JRB(Jacks R Better) has their 11'x10' on sale through today with free seam sealing. Very nice tarp and with the sale/seam seal your saving close to $30. Good luck with your decision.
JRB(Jacks R Better) has their 11'x10' on sale through today with free seam sealing. Very nice tarp and with the sale/seam seal your saving close to $30. Good luck with your decision.
I don't really consider it "bashing" a manufacturer, when not to do so, is worse advice.
Many people have and enjoy Eno hammocks. Like GT Slap Straps, if you own a GT, you switch them out, for something that works.
I think the same goes for tarps, if the same manufacturers produce them.
HH began offering it's better Hex tarp, when people probably began looking elsewhere for a better tarp, and ended up purchasing the entire kit, somewhere else.
Concerning the above manufacturers, the worst thing that can happen to them is for customers to start looking around for better suspensions, or weather protection, and begin comparison shopping, the rest of the rig.
HH did what it could to fix that with, side entries, the Hex tarps, and free upgrades to them on some models.
Eno/GT instead of refining it's product, seems more intent upon introducing "New" stuff, that other manufacturers do not provide.
Two different approaches to the same problem.
Last edited by Rolloff; 07-08-2012 at 14:09.
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It should be said that for little more money than the least expensive ENO tarps, OP can buy a similarly sized premium sil-nylon tarp from one of several makers who sell and ship direct: Arrowhead, Warbonnet, JRB, OES, Wilderness Logics, etc.
Or, consider for <$50, the Go-Lite sil-nylon poncho-and-tarp, if it is long enough. It must be inexpensive enough.
Sorry. I did the best I could. I have no personal knowledge of any other tarps, other than the WW, Harbor Freight, and AHE, so felt it improper to suggest any others. Seemed to cover a wide enough price range IMO.
Info concerning the coverage involved with the Eno tarps, for anyone reading the forums correctly, is fairly common knowledge. When someone asks, right out, directly, they deserve a similar response. But you're right, we should remain one big happy family, Box stores, Cottage vendors, DIY'rs, and Hangers alike. That's HF!
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Many cottage vendors, really do hands on work, some don't start on your tarp until it's ordered. At peak times the room and time needed for sealing and for it to cure, would delay shipping considerably.
Depending on temp and humidity, sealant can remain tacky to the touch for a day or so, even beyond recommended cure times. Some prefer two very light coats, to one generous bead. Others insist on getting the new tarp soaked once, and fully dry, to swell the thread in the stitching first before applying sealant.
My new AHE was sealed two days ago, and no longer feels tacky, but I'll give it one more day, because I can, and don't want to sprinkle a little talc on it.
Sealing most tarps is not difficult, and many vendors include a bottle of high quality sealant, or carry it on their site, at reasonable prices for this purpose.
Some do provide sealed or taped seams, and some contend they do but don't always.
In the end, you can almost paint seams in the time it takes to thoroughly inspect them, and YOU know it was done. In addition, not only should you inspect seams and stitching, but you should also inspect for errant needle holes and other imperfections out in the body of the tarp. The more mass produced, the item is, the more chance of a high speed stitcher running a-rye, or other imperfections slipping past a trained eye.
Last edited by Rolloff; 07-09-2012 at 00:46.
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-I know this is heresy but I have yet to seal the seams on a tarp. Not even my DIY jobs. I've been through some nasty rains too. Now that is a risk that _I_ take. I'm just too lazy to do it and don't really have the room.
If a vendor has the equipment to seal tape the seams, more power to them. But it ain't cheap. When properly sewn, a flat felled seam is quite water resistant and who cares if the hems seep a little. I'd rather seal them myself than pay for the overhead and space to have them do it. Sealing by liquid sealer is not practical on a commercial basis.
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