My Complete Tarp Setup with new additions
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- My Complete Tarp Setup with new additions
See below for specifications and weights:
Tarps are not for everyone. They take experience to set up and use, but I prefer a tarp in most situations. The only advantage I see in a tent is the feeling of being closed in. Since your enclosement is of thin nylon this is really a false sense of security. A tarp puts you more in tune with the world around you. Allows more ventilation (ALL tents condensate). I wake up dry under a tarp. This ventilation and lack of flooring allows me to cook under my tarp (using caution). This may not sound like much but when you wake up on a rainy morning it improves morale to be able to boil water for coffee/tea/oatmeal in the morning or allows respite in the evening when making camp. It is the first thing that goes up which allows me to build camp under it once it is up as opposed to a tent where the body has to be snapped/threaded into poles and then the tarp put over it all while getting soaked. I don't need flat, clear ground (slightly larger than the tent to pitch). The tarp can be pitched over bushes and such which can be beneficial in high wind/cold weather. I can easily choose not to carry hiking poles and use sticks or trees found on the trail to save weight. I can choose not to take the bug bivy if not needed. It is actually stronger in a storm (if pitched correctly). I primarily use two pitches while backpacking. The first I would consider the normal pitch (depicted in this video). I raise it and lower it depending on how much ventilation/wind and terrain. The second is the storm pitch where I pitch 3 sides flat and face the open side away from the wind into protection (usually using my umbrella to help block the open side).
I love the new PiCharPak WorkSHop Dyneema line. So far I am very happy with it.
I am very pleased with the MLD Bug Bivy also, however, it is a little on the small side for me (6'1 and 220lbs). The length isn't bad but I toss and turn all night and find my knees against the side, where bugs could get to them through the netting. If you sleep on your side or back without tossing this would be fine. Of course if it was bigger it would weigh more. (everything is a give and take) The quality is excellent!
Z-Packs Custom Made Cuben Fiber 8.5' x 8.5' Tarp 252 g / 8.89 oz
weight includes:
Z-packs Line-Locs www.zpacks.com
PiCharPaK WorkSHop 1.1mm and 1.5mm Dyneema Line
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Z-Packs 1.5mm Z-Line for clotheline w/cordlocks
Z-Packs Removable Pullout lines w/Line-Locs and mitten hooks
also:
Mountain Laurel Designs Bug Bivy (Nylon Floor) 186 g / 6.56 oz
www.mountainlau...
Gossamer Gear Polycryo Ground Cloth 41 g / 1.45 oz
gossamergear.co...
Vargo Outdoors 6 inch Shepherd Hook Ti Stakes x10 58g / 2.05 oz
MSR Carbon Core Tent Stakes x2 12g / 0.42 oz
Z-Packs Cuben Fiber Tent Stake Sack 2 g / 0.07 oz
Total weight: 551 g / 19.44 oz
Nice. With a shorter tarp I can see MLD's Bug Bivy 2 being a very good option.
Nice set up. I have seen Stick's setup and like it too. It live in FL so bugs and weather are always an issue. I'm looking to cut weight and step into the world of tarps. Thanks for sharing. Great to see what others are doing.
Glad I could help! Always here to share :) Thanks for the comment!
nice set up mate, just got into tarps, loving them. that bug bivvy is great!! subbed you too, thanks. ATB Tom.
Bug protection is a must. Tics!
+Richard M I agree in most places. I do take my chances sometimes. I have been really lucky so far. I am sure one day it will catch up with me. Thank you for the comment!
Great video. Thank you for turning me on to MLD's bug bivy! I think the mesh+bathtub flooring at 5.5 oz is fantastic! I also love that the bug mesh ties out to two different points! I hate the pyramid design by sea-to-summit. I just don't like the bug mesh resting on my feet. I plan on grabbing Hammock Gear's cuben fiber tarp w/ doors. It's originally meant for hammock sleepers but I'll be adapting it for a regular tarp setup. It'll give me 360 enclosure but when I add on this mesh+bathtub piece, it'll really complete my goals for a ul modular shelter. cuben tarp: 6.7; bug bivy: 5.5; and I think my groundsheet + pad is 14. now that you've had a few years to handle the bug bivy, how has it held up? do you feel like you need a polycryo groundsheet on top of the bathtub floor to protect your sleeping pad?
Hi from Puerto Rico!! A like your videos , what kind of plastic you use like floor sheet??? A bath cortaron? A old desechable poncho?
Hello! I appreciate the comment. I use a polycryo ground sheet from gossamer gear. www.gossamergear.com/products/polycryo-tent-footprint-ground-cloths?variant=30496353228. I buy all my own gear so I am not trying to sell you anything. You could probably get a sheet of it from a hardware store and cut it to fit your needs. I hope this helps!
@@scubabbyy thanks.
With the tarp for hammock with doors it can protect more maybe
I’m considering using a similar set up. My question for you (or anyone else who knows) is during wind and rain does water blow onto you?
This is pretty sweet. I have a zpacks 7' x 9' tarp and put two loops on the ridge line for a bivy, I was thinking about the MLD bug bivy. You think your/my potential set up would be sufficient for a AT thru hike? How's the ground splash back protection on the bug bivy? Is there some bathtub floor effect?
There is some bathtub floor effect. I pitch my tarp differently during bad weather to reduce those potential issues. That is the great thing about tarps is they are so versatile! I think it would be doable for a thru-hike with this setup. You would definitely need to use care and pack some Cuben Fiber repair tape but it is doable! Thank you for the comment!
Shannon Davis hi would a 6.5 wide tarp be able to fit sides to the ground over that net?
hi how high is that net pitched?
What the big deal with tarps, add enough things to a tarp and then look what you have, A tent.
True, except the tarp is way more versatile. I have nothing against tents and actually still use them for certain purposes but a tent doesn't stand a chance against a tarp on breath-ability. Do you cook in your tent? I cook under my tarp (when it is raining that is). Can you pitch a tent over a bush? I do. You are right about adding things to the tarp becoming a tent but I can leave the different parts behind when I don't need them. Thanks for asking.
Biggest plus with a mesh tent is "headroom". (especially the DD A-frame tent). Set your tarp up about 4" above the mesh tent at a slant for forest camping, and you've got weather and bug protection, but also a dry stand up working space once outside the tent. I use a 3x3 metre DD Tarp, which is awesome.