Warbonnet Blackbird XLC 2.0 Backyard Winter Testing

**Papatechie** · 01-19-2018, 19:36

Round 1 winter "Cyclone Bomb" as the news stations put it came across the east coast with temps dipping into the low teens and winds gusting up to 50-60 mph. Thought this would be the perfect backyard gear test and it was really noisy and I got my butt handed to me from the wind and cold but no biggie. Ice was blowing all up in on the net as my new top cover didn't make it in time so had to move forward. Using the new Warbonnet Blackbird XLC 2.0 with Wooki UQ 20 degree and modified WB Edge tarp with doors plus an Outdoor Vitals 0 degree bag. Just a few pics enjoy!!
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**TrailSlug** · 01-19-2018, 20:30

Wow, I'm amazed that the blizzard conditions blew that much snow up on the top of the hammock. You needed a shovel to build a wall around the bottom of the tarp.

**Andy "Bull" Bullock** · 01-20-2018, 07:47

Jealous of the wookie. What did the temp drop to? I couldn’t deal with the noise and cold so I retreated. Lol

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**Papatechie** · 01-20-2018, 08:23

Originally Posted by TrailSlug

Wow, I'm amazed that the blizzard conditions blew that much snow up on the top of the hammock. You needed a shovel to build a wall around the bottom of the tarp.

It was windy as all get up so snow was blowing up down left right all night... wasn't until the morning that got out and started to build a little snow drift wall.

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**Papatechie** · 01-20-2018, 08:27

Originally Posted by Andy "Bull" Bullock

Jealous of the wookie. What did the temp drop to? I couldn’t deal with the noise and cold so I retreated. Lol

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You could hear the wind howling a mile away moving in closer winding through the trees and then bam! It would smack into the tarp and hammock. Temps were around 15-25 F plus wind chill. Wooki did good but i would have been better with under cover because Wooki got hit with snow ice and slush.

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**whistle_norvell** · 01-20-2018, 10:20

Does overlapping the door flaps by 1-2 inches on the tarp help any? Guessing that the snow drift is also coming from below, so that snow wall would help. Was the wind coming from primarily one direction towards your setup, or swirling from all directions? I try to aim my superfly doors into the wind, and overlap the flaps to create a "bullet" shape.

I also put my shoes/boots in a plastic retail bag which helps to keep some of the gunk off them.

**Papatechie** · 01-20-2018, 10:47

Originally Posted by whistle_norvell

Does overlapping the door flaps by 1-2 inches on the tarp help any? Guessing that the snow drift is also coming from below, so that snow wall would help. Was the wind coming from primarily one direction towards your setup, or swirling from all directions? I try to aim my superfly doors into the wind, and overlap the flaps to create a "bullet" shape.

I also put my shoes/boots in a plastic retail bag which helps to keep some of the gunk off them.

Oh you mean to close the doors properly... yeah I got lazy and underestimated. The reality is the WB Edge tarp is not a full coverage winter tarp like theWB Superfly so the sides are shorter and that is where the wind was blowing from... all directions.

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**TrailSlug** · 01-20-2018, 10:54

Originally Posted by Papatechie

The reality is the WB Edge tarp is not a full coverage winter tarp like theWB Superfly so the sides are shorter and that is where the wind was blowing from... all directions.

Yea, get a Superfly and your experience will be very different but again that's more tarp for the wind to catch as well. It's just tough to hand in those conditions.

**Papatechie** · 01-20-2018, 10:57

Originally Posted by TrailSlug

Yea, get a Superfly and your experience will be very different but again that's more tarp for the wind to catch as well. It's just tough to hand in those conditions.

I agree not the conditions i would go out it and if it were a trip I'd probably cancel. But the Warbonnet gear performed without any damage and i never caught a cold so I'm definitely a fan.

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