Stamoid is a Swiss made product, the company being owned by the Ferrari Group, which also makes quite pricey cars. If price is no concern, the heavier weights are nice fabrics, the lighter ones unsuited to the wind loads of the tropics. At something like four to six times the price per yard of Shelter-Rite, I find it very difficult to justify. Shelter-Rite is available in weights from 10.0 oz. to 22 oz. and reinforced with both Nylon and polyester scrims. The polyester reinforced fabrics have less stretch and we use them for enclosures and lace on tops; Nylon for dodgers and conventional bimini frame tops as it "drapes" better. All of their fabrics weld exceptionally well and have proven to have a very long life down here in Paradise. Make sure anything you buy is sewn with Gore-Tex Tenara thread or an equivalent extruded Teflon product. Anything else, even the "UV" threads, are less than two years down here. We extend the clear vinyl to the edges of our enclosure panels to reinforce the fasteners around the edges; costs more but keeps the fasteners from pulling through the material. We also double face everything so you don't see the mildew which eventually grows between the clear vinyl and the facing material. We have found that Venture Tape, the industry standard for double sided seam tape for use on Sunbrella, doesn't have enough fungicide in the adhesive and promotes the growth of "mildew". As Sunbrella is a woven fabric and not a sealed surface, we have had instances where the "mildew" has grown through the fabric causing permanent and unsightly discoloration. Only apparent on lighter colors, but an expensive lesson for us; we now use other seamstick for Sunbrella. A friend of mine attributes it to the switch from hydrophobic petroleum based adhesives to hydrophilic water based. He has suggested we look around some of the world's backwaters for some socially unacceptable product, but we have developed manufacturing techniques instead. Robert Phillips, Managing Director Doyle Sailmakers BVI, Ltd Tel: +284-494-2569 Mobile: +284-541-2206 VOIP US Tel: 423-285-8752 Skype: doylebvi