Ipk

[spiritwalker]

HI does anyone know the weight on the IPK? i was thinking of getting one for a cheap solo tarp for quick bivying and getting some clingons for attaching paracord? my 3x3m is sometimes an overkill.

also whats the material like, would it be noisy like a builders tarp, i havent seen one in the flesh...

 

[tiger stacker]

it has great poles, long line of white paracord and a sheet ideal for making a shelter. weigt not sure pretty positive it has no eyelets easy thing to add though.

 

[bullterrier]

Not sure about them having poles??? They come with lots of pegs, ready threaded with white cord. Ideal for making your slit trench better protected from air burst artillery, but for all the faff of putting in eyelets and ending up with a smaller tarp, I'd not bother. If you really want a smaller shelter, snap fasten a couple of 58 ponchos, or similar, together. At least you can always use a poncho as clothing - IPKs were just a way of kidding ourselves we'd be safe from a full on barrage from a division of Soviet artillery! (Yeah, yeah - I do know they are quite good for that and have been used to effect, but personally I think the surplus shops have stocks of these things and everyone is trying to find a use for them. No one I knew in the army ever made any useful shelter from an IPK (apart from aforementiontion 18 inches of overhead cover) - a flash basha involved a US poncho, or a SASS DPM hootchie. Just my 10 cents.

 

[ebt.]

They're also very variable on the state of the tarp (some of them seem to go 'sticky').

The pegs are good, the line is terriblee......and the tarp is uber basic. I really wouldnt bother. I chopped one down to use as a groundsheet and it leaked like a leaky thing.

 

[spiritwalker]

wasnt planning on eyelets was thinking of adopting these http://www.clingons.co.uk/

 

[carabao]

Not a good idea, best make bags from them to keep kit dry

 

[John Fenna]

Over the years I have used several IPKs as ground sheets and found them ideal - cheap, hardwearing, no leaks even after hard wear and coming with loads of good quality white cord. They are not too heavy and pack reasonably small and do not rustle too much.
I have never realy found a use for the pegs though....
I rate IPKs - but only as groundsheets

 

[swright81076]

For a fiver you really can't knock them.

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[Retired Member southey]

For a fiver you really can't knock them.

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[resnikov]

You can turn those tapatalk signatures off you know.

We know we just like them

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[Retired Member southey]

We know we just like them

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[ebt.]

I chopped one down to use as a groundsheet and it leaked like a leaky thing.

I rate IPKs - but only as groundsheets

Seems theres a lot of variation between them too

 

[sasquatch]

I use one for a groundsheet, been going strong a couple years now. The sheet itself costs a couple quid. Get one and see how it works, if you ask here you gets loads of opinions. Yours is the only one that matters here!

 

[spiritwalker]

i might call into military mart and try to look at one in the flesh first been meaning to call in there seen as though its fairly local and i buy from them alot lol. I hear its an aladdins cave...

 

[ebt.]

Since I was busy packing for a trip, the scales were out. 680gm for mine.

 

[Gray]

http://www.militarymart.co.uk/index.php?search[keywords]=Ipk&_a=category

I got loads for a pound each couple of years ago, gave them away as prizes at a survival weekend. Pegs were great in rocky ground, whacked em in with a lump hammer, chord was good quality, used one as a washing line, still up now lol. The sheet was good, waterproof, hard wearing but no eyelets and if memory serves, not really big enough to use as a tarp or a decent sized bivvy.

i buy a lot of stuff from theses guys but not connected in any way

 

[rik_uk3]

Well worth the money IMHO



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[spiritwalker]

cool thanks for the weight i think they are about 3ft wide arent they? i reckon with clingons it could make a good basha maybe even as a gear basha to free up sleep room under a solo one?