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With the wind blowing everything away, I didn't figure you had much of a chance to look, but figured I'd ask.

Heck of a story...sounds like things could have gone pear-shaped pretty quickly!! Did you, perchance, see tree damage from the tarp cordage?

200 divided by 16 is 12.5 lbs. Obviously a very simplistic answer and I'm sure there's a lot more calculations that go into it.

However...

Since I'm reasonably sure that people are getting...

Yes, and no - HH tarp still attaches to the hammock suspension and not to the tree huggers, don't they?



The upside would be that when you change the height of the straps, you don't have to...

Looks like a good endorsement of using straps rather than cord for heavy forces.

Agreed that perception carries the day, disagree that the choice is all about 'spin control' - Acer already gave info on tree damage.

I *would* like to know if a tarp RL has done noticeable...

I wouldn't think a tarp would exert anything NEAR the pressure that a hammock rigged on cordage would.