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    Tarp extensions

    Soooooo.

    I nearly purchased a superfly. Nearly. My hammock is a very long one, a tw super xl and my dd 3x3 just wasn't quite long enough in bad weather pitched Square. I wanted, needed more coverage.

    Bilmo-p5 of BCUK to the rescue. (Of my bank balance)

    I commissioned him to make me two simple micro tarps. These come in very useful as small groundsheets, gear covers and bush umbrellas but the main use I had in mind was this:


    Augmented Dd hammock in "Bishop" bag (double ended stuff sack for the pedants)


    Ready to deploy



    And setup best I can I the garden. The micro tarps provide perfect extended protection for the ends of my hammock allowing me to avoid the windier triangle pitch for the square pitch I prefer.

    Top job and the micro tarps simply unclip for loads of other uses around camp. Saved me a ton of cash.

    Cheers

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    Simple. Elegant. Like it!
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    My forum name is Fish<><; I'm in the navy; and I hate sleeping on the ground. If I didn't need ground to walk on or measure resistance to, I think I could happily give it up.

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    Very nice indeed!
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    Wonderful. Great solution to a common problem!

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    Interesting solution indeed, have to say I like this.
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    i am gonna make myself a set of these,, thanks

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    In that case I need to coin a forum acronym for them...

    How about

    Tarp Extending Micro Panels

    ?

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    Very clever! What dimensions are your micro tarps?

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    Quote Originally Posted by slugbait View Post
    Very clever! What dimensions are your micro tarps?
    1m x 1m (adds 1.4m to the length of the tarp) .
    Last edited by mountainm; 05-15-2014 at 12:15.

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    Nifty, I like it.

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