The Seek Outside DST 10x10 is another option that's a little more expensive but similar weight. The re-enforced patch on my DST makes me feel safer setting it up with sticks or other rougher materials, but a glove or sock over a stick works too. A good tarp is a versatile item to have and this looks like a good one. I've only spent one rainy night under my DST so far but it kept 2 of us dry sitting under it in lawn chairs on a river sandbar for several hours and then kept me dry sleeping under it after my buddy retreated to his tent after midnight. It rained a couple inches that night between 8pm and 5am. We did the flying diamond configuration with the front set up 6.5ft high or so on a stick and a trekking pole under the re-enforced patch at around 4ft. I like that square tarps are so fast to set up and work in a lot of pitches. Got this one for Alaska this fall but want to get it tested here first, need more rains to do it in!
