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    Question size of tarp

    Their are all different sizes of hammock tarps and MacCat has a great picture representation of this. What have you experienced hammock campers found to be the smallest with the most protection for heavy rain and wind?

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    11-12 foot ridgeline, at least 4-5 foot walls (so like 11x10 or 12x10 tarps) I personally have a 12x12 Kelty noah tarp, but its huge. There is also a 9x9 variation, And when used in a diamond configurations, It is the perfect size for light to moderate rains.
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    AHE's Sale has Toxaway tarps for 80 bucks until the 10th.

    12' RL Catcut. Great coverage. Made for hammocks.
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    If I knew I was going to be in heavy wind and rain, I'd bring a Superfly sized tarp with doors with me. But most times an OES Deluxe will work for my 11 foot hammocks and an OES Standard for my shorter hammocks is what I bring.

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    I want a big-old four-season tarp with doors. While I have a HammockGear 4S Cuben Fiber tarp, and it's got doors, it's not my idea of a winter, sideways-rain or snow type of tarp. It's only 8.5 feet wide, good for most weather, but not for a hefty storm.

    Since I live in a coastal community, between a river and the ocean, we often get sideways rain, coming from all directions. Lots of people on the forum talk about "site selection," and "hang your tarp so you take the wind broadside." In a good storm (like I get often), all that's twaddle in my book. You can't manage the weather like you're adjusting a whoopie sling. Once you're hunkered down for the night, you're not gonna change trees because the wind shifted and now the precipitation is blowing straight into your sleeping quarters.

    Forget asym, diamond or hex in sideways storms, unless you darned near wrap the tarp around you. If it ain't got doors (or Grizzbeaks), it ain't cutting it for me.

    And in winter? I'd say those doors keep you 3 to 5 degrees warmer, maybe more. I used Tyvek GrizzBeaks on a winter trip this year and inside the tarp it was 29, outside it was 17 degrees. Doors really kick butt in winter.

    If you don't go out camping in weather like I describe, then you can cut weight and go with a smaller tarp. But for my next tarp, I'm buying a big-old four-season, four-door tarp.

    I would love a Warbonnet Superfly, but as soon as I look at the cost ($130) and the weight (19 oz.), I say to myself, "For a mere $265 more, I could have an HG Cuben Fiber Winter Palace that has almost as much coverage, and weighs a mere 8.5 ounces."

    I might have to sell a kidney to buy one, but the Winter Palace is what I want.

    Let me go post "Kidney for Sale" in the For Sale forum right now.

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