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Lightweight Family Backpacking Tent
Hello everyone, This season I'm looking to take more trips with my two daughters (ages 6, and 4) into the backcountry. However, I've been looking over my current gear kit and trying...
Lunar Duo 30d vs 70d floor option
Hello all, I noticed this has been discussed a bit in the past but I was wondering if anyone has any more opinions. I'm thinking about adding this shelter to my collection...
Best Material for DIY Plastic Tarp?
Doing some tarp experiments and would like to try some different sizes. So, I want to make up some DIY plastic tarps. There's lots of different kinds of plastic out there, so...
Tent under 8.5 oz.
Would anybody be interested in a tent that weighs under 8.5oz.??? email me at (removed) That's an interesting user name you have. Care to share any more details on that tent? I...
GG thinlight w/big agnes clearview
I need comfort with my pad and have decided that an inflatable pad is the one luxuries I will always keep. However, now that I have moved to a tarp and bivy...
Groundsheet & Permethrin
I have searched around a bit and can't seem to nail this one down. I tarp camp mostly and sleep with a headset when necessary. Is it possible to treat polycro or...
Unmanageable wetness this weekend
This past weekend, while sleeping in a water resistant bivy under a pyramid tarp, I got wet. VERY wet. It was raining with temps around 2C and 100% humidity for over 8...
Cheap groundsheet / tarp
My local Walmart had polycro (window film) marked down. $5 for the window kit which has 2 pieces about 5 x 17.5 so you could easily get 6 groundsheets. Or if you...
Polycryo ground cloth alternatives
I was wondering if there was any alternatives that would hold me off until I get the polycro I ordered? I ordered them late, don't feel like carrying a bivy this weekend...
Polycryo ground cloth alternatives
I was wondering if there was any alternatives that would hold me off until I get the polycro I ordered? I ordered them late, don't feel like carrying a bivy this weekend...
Ground Cloth for a Pyramid…Need Advice
Hopefully not too much of a hijack of this thread, as some earlier comments related --- I just did a 3-day snowshoe trip where I slept under a tarp on snow/ice. I.e.,...
Rain Poncho as poncho/groundsheet/beak for cat tarp?
Hi all, I've been thinking up ideas to make my rain gear more utilitarian and multi-use, and I thought of trying to pick up a poncho that I could also use as...
Rain Poncho as poncho/groundsheet/beak for cat tarp?
Hi all, I've been thinking up ideas to make my rain gear more utilitarian and multi-use, and I thought of trying to pick up a poncho that I could also use as...
Rain Poncho as poncho/groundsheet/beak for cat tarp?
Hi all, I've been thinking up ideas to make my rain gear more utilitarian and multi-use, and I thought of trying to pick up a poncho that I could also use as...
Modifying a SMD Vamp Tarp
I recently purchased a Vamp Tarp from someone on this site, in great condition. When I saw it I realized that it would lend itself well to perimeter netting. I sewed a...
Lightweight Backpacking, Wal-Mart Style
I guess this hadn't been mentioned here before either. You can get window film kits (polycro) near the paint and tool area. The normal window kit should give you 6 sheets of...
New Tarp Material Experiment
I was surfing around on the web a couple weeks ago, and found some interesting stuff. - 5.15oz (146 grams) for a 8.5' x 9' flat tarp with guy lines. - No...
Rate my tarp pitch/questions?
This is gonna be a bit picture heavy but here it goes... This is the MLD cuben poncho that I plan to use for my AT thru hike <2 weeks away. I...
Which tarp combo would you prefer?
These two options are about the same weight: Option 1 MLD grace solo spinntex 5.9 oz BMW vapr bivy with bug insert 7.5 oz Total 13.4 oz Option 2 MLD grace duo...
Ground Cloth or Pad?
I am about to buy my first tarp and am left with a few questions. What is the lightest groundcloth set up? Or would a full length (1/8' inch) foam ccf pad...
