Chip
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I'm looking at a Kelty Noah's Tarp 10x10 at 1lb6oz to carry instead of a rain fly on my 2 tents. Is there something else I should consider ?
Kelty Noah's Tarp, fly alternatives ?
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Warren
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I have the 12 x 12 Noah's Tarp. These days I use for 3 person tarp/ bivy camping or as an addition to a car camp set up often as an adjunct to a rain fly on a tent. The photo you post shows it pitched at it's best- since it's a shaped tarp tying to get creative with pitching always seems to produce a sag somewhere. You might want to look at the silnylon campmor rectangular tarp. Lighter, more flexible in it's pitching and about the same price.
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HI Chip,
I used to use regular square tarps quite a bit and always carried one back when I use to do stuff with groups of folks, and could string up a tarp pretty quick over clients when the weather turned harsh. I decided to pickup a Noah's 9 on a pro-deal and used it for a few trips before I went back to my Plain 8x10 tarp for personal use.
I didn't really find the Noah's eaiser to set up. However, what I found was the easiest setup was to either tie of the front to a tree or use a hiking stick to keep it high, and stake the rear opposite corner to the ground, and stake our the sides with a bit of rope, a foot or so off the ground.
The other way I staked it out is similiar to the picture except I use trees and a rope. I would run a line (rope) between 2 trees and hang the tarp over the line so that there was one half on each side and the tarp was positioned diagonally so that 2 corners could be tied to the rope (and not slide in on the rope). I then staked out the other 2 corners off the ground.
It seemed to always take longer to set up the Noah then to set up my square 8x10 tarp, or later, my betamid.
Good Luck
Rick
I used to use regular square tarps quite a bit and always carried one back when I use to do stuff with groups of folks, and could string up a tarp pretty quick over clients when the weather turned harsh. I decided to pickup a Noah's 9 on a pro-deal and used it for a few trips before I went back to my Plain 8x10 tarp for personal use.
I didn't really find the Noah's eaiser to set up. However, what I found was the easiest setup was to either tie of the front to a tree or use a hiking stick to keep it high, and stake the rear opposite corner to the ground, and stake our the sides with a bit of rope, a foot or so off the ground.
The other way I staked it out is similiar to the picture except I use trees and a rope. I would run a line (rope) between 2 trees and hang the tarp over the line so that there was one half on each side and the tarp was positioned diagonally so that 2 corners could be tied to the rope (and not slide in on the rope). I then staked out the other 2 corners off the ground.
It seemed to always take longer to set up the Noah then to set up my square 8x10 tarp, or later, my betamid.
Good Luck
Rick
swamp
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I have a Noahs 9 that I use along with my bivy all the time. I carry it with four bungee cords and can set it up in about a minute in most situations. I had it set up at 13 Falls this past weekend and had a few people check it out and ask about it.
