>>1587185No you faggot, that's Ventile, a rare and expensive cotton weave that tents are 100% not made of because of the aforementioned reasons
Hiking shelters in ye olde days were not made of cotton, cotton is just the first thing you think of when your retard brain goes "duhhh modernity bad, me find enlightenment by being inferior". Old tents were made of 'baloon silk', silk, linen weaves etc impregnated with stinky dirty oils like linseed. Only militaries and stationary live-in-campers would have used waxed canvas shelters because
>they weigh literally 10-20kg more (inb4 duhh me strong and tough man)>once saturated, they will not dry without a solid day of sun>When even damp, they weigh twice>Reapply the wax every time it's too hot outside and it melts out>Huge bulk, needs to be carried by military convoy or pack muleNylon is incredible. Silicon impregnated polyester is even better as it's hydrophobic unlike all the other cheap materials, so no water absorbed at all.
Cuben fibre is the most based tent material
