After several hundred rainy nights under tarps between the JRB 8x8 and more cavernous large tarps I can say I've never been wet or had blow in problems...It really is mostly site protection/selection and proper pitch for conditions.

I find it curious that the ground world, long a tent encased community, is migrating more and more to more open and lighter tarp tents and tarps....While hammockers are currently migrating the opposite to more enclosed tarps, additive end covers and even tents....Oh well... cycles are ever changing.

Pan.