Nope, my Fortress has gone through 4 seasons of Sonoran Desert Monsoon torrential rain storms, I'm talking 2-4 inches in an hour and mine hasn't leaked once... Incredibly wind & water-proof. I haven't seam sealed it either.
FTW - Chill Gorilla Fortress 2 Hammock Rain Fly Camping Tarp. SILNYLON. 4 Doors.
Last edited by MicroSSG; 06-03-2021 at 01:07.
always test your fear at home before u take it into the hills and hollers...
Nothing quite as funny as this:
https://chillgorilla.com
"Get Ready... Something Really Cool Is Coming Soon"
Coming when? A year? Two years? Three years?
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
This rationale goes both ways. Many folks also justify the high cost of their cottage gear, and are more likely to give it the benefit of the doubt when something fails...because it was made from "high-end lightweight materials- so I didn't expect it to be as durable," or "the customer service is still good," etc...
I love my cottage gear, and will continue to purchase from cottage vendors as long as my budget allows. But I've also owned Chill Gorilla (and a few other "Amazon" brands), and have never had a bad experience with how those products performed. The only issue was the added weight.
So for me, it's not fair to discredit an entire brand when a one-off defective product happens to make its way to a customer- based solely on the fact that their products are inexpensive, unless you are going to hold every cottage vendor to the same standard when one of their products fails- and in some cases, failures are reported repeatedly by customers.
Well stated, and then there's the phenomenon of people paying a lot of money for something and not wanting to report a failure.
I have a cheap Amazon tarp that I use for the rare occasion that I'm doing some sort of car camping and don't want to leave an expensive (is there any other kind?!) DCF tarp strung up for 3 days straight getting hammered by UV, maybe left unattended at camp while out for a day hike.
Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter (not me... the great Cam Honan of OZ)
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
Where's the Amazon Basics hammock tarp?
I got the one in this thread from years ago... MD Pinnacle. I'm guessing it is long gone.
Pitches purty.
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Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter (not me... the great Cam Honan of OZ)
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
My son and grandson use this one........
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIFIYR4M&psc=1
and I have this one...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I like the first one better. It is much lighter and seems to be very well made. The biggest appeal to me to use gear like this is this statement from the post above...
" I have a cheap Amazon tarp that I use for the rare occasion that I'm doing some sort of car camping and don't want to leave an expensive (is there any other kind?!) DCF tarp strung up for 3 days straight getting hammered by UV, maybe left unattended at camp while out for a day hike." We are hard on our gear and need it to either be able to keep up or be cheap to replace. The funny thing is, my now favorite hammock is a Mallome from amazon that I received as a gift. It is super soft, lays great, and has had the crap beat out of it for a long time now, several years. Not one frayed thread, loose seam or ragged edge. My wife will fight me for it.
I am a big fan of cottage industry, and support it as much as I can, but sometimes it is just not a reality and I would much rather see someone outside living life with gear from Amazon, Walmart and the like, than not go, for wanting of gear that is not in the budget.
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