Well after some testing with my AHE I love the view but in blowing rain and being such a long tarp compared to my hammock it is hard to get good coverage. I took the opportunity to work with Jared again over at Simply Light Designs and purchased one of his Winter Haven 4 door tarp but lots of modifications to it.Spent last week running my thoughts about what I wanted to do and pulled the trigger last Friday night. He got it knocked out and seam sealed over the weekend, and I have tracking for it so should have it in 2-3 days.
Being I sleep in a short 9' hammock with an 88" ridgeline I didn't need a super long tarp. After working with Jared he constructed a Winter Haven with my requests and some of his ideas implemented. Here is what I ended up with:
-9' Winter Haven
-Cat Cuts on all the edges - This will be mostly a 3 season tarp so I wanted to shed what I could.
-Loc Lines on the 4 corners for keeping the doors closed up nice and tight
-3/4" D-Rings instead of 1/2" D-Rings on the middle 2 ground guy points
-Modified Center Pull Outs as I wanted to be able to do an outside pole mod like what Wilderness Logics offers and after finding some thread and talking with Jared he also sells Tent setups and made me a set of poles to hold the tarp out. We went with 1" webbing on the pull outs
We ended up with a 4 door tarp from 1.4 Sil that weighs 20 oz with stuff sack and seam sealed and an extra 7 oz for the poles and the carry sack.
I'll update with some pictures later in the week once it arrives but if it is anything like everything else I have purchased I'm sure it will be top notch quality.
Craig
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Originally Posted by michigandave
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