First SnakeSkins experience...

[UpMySleeves]

Ok so I hate putting up my tarp. I have a huge 12x12 Kelty Noah and it is very cumbersome to get out of it's original sack, and on the ridgeline. I use a continuous ridgeline with a syberian hitch on one side, and I tighten it with a Niteize figure 9 on the other end. I clip the tarp on the ridgeline, either above or below depending on the situation, with carabiners and prussiks.

I saw a thread the other day suggesting a very cheap snakeskin made out of shower lather thingys. Anyways, I tried it for the first time yesterday, and wasn't impressed.

I know my tarp is heavy, and might not be ideal to use with a snakeskin. But how do you guys put up your tarps? Do you use a Continuous ridgeline, or two tie-outs? I had my tarp on my soulders trying to tie the end with the Syberian hitch, and when that side was up, the weight of the tarp gave me a hard time to get the RL tight with the figure 9 at the other end.

Any tips will be more than welcome! Thanks guys.

[laxdad]

Dutch stingerz and snakeskins. Potent combination for me and close to idiot proof, but I do test it every once in a while

[johnnie.rivers]

I have a kelty 12 also and tried the shower puff skins it worked ok. i use a CRL that has prusiks attached to it i hang first. I attach my tarp to the prussiks with small biners center and get it tight and this has worked for me in testing. I use a 3rd wrap on my prussik to better grip the line I'm using. Tge puff skins ate pretty fragile and seem a little to large for the tarp. But for the price its worth trying a few times before dropping cash for a more expensive system if you don't like them

[UpMySleeves]

That is exactly how I had it setup yesterday. I did notice the puff skins were fragile, especially aroudn the biners and figure9. My main objective was ease of deployment, but I didn't factor in ease of hang.. Like you, my puff's diameter was too large, and the tarp wasn't very compressed.

[laxdad]

I used mountain goat skins. excellent

[DeRozea]

I use a stuff sack for my noah 16 tarp. I just keep my tie outs(I don't use CRL) at the top of the bag and tie it out with a truckers hitch. haven't used the tarp except in winter. my main tarp is the old man winter which is in HH snakeskins with no problems.

[lilprincess]

Mesh anaconda(?), it's one long snake skin. And I couldn't live with stingerz. Totally worth it in the ease of setup. My favorite Dutch gear. My tarp is setup and staked down in just a few minutes with that combo and take down/put away is just as easy.

[Pioneer]

I recommend mountain goat snake skins as well. They are light and fit my mamajamba tarp really well.

[skinnerback]

Mountaingoat snakes skins are great!

[rychipman]

If you are looking for a fun and easy first DIY project, some custom snakeskins could be tailored to the perfect size for your noah