View Full Version : How do you store your rain fly?
Monkeyboy
02-27-2008, 22:37
Well, how do ya?
take-a-knee
02-27-2008, 23:36
Outside pack pocket.
Mongo keep tarp in stuff sack. Mongo like stuff sack. :D
Outside pack pocket.
ditto, no it breathes so it'll dry out some too.
Cannibal
02-28-2008, 00:17
Outside mesh pocket. Mongo keep stuff sack. :p :D
Outside mesh pocket. Mongo keep stuff sack. :p :DMongo keep stuff sack in outside pocket. :D
the mesh bag it came with...
depends on which tarp it is, and if it's wet or dry.
stock fly-if it's wet, it gets wadded up and stuck under the elastic webbing running across my pack. if it's dry, it goes in the snakeskins.
8 x 10 fly-if it's dry, it gets folded up and placed inside my pack. if it's wet, it gets folded up and strapped under the elastic webbing.
Wet or dry, it usually ends up stuffed into one of my pack's mesh pockets in no particular way. Sometimes it gets folded, sometimes I just kinda ball it up. Depends on how much of a hurry I'm in.
spirit4earth
03-07-2008, 15:41
I want to get an HH Ultralight Backpacker A-Sym. I'm new to hammocks, so I have a few questions. Is the fly attached to the hammock, or can it be stored seperately? Will the stock fly be enough coverage? Is there any good reason to go the Ultralight Explorer? Thanks!
peter_pan
03-07-2008, 16:21
outside mesh pocket.... no stuff sack.
Pan
Stuffed into a stuff sack; tied on outside the pack. Yea, I know :rolleyes: I can hear you all now "ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PACK!!??!!". It's handy that way so :p
HikerRanky
03-07-2008, 17:44
Put in a stuff sack....
FanaticFringer
03-07-2008, 21:39
I want to get an HH Ultralight Backpacker A-Sym. I'm new to hammocks, so I have a few questions. Is the fly attached to the hammock, or can it be stored seperately? Will the stock fly be enough coverage? Is there any good reason to go the Ultralight Explorer? Thanks!
What they said about the tarp. I used to use a UL Backpacker and if I could do it again, I would have gotten the UL Explorer do to it's longer length. In general, a longer hammock is a more comfortable hammock. Small weight penalty. The stock fly can be compared to hammock floss.:D Little room for error in bad weather. A bigger tarp is a big advantage. Ask Hennessy to send the hex tarp instead or in addition to the stock tarp. Check out this site for some good hammock 101 info. www.tothewoods.net/HammockCamping.html
Be sure to look closely at the staying dry section as it explains why you don't want to attach the tarp to the hammock. Better attached to the trees instead. Also check us out at white blazes sister site www.hammockforums.net
Pacific Tortuga
03-07-2008, 22:57
Don't need no stinkin stuff sack with my tarp tent. :cool:
johnnyblisters
03-09-2008, 12:06
I sewed up half an onion bag to make a breathable tarp sack. Cheap as all hell and works like a charm.
Jim Adams
03-09-2008, 12:42
in the closet with my hammock!
I'm a backpacker not a tree lounger.:)
geek
FanaticFringer
03-10-2008, 00:52
in the closet with my hammock!
I'm a backpacker not a tree lounger.:)
geek
Tree lounging rules.:cool:
Ground dwelling reeks.:D
in the closet with my hammock!
I'm a backpacker not a tree lounger.:)
geek
I think it's time to spam the hammock forum like they do to us! :D
Monkeyboy
03-10-2008, 22:12
I think it's time to spam the hammock forum like they do to us! :D
"But I don't like Spam".
"Do you have anything without Spam in it?"
me with mongo. me stuff in stuff sack inside pack
vonfrick
03-11-2008, 09:24
"But I don't like Spam".
"Do you have anything without Spam in it?"
"Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam" :)
but my rainfly goes in a mesh bag on the outside...