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Wed 05 Jun, 2013 8:25 pm
Re: Rain water collecting tarp
Thu 06 Jun, 2013 8:37 am
Interesting, i can normally rig my tarp to get the same result. Not sure about the shape of the tarp at the head and foot end, maybe a little light on the coverage aspect.
Re: Rain water collecting tarp
Thu 06 Jun, 2013 1:53 pm
Thanks Landsailor. It's always good to see different approaches and ideas.
After spending a few minutes looking at this project and watching the video I developed several reservations about it.
As Leppy said the end coverage doesn't look great. The tarp looks very similar in design to an ENO rain fly but appears to be smaller length ways(could be just me though).
The bottle screw-ins didn't appear to have any screen to stop small particles getting into the bottles.
4 x 2ltr full platypus type bottles would add 8kg of weight to the fly. I wondered by how much the side angle of the tarp would steepen impacting the drainage, possible impact on rain protection for gear and what additional strain would be placed on the tarp fabric and suspension.
Contamination of the collection surface from bird poo (or even worse Bat poo) on the tarp and I wouldn't be keen drink the water even after treating (yeah, I know, I'm soft
).
"Heat reflective technology". I don't know how this would work under a tarp. Might be good while the fire is going but after that I can't see any way this would help. From my experience tarps aren't the warmest things to sleep under.
Cheers,
Michael.
After spending a few minutes looking at this project and watching the video I developed several reservations about it.
As Leppy said the end coverage doesn't look great. The tarp looks very similar in design to an ENO rain fly but appears to be smaller length ways(could be just me though).
The bottle screw-ins didn't appear to have any screen to stop small particles getting into the bottles.
4 x 2ltr full platypus type bottles would add 8kg of weight to the fly. I wondered by how much the side angle of the tarp would steepen impacting the drainage, possible impact on rain protection for gear and what additional strain would be placed on the tarp fabric and suspension.
Contamination of the collection surface from bird poo (or even worse Bat poo) on the tarp and I wouldn't be keen drink the water even after treating (yeah, I know, I'm soft
)."Heat reflective technology". I don't know how this would work under a tarp. Might be good while the fire is going but after that I can't see any way this would help. From my experience tarps aren't the warmest things to sleep under.
Cheers,
Michael.
Re: Rain water collecting tarp
Thu 06 Jun, 2013 2:13 pm
michael_p wrote:"Heat reflective technology". I don't know how this would work under a tarp.
I think it is for reflecting solar energy away from the occupant in hot climates.
Re: Rain water collecting tarp
Thu 06 Jun, 2013 6:21 pm
Strider wrote:michael_p wrote:"Heat reflective technology". I don't know how this would work under a tarp.
I think it is for reflecting solar energy away from the occupant in hot climates.
You're right.
I re-read the site and it can be reversed in hot weather to reflect heat. That's a good idea.
Re: Rain water collecting tarp
Thu 06 Jun, 2013 8:14 pm
Hmmm - seems a bit of a gimmick to me. The only places you can rely on rain for water supply there is plenty around on the ground. I can't imagine a single situation where I would save weight by not carrying water on the hope it might rain.
Re: Rain water collecting tarp
Thu 06 Jun, 2013 9:02 pm
It would be good for people who are worried about collecting water from the ground.
Then again, I guess you're still relying on it to rain every day.
Then again, I guess you're still relying on it to rain every day.
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