Finally picked up one. Shipping was fast, it arrived in 3 days from my order. The Cuben Poncho alone weighs 5.5oz. I had seen its listed specs as 4.6oz and 5.0oz. A bit disappointed in the weight, but the craftsmanship looks excellent. The sil stuff sack came out to .4oz, and the shock cord “belt” was .35oz. I used Zpacks 1.25mm cord along with mini-biners and micro line-locs for the lines. However, for the line that is at the peak of my flying diamond pitch, I got a Zpacks trekking pole cup that I can just clip in so I don’t need to mess with a girth hitch. One loop of the pole cup has a mini-biner for quick attachment and the line is tied to the other. Everything, including the poncho, lines, line-locs, mini-biners, pole cup, belt, 6 ti stakes in a cuben stake bag, in the MLD stuff sack weights in at 8.4oz.
Set up in a flying diamond pitch there was more room then expected. For reference, I am 6 feet tall and 210 lbs. I could almost sit up straight at the peak of the flying diamond pitch and could lie down and stretch out without my head or feet touching the ends. There is plenty of room towards the back to keep away from the drip line.
I expect to pair it with a Borah Gear Bivy I already own. I am also going to buy 2 Zpacks cuben stick on patches with the loop so I can attach a cord to lift up the bug netting on the bivy with a light shock cord and mitten hook. Now I just need to use it in some real world SUL trips.
