Snake Skin or Stuff sack for Tarp?

**Wanderlost** · 10-04-2016, 11:34

Originally Posted by brutalguyracing

Where did you get the skin from
I use a superfly and guess i would need a 12' skin

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Mine are DIY using noseeum mesh from Dutch. You want it a few inches longer than your tarp if you want to stick the suspension in there as well.

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**vladdtoo** · 10-04-2016, 13:34

If I didn't already have HG cuben skin, I'd go with MountainGoat mesh sleeves. Skins/sleeves makes setup much easier, no kite flying. But if I didn't use skins, I would probably go with a Bishop bag over a regular stuff sack.

**Scarecrow** · 10-04-2016, 14:42

I'm using HH snake skins for my Superfly, and I pack the skinned tarp in a dry bag. When packing up, I just roll the skinned tarp into a ball, wrap one end of the CRL around it to keep it all together, and drop it in the dry bag. Keeps it all nice, neat, and easy to setup next time I gotta pull it back out.

**brutalguyracing** · 10-04-2016, 16:25

I use skins now
But would like to use just ONE skin
As i keep getting an air bubble when i use 2
Not the end of the world but it slows me down

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**W8lkinUSA** · 10-04-2016, 17:04

Originally Posted by brutalguyracing

Where did you get the skin from
I use a superfly and guess i would need a 12' skin

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I use 11ft Mountain Goat skins, then the original sack for the SuperFly. Wish the sack was a hair larger..

**mooseprime** · 10-04-2016, 17:58

Mesh snake skins from Kat. They work great and IMO are much easier than a stuff sack. Also, once fully sleeved, I don't ball it up in any way since I like to use it to take up the occasional odd empty/irregular space in my backpack.

**airbud** · 10-04-2016, 20:24

I personally use a double ended stuff sack. I think it's the best of both worlds.

**brutalguyracing** · 10-04-2016, 20:35

Just to clarify
Mountain goats 11'
It is just one skin correct
From their site it looks as if its 2 skins

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**mooseprime** · 10-04-2016, 21:11

Originally Posted by brutalguyracing

Just to clarify
Mountain goats 11'
It is just one skin correct
From their site it looks as if its 2 skins

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The 11' and 12' are two skins.

**Brewbud** · 10-05-2016, 00:38

Originally Posted by Secondmouse

it seems like they hold air and are hard to compress, and they've got the rubbery side of the fabric on the outside so they don't slide either against themselves or each other or into a pocket and that makes them difficult to pack.......

This is the reason I switched to the mesh skins from Mountain Goat.