I saw a tarp (2m x 3m I think) in B&Q with eyelets every metre. Can anyone tell me what the difference is between that at about £4 and a basha at £20 from my local army surplus shop?
Hoochie/Basha advice
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Did you try scrunching the material on that tarp? If it is noisy, imagine what it would be like to try and sleep under!! Saying that, if it is waterproof robust and fairly noise free, you're onto a winner. At £4, it is probably worth a try.
Well folks I tried my new basha out last nite, or rather I put it up but I ended up sleeping away from it and nearer the fire anyway lol . However it was a good first experience trying to put it up etc. I forgot tent pegs ( doh!) but then managed to improvise and make some pegs up out of hazel. It was a great nite in the bush.
The basha is a very versatile piece of kit and guess it just takes experience to learn the various differing ays ti put it up ( or ones imagination is the limit! )
I do however need to learn some decent knots as although none of mine seem to slip etc theyare also more of a wrap it round many times and tie as many non descript knots as possible wheras learning a few spcific knots for tieing off against tree's etc would help.
Booosh
Hi Firewire,
The difference is material. A B&Q tarp is heavy thicker material that will not compress down like a proper basha.
The basha is a very versatile piece of kit and guess it just takes experience to learn the various differing ays ti put it up ( or ones imagination is the limit! )
I do however need to learn some decent knots as although none of mine seem to slip etc theyare also more of a wrap it round many times and tie as many non descript knots as possible wheras learning a few spcific knots for tieing off against tree's etc would help.
Booosh
Hi Firewire,
The difference is material. A B&Q tarp is heavy thicker material that will not compress down like a proper basha.
There is a thread at the moment concerning different quick hitches for putting your basha up. The ones shown on bushcraft series 1 or in the book essential bushcraft on page 137 are the knots to use. They are simple and quick and easy to learn.
I went to an on-line army surplus place called strikeforce
http://www.strikeforcesupplies.co.uk/stock.php?page=sleeping
£20.00 but you supply your own string
Don't know if it's usefull but It has presstuds on the edges so you could fasten it to another one for 'ahem' romantic evenings with that special person.
They also do goretex bivvies for about £40.00 which is cheapest I've come accross
http://www.strikeforcesupplies.co.uk/stock.php?page=sleeping
£20.00 but you supply your own string
Don't know if it's usefull but It has presstuds on the edges so you could fasten it to another one for 'ahem' romantic evenings with that special person.
They also do goretex bivvies for about £40.00 which is cheapest I've come accross
Firewyre said:
The B&Q one is almost certainly woven polypropylene/polyethylene. Perfectly OK, but noisy and bulky, looks like it's made out of woven plastic tape bonded together (it is)
Bashas are coated nylon fabric, like tent fabric or non-breathable waterproofs. Generally thinner and less rustly.
Fabric ones tend to be a bit more abrasion/puncture resistant and also easier to mend - nothing much sticks to polypropylene...
HTH,
Jim.
Bushpig,
If the link works, its how to tie a hammock to a tree, tieing a tarp would be pretty similar. http://www.imrisk.com/hammock/improvedknot.htm.
Bags of info on lightweight camping from here http://www.imrisk.com/cgi-bin/hwiki.pl?HammockWiki.
Cheers all
Ogri the trog
If the link works, its how to tie a hammock to a tree, tieing a tarp would be pretty similar. http://www.imrisk.com/hammock/improvedknot.htm.
Bags of info on lightweight camping from here http://www.imrisk.com/cgi-bin/hwiki.pl?HammockWiki.
Cheers all
Ogri the trog
