tarp or tent?
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widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Tarp tent. In other words a tarp designed to function as a minimalist tent, often with no door but otherwise enclosed. They can take a battering in the weather that a even properly rigged tarp cannot.
I prefer a tarp, always get scared in tents :O Cant see what any of the noises are and my imagination runs wild.
Id say when hiking a tent. when camping a tarp with my hammock. In a tent and the wind is lashing the sides its nice to know your protected from all sides. Also tents are more communal places.
"I prefer a tarp, always get scared in tents :O Cant see what any of the noises are and my imagination runs wild."
If you bring your buddy along i find that you are reassured. Just my two pence
"I prefer a tarp, always get scared in tents :O Cant see what any of the noises are and my imagination runs wild."
If you bring your buddy along i find that you are reassured. Just my two pence
Either depending on what I'm doing, where I'm going, what the enviroment is goin. To be and what things I'm going to take with me and how I'm travelling. 
Bit of a flippant response that needs quantifying. Sorry.
Earlier this year I did a week long canoe trip in Inverpolly, Scotland. In Late Apri/May this was a great area to tarp/hammock/bivvy with complete impunity. Cooking outside over an open fire was a joy. Lovely starlit and moonlit nights........
Now.......
.............try this in late June / July / August. You'd be glad of the refuge of a tent due to the WSDF. The Wee Scotland Defence Force aka The Midge. Try it if you don't believe me.
Windy
Tarp, almost always. They're great in the woods (obviously!) but also out on the trial/in the wilds if you use trekking poles. I am more inclined towards a tent in full winter weather but I'm never entirely happy with that feeling of being sealed in...
There was a survey done area weeks back:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95082
I think tarps were ahead which is my preferred set up.
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http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95082
I think tarps were ahead which is my preferred set up.
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"If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs, if we had some eggs"
Its all down to use really tents are handy in open areas plus most have mossie protection and dont look out of place if you need to use a normal campsite on multiday trips ,
Tarps are fantastic in the woods all round vision for the sights and sound high up in good conditions low in bad ,
low down
in a camp site ,, hmmmm
Love um both ,
or you could go ,,, this was built by the locals in the woods in Norway
Tarps are fantastic in the woods all round vision for the sights and sound high up in good conditions low in bad ,
low down
in a camp site ,, hmmmm
Love um both ,
or you could go ,,, this was built by the locals in the woods in Norway
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Like the multi use of a tarp. winter and summer use one. Now as i get older carry a bigger tarp than can be made into a tent shape if necessary 3m x 3m for one person a little extreme but good for me.
Tarp. I haven't used a tent for twenty five years. In Scottish summers I use a larger tarp and hang a net from a ridge line, or wear a head net, or both.
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And plenty of Vilma's
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And plenty of Vilma's
