Must've missed my last trip report here on Whiteblaze. I pulled several 6 mile days and one 10 mile day. And even while carrying several pounds of peanut butter.
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Seven miles into a Ten Mile Day.
Thanks for that video, OP. My little treatise on Cuben, having now owned 2 DCF tents and numerous stuff sacks and a pack cover (all zpacks bought, alas....):
I own and have used a 0.51 zpacks solo+ tent, probably 120 nights or so, probably more, still going strong, no rips/tears anywhere. Similar story on a 0.74 DCF zpacks duplex, though fewer nights, maybe 80 or so (3 years old vs. 6 for the solo+). Though the 0.51 has held up fine, I still prefer the 0.74 of the duplex. I couldn't care less about the tents transparency or lack thereof, I just like the feel of the slightly thicker fabric of the 0.74. Just because of this feeling, I think it's worth the extra $15 and couple of ounces.
I do NOT particularly like the cuben stuff sacks, though I do continue using them (because I bought the dam things....). I only carry a few stuff sacks anyway, so the extra few tenths of an ounce for the sil-nylon sacks are OK.
I do like the zpacks DFC pack cover. For the most part, pack covers are ancillary anyway, given a mostly waterproof pack and a plastic bag inner liner I use. But at only 1.5 ounces, in the wetter climates, keeping my pack drier probably saves a bit of net weight (my measurements show a moderately wet empty pack weighs about 5 ounces more than a dry one), plus having that extra layer of waterproofness is worth the 1.5 ounces.
Bottom line, I'm a huge DCF tent fan, worth the $$$$$, if either of mine wear out, I will replace (solo+ for myself, the duplex for when with my wife). first pic shows both tents on SHR a couple years ago; I loaned the solo to a buddy who had joined us.