Rainflys: Hex or Monsoon?

[ofuros]

Monsoon/ Typhoon set up...... it's a minimalist designed tarp, with just enough coverage to keep your warm & dry in a raging storm.
No more no less.
I love it....but I like things fairly light & minimal, if you want a bit more elbow room buy a bigger tarp.

[Finn]

Ofuros, I take it from the pictures that the doors for that tarp are removable then?

What is the weight on it without the doors?

[ofuros]

Yes they are, Finn.
Mine's not as std anymore, it dissapears into snakeskins & has its own ridgeline & prussiks each end.....but there
wouldn't be much weight in those doors.

Just quickly nipped downstairs for you, and the 2 doors together weigh in at 134g or 4.7oz.

Take that away from the weights listed on the Hennessy site.
Monsoon 30D 510gr or 18oz
Typhoon 30D 540gr or 19oz

[Finn]

Interesting. I've been tempted by those tarps for a while now. What I may do is make a set of doors for my hex and see if that works.

Would you be able to PM me a couple of pictures of the attachment points, and possibly a good pic of the door laying flat somewhere?

Finn

[ofuros]

PM sent, Finn.

[Finn]

Thank you!

That clarifies some things.

[Owl]

I went a similar but different route.

I bought the 70D hex, but then had 2QZQ add silnylon doors to it. They're sewn on, permanently attached, with velcro closures.

It creates a VERY roomy tarp that completely encloses my hammock, and when I bring it to the ground I've never had issues with rain/snow swirling into it in any fashion.

It's not lightweight/minimalist. But it is pretty much bombproof...LOL.

And I can always roll the doors up and away when the weather is nice, and put the tarp out in normal 'porch mode' like any other hex tarp if I like.

[FLRider]

I don't have experience with the Monsoon or Typhoon.

However, I can say that the Hennessy Hex has an whole heckofalot of coverage. By itself, I'd say it's enough coverage to keep you from getting wet in 99% of conditions. Only when serious blowing (think 35+ MPH winds) rain is coming in from the head or foot end would it be a problem.

However, if you carry a poncho, you can rig that up as an improv Grizz Beak to avoid that issue, as well.

Assuming you don't mind the weight of the tarp, it's definitely one of the better ones at keeping you dry out there.

Hope it helps!