Any one come across an good light 11ft tarp for under $40?
Preferably 9+ width!
Any one come across an good light 11ft tarp for under $40?
Preferably 9+ width!
That's gonna be a toughie. A decent tarp costs what a decent tarp costs, and if your price point is too low, then you won't find a decent tarp. The lowest priced decent tarp, which can be sometimes be found for $40, is the Kelty Noah 12. You'll find hundreds of reviews on HF - as you will also find for the Hennessy Hex (though you'll have to pay $60 or $70).
On the other hand, you could go for a tarp that has very few reviews on HF, and will most likely prove to be insufficient for anything but a light rain. A Yukon Outfitters tarp can be had for $25 or 30, but I've seem them in person, and they're not my idea of a tarp that will keep me dry.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Generally you can't have good, cheap, and light all at once.
Check out the Kelty Noah tarp.
If you're willing to cut & sew Ripstop by the roll has a 12 foot kit for $53. That covers 'good and light'
https://ripstopbytheroll.com/products/hex-tarp-kit
I picked up a Chinook tarp for about $35. I want to think it is 14X9. Not the top of the line by any means but very usable and it has given us great service and no problems.
I also have a Chinook tarp (12x9.5), and it's not bad. I got mine for about $30. It's not light, but it is reasonably packable.
I will say I'm a believer in buy once cry once. I bought my Chinook cause I was in a bind and had to have something before a trip. If I could have waited I would have just got a tarp from one of the fine vendors here. My UGQ hanger 12 is far lighter and 1/3 of the size packed down. You certainly get the quality you pay for. IMHO
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Thanks
I expected these replies and will probably have to up my price point!
If you just gotta have one to get out and camp why not grab a cheapo blue tarp, then save for a good backpacking tarp. The chinook is a good tarp, just heavy in my opinion and it was also silnylon (which I wanted silpoly).
Edit: You know the "quest" isnt far out of your range, and i couldnt see HG producing sub par gear. I dont have one but I've read a few good things about them.
Last edited by Trail Troll; 08-16-2017 at 06:35.
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Also simply light designs have their Simplicity asymmetrical for $59.95 ($65 with guylines).
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