The result is predictable: there are as many "favorite" setups as there are options available from Dutch!
The result is predictable: there are as many "favorite" setups as there are options available from Dutch!
Dutch hook on one end and Wasp on the other of my CRL. I'm not the type that would ever remove my ridgeline from my tarp. I also don't remove my guylines from my tarp, and I would never use hookworms or anything else on the guylines when a simple larkshead onto the tarp and marlin spike hitch on the stakes works great for me.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have used a whole bunch of dutchware stuff off and on. To be honest the only thing I still use are the 2 stingers attaches to the ridge line on my superfly....everything else kinda fell by the wayside.
I use Fleaz on all staked corners and tarp tie-outs. Fleaz quickly attach to anything I need. Also, I can adjust all staked corners from under the tarp.
As for the ridgeline, I've used a CRL (with Dutch Hook and Wasp) until recently. Worked well enough but, as others have commented, I found the prussics a bit difficult to release when tightly-tensioned on cold mornings.
Recently switched to split ridge lines to try something new and am liking it so far. Just use a couple of Zing-It guy lines. One end wraps around the tree and is fed through a small bowline loop; the other end attaches to StingerZ on the tarp ring. Less line and hardware, and just as easy to position the tarp.
When hanging from trees, I use Dutch's CRL with Tato connectors with one of my tarps. While they are not elegant, they do work well if adjustments are needed.
However, I've also recently discovered that the Tato tarp connectors work perfectly to attach a Superfly tarp to a Tensa4 portable stand. I wish I could say I determined this via lots of practice in the backyard, but the truth is I went camping without a plan of how to attach a Superfly to a Tensa4. I was naively confident that I could figure something out in the moment of necessity (greenhorn in the woods getting lucky once again). I left the rigged CRL hanging uselessly with the tarp, but in the future, I'll just buy a couple extra Tato connectors and leave them in the stand's carry bag.
On my second tarp that I use with a Tato stand, I use a split ridgeline that has Nite-Ize CamJam cord tighteners permanently attached to the Tato stand. I simply clip on my snake-skinned Superfly, tighten the camjam cords, and then deploy when needed.
On both of my Superfly tarps, I've larksheaded yellow Zing-it guylines with no hardware. While watching Brandon use a simple wrap around a stake in Warbonnet videos and after receiving a great hands-on tutorial in simple, but handy knots from BananaHammock at my first hang, I've adopted this simple, no-hardware approach. It fits my overall philosophy of "keep it simple." Naked Zing-it (without hardware) does not tangle.
The game is the best teacher.
For tieouts: Ti stake —->6 ft of zingit—->line lock hook—->shock cord loop on tarp tieouts (I like to leave my zingit and line lock hook permanently attached to my stakes so I don’t lose a stake). I had to run the zingit through the line lock hook twice, but the work great-even with cold fingers.
For ridgeline: Continuous ridgeline with tarp hook and wasp, tarp attached using mini-ucr. (Although I’d like to try the Tato tarp connectors one day).
Last edited by Peabody; 10-28-2018 at 18:52.
Flyz or stingerz and tarp worms. Lash it on the ridgeline and orange reflective Dutch Wire on the tie outs.
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I’m going with two stingerz and tarpworms! Thanks for the input y’all.
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