I would look at the SLD Winter Haven XL Wide tarp if I was worried about the weather.
It has a door snaps option and pole mods.
EDITED: Sorry I didn't see that you had already ordered a tarp.
I would look at the SLD Winter Haven XL Wide tarp if I was worried about the weather.
It has a door snaps option and pole mods.
EDITED: Sorry I didn't see that you had already ordered a tarp.
"...in Florida, she felt air conditioning for the first time, and it was cold and unnatural upon her skin."
I finally got to try out my new RR and Superfly last night. I have to say it was nice to wake up with my back feeling pretty good! Still a lot to learn about hammock camping. I used a pad and an under quilt. I struggled with my 21” pad,it keep moving to one side,but didn’t like the feel without it. I also felt like I was lower to the ground in the morning. Not sure if I actually was(it was dark when I got in) but it felt that way. Does the buckle system on straps ever slip?
The tarp went up pretty easily. I used a CRL from Dutch. I put tensioners about 6” from tie outs at home. I’m not sure if they are necessary on a silpoly tarp? It seemed like because of them I had to tie out farther and it left a bigger gap under tarp. Not sure if I did something wrong? Between the low hang and gap on tarp the wind was coming in pretty good. Like I said, I still have a lot to learn but really enjoyed hanging! Thanks to everyone for their advice and recommendations.
Interesting that you had wind coming in from the bottom of a superfly - I think having to stake it out so far would be why on that one. I've been in some pretty crazy winds in the mountains with a superfly and never had issues, but I also stake it down low. For tensioners, I assume you are just using a bit of shock cord on your tie outs?
Yes,I used shock cord. I watched shugs video and did them just like his. It seemed that in order to pull out the tensioners it left a big gap. Maybe I had ridgeline too high? Do you use tensioners on your Superfly?Originally Posted by Apollo
I do, yeah. Shugs video is awesome. I keep my tensioner right at the tarp tie out points, and they are probably 6 inches long total?
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Congrats on your first nights out.
I have the silpoly Superfly as well. In very windy conditions I stake as close to the ground as I can, I’ve even used a Shepard’s hook and staked the triangle directly to the ground. With a RR, this may be a little more difficult though and you will likely need to drop your CRL a bit. If you’re using the side pull tie-outs and staking close to the ground you can put tensioners on these lines, however I really prefer the poles, especially in windy conditions.
In less windy conditions, I sometimes use tensioners, especially in porch mode, even with silpoly. The tarp doesn’t stretch, but I’m clumsy and almost always end up tripping on my lines.
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Mine are 6” also. Maybe I need to move them closer to tie outs? Can you still setup in porch mode if they are that close?
Yeah, I haven't had any issues with porch mode - just use my trekking poles for it. The 'style' I use is from this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf_AeVejzmA
I just wrap the tie out line around the pole handle a few feet out - at that point, the tensioner is pulled pretty tight so it's not really acting as a tensioner I suppose. I don't however sleep while in porch mode - it's typically just too windy in the mountains to allow that so I may not be your best use case for it.
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