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Ok, I will fess up right off the bat. We have a big 6 panel Cooke Custom Sewing Tundra Tarp, about as good a tarp as exists. And a couple of different sized parawings, which equally have their windblown time and place.
I am looking for an acceptable quality flat tarp for the missus to use on both solo trips and occasional ladies group trips. Car camper trips, so SilNylon weight is unimportant. Packing ease and vehicle storage volume are important, so not blue plastic cheapies with prone to failure grommet tie downs.
I could, maybe just should, just buy her a SilNylon Tundra Tarp
https://shop.cookecustomsewing.com/...8.p3plqscsfapp002?productId=175&categoryId=12
But the large Tundra Tarp we already own is somehow not quite wide enough. The missus has, uh, tarp cover peculiarities.
She detests being under a tarp unless it is set max headroom high, even on the sides. Growing up with 12 foot ceilings ruined her for duck under tarp life.
So, eh, maybe longer than 10 x 14, for a quite high apex ceiling with sufficient side drape walk through height even in wind driven rain protection. 12 x 16?
The biggest 15 x 15 CCS Tundra Tarp is getting dang pricey, and I think a longer sided rectangle would be more side wing helpful for her headroom on high preferences.
She prefers to tie guy lines off to trees, so something with an external webbing loop ridgeline would be ideal.
She is fully committed to simplicity and easy of set up. Simplicity as in one ridgeline and no poles and four staked our corner guy lines. See above high center webbing ridgeline.
I am thinking a big, rectangular flat tarp, at least 12 x 16, in coated polyester or urethane nylon, with external webbing loop ridgeline for ease of between trees set up, and durably reinforced corner ties would work best for her preferred set up and use.
I have sheltered under similar tarps on group trips that I know have seen year after year use and abuse, but no not from whence they came.
Ideas or sources?
I am looking for an acceptable quality flat tarp for the missus to use on both solo trips and occasional ladies group trips. Car camper trips, so SilNylon weight is unimportant. Packing ease and vehicle storage volume are important, so not blue plastic cheapies with prone to failure grommet tie downs.
I could, maybe just should, just buy her a SilNylon Tundra Tarp
https://shop.cookecustomsewing.com/...8.p3plqscsfapp002?productId=175&categoryId=12
But the large Tundra Tarp we already own is somehow not quite wide enough. The missus has, uh, tarp cover peculiarities.
She detests being under a tarp unless it is set max headroom high, even on the sides. Growing up with 12 foot ceilings ruined her for duck under tarp life.
So, eh, maybe longer than 10 x 14, for a quite high apex ceiling with sufficient side drape walk through height even in wind driven rain protection. 12 x 16?
The biggest 15 x 15 CCS Tundra Tarp is getting dang pricey, and I think a longer sided rectangle would be more side wing helpful for her headroom on high preferences.
She prefers to tie guy lines off to trees, so something with an external webbing loop ridgeline would be ideal.
She is fully committed to simplicity and easy of set up. Simplicity as in one ridgeline and no poles and four staked our corner guy lines. See above high center webbing ridgeline.
I am thinking a big, rectangular flat tarp, at least 12 x 16, in coated polyester or urethane nylon, with external webbing loop ridgeline for ease of between trees set up, and durably reinforced corner ties would work best for her preferred set up and use.
I have sheltered under similar tarps on group trips that I know have seen year after year use and abuse, but no not from whence they came.
Ideas or sources?