She's a beaut isn't she
Would you like to hear all about my war bonnet Superfly tarp?
And then would you like to take a look at all the other tarps?
I own I was talking on the telly to Ted and then I tentatively thought I would talk to you about tariffs
So here is my war bonnet Superfly tarp with doors. I got to tell you
This is one spacious tarp when I get under there in my hammock
It just seems huge
now I've got the doors in several different configurations here on this rear door I
Have its takedown which is easy to do
every corner looks like that as
a d-ring that's actually more of a
triangle I go to a short piece of my
No tangle line spectra line down there to stake out now. I use a little clip actually is my preferred method
It's just a little small clamp that I get at Home Depot or any home store, and I roll my doors up
to keep them back when I'm not using them if I
Don't have them like that and that my friends is very handy to have two doors close it up
This one's rolled but most people pull them back like this I
Prefer to pull them to the outside if I do that and just tie them off
over on one of the guy outs
This tarp is a sill nylon tarp meaning. It's got a nice
Olive brown color to it there are other choices
I think they I think they have camo and some colors like that because it is a big tarp
it is nice to use the pull outs and
Use the line to give yourself a little more space this tarp has an 11 foot ridge line across the top
four and a half feet from ridge line
To here a lot of ways to use your tie outs there
That open up space one of the easiest is to take that angle up and just go to a tree and for going side
You can see that that
It really opens the room up. I'm hoping you can see that on camera
Really pulls that up
Whereas this one is not tied back and you can see I can push that way back down here
I'll end up having a lot more room with that tie out tied off
And that's also if the wind is coming this way and your pitch
Really keeps that tarp from blowing in when you've got a large tarp like this
That's a lot of a lot of tarp to catch the wind if it's if it's sideways so good idea to get used to
Learning how to use your tie out swell and don't be scared to use them
I always think it's best to get your tie outs up in the air a little bit
So it's not pulling down straight to the ground
The more you get it up the higher it kind of lifts your your pull out
And you just get a little bit more room in there, so what I do is
I just have one of my tie out lines. It's this one right here that goes to this side
It is a little bit longer than this one so I can come down
Wrap, it around my pole a little bit and then stake that down to the ground
And of course you know you could use a stick
But that really affords you good bit of room in there really opens that tarp up as you can see
Given a lot more room inside
Hoping you can see how that opens that tarp up a good deal of
Course you can always just do your pull outs this way too a little easier I
Don't think you get as much room in there, but you know if it was a windy night
It would still
Help keep the tarp blow in on you not as effective as up here. I don't think and
The longer that line is
The better pull hey, there's me hey a man what you say hey there, buddy. I think the longer the line
The better pull you get so if that line are up, you can see it just pulls it up a little better
Either way there's gonna
be times with a big tarp like that with a lot of side where that wind is gonna be pounding on you and
You're gonna need to do something there now. That said they also do I?
Don't use them
But they also make some poles a little short poles that can go over the top of your tarp
To hold it open and a lot of people prefer that method I haven't gotten there yet
I do use a pole mod on the inside of my winter tarp
But I've never tried the one over the top and I will put a link to that pole in the description box below this video
So sure you look there. Please could you would you should you? I think you should know go ahead and do it?
I'll wait right here
Get it look down there at all. Did you you were too scratching yourself and fiddling around. That's okay check it out later
Pitching the tarp is a true art and everybody does it a little bit differently
I'm just showing what I do here
And maybe that'll give you some insight to find your way to the way you like pitching your tarp
But let's just take a moment here and look at the stakes
I carry and yes a lot of people like to go in the woods and just use sticks that they find
I never seem to find a decent stick that that suits me, maybe I'm picky
But I like just bringing my little stakes, and I bring a little assemblage as what I do
Some just because I have a lot of stakes, and it's fun and some just hold better than others
And it's just a constant test for me, but I carry stakes. Call me crazy. I guess I can um
Well, I'm gonna weigh up so you can mock me if you want, but I just like having them
And I carry him and I enjoy them and that way I got them right away
And I don't even have to spend time looking around you do what you do, and I'll do what I do and somewhere
We'll meet in the middle
Okay with my super fly setup. I carry six stakes, and man, I know that's
2 point 4 ounces
That's just crazy, man. I mean that's an eighth of a pound what am I thinking? I'm not thinking at all
I don't know why I carry those stakes
I really shouldn't
But you know what I'm gonna keep carrying them because I like them you know go ahead and do what suits you you're gonna find
Your groove if you camp enough, so let's just move on to point 4 ounces which is
68 grams
That's what I carry, so let's take a look at the stakes that I toke
so I carry a little stuff sack that I've always carried to use mistakes and
So I have that
What I like to do for this particular superfly tarp is I carry three of my titanium stakes I?
carry two of my aluminum my aluminium stakes
Because they're a little bit thicker than the titanium and sometimes depending on the soil these work better these always work great
But sometimes these work better, and then it carry one of these wonderful steaks
I got with my amok hammock, and it tends to bite in really well
also with this setup I
do bring
these two sets of lines
Plus a third for doing the pull outs and
those lines
with these little tiny carabiners on them measure I
know it's crazy, but
It looks like it's what is that point eighth of an ounce so not even an ounce really?
23 grams
0.8 of an ounce I like them they make things quick and
That's what I'm looking for out there. It gives me more time to lollygag. So that's what I do
That's my setup
This is my DIY black crow tarp, let's look at that weights size and whatnot
black out
so there's my little black crow tarp next to a standard sort of
Nalgene bottle even though, this is a Camelback, but basically the same size now
Let's weigh it
That tarp is fifteen point seven ounces. That's
444 grams and that includes some snake skins on here all the lines and
Probably even a little piece of extra cord in there that I carry so under a pound. It's a great tarp
I use this probably 90% of the time on my videos and for most of my trips love this tarp
Love it because I made it myself. It's still nylon now. We're gonna take a look at it
I'm gonna lay it up on top of the superfly whoo so we can see the size difference and it made this tarp
the whole point of it was to
have minimal coverage yet enough that I don't get wet but I can see the woods a lot and
I'm gonna tell you right now
I have never gotten wet under that tarp because what's important about a tarp is pitching it properly not so much the tarp
Bring it down pitch it low and the weather's you know
Violent and wet and windy pitch it up high when it's hot spread it out wide open when it's hot
Throw one end back so it's more like a lean-to when you you know don't need full tarp coverage
And bring it down real steep when you do like a very tight a frame like that
And set up a wide-open tarp like that
So never been wet in it so really my philosophy is it's the pitch not the tarp, but it is the tarp?
And anything could happen because you're not in a tent
This is my given tarp, it's a Cuban top. This is it
They say a bigot is is from hammock gear. They make an ice cube and tarp
So here's the size of the Cuban tarp with doors next to a water bottle
Now this is the Cuban tarp pretty sure I have snake skins on there and all the lines and that comes out to nine
point
nine ounces
that's
280 grams
So here's the Cuban on there same thing
11-foot ridge line so
And keep in mind. I use 11 foot hammocks for the most part
I do have a structural Ridge line on my hammock, so they're not stretched out to 11 feet
They're sort of drawn in a little bit so I always use an 11 foot hammock under an 11 foot ridgeline tarp
Always have about this much room or so on the end
Some people aren't comfortable with that and a war bonnet makes a new tarp called the mini fly that has a little
Short piece over the end that protects that but anyway this one
Is three and a half feet from ridgeline down?
It's got a very slight cat cut 11-foot Ridgeline and
You can see I have the doors tied back
So there's a lot of room with those doors if you're brand new to hammock camping or just tarping
Personally I would just recommend getting a sill nylon tarp
not a Cuban
Cubans cost a lot there the material is expensive so it costs a lot to sell them it's not so much the making
It's just that the actual fabric because it's super lightweight
What you're paying for?
Really is if you're a person who's really looking to shave your weight and every experienced backpacker will go through their
I don't like the term gram weenie, but you're gonna
Strive for taking your heavy pack and go in ultralight
Some of that is just rethinking your gear a lot of that means buying new gear
You'll also save some weight in your tarp by the time you add your your lines
And however you rig it most people don't want to use snake skins or whatever
They don't add a lot of weight, and I find them handy, but you're gonna add on a little bit more weight
But it's for the person. That's really trying to knock off every ounce every gram alright. I'm gonna add my video
For the hammock gear cuben fiber tarp at the end of this video and even put a link in the box below
Go down there and look just make sure oh you did okay, seriously alright
I trust you, so I I just get excited talking about tarps. I love sleeping under a tarp. I love everything about tarps
I like talking to you about tarps
I really just wanted to show my tarp and just say tarp a lot top top top top top top top guitars
I also have my big winter tarp, and I have a separate video on that. I'm not gonna get that out today
That's a tarp of the oh it's got doors with Velcro. It's got a pole mod inside
That's more. My heavy-duty snow camping tarp, so I'll put a link on that where
Seriously, you don't know where in the video box below all right?
There's no winter tarp
Which is used exclusively for deep winter camping here in Minnesota and that tarp is a lot heavier, and I know it is
862 grams and one point one four point four ounces so you
know getting close to 2 pounds
But there's a lot going on with that tarp right there
And that doesn't even really include the pole that I bring normally when I bring this tarp
I'm pulling my pull so you know the weight becomes a little less of a factor then
Because I don't travel this far in the winter
It's a whole different deal, but that's my winter tarp, and this was one of the first tarps
I made and I kept adding things I added doors
I added the velcro I added the the pole mods it sort of became my winter tarp it morphed into that
And now for that glorious and magic moment of putting the superfly tarp back into its long snake tube
Voila
And finally here, we look at all the tarp side-by-side my water bottle my DIY black crow tarp my Cuban fibre tarp
My war bonnet Superfly and my winter tarp. You can see the sizes right there
Hope you enjoy this video and it therapy
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It's not about what can we do to stop?
What you do because we don't like what you do, so we're gonna get together and we're gonna stop
What you do not about that it's about what can I do to help you out?
May I assist you
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