Gear Review: Mountain Laurel Designs Grace Solo Spectralite .60 Tarp
Gear Review: Mountain Laurel Designs, Grace Solo Spectralite .60 Tarp
I used the Mountain Laurel Designs (MLD) Grace Solo Spctralite .60 tarp on my entire Continental Divide Trail(CDT) thru hike. I held up great and kept me dry in many a storm. It is minimal but had sufficient space to keep me and my gear dry. I did use it in conjunction with an MLD bivy for both bug protection, extra sleeping bag warmth, as my ground cloth, and for rain spray protection.
It shed freezing rain and light snow better than the other shelters I saw out on the CDT. In addition, any moisture on the outside of the tarp did not bleed through if I touched the inside of the tarp. I have always had problems with this when using Silnylon.
Being in quite a few windy, rain storms, I never had any doubts that the construction and stitching would hold up. I love this tarp and am ready to go at least another 2,000 miles with it! Thanks Ron and Mountain Laurel Designs, great product. –disclaimer, MLD was a gear sponsor on my CDT thru-hike.
