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ConsumerAdvocate
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Aug 20, 2016
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This looks like another great drop! I love how this tarp eliminates the issues with water collection with it's shape.
Anyone know if it is suitable/possible to make this into an improvised hammock?
Mouseskowitz
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Aug 20, 2016
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ConsumerAdvocateThere would be a couple issues that I can think of. 1) It wouldn't breath so you'd wake up in a pool of your own sweat. 2) It's 1.1 oz fabric and may rip on you depending on your size. 3) You could mess up the sil coating of the fabric with the gathered end and no longer have a functional tarp.
nodeal
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Aug 22, 2016
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ConsumerAdvocateHow does the design eliminate water collection? I'm a tarp newb.
Stepbystep
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Aug 22, 2016
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nodealAssume that CA meant water collection from pooling, which is just a function of getting a taut pitch to avoid that. That can be achieved with any fabric or tarp shape, but this one is using polyester instead of nylon - polyester absorbs just about zero water while nylon does absorb some (this helps by reducing or eliminating sagging of the fabric in humidity/rain). The curved cuts on the edges also help with keeping things nice and tight. I'm not sure if the webbing trim on this tarp will retain water after rain, but likely so, at least a little - nothing to be concerned about. Polyester also does very well with UV exposure, which is good for the life of the tarp and the life of the polyurethane waterproof coating. A basic A-frame pitch like this is hardly ever going to collect water from pooling but pitching it taut ensures it won't happen (helps with wet snow as well).
Mouseskowitz
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Aug 23, 2016
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StepbystepI know you can get polyester grosgrain. Not sure if they used that or nylon on these.
UGQPaul
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Underground Quilts
Aug 23, 2016
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MouseskowitzWe use polyester ribbon on all our tarps to reduce stretch and water absorption.
josepdin
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Aug 24, 2016
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nodealjust depends on how you erect the fly. The way the picture depicts it, there is no real place for water to collect. It does always seem like they collect a little somewhere - especially once the tarp starts to get a little age and usage on it, the material might stretch a bit.
Stepbystep
549
Aug 24, 2016
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MouseskowitzTrue...and it helps but it can still retain a little (either material) in the weave, not necessarily in the fibers themselves. For thin fabric it's great, for small thin webbing I don't think it matters much at all. Larger webbing, a little, but they dry out super fast if you give them a chance.
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