I’m liking the simplicity and light weight of using plastic toggles on my tarp ridge line (1.75mm Lash IT).
On the side tie outs (1.75 Zing It), I use lines that I can take off and put them where I want them on the tarp sides. As much as possible, I tie those to fixed objects (trees, limbs, roots, rocks).
It’s usually not a problem in the woods of the southeast US, even if I occasionally need to add on an extra length of line to get the right angle. I like to hang my tarp high and open if weather permits.
For the stakes, I use a clove hitch. It’s fast and simple and lets me put the stake anywhere I like.
But I’ve not found much discussion on the reliability of the plastic toggles in high wind.
It seems that under pressure, the center, separating the two holes might take the most abuse, but with the lines pulling towards the ends and the line resting on itself. it seems to me that it could take a lot of force.
I try to go to a somewhat sheltered location to camp if I can, but sometimes you still get the hard wind.
