavy rain it is also bullet proof - the silnylon tarp will mist just a bit.

The other downside is the opacity. It does a poor job of keeping out the early morning sunlight like a blue polytarp can. :)

At around 7oz for a 12'x8' tarp... leaves more room for whiskey.

I just made a bunch of drybags with 1oz dyneema. I like the weight/strength/waterproofness and the more slippery nature of the fabric helps when stuffing them in/out of a pack. I was considering using it for a canoe spraycover.

I’ve not yet tried a dyneema tarp for reasons of cost and suspected noise. It would be lighter for sure, but the few ounces difference from silnylon or silpoly havent been able to yet justify the expense.