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There isn’t much info out about these tarps, even less on hunting forums. I recommend it constantly in posts but usually seem to get lost in the main hunting brands. I’m here to tell you this is THE best lightweight tarp out there.
It is more or less a flat tarp with doors. …doesn’t sound interesting?…. Well what that means is that you can do most of the pitches you would want to do with a flat tarp, while also having the ability to close off the sides to keep wind and rain out. Yes, you can pitch flat tarps in ways that accomplish this, but you sacrifice a ton of space. For 17oz, you can sleep three people and gear! 17 ounces and you can sit up, even at 6’4”. It accomplishes this in two ways: 1: The doors mean you can lay almost all the way to either end and stay dry, whereas in open tarps you need a buffer. 2: The two panel pulls on both side really spread the tarp, giving steep angles at the walls to maximize useable floor area.
It is so nice having “doors” when the temps drop in those mountain storms. Keeping the wind out and the heat in adds so much comfort. I’ve gone out to pee, and it’s 10-15 degrees cooler outside than in…but if it was the other way around, the doors and be left open for ventilation or pitch it like a lean-to.
I keep a few feet of lightweight cordage attached at all the guyout points so it can be pitched in less than 3 minutes solo…less with two people. We’ve beat out many rain and hailstorms doing this.
10/10. Highly recommend. It is always in my pack whether I’m day hiking or backpacking.
Pic below is us hanging out in NM waiting out a hailstorm and cooking some ramen. Next pic is actually their superfly tarp, which is basically the same thing but for hammocks. I just don’t have an outside pic of it pitched.
It is more or less a flat tarp with doors. …doesn’t sound interesting?…. Well what that means is that you can do most of the pitches you would want to do with a flat tarp, while also having the ability to close off the sides to keep wind and rain out. Yes, you can pitch flat tarps in ways that accomplish this, but you sacrifice a ton of space. For 17oz, you can sleep three people and gear! 17 ounces and you can sit up, even at 6’4”. It accomplishes this in two ways: 1: The doors mean you can lay almost all the way to either end and stay dry, whereas in open tarps you need a buffer. 2: The two panel pulls on both side really spread the tarp, giving steep angles at the walls to maximize useable floor area.
It is so nice having “doors” when the temps drop in those mountain storms. Keeping the wind out and the heat in adds so much comfort. I’ve gone out to pee, and it’s 10-15 degrees cooler outside than in…but if it was the other way around, the doors and be left open for ventilation or pitch it like a lean-to.
I keep a few feet of lightweight cordage attached at all the guyout points so it can be pitched in less than 3 minutes solo…less with two people. We’ve beat out many rain and hailstorms doing this.
10/10. Highly recommend. It is always in my pack whether I’m day hiking or backpacking.
Pic below is us hanging out in NM waiting out a hailstorm and cooking some ramen. Next pic is actually their superfly tarp, which is basically the same thing but for hammocks. I just don’t have an outside pic of it pitched.
