would help to see exactly how you use them, but at first glance it's understandable (flyz seem to me to be designed to be nifty and fidget-friendly, not quick and practical
. i mean it as a compliment).
personally, i suggest to attach the ridgeline to the tree straps, not directly to the tree, and like to use
this line tensioner for that purpose, or its VT version. in this case the steel quick link would be the tree strap (if using a continuous ridge line), or it would be the ridgeline tieout, if using a split ridgeline. you could also use linelocs or similar to achieve the same purpose.
to make things simpler and less fiddly, i recommend switching to a continuous ridgeline for a try (might be even more important than the flyz even), if you're currently using a split ridgeline. having to both tension and center the tarp ridgeline at the same time can be fiddly especially at first, whereas with a CRL, you tension, and then you position the tarp where you want it without having to readjust tension; so, even though there's more steps, it's less fiddly, as you have separated two tasks that can now be tackled independently of eachother. so maybe give the flyz another chance (don't ask me how to use them for a crl though, but i'm sure it's possible; you'll just need to add some blake hitches to position the tarp on the ridgeline)
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