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Any recommendations for a lightweight rain resistant tarp for backpacking? Price isn’t a concern. S.
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Kifaru Sheep Tarp for minimal protection - Super Tarp for nearly 3 season protection. I’ve got a super tarp & vestibule that has been everywhere with me.
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Integral Designs - Silwing or Sil Pancho (not sure if they still make the pancho?)
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Seek outside DST tarp is another good option if you can find one.
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ZPacks 7’x9’ Dyneema tarp weighs ~5 oz. Mine never leaves my pack and gets used quite often when hunting, scouting, camping… ZPacks tarps
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Golden Armour (Amzn).
Very durable and quality sewing.
Sizes, colors, fabric shape cuts, available.
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The old school Noah's Tarp has served me well, even in snow..and when backpack hunting when I was shaving ounces, it makes a damn comfortable sleeping bag in frosty morning weather. Fabric closely resembles a parachute.
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I have a sil tarp 2 that I’ve had for a long time. It’s got few small holes but it’s light and packs small. Always have it in my pack in the mountains for waiting out rain, brief storms or cooking under at camp.
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Search online fabrics and camo fabric outlets and choose light/heavy and waterproofness and make a tarp to your specifications.
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Search online fabrics and camo fabric outlets and choose light/heavy and waterproofness and make a tarp to your specifications. Silnylon is as light and waterproof as they come but it's hard to sew because it's so slick. I have homemade 12x12' tarp of the stuff. I added a bunch of tie loops in the middle so it can be rigged in many different ways. It's got so expensive, though, that you don't save much by making one. Enough for a 10x10 will cost about $100 plus thread, sealer, and whatever kind of tie downs you want. You can buy a ready made 10x10 silnylon on Amazon for less money.
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A plug for a nice Montana Company- Borah Gear, have two of their tarps- good material, solid sewing https://borahgear.com/products.html
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These look really appealing. I've been carrying a 6x10 plastic tarp in my pack for years. The general purpose kind you buy at Home Depot and are typically blue - mine's brown. It's been great, used a few times to protect us from rain and snow. It's not too heavy, 17oz, but it's tough. I'm all about lighter and less space in my pack. At 30 years old a 45lb pack was nothing...two decades have changed that. How tough are these Silpoly tarps? Can you sit on them on wet snow and still be dry? Do they tear easy in the wind or if over a rock on the ground? Are they noisy like Tyvec?
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Pretty tough. Definitely quiet. I wouldn’t treat treat them as rough as the blue (or brown) plastic ones.
They’re fully waterproof, so yeah you could sit on one.
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Thank you Warden. I'm going to order one.
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Thanks for all the leads gents! Basically I am looking for a replacement. I throw mine up typically when it rains and I want to wait it out. Nothing very big but I like keeping my load-out light. By not being big… still would be nice to tent it out and shelter overnight if I had too though. S.
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Pretty much exactly how I use my SilTarp 2. I’m not sure about abrasion, but silnylon has pretty amazing tensile strength.
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Jordan, is it the RAB brand?
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Seems like a really good price and silpoly vs silnylon. Thanks!
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