Okay, so I have read a handful of reviews of the Noah's tarps, most of them positive. However, I will be heading to the boundary waters in Minnesota in a few weeks and really want to make sure I stay dry out there.

This will be my first real wilderness trip....been car camping plenty of times with my tarp but have only experienced light rain (lucky I know). I do plan to set it up in the yard and give it a good hosing test but want to know what you have experienced with rain and worse on your Noah's tarps.

Reading the specs the PU coating is "450 mm" while even the Chinook is "2000 mm."

So, in your REAL WORLD experience, will it keep my dry or do I have to buy something else?

Thanks so much!