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The Warbonnet Edge is 11' x 7'10" and weighs 11.25oz. With $95, the cost is just within your budget. The WL Tadpole is not bad either, but provides a bit less coverage than the Edge:
Since we are on the topic. What is the difference in Polyester and silnylon?
I was looking at these... http://hennessyhammock.com/collections/rainflys
I like the typhoon.
Silpoly will have less stretch than silnylon.
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What are you using the tarp for? Campground where you leave it up? Hiking? Big difference between the two uses and what is better for the application. Do you plan to do it more or less in the near future? That matters also.
I would cut and paste pgibson's post and have it in front of you as you make these gear decisions.
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a henessy hammock hex tarp will do you right for arou d $65. I've also had some good luck with a terra nova adventure tarp 2 for $55.
I'd strongly advise you to wait and save to buy some quality tarp though. buy once cry once
the tadpole tarp will cost you right at $100. I haven't looked back since I purchased mine.
You don't tell her. Some things are too pointless to explain, to the uninterested or the unconcerned.
A tarp is your shelter. Roof, walls, doors the whole shabang. Tents suitable for backpacking, meaning serious time on the back, are more expensive. You generally get the roof, walls, and doors with them too, but at a price. And to take real advantage of the weight savings, you need to split it up to carry, and share with someone else. If your partner spends a night under a bad tarp, a leaky or poorly placed tent, you might not have someone to help split the load with next time out.
I'm in the camp of using something like a WW or Harbor Freight Blue or Green utility tarp. Cheap, heavy, noisy, but large and bomb proof, until you can save 85-105 dollars to spend on one you'll actually want to carry. You will also see how much a few well placed dollars can improve your kit. What once was one of your heaviest, bulky, hardest to mange items, magically becomes one of the smaller, lightest, major item you pack. Deployment also becomes light years easier.
A cheap tarp folds or rolls up and in most cases, has to be strapped to the outside of a pack. A decent tarp will roll up in snakeskins and fit in an outside pocket.
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Check out the AquaQuest GuideSil tarp. It's not just a hammock tarp. It's a multipurpose tarp. It's a little heavy at 24 oz but if you're not carrying it a lot you shouldn't have any issues with the weight. They are on Amazon for $99 but I bought mine on sale for $70. The large version has a 13 ft ridge line so you'll get plenty of coverage.
All hammock tarps are multipurpose, just saying...
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