anyone know of a superlightweight silnylon poncho. i know that Campmor has an (Equinox) Silnylon Poncho-Tarp but that weighs 8.5oz. this seems like alot of weight for silnylon (plus pants probably equals 1 pound!!!). anybody know any lighter models? ps i don’t want to make one myself. thanks
cheeserTOM
just got an email from grant at gossamer gear. they are working on a sil poncho/rain anorak. he said the prototype looks good but needs some tweeking. look for it in several months.
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cheeserTOM
I’m not sure that silnylon material is necessary in a poncho. I’ve used superlight/supercheap (88 cents @ Walmart) plastic ponchos on the PCT with excellent results. 1 ounce, $1, 1 cubic inch is hard to beat. And they come in various colors for the fashion conscious hiker. 
freebird
You need to talk to Rainmaker and Brawny at Dancing Light Gear. They used to be at dancinglightgear.com. E-mail is/was rainmaker2@alltel.net. Good gear, good prices. I carried their rain gear, stuff bags, food bag, and pack cover during a thru-hike in '06 and was very pleased. Mango
Mango
I made a silnylon pancho with a Goretex hood from a Quest Outfitters pattern. It is the large style to cover one’s backpack. With side snaps and sealer around the hood it weighs 12 oz. If you hike hot like I do, be wary of silnylon because it does not breathe. I hoped that the GTex hood would be breatheable enough,given the side venting, but it was/is not. I have carried and left it home. Last trip out I used it for a groundsheet with the Ray Jardine inspired silnylon tarp that I sewed years ago. (the tarp still works great.) If I was sleeping out of level, (lots of out of level sleeping on the AT in NC) it was like sleeping on a greased cookie sheet; me and my pad slid right off. It is plenty waterproof, but if you hike sweaty, you’ll get wet under silnylon. Muleskinner.
Muleskinner
Mango, It’s a sad fact that Dancing light gear is no longer.
They closed up shop late this past summer.
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