Half pyramid using 0.7 osy nylon

Looks very nice Thomas.

Please report on wet stretch behavior if you can. Thank you.

Very interesting / clever your design of the apex pull-out.  The other day I took some measurements on the pullouts of my hoodless tarp-poncho (5’x9.5′) pitched in half piramid (winds were around 18-20 mph).  The apex by far was the most stressed of all tie-outs.  I measured about 35 lbs of tension at the apex pullout while the corners and mid panel tie-outs were around 10-15lbs.  So, your design has strength where is most needed.

It would be interesting to hose the shelter down to see how it sags when wet.

Looks good!

What are the dimensions?

It’s supposed to rain here over the next few days so hopefully I will get a chance to try it out and report on the sag when wet. So far, I have found that it is less stretchy than Argon silnylon and possibly less stretchy than other silnylons too.

The dimensions of the tarp are 9′ long on the front side, 7.5′ on the back side and just shy of 5′ wide. The beak is 9″ long. The net tent is 80″ long, 28″ wide and 38″ high. The whole tent is definitely a little tight, but I just wanted something nicer than a tarp and bivy in the same weight range.

Very nice Thomas. That weight is tough to beat!

Ryan

Well, it finally rained at an opportune time for me to run out and pitch the tent to see how it hold up. It rained really hard, but only for 15 minutes or so. I’m very happy to report that the nylon barely stretched when wet. The nylon also appeared to be waterproof, even with the hard and heavy rain. Pretty happy with the tarp so far. I would be a little hesitant to use it for a big tarp on a long trip (like a thru-hike), but time will tell. If this little tent works well, I may make a big tarp out of the nylon eventually

Nice looking tent.  I missed it when you first posted, I must have been out hiking.

It’ll be interesting how it does on a number of trips with rain, whether it blows in the opening or if you can position it so that isn’t a problem

Thanks Jerry. I’ve only ever had the tent up in my backyard during a rain, but it was pretty windy earlier this summer when I had the old one up. The door is tipped back quite a bit so the rain would have to be pretty plated to get in. Regardless, because it’s tipped, any water that hits the door would likely drip down and not into the tent. I have an extra yard of nylon to make a clip in vestibule type thing at some point.

Oh, I was looking at the top picture, totally open.

The picture lower down with netting wall above and nylon below should keep rain out in any but the worst conditions.

That’s a really low weight

It rained really hard again last night and I got a chance to try out the tent again. I’m happy to report that the lightweight nylon appears to be totally waterproof and has very little stretch, even when wet. The wind was strong enough to blow down branches and trees in the area and knock out my power, but the tarp held up just fine. A little rain/misting found it’s way into the inner tent with the wind, but it was manageable. I doubt that I would have even noticed it if I’d been under a quilt with a DWR.

I wonder if the PU coating on one side makes it stretch less when wet