A stick... This is why I watch other peoples' techniques. I was in a situation yesterday that could've benefitted from a higher tarp tie-off point. Thanks for sharing!
This video is exactly what I've been searching for. I've wondered how big a tarp I should get to go over my tent. With seeing your set - up, I can see "The bigger, the better" it will be for me. It's really a no - brainer to figure that out, but, sometimes we need a little nudge. TYSM for sharing this video with us. 👍
Never mind all the trolls and their negative comments. I have camped since I was a Boyscout and have had many tents in various states being water tight. I actually have one like the one in the video which is tight as a drum still. We need more helpful videos like yours as not all are “experts”. Good video...
Thank you so much for making this video! I live in Oregon, and am going tent camping for the first time this month. It rains all the time here, and this video is so informative and easy to understand, I'm confident that I'll be able to put up my own tent fly!! Thank you :)
oh great! I hope it worked out well. I have used this method many times and it works great. It can just take some time to get all the ropes adjusted so the tarp is high enough. Much easier with someone to help you.
Such a simple idea, never thought of it. I used this trick last weekend knowing Id go camp in stormy weather, kept me, my tent & my gear dry despite the rain pouring for a full day and night. Thank you.
Such a simple idea, I could kick myself for not thinking of it. Saves the hassle of having to pack away a wet tent and then drying it out back home, awesome.
Heading out this weekend. First big trip of the year 😬 thanks for the tips 👍👍 supposed to rain. Not stopping us now. Great video. And the best part straight to ever point and no music lol ✌️
Been doing this forever. Good advice. It doesn't matter if you have nice waterproof tent. You still need to roll it up and put it away. A dry tent is a lot easier and there's no need to hang it at home til it dries. Trapped water in a camp kit sucks. My ONLY criticism is this: A brown tarp is a lot easier on the eyes. In fact, humans don't even really notice brown unless they are looking directly at it. Blue Tarps are aesthetically non - compliant. ; )
Good idea's , everyone can learn from others experiences! I have a thirty year old large mountaineering tent that is also not as waterproof as it was and add a tarp to the setup but much closer to the original A frame shape adding a vestibule like extension off the front. With proper guide lines and knots it withstands 30 plus mph driving rain and bigger gusts! Pick your campsite wisely you need a slope and a wind break to sleep soundly thru a heavy storm and I do advise four season tents to stay dry!
The most critical thing isn't the reason, it's the groundwater. Doesn't matter what kind of tarp you use if runoff creates a stream through your tent. Proper trenching is what matters.
I really love this idea to keep the tent dry and provide extra shade. My daughter and I attempted to set this up for the first time this past weekend, since rain was expected one night. Our tent and medium duty tarp is similar size to the video. I used a long pole to get the rope up about 14’ onto the trees on one side and a couple feet lower on the other side where rain water would run off and away from the tent. I also used the same technique with the rope staked to the ground. The Walmart grommet saver cord kept pulling through the hole in the orange ball, so big fail there. I skipped the orange ball and threaded the elastic cord through the grommet, instead, hoping for a little flexibility. It wasn’t very windy, but a little gust came up and tore out one of the corner grommets. We reset the rope on the next grommet over and everything was fine the rest of the day. That night a little storm blew through that was preceded by a large gust of wind. We heard the tarp as it scraped over the top of the tent. The grommets holding the side on the lower corners and the rope staked to the ground all pulled away, sending the tarp over the tent and against the trees, which is where it stayed all night. Fortunately, there was no damage to the tent. We haven’t given up. We are repairing the tarp and will probably try an 8’ center pole in the middle on each end with lower poles on the corners.
I'm sorry that didn't work out as well as expected Marie. I've read in the comments that people put a ball under the tarp and then wrap the rope around it tightly. But I've never had issues with the Wal-Mart grommets either. Keep at it!
Heaps of thanks for this video for camping in the rain ....... Fantastic advice ( 1:15 ) ....... TARP , GROMMET SAVERS , PARACORD ! ! ! This video helped me become a more PROFESSIONAL CAMPER ! ! THIS GUY ( KEITH ) IS A LEGEND ! !
Absolutely love videos on the subject of STAYING DRY while camping. Good job man. This is what I consider an essential part of " bushcraft ". If you can't keep yourself dry you can't keep yourself safe.
As an added bonus, in the winter it also seems to help insulate your tent from wind and cold weather while helping hold in heat escaping from your tent. Might have to get the sides lower but it does help
Thank you! This was super helpful myself and my 6 year old are going camping for a few days and a ton if rain is to be expected. Unfortunately it will be raining during setup.
This gives me hope for my huge truck tent from Cabella's....that leaks! My daughters told me to toss it, but it was quite expensive, and hopefully this will work. Thanks!!!
We hav e done this many time and it works well. We camp at the shore in a big open area. I always pick up old tent poles from tag sales or flea markets. They fill in nicely when there are no trees. Well done!
Thanks bud. Appreciate the info! Going camping this weekend and supposed to be nothing but rain most of the time. Can't get my reservation fee refunded and would penalize me a day so this is going to help!
car camping, I was a little arrogant when I started watching, but the stick thing. Duh-uh. How did I never learn that before? Seems so obvious. Demeanor was so generous and warm and helpful seeming I watched to the end. The stick trick, good gosh I can't believe how simple that is and yet somehow I never learned it... Thanks.
True story... I put up our huge tarp over our tent and kitchen site on a blue sky and got laughed at, but on that eve it poured hard to where we had to gather and cool under our tarp for dinner and fun.. so it really pays to go a Lil further for comfort when least expected
Absolutely, good planning. I've also seen it where the whole weekend was nice, but we had several hours of hard rain one day. Still made it worthwhile to set it up.
@@AdventuresWithMe00 was in the scouts.. lived in Washington state now in Colorado.. I have a saying to pass on " " No such thing as bad weather, it's bad gear "...
a great mod to this is to use a rope between 2 trees above the middle of your tent as the peak for the tarp and then have the edges of the tarp tied off low to the ground. the slope to your rain coat can be much steeper shedding water or snow much faster with much less chance of water pooling in low areas of the tarp.
That's a great idea Mike. I will have to try that one. If you don't have a tree in the middle, you could tie a rope between the two corner trees and tie your peak roof rope off of that.
Thank you for info..i always wondered how people got their rope up so high on the trees lol...i have never set up a rain tarp before and your instructions were not complicated...going to practice some set ups before my next camping trip.
Great tutorial. I'm going camping soon and my rain fly is missing, instead of purchasing a new tent we have decided to get a tarp, rope and poles and do this. Thanks for the tutorial!
Great tip. We just had to leave our campsite, on the first night, due to leaking at the seams during a severe thunderstorm. This was AFTER I waterproofed with spray. Thanks!
I'm sorry to hear that Laura! It's so sad to see after a rainstorm the folks who are completely soaked. I came up with this method after having some minor leaks in my tent during some rain. I hope this helps in the future. There's some trial and error to getting the tarp up high enough with enough coverage of the tents. But once it's up it works pretty well. I just had to do it again last weekend.
Good idea for additional weather control without wrapping your tent w tarp and getting plenty of airflow... I see others have already offered options, so, have a good day!!! And happy camping!
Thanks Sam. Last time we went camping we saw a young couple put a large tarp completely over their tent. That really limits the airflow and we thought it might be dangerous because of the lack of oxygen.
Most test sites are relatively flat. But if yours is not, identify the lowest point and arrange your tarp so that water drains to that lowest point or collect that rain water for campsite use (washing, dishes, maybe drinking, etc).
I remember a camping trip when I was 5 and we had a canvas tent. It was a spring Saturday outside of Eugene, Oregon, and it was pouring rain. The tent leaked.
I camped in a tropical storm.. I had a tarp city going. Melted one. Lol. A little whiskey fueled camping might I add. I love camping in the rain. I always make a porch and cooking area in case of rain
I've hammock camped for more the 60 years and the 1st thing I do is to hang my rain fly ( Tarp ). In the summer it's a sun shade , rainy weather i can hang my hammock while staying dry. Packing to leave camp the last item taken down and packed is the rain fly especially in wet conditions. It also gives me a place protected from the weather to relax in. The times I have tent camped I still hang a rain fly ( Tarp ) over the tent ( single walled backpacking tent ) so it can remain open and ventilated no matter what the weather is.
A well ventilated tent under a tarp is the best way to tent camp! No condensation in the morning like with a rain fly. If you're winter camping lower the tarp to six inches above the tent and stake in the sides. Changed the way i camp forever!
Did you just place the cord on the tree and then pull for tension? Or, did you hook the cord over a limb behind the tree? I couldn’t tell how you got the rope high in the tree.
Great idea. BTW Use a Two Half Hitches knot (instead of square) like the white one you're standing in front of later in the video. Also, a nitpick, that wasn't a square knot, the second overhand was in the wrong direction.
Great video and a blue tarp works just as great on a very cheap tent also to keep you dry. Is it ugly? Yap, and some campsites won't allow them because of that. And they can LOUD when it rains, but again, better loud than wet.
I tried this method this season in the UK and in the morning, although it did not rain, the Coleman 3 person tent fly was wet through with condensation on the outside. Also the tarp was wet through on its underside.
We had old table cloth weights and clipped a few to one side, in the center. It pulled down just enough to invite the water to drain at that spot. Funny thing, we’ve had the wights for years and that’s the first time we’ve used them.
THANK YOU. I have always wondered why tents have such flimsy "rain flys". Make them extend to the ground & they might actually protect you, but no. I'm going to make my own now.
I had a approx 26 foot long pop up camper. I used a tarp big enough to cover the camper up even before opening in a torrential down pour and nothing got wet. tarp was big enough to pull my motorcycle and car under it.
That's a good idea...I see similar set ups sometimes at the campground. This summer I had to put up this large tarp again and was glad I did. It was a lot of work for 1 person to set up and it required quite a few re-positions to get it right. But once the downpour happened in the middle of the night we stayed completely dry.
@@AdventuresWithMe00 Update...we went on a miserable weather camping trip...tent was okay after discouraged waterproofing as per instructions was applied anyway. Woke up to a freezing Lakeside view but we were dry inside. The top of this cabin tent was so large that we just couldn't figure how to set up the tarp on this trip...too loaded out for such a big coverage but silicone seemed to work out at least on this awful trip, LOL.
I’m going on my first solo camping trip and it is 100% chance of rain. I’m not giving up and honestly this video helps. I was so nervous about the tarp and tree distance and height etc. Thank you! If you do end up seeing this, should I tarp under my tent to prevent a wet ground? There’s so many mixed responses to it.
Good luck Renata, I'm glad you found the video useful. Yes, I always place a second tarp under the tent. Besides adding an extra layer of insulation from the ground, it would provide some protection against runoff water saturating the bottom of your tent. The runoff would go under the tarp, not your tent.
AdventureswithMe your very welcome it's a passion of mines.harbor freight tools has a 53" tarp that would work perfectly for my 10person cabin tent.a few beers, your dog,and have a merry ole time.only problem is I like going into the wilderness state forest and etc.i don't believe it's legal to do that because park rangers made us come to their "designated"campsite,and told me how much trouble I could have gotten in.
Good...I'm glad it helped! Coincidently, tomorrow I'm traveling to the same campground and staying at the next site over from where we shot this video. It looks like rain is in the forecast so I may be setting the tarp up once again.
Don't buy cord in the camping section. Go to the hardware section by all the house stuff. There should be a aisle with rope. You will see red and yellow cord way cheaper
Does anyone remember when tents actually kept water out themselves? They were made of canvas. Polyester tents are light but worthless against the elements, which defeats the purpose of a tent.
maybe the manufacturers should just make a tent out of a tarp and save us the trouble. lol I do remember canvas tents, but I remember them being really heavy and difficult to set up. Thanks for the comment!
Yea but backpacking has definitely grown more and you won't find a single backpacker with a canvas tent. I have an REI Half Dome with the foot print and that withstood some serious rain storms just fine.
My first first tent from around 1970 was canvas with an external aluminum pole frame. Other tents blew down around us in northeast thunder storms, but ours stayed up. It stayed completely dry inside too except for humid air of course. Even then I would light a candle or better yet run my gas lantern and the dampness would go away. The last tent I got for emergency use last year has it's own fly. It'll be interesting to see how it works in rain.
🙂 I remember being soaked through in our old canvas tent. Everything, bedding, food, the lot. I have a good quality ‘polyester’ tent now which has seen me through severe storms without a drop of water inside. I still love the memories of that old canvas tent though.
A stick... This is why I watch other peoples' techniques. I was in a situation yesterday that could've benefitted from a higher tarp tie-off point. Thanks for sharing!
Glad to help Tyler! In New England we say Necessity is the Mother of Invention. A handy stick or a fishing pole will do.
I know right? I was impressed with that. These lil things make a massive difference
And here I am, dragging the tool box off my truck and around, to lean against the tree's..🤔
This video is exactly what I've been searching for. I've wondered how big a tarp I should get to go over my tent. With seeing your set - up, I can see "The bigger, the better" it will be for me. It's really a no - brainer to figure that out, but, sometimes we need a little nudge. TYSM for sharing this video with us. 👍
For the love of....a stick!! I've been climbing trees in flip flops and gashing legs/arms. I wish that I had seen this sooner. Thank you!
Glad to help Amanda! Over Memorial Day 2019 I was at the same camp site and did the same thing. Came out great and protected us from rain.
Never mind all the trolls and their negative comments. I have camped since I was a Boyscout and have had many tents in various states being water tight. I actually have one like the one in the video which is tight as a drum still. We need more helpful videos like yours as not all are “experts”.
Good video...
Thank you my friend! I appreciate the validation on the technique from an expert.
Thank you so much for making this video! I live in Oregon, and am going tent camping for the first time this month. It rains all the time here, and this video is so informative and easy to understand, I'm confident that I'll be able to put up my own tent fly!! Thank you :)
oh great! I hope it worked out well. I have used this method many times and it works great. It can just take some time to get all the ropes adjusted so the tarp is high enough. Much easier with someone to help you.
Such a simple idea, never thought of it. I used this trick last weekend knowing Id go camp in stormy weather, kept me, my tent & my gear dry despite the rain pouring for a full day and night. Thank you.
Such a simple idea, I could kick myself for not thinking of it. Saves the hassle of having to pack away a wet tent and then drying it out back home, awesome.
Thanks Dave. It's worked for me a couple of times. The setup can be time consuming.
Heading out this weekend. First big trip of the year 😬 thanks for the tips 👍👍 supposed to rain. Not stopping us now. Great video. And the best part straight to ever point and no music lol ✌️
I also enjoy the lack of background music and unncessary distraction. Thanks, sincerly.
Been doing this forever. Good advice. It doesn't matter if you have nice waterproof tent. You still need to roll it up and put it away. A dry tent is a lot easier and there's no need to hang it at home til it dries. Trapped water in a camp kit sucks.
My ONLY criticism is this: A brown tarp is a lot easier on the eyes. In fact, humans don't even really notice brown unless they are looking directly at it. Blue Tarps are aesthetically non - compliant. ; )
Great tip and thanks for watching the video. I like the brown tarp idea!
Good idea's , everyone can learn from others experiences! I have a thirty year old large mountaineering tent that is also not as waterproof as it was and add a tarp to the setup but much closer to the original A frame shape adding a vestibule like extension off the front. With proper guide lines and knots it withstands 30 plus mph driving rain and bigger gusts! Pick your campsite wisely you need a slope and a wind break to sleep soundly thru a heavy storm and I do advise four season tents to stay dry!
Thanks Paul...great advice! A little bit of prep work will really help in keeping you dry.
The most critical thing isn't the reason, it's the groundwater. Doesn't matter what kind of tarp you use if runoff creates a stream through your tent.
Proper trenching is what matters.
I really love this idea to keep the tent dry and provide extra shade. My daughter and I attempted to set this up for the first time this past weekend, since rain was expected one night. Our tent and medium duty tarp is similar size to the video. I used a long pole to get the rope up about 14’ onto the trees on one side and a couple feet lower on the other side where rain water would run off and away from the tent. I also used the same technique with the rope staked to the ground.
The Walmart grommet saver cord kept pulling through the hole in the orange ball, so big fail there. I skipped the orange ball and threaded the elastic cord through the grommet, instead, hoping for a little flexibility.
It wasn’t very windy, but a little gust came up and tore out one of the corner grommets. We reset the rope on the next grommet over and everything was fine the rest of the day.
That night a little storm blew through that was preceded by a large gust of wind. We heard the tarp as it scraped over the top of the tent. The grommets holding the side on the lower corners and the rope staked to the ground all pulled away, sending the tarp over the tent and against the trees, which is where it stayed all night. Fortunately, there was no damage to the tent.
We haven’t given up. We are repairing the tarp and will probably try an 8’ center pole in the middle on each end with lower poles on the corners.
I'm sorry that didn't work out as well as expected Marie. I've read in the comments that people put a ball under the tarp and then wrap the rope around it tightly. But I've never had issues with the Wal-Mart grommets either. Keep at it!
What thickness tarp did you use? If it ripped that easily, perhaps you need something more heavy duty.
Heaps of thanks for this video for camping in the rain ....... Fantastic advice ( 1:15 ) ....... TARP , GROMMET SAVERS , PARACORD ! ! ! This video helped me become a more PROFESSIONAL CAMPER ! ! THIS GUY ( KEITH ) IS A LEGEND ! !
Thanks David!
Absolutely love videos on the subject of STAYING DRY while camping. Good job man. This is what I consider an essential part of " bushcraft ". If you can't keep yourself dry you can't keep yourself safe.
As an added bonus, in the winter it also seems to help insulate your tent from wind and cold weather while helping hold in heat escaping from your tent. Might have to get the sides lower but it does help
Thank you! This was super helpful myself and my 6 year old are going camping for a few days and a ton if rain is to be expected. Unfortunately it will be raining during setup.
This gives me hope for my huge truck tent from Cabella's....that leaks! My daughters told me to toss it, but it was quite expensive, and hopefully this will work. Thanks!!!
We hav e done this many time and it works well. We camp at the shore in a big open area. I always pick up old tent poles from tag sales or flea markets. They fill in nicely when there are no trees. Well done!
I'm heading out tonight for 4 nights and will be attempting my first Tarp set up. Many thanks for the tips. 👍
Great, I hope it worked out for you. Thanks for watching!
Really helpful. Planning a trip and there's heavy rain forecast whole we there. Hopefully don't get washed away.
thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I was hoping someone else could benefit from my experience!
Thanks bud. Appreciate the info! Going camping this weekend and supposed to be nothing but rain most of the time. Can't get my reservation fee refunded and would penalize me a day so this is going to help!
car camping, I was a little arrogant when I started watching, but the stick thing. Duh-uh. How did I never learn that before? Seems so obvious. Demeanor was so generous and warm and helpful seeming I watched to the end. The stick trick, good gosh I can't believe how simple that is and yet somehow I never learned it... Thanks.
Thanks, glad you watched and got something from it!
True story... I put up our huge tarp over our tent and kitchen site on a blue sky and got laughed at, but on that eve it poured hard to where we had to gather and cool under our tarp for dinner and fun.. so it really pays to go a Lil further for comfort when least expected
Absolutely, good planning.
I've also seen it where the whole weekend was nice, but we had several hours of hard rain one day. Still made it worthwhile to set it up.
@@AdventuresWithMe00 was in the scouts.. lived in Washington state now in Colorado.. I have a saying to pass on " " No such thing as bad weather, it's bad gear "...
Good job thank you I was a Boy Scout and still have trouble with knots and are Rey important to know.
a great mod to this is to use a rope between 2 trees above the middle of your tent as the peak for the tarp and then have the edges of the tarp tied off low to the ground.
the slope to your rain coat can be much steeper shedding water or snow much faster
with much less chance of water pooling in low areas of the tarp.
That's a great idea Mike. I will have to try that one. If you don't have a tree in the middle, you could tie a rope between the two corner trees and tie your peak roof rope off of that.
certainly; yes i have used a line between 2 trees and a third from the first line to a third tree for really effective protection in rain and snow.
That's what I do. Works great
..I did that in the worst Arizona monsoon weather and it worked great...
So like a A Frame
Also, make sure the angle of your tarp is low end facing down hill so water runs off away from your camp.
What do you doing your tarp is set up and it is flat - now it is raining hard and I need the weather to slope
( 3:35 ) Angle of your tarp, so the rain ( water ) does not pool. Excellent advice.
Thanks very much !
I think a huge tarp is the right way to do it !
Thanks a lot...yes, you just need a slight angle. The bigger tarp is easier to string up with two people, but you can actually sit under it.
Thank you for info..i always wondered how people got their rope up so high on the trees lol...i have never set up a rain tarp before and your instructions were not complicated...going to practice some set ups before my next camping trip.
Good Heather, I hope it helps. Coincidently, I had this same campsite over July 4, 2019 and set up the tarp the same way. Worked perfectly all week.
@@AdventuresWithMe00 Thanks for the info...it always rains when I camp lol.
Great tutorial. I'm going camping soon and my rain fly is missing, instead of purchasing a new tent we have decided to get a tarp, rope and poles and do this. Thanks for the tutorial!
We used his dads canopy this time but in october well be using the tarp system. The canopy was such a hassle.
Excellent information, help me last weekend in the rain, thanks
Thanks!
Great tip. We just had to leave our campsite, on the first night, due to leaking at the seams during a severe thunderstorm. This was AFTER I waterproofed with spray. Thanks!
I'm sorry to hear that Laura! It's so sad to see after a rainstorm the folks who are completely soaked. I came up with this method after having some minor leaks in my tent during some rain. I hope this helps in the future. There's some trial and error to getting the tarp up high enough with enough coverage of the tents. But once it's up it works pretty well. I just had to do it again last weekend.
AdventureswithMe I'm determined to get it right. Thanks so much!
Nice video Kieth! I love your explanations. I learned a lot. Thanks for posting it.
What a cool dad! great video thank you from Australia.
Thanks for the comment!
Good idea for additional weather control without wrapping your tent w tarp and getting plenty of airflow... I see others have already offered options, so, have a good day!!! And happy camping!
Thanks Sam. Last time we went camping we saw a young couple put a large tarp completely over their tent. That really limits the airflow and we thought it might be dangerous because of the lack of oxygen.
Great idea to use a stick. Creativity at its best!❤️🙌🏻🙏
Thanks Noreen! Happy camping.
Awesome trick with the tree and the stick. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Most test sites are relatively flat. But if yours is not, identify the lowest point and arrange your tarp so that water drains to that lowest point or collect that rain water for campsite use (washing, dishes, maybe drinking, etc).
More great advice! Thank you for that Dan!
Great. Going to loch lomond next week. I think its gona be wet n wanted some extra cover over the tent. Now i know how. Thanks bud 👍
Great presentation
Thank you!
Nice setup, great job!
Thanks!
Thank you brother!!!
Thank you for sharing this. Say hi to little one who showed up at the end 😁
Thanks! I hope the video helped!
Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment!
I was about 2 click off then heard the how 2 tie up high in try
GREAT idea
Thanks. I cringe now at the beginning of the video. It didn't need to be that long.
I remember a camping trip when I was 5 and we had a canvas tent. It was a spring Saturday outside of Eugene, Oregon, and it was pouring rain. The tent leaked.
Cool. I like the stick idea. Thanks!
Thanks, I hope it helps!
Simple but genius idea. Thank you.
Thanks...glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for sharing this helpful post!
Good suggestions
What the... there's things such as grommet savers.... learn every day...
Thanks for the tips! Much appreciated.
I camped in a tropical storm.. I had a tarp city going. Melted one. Lol. A little whiskey fueled camping might I add. I love camping in the rain. I always make a porch and cooking area in case of rain
That sounds like fun. We used this setup to camp in the rain last weekend. The tarp worked really well to keep everything dry.
I've hammock camped for more the 60 years and the 1st thing I do is to hang my rain fly ( Tarp ). In the summer it's a sun shade , rainy weather i can hang my hammock while staying dry. Packing to leave camp the last item taken down and packed is the rain fly especially in wet conditions. It also gives me a place protected from the weather to relax in. The times I have tent camped I still hang a rain fly ( Tarp ) over the tent ( single walled backpacking tent ) so it can remain open and ventilated no matter what the weather is.
Thanks for sharing that Chuck!
A well ventilated tent under a tarp is the best way to tent camp! No condensation in the morning like with a rain fly. If you're winter camping lower the tarp to six inches above the tent and stake in the sides. Changed the way i camp forever!
Great video. Practical and easy to follow
Thank you!
Thank you Michael J Fox, i never knew you loved camping.
Did you just place the cord on the tree and then pull for tension? Or, did you hook the cord over a limb behind the tree? I couldn’t tell how you got the rope high in the tree.
Great idea. BTW Use a Two Half Hitches knot (instead of square) like the white one you're standing in front of later in the video. Also, a nitpick, that wasn't a square knot, the second overhand was in the wrong direction.
Great video and a blue tarp works just as great on a very cheap tent also to keep you dry. Is it ugly? Yap, and some campsites won't allow them because of that. And they can LOUD when it rains, but again, better loud than wet.
I can say I've had a couple of occasions to break out the blue tarp this camping season and it makes the difference between tolerance and misery.
I tried this method this season in the UK and in the morning, although it did not rain, the Coleman 3 person tent fly was wet through with condensation on the outside. Also the tarp was wet through on its underside.
We had old table cloth weights and clipped a few to one side, in the center. It pulled down just enough to invite the water to drain at that spot.
Funny thing, we’ve had the wights for years and that’s the first time we’ve used them.
THANK YOU. I have always wondered why tents have such flimsy "rain flys". Make them extend to the ground & they might actually protect you, but no. I'm going to make my own now.
Great, glad it could help. I still use this method and it works really well.
You're a dad hero! Nice save.
Paul Meyers thank you Paul!
Nice video
Thanks
thanks for sharing the turp setup with us.
thanks for the comment! I really appreciate it. It makes it worthwhile to hear people say they found the video helpful.
I had a approx 26 foot long pop up camper. I used a tarp big enough to cover the camper up even before opening in a torrential down pour and nothing got wet. tarp was big enough to pull my motorcycle and car under it.
That's a good idea...I see similar set ups sometimes at the campground. This summer I had to put up this large tarp again and was glad I did. It was a lot of work for 1 person to set up and it required quite a few re-positions to get it right. But once the downpour happened in the middle of the night we stayed completely dry.
Good tips, thanks a bunch for the idea.
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment Suzanne!
@@AdventuresWithMe00 Update...we went on a miserable weather camping trip...tent was okay after discouraged waterproofing as per instructions was applied anyway. Woke up to a freezing Lakeside view but we were dry inside. The top of this cabin tent was so large that we just couldn't figure how to set up the tarp on this trip...too loaded out for such a big coverage but silicone seemed to work out at least on this awful trip, LOL.
Thanks for sharing 👌
You are very helpful I was ripped off by tarps warehouse online. Don't order nothing from them.
Thanks for the feedback!
Your the man cheers brother
Thank you so much for making this video!
I hope it helped!
Brilliant video. What's your advice in case of strong wind at such tarp setup?
Another thing but a large blue tarp I have discovered, they can be loud with rain and wind!!!! But better loud than wet.
"Hi Dad... good" - sweet boy!
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Good video
Good, informative video. We’re heading out today for the weekend and it’s supposed to rain 🌧 over night. Hope i can get it right
Good luck! I hope it works out. It's much easier to set up if you have help.
So helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your techniques ❤️
thanks for your comment. Glad it helped!
Step one: tie down a 50’x50’ tarp.
Step two: *stays dry*
basically, yes
I’m going on my first solo camping trip and it is 100% chance of rain. I’m not giving up and honestly this video helps. I was so nervous about the tarp and tree distance and height etc. Thank you! If you do end up seeing this, should I tarp under my tent to prevent a wet ground? There’s so many mixed responses to it.
Good luck Renata, I'm glad you found the video useful.
Yes, I always place a second tarp under the tent. Besides adding an extra layer of insulation from the ground, it would provide some protection against runoff water saturating the bottom of your tent. The runoff would go under the tarp, not your tent.
@@AdventuresWithMe00 thank you so much!
Thanks for this great video .. ps. Just realized I watched your scion XB review before ha
oh wow, that's funny!
Great information
Thank you Tamara! Glad to help!
Pretty neat
I'm new to camping and I Lovett
thank you Christopher. I'm glad you found the video useful.
AdventureswithMe your very welcome it's a passion of mines.harbor freight tools has a 53" tarp that would work perfectly for my 10person cabin tent.a few beers, your dog,and have a merry ole time.only problem is I like going into the wilderness state forest and etc.i don't believe it's legal to do that because park rangers made us come to their "designated"campsite,and told me how much trouble I could have gotten in.
Bigger question. What keeps the tarp dry?
Nice stay dry set up"
Thanx for sharing
sure thing, glad to help. We brought along this same set up on Memorial Day Weekend, just in case. Thankfully we didn't need it.
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First time doing tarp. I agree, take the time to set the tarp up.
Plus, you saved me many states & laughs with standing on my hood..😂🇺🇸
Good...I'm glad it helped! Coincidently, tomorrow I'm traveling to the same campground and staying at the next site over from where we shot this video. It looks like rain is in the forecast so I may be setting the tarp up once again.
Don't buy cord in the camping section. Go to the hardware section by all the house stuff. There should be a aisle with rope. You will see red and yellow cord way cheaper
Thanks, good advice!
How much thick the tarp should be? 4mil ? 10 mil?
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Thanks! I'm still riding. Just haven't had the motivation to make more motorcycle content lately.
Love this. Thank you so much
You're welcome. Glad to help!
What if there's no tree?
It has to be a light tent together with a tarp for bushcraft.
My crew will benefit from this
oh good, glad to hear!
s now you have a line tied 10 feet up the tree. How do you untie it when you breeak camp?
"On this week's episode of McGyver"
Thank you.
Very cool tips, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful video, thanks!
Glad to help!
This is great! Thanks.
Thanks Heather!
Gives a nice extension ish on the tent as well.
yes, you can walk around a little bit under it and keep the rest of your stuff dry too.
If anything least in the south it’s a good way to keep the tent cooler an the brutal sun from beating it to death baking one inside
Does anyone remember when tents actually kept water out themselves? They were made of canvas. Polyester tents are light but worthless against the elements, which defeats the purpose of a tent.
maybe the manufacturers should just make a tent out of a tarp and save us the trouble. lol I do remember canvas tents, but I remember them being really heavy and difficult to set up.
Thanks for the comment!
Yea but backpacking has definitely grown more and you won't find a single backpacker with a canvas tent.
I have an REI Half Dome with the foot print and that withstood some serious rain storms just fine.
My first first tent from around 1970 was canvas with an external aluminum pole frame. Other tents blew down around us in northeast thunder storms, but ours stayed up. It stayed completely dry inside too except for humid air of course. Even then I would light a candle or better yet run my gas lantern and the dampness would go away.
The last tent I got for emergency use last year has it's own fly. It'll be interesting to see how it works in rain.
🙂 I remember being soaked through in our old canvas tent. Everything, bedding, food, the lot.
I have a good quality ‘polyester’ tent now which has seen me through severe storms without a drop of water inside.
I still love the memories of that old canvas tent though.
and damp and moldy
Great video
Thanks Dave!