Anyone using a windbreak?

[OldRagFreeze]

If you look at my avatar picture, that night the winds picked up significantly and I pitched my Wal Mart tarp on the right side as a wind break. I staked a short side of it flush to the ground, pulled it up to my tarp's ridgeline and folded each corner over the rigdeline so they could be tied off. It left a large hole at the ridgeline which I successfully covered with my cotton long johns that had gotten wet anyway. It was an atrocius sight, but I slept warm despite some strong gusting that night.

My Superfly gets here Monday. I won't need to reinvent the wheel next time.

[Klaussinator]

Alright . . . a few minutes in the shop, and now I have a CAMO windbreak to use around my hot pot whenever it's windy out. I used some of the camo Taslite left over from my tarp project http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=65828 (no this isn't SIL treated )

It's 16" high by 36" long, with a pocket at each end so a trail stick can be passed thru and then stuck into the ground. If I'm not set up near a tree like in the earlier pics, then I'll just fold this around a third stick in the middle.



This folds up neatly inside the lid of my Imusa cook kit, so it'll always be there in case I need it.

-Klauss

[michigandave]

If you look at my avatar picture, that night the winds picked up significantly and I pitched my Wal Mart tarp on the right side as a wind break. I staked a short side of it flush to the ground, pulled it up to my tarp's ridgeline and folded each corner over the rigdeline so they could be tied off. It left a large hole at the ridgeline which I successfully covered with my cotton long johns that had gotten wet anyway. It was an atrocius sight, but I slept warm despite some strong gusting that night.

My Superfly gets here Monday. I won't need to reinvent the wheel next time.

I've got that same 10$ Walmart tarp and its so versatile. Used as groundsheet, tarp over hammock and as a wall to block the wind. It's always in my kit as an essential.

[OutandBack]

Great ideas, thanks everyone! That bright blue material was just something I grabbed on my way out the door . . . Gotta make a real windbreak that's either camo or black --- stealth camping, ya know?!? I'm gonna run down to the shop and see what I can whip up.

As far as the bigger windbreak for the hammock, I hadn't thought about using it on the side, but that makes sense too. I was thinking more about using it to keep the wind from rushing thru a tarp without doors, when the trees won't allow you to set your ridgeline up perpendicular to the wind.

-Klauss

Oh sorry I misunderstood. So you're thinking of doing a wind block at on end of the open tarp (sans doors) Kind of a shorty grizz beak?

The new camo wind block for the stove looks great. I fight a lot of wind out here and have had to get very creative to keep the stove lit.
I really like wind blocking ideas.

[Two Tents]

I use a rain kilt for a multiple use item. It opens up to a big rectangle. Good for rain, laundry, a cooking windbreak like you came up with. I rig it on the end of my hammock to block off weather as needed. The other end gets my silnylon Packa for protection.

[SilvrSurfr]

It's all about the weight. You could carry a sheet of plywood that would work, if you can stand the weight.

Ah, to have wind that only blows from one direction and never shifts! Coastal areas like where I live are notorious for shifting quickly, often several times in 60 seconds. I tried several ways of breaking the wind before I conceded that mother nature wouldn't cooperate. Therefore, I got the HG Winter Palace and all my worries are gone!

[Sirkyi]

Great Idea!