Tadpole Length?

[Mountain Gout]

That is funny.. The one foot difference in length sometimes is too much..
A lot of times my 11 fter. just fits..

[tbird911]

"That's what she said . . . ."

[flatline]

Pulled the trigger on the Light Owl Hammock and the 11' Tadpole w/extra tie outs. Hopefully, that will make a good starter set. If I get into this, I'm sure it won't be my last hammock/tarp anyway. Thanks for the advice. Now off to research tie-outs & linelocs.

TP & LO is an excellent set up!
You'll be hard pressed to find a more comfortable set up.

[JLeephoto]

TP & LO is an excellent set up!
You'll be hard pressed to find a more comfortable set up.

Had never heard of them before I started lurking here. Great forum. Goal is to keep this as streamlined and simple as possible with a "go bag" that will allow me to hit the trail with the basics and allow more time & energy spent exploring than setting camp.
I'm really hopeful and excited hanging is gonna allow me to spend more time in the wild.

[Indy138]

I prefer the 12' ridgeline because I feel it gives better coverage when you get the sideways kinda rain. I would get the pullouts for sure, the really open a tarp up.

[Nodust]

OJ Dash - Thanks for the recommendation but I'm a step ahead of you. Just ordered a whole pile of little titanium goodies. Then, had to call to add some ridgeline biners to my order. I'm gonna have to push away from all this gear lust.

Step away. I'm about to order another tad pole and a big daddy. And I'm sure more stuff with it.

[JLeephoto]

Looking through the old threads I noted a sale last year around Thanksgiving, but just couldn't bring myself to wait.

[Caveman]

Yep... LO and TP is what I have (and love.) I don't usually carry the LO when I backpack, but from time to time and will take the weight penalty for the comfort that comes with it. I think the LO is probably the most comfy hammock I've ever been in. I love that thing.

[tbird911]

Here are a couple of pics from this last weekend. This is my 11ft Thunderbird with a 12ft Black Tadpole and one of Marty's door kits on the head end. Should give you a pretty good idea of the coverage.

The coverage is ample and I love this set-up. As a side note, this was a first hang for me and the things that I appreciated about the tadpole are listed:

• plenty of coverage
• door kit into the wind and closed was great for a cold windy night
• when pitched in porch mode, still used one door flap connected to shield the wind and the other wrapped around the ridge line under the tarp-awesome!
• side pulls with guy-lines and even better, side-pulls with his new pole mode for the pulls

[KaiserSosa]

very solid set up TBird......nice and roomy.