Tarp set up for extending your living space (not for night sleeping)

[Diane Pinkers]

At one point, I saw a suggestion that people add small hair bungies between a tarp and guy line, to allow for stretch in case of wind to reduce tear outs. Does anyone find that helpful?

[Rex Sanders]

I used double loops of skinny bungie cord / tent pole shock cord on my old Tarptent Moment. Didn’t experience any high winds, but helped a lot with silnylon stretch overnight due to condensation and tree drip.

I put mine inline: tent -> guy line -> shock cord loops -> stake. Others don’t trust shock cord that much, and use the loops to slightly shorten the guy line. If the shock cord fails, tent/tarp doesn’t fall down completely.

— Rex

[James Marco]

I use hair ties, doubled over, in windy or stormy conditions. I loop it around the stake, then the guyline, back to the stake and plant it. I had one blow out in 20 years of doing it that way, but I think it was defective. In most cases, I pull the stake loose, first.

In mild or rainy conditions, I simply loop one loop into the other then anchor it down.

In either case, it helps a LOT with any stretch.

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