Yukon Hammock Tarp from Woot
Cost
Order Date: July 22, 2014 Order Number: 49461467 Subtotal (1) $19.99 Shipping $5.00 Tax $1.69 Total $26.68
Received 26 July 2014
From Woot...........
Walkabout Hammock Rainfly
Price:$19.99 60% Off List Price: $49.99
(Reviewers Note...list for $39.99 on Yukon Outfitters web site )
The Yukon Outfitters Walkabout Rain fly is a great shelter solution that keeps your weight to a minimum. It is designed for all Yukon Outfitters hammocks, and is compatible with other brands as well.This rain fly features 4 total anchor points, 2 at the peaks to be attached on each tree, and 2 at the ground to be anchored with stakes. When its time to pack up and hit the trail, everything packs neatly in the stuff sack. Constructed of durable light weight PE. (Reviewers Note ...PE stands for Polyethylene)
- Great for camping, backpacking, and hammocking
- Protects Your Yukon Hammock from rain and sun
- Large coverage area covers you, your hammock, and the gear around you.
- High-vis guy lines with reflective tracers for visibility day and night.
- Integrated guy line tensioners
- Reinforced corners for extended durability
- Includes (4) guyline with tensioner and (2) metal stakes
Shipping Note: Eligible for shipping to all 50 states
Warranty:1Year Limited Yukon Outfitters
From Yukon Ourfitters web site.....The Yukon Outfitters Walkabout Rain fly is a great shelter solution that keeps your weight to a minimum. It is designed for all Yukon Outfitters hammocks, and is compatible with other brands as well.This rain fly features 4 total anchor points, 2 at the peaks to be attached on each tree, and 2 at the ground to be anchored with stakes. When its time to pack up and hit the trail, everything packs neatly in the stuff sack. Constructed of durable light weight PE.
Great for camping, backpacking, and hammocking
Protects Your Yukon Hammock from rain and sun
Large coverage area covers you, your hammock, and the gear around you.
High-vis guy lines with reflective tracers for visibility day and night.
Integrated guy line tensioners
Reinforced corners for extended durability
Includes guy line with tensioner and metal stakes
No where on Woot or Yukon's web site is the size of the tarp given. You will find it on the tag on the tarp.
Total weight 1 lb 04 oz (tarp, stuff sack, 2 tie out lines built in cord locks, 2 aluminum stakes and gear bag for tie out lines and stakes)
Weight break down
Stuff Sack …..0.4 oz or 11 grams
Trap............. 12.6 oz or 358 grams
Stakes........... 1.1 oz or 32 grams
Cord …......... 2.1 oz or 60 grams ( bright orange with gray tracer line and line tensioners )
Cord/Stake stuff sack…..0.2 oz or 5 grams
Stuff sack and tarp are a dark black like color
Tarp has large Yukon logo on it. Don't know why but I kind of like it.
The guy line tracers did not reflect any light when I shined a flashlight on the cord in a dark room at night.
According to the tag on the tarp.........
Tarp is a 190T polyethylene material and made in China
Tag also state PU 1000MM which refers to how water proof it is. I do not know enough to know how good this combination of fabric and water proofing are.
According to the tag the weight of the tarp is 14 oz and the size is 11ft 10” by 9ft x4” diagonally
The corners are reinforced and have metal grommets at each of the four corners but no fabric tie outs.
Conclusion... Not bad for a under $30 tarp but not great. You will need to replace the cheap aluminum stakes with something stronger. The tie out cord is ok but I would replace it with Zing It or Lash It once the current cord wears out. I would consider this a fair weather tarp as it is not going to provide much protection during a heavy rain storm. The reflective tracers in the cord did not reflect the light when I shined a flashlight on the cord in a dark room at night.
Personally I think the Mosquito Hammock's Dimond Rain Fly ( http://www.mosquitohammock.com/) is a much better tarp ( larger for more coverage and has fabric tie outs ). Only drawback is it will cost about $65 dollars with shipping vrs $27 for the Yukon..
First two pictures are from Yukon's website.
It will be a couple of days before I have time to set up the tarp and see how much coverage it does provide. I also plan to set up my Mosquito Hammock Tarp and do a side by side comparison on the coverage of the two tarps. Also have to check to see how water proof this tarp is. May have to do some seam sealing. It would be fairly easy to add grosgrain tie outs to the corners it you wanted to.
If you are looking for a beginners tarp then at this point I would say go for it.
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