Queued up to order a HG Standard 11' w/ doors...
Best way to store it?
Randomly stuff in a stuff sack? Snake skins? Fold and place in stuff sack? I'm not looking to debate the pros and cons of Snake Skins.. Rather I am more concerned for the best way to maintain DCF for long term.
I am using an internal tarp pole on both of my silpoly tarps and have come to really appreciate the space. Is it possible to use an internal pole on stretchless DCF?
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Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
Bob's brother-in-law
I've been using snake skins for my DCF tarp since the beginning. No signs of wear in about 5 years.
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Mike
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Folding? I couldn't imagine even trying to fold any tarp in high winds. Randomly stuffing in stuff sack sounds just as bad.
When I first got my HG Winter Palace about six years ago, I was convinced that I could just roll it up and use a few pieces of velcro. However, in practice, it is just plain ridiculous trying to do so (same problems with wind, and it's just plain impossible to roll up a tarp, pull a piece of velcro out of your pocket, and try to put it around the tarp). After a year of putzing with various methods, I just got some cuben snakeskins and was immediately very happy. The cuben snakekins weigh an ounce or so, and it's so darned simple. It's a bit bulky, but the tarp rolls up, fits in my cuben stuff sack, and I put it in an outside pocket of my pack.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
+1 for snake skins! So easy and works well with a separate ridgeline and prusik knots
RedKyte
I string mine up in my spare room and make sure it's dry, then slide the skins back over it and toss it in my storage thingagiggy.
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Snake skins for mine also.
I figured Snake Skins were going to bubble up to the top for storage choice.
I recently made two sets of two piece noseeum snake skins for my 12' tarps. I am undecided whether I prefer them over stuffing in a double ended noseeum stuff sack. I see a few benefits for sure, but loosely packing in a stuff sack makes the tarp so much easier to store. Plus, I SWEAR my tarps feel heavier when in a lump of rolled up snake skins than when loosely packed in noseeum.
My thought when mentioning 'randomly stuffing in a stuff sack' was as a way to avoid creating creases in the fabric.
Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
Bob's brother-in-law
The keys to folding/rolling and not creating wear zones at the creases are these: Don't do it neatly! and use an oversized silnylon stuff sack!
I have a .51 Duplex that was treated this way for quite a long time and it still looks practically new. (And I still can't convince myself to sell it even though I've been hanging happily for more than a year....)
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You'll have to show me how you do it before I commit one way or the other...Originally Posted by cmoulder
My options are stuff sacks in either noseeum, DCF or the noseeum Skins...
Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
Bob's brother-in-law
Any thoughts on the under tarp pole? I have been using one for years and have tried the over the RL pole with lackluster results...
Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
Bob's brother-in-law
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