Noisy Tarp

[ChrisH]

Is spinn or cuben any quieter than sil or PU coated ripstop in the rain? I had a hard time falling asleep the other night when it was pouring down rain. I'm not sure that I could get used to sleeping with ear plugs on either.

What do you do to deal with the noise?

[G.L.P.]

spin is louder ..... but thats just me.
i like the sound of rain on my tarp..... it' just something your going to need to get use to
you will have it in a tent as well..so there is no really way around it
the only thing you can do is just not hike in the rain

[Running Feather]

...What do you do to deal with the noise?

Noise? What noise?

Oh, you mean the music

[ChrisH]

It's not even close to as loud in a tent, IMO. It wasn't so much the rain that bothered me, it was the big atomic bomb rain drops that were coming off the tree. Right when I was about asleep one of those would nail the tarp!I think that if I pitch my tarp closer to the hammock the drops won't be so loud as well. But then I don't get the good view in semi porch mode!

I think you're right, though. I think I just have to get used to it because I'm definitely not going to stop camping in the rain!

[gargoyle]

Try some earplugs.

[oldgringo]

I like the sound of the occasional drop hitting Amsteel under tension...like an upright bass.

[Dutch]

Love the sound of rain on a tarp. Cuben and spinn isn't going to help. 'm thinking atighter pitch will make it deflect more.

[G.L.P.]

Love the sound of rain on a tarp. Cuben and spinn isn't going to help. 'm thinking atighter pitch will make it deflect more.

+1 on that..........

[Wags]

dutch is basically like obi-wan. always knows the right thing to say...

[PDA]

The tighter the pitch, the higher the note. Try taught on one side, less on the other, then maybe you'll get two part harmony