Got my tarp!

[E.A.Y.]

My deluxe (in elegant black) arrived the other day.
I pulled it out of the bag and admired the beautiful workmanship, dug out my old home made tarp (laughed hysterically at the old tarp - uuuuuuuuuuuuugly), transferred the guy lines, stretched out the 'cat and slid it into my bugnet reptile skins, now I have to wait a few more days until I can get out and hang!

[DeShazo]

I just got mine last week. It is also a black deluxe. I set up the night before in the backyard with wind and rain blowing at 30 to 40 mph. I stayed dry as could be. Thanks Brian for a quality product.

[Counselor]

This thread is worthless without pictures.

[DeShazo]

Does this make it worth something now?

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...9_original.jpg

[E.A.Y.]

OK OK, here's a couple of pictures of my MacCat.
sheesh

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...ccatdeluxe.jpg

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...chdiy9foot.jpg

[drewboy]

Now that's one sweeeet looking tarp. I have the same model in gray, and I'm still impressed every time I set it up on how easy it is to get a nice taut pitch. Sometimes I tighten that ridgeline down really tight, but I have not seen a single thread pop loose. I've probably had that tarp out for 30-40 nights now in all kinds of weather and it's still like new.

Unfortunately I can't say the same about my JRB 10x11. After my first trip out last month I noticed some failure and it looks like I'm going to have to do some reinforcing around the tieouts.

OK OK, here's a couple of pictures of my MacCat.
sheesh

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...ccatdeluxe.jpg

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...chdiy9foot.jpg

[Take-a-knee]

OK OK, here's a couple of pictures of my MacCat.
sheesh

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...ccatdeluxe.jpg

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...chdiy9foot.jpg

So sexy it needs some lace or something.

[SmokeHouse]

Very nice, I would guess black shouldn’t be a problem with absorbing heat if you’re mainly using it during the evening and night…

[E.A.Y.]

Very nice, I would guess black shouldn’t be a problem with absorbing heat if you’re mainly using it during the evening and night…

I figure, if it is hot enough for me to worry about a black tarp, I'll have the darn thing pitched high enough that there will be plenty of space for breezes. On this week's micro-excursion, the warmth under the tarp was kind of nice in the very late afternoon.