How do you pack your tarp in snake-skins?

[WesArnold]

So I've got a SuperFly that I just purchased some snake-skins for. I love it! Makes set-up and take down much easier than when using a stuff sack alone. Problem is: now it won't fit in the stuff sack it came in. I was able to fit it in the stuff sack with my Dangerbird - but the fit is a little snug and it's bothering my OCD.

How do you guys pack it? New stuff sack? Just stuff the thing in your pack all snaked up and what not? Just curious how you guys do it or what your take on the issue is.

Thanks!

[grannypat]

I don't use a stuff sack for my tarp when it is in snakeskins. I have no-see-um netting snakeskins made by Mountaingoat. I either just loop them in my pack or if wet, attach them to the outside of the pack. If your OCD requires you to use a stuff sack, just buy or make a bigger one, or put it in a gallon size baggie.

[WesArnold]

I don't use a stuff sack for my tarp when it is in snakeskins. I have no-see-um netting snakeskins made by Mountaingoat. I either just loop them in my pack or if wet, attach them to the outside of the pack. If your OCD requires you to use a stuff sack, just buy or make a bigger one, or put it in a gallon size baggie.

Mountaingoat made mine as well! I thought about just throwing them in the pack as is, but I'm not so familiar with the no-seeum mesh - it just seems fragile to me - like it would get caught on something and torn up easily if not protected in some way.

[WesArnold]

[Shug]

I put mine in a stuff sack....feel like it helps me wrangle them in my pack. Stuff sack is cuben fiber.
Shug

[WesArnold]

I put mine in a stuff sack....feel like it helps me wrangle them in my pack. Stuff sack is cuben fiber.
Shug

What's the dimensions of the stuff-sack you have, Shug?

[Bad Biscuit]

I put mine in a stuff sack....feel like it helps me wrangle them in my pack. Stuff sack is cuben fiber.
Shug

Same here. Cuben fiber bishop bag from zpacks.

[Floridahanger]

I put my tarp-in-skins along with my stakes and extra guy lines(in a tyvek wrap) in a stuff sack.

[Jayson]

My superfly in its mountaingoat skins fits in the original stuff sack that it came with.

[weaver2469]

I just double them up, then double them again, until I get a bundle that is about the dimensions of a tennis ball can. Then I wind my tarp end lines around and around, tightening them up and securing it by catching the end in the tarp flys. It forms a pretty neat cylinder that I store vertically in the tall side pockets of my pack.