OES Tarps

**finskie** · 08-21-2011, 18:04

Originally Posted by Wolverine

Ok,

I'll give Brian everyone's benefit, although I'm somewhat disappointed in the communication process.

Seems more common lately. His gear gets alot of love though. I have seen his tarps and they look great... my only experience with him was ordering guylines from him about 1 1/2 year ago. The lines were as described but it took me 6 weeks to get them. I'm sure alot can change in 18 months though. Good Luck.

**BER** · 08-21-2011, 18:33

Originally Posted by Wolverine

Ok,

I'll give Brian everyone's benefit, although I'm somewhat disappointed in the communication process.

It has been a relatively common complaint from a number of folks here and on another site. It is what it is. That being said, the final product is excellent. I have had two OES tarps. Both have been of very high quality.

**MAD777** · 08-21-2011, 18:58

The tarps are A-1 great!!! I've been using Brian's tarps for several years.
A happy customer

**Rikall** · 08-21-2011, 19:28

Another proud of owner of high quality OES tarps.

**X-Lem** · 08-21-2011, 20:28

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ighlight=brian

**Acer** · 08-21-2011, 21:03

I have a 10' x 12' silnylon and was using it to cover a bug net shell inside of a tent,,the golite shangri-la 2,,and works great for a hammock as well,,,as you can,,if you stake it just right,,close the ends off perfectly, going to order another for the wife to use..and I can't say enough about the workmanship,,even if I have to wait a bit to get it,,old saying goes,,all good things comes to those that wait! and Brians work is to perfection.

**mountaingoat** · 08-21-2011, 21:17

I have two tarps, one of them an OES standard. Of the two, I find the OES to be all around stronger and of higher quality, although I like them both for different reasons.
Top notch in my book.

**dragon360** · 08-22-2011, 08:31

As a one man company, communication has always been a struggle for Brian. Personally, I don't know where he finds the time in a day.

**Desert Reprobate** · 08-22-2011, 10:13

He needs to find a girlfriend with a business major to handle that end of the business so he can spend more time at the sewing table.

**ohiocyclist** · 08-25-2011, 11:56

Originally Posted by BER

It is what it is.

That being said I wish there would have been some mention of turn around time on his website. I had no idea of turn around times for this sort of thing when I ordered my tarp a month ago. I figured that would be plenty of time before my next trip (which starts tomorrow). No such luck. Had I known it would have been four weeks or more, I would have found an alternative.