I'd like to get suggestions for the size and shape of a tarp that will provide just enough coverage to keep overhead drizzles and falling objects off of a Warbonnet RidgeRunner. Maybe something that could do dual purpose as a minimalist ground tarp as well. Any specific models to consider? Lighter is mo better.
Came here three years later to ask the same thing, what is a good light, fair weather tarp for the Ridgerunner. My Cloudburst is Big!
I'm not sure which tarp shapes would be smallest and lightest. Would it be a diamond shape, or a hex, or an asymmetrical shape. Could your ridgeline be about the length of your hammock. If you used cuben fiber for your tarp--it will be light--but I don't think cuben fiber lightweight tarps would wear well as a ground tarp.
Someone who has a minimalist tarp and has used it successfully with a Warbonnet RidgeRunner will be the one to add to this.
Good luck 1csleptonkayak!
Does Warbonnet make a minimalist tarp for their Warbonnet RidgeRunner? What are their recommendations?
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Last edited by Phantom Grappler; 07-20-2017 at 05:08.
I don't have one, but if I were looking for what you're describing I'd give Warbonnet's Thunderfly a looking at.
NOT an asymetrical. The Hennessy Hex is big but cuts the coverage very close on the short asymetrical sides. I'd recommend something symetrical, after all it's a rectangular hammock.
I'll be following this thread closely. The Cloudburst seems a bit much for my style of camping here in Southwest Florida, seeing as how I only camp in the winter and spring. Our summers are miserable, what with the heat, humidity, daily thunderstorms, mud, and unrelenting mosquitoes and other vermin. No thanks!
I'm thinking a minimal tarp is what I need. Just enough to keep dew and falling tree debris off.
The dead walk among us...
I'm about ready to croak anytime now--when I croak--my kids will get my 13 foot ridgeline by 12 foot HammockGear cuben tarp.Originally Posted by guitstik
I reckon I'd get wet using a minimalist tarp---for some this is not a concern---for them I say
You pays your money and takes your choices
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The Thunderfly will work pretty well with the RR
Would love to see some pictures of a Ridgerunner under the Thunderfly. I saw the one on the website. Looks like the suspension triangle is getting pinched in by the doors which I imagine once someone is laying in the Ridgerunner and there's weight that triangle is going to straighten and push the doors open a bit more.
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