Well, technically, there only 3 ways to bug proof a tarp. One is to spray it and yourself with bug repellent, or some other product. Two, you are going to have to sleep in the smudge from a smoky fire, or three, put some kind of physical barrier between you and the insects, ie. some type of netting. And this is the quickest solution that I know of. If you are aware of other effective means, I would love to hear your thoughts about it. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@leokong2899 I had knenof those on the intire Appalachian trail amd tbh its pretty fucking sick man. It gives you the ability to see the starts amd not drown in gnats.
Ever since I first saw this video a couple of weeks ago I've been weighing the pros and cons to using one of these for the sometimes long bicycle tours. My four season tent has done extremely well in all weather but this being less weight, lower profile, helps with getting more fresh air and after sometimes 100 mile days, it just pops out...all great features. Some places here in the Adirondacks can get really buggy. I appreciate you bringing this to my attention and thanks for your videos... it's top-notch work and I learn a lot from you!
Very cool! Awesome little structure and one I have never seen before. I appreciate you showing it to us, and I think it is a neat idea to keep the bugs away. Sometimes, you may find yourself in need of one of these, and you'll be thankful for any sort of protection from those pests. :)
Looks nice and fast. I am a tarp camper for the freedom out in nature, at home it's stuck in a box out of touch with the world around you. For bugs I use a jungle bug net and it worked for many years in the Amazon and so Versatile also Inexpensive. Perfect no but I am still here So good enough. Great video thanks. 🤗🤗 for the blanket sleep system just use old Fashion blanket pins to hold it together then put it ware you want. Yes I am old. Blanket pins giant safety pins but heavy duty.
Thats a nice idea if you like anything close to a bivy. Spray a ground sheet with Sawyers permethrin to stop the creepy crawlers. If the bugs are bad then hang a Coghlan's Backwoods Mosquito Net over it. Depending on the size of your tarp they have six different ones. .My personal choice is a Jungle hammock with a bug net that zips off when I'm bug free.
Combine this with a ultralight silnylon 10X10 tarp, a tyvek ground cloth, one of the USGI Gore-Tex or similar material Bivy Covers, a decent air pad, and your preference for keeping warm or cool (like a simple woobie for warm nights to a down quilt or synthetic bag like the patrol bag from the MSS for cool and cold nights) and I’d say you have a very lightweight and comfortable sleep system that still allows you to have superior ventilation and also situational awareness. You could also apply a coat of permethrin to all of the items I mentioned and this would be a light and comfortable kit even in heavy, equatorial jungle environments. I was going to go with one of the lightweight hammocks that includes a bug net (just sleep in the hammock on the ground instead of tethered free floating between two trees) but I’m now seriously considering this item. Thank you!
Technology is great. Camping with Boy Scouts in the 60’s at Camp Bill Stark in East Texas, our troop could only afford old army tents with no floor and sides opened up about two feet. We slept on surplus army cots in the mosquito infested Sabine River bottom. This would have been fantastic to have.
Dang, I actually have one of those. I thought I was the only one who did that. I saw it in a magazine for 30 bucks and bought one a few years ago. When you know it's not going to rain you can just sleep under it my carrying case is a little different and it might be a couple inches bigger when it's rolled up its hard to tell on here. I just figured during bad weather I would throw a tarp over it like a rain fly to my bigger pop up tent. I guess I just have really good luck and never been caught in real bad weather with it. I've always had my larger one that looks like that that came with a rainfly. They make those things and just about all sizes and I wanted one ever since I saw the first one on a movie called Congo about about an ape that could sign language they were returning to the wild while our company was looking for a pure diamond. The only difference is they got in at their feet but mine are from the side. I've never had any problem with any of them other than my kids. I think those kids could break a tank. What's sad is they are girls. I just had to repair my four-man pop up they shattered the fiberglass composite pole that was inside it. I just made a hole, and bound it up with electrical tape, when I sewed it back up and it's as good as new.
I do like this. Will get a few for my kids. For me it's still close enough to a tent without the tarp top. But might give it a try my self. Thank you. And keep the vids coming.
I have this bivvy with the matching rainfly and shock-corded fiberglass pole, which creates a small one-man tent. It works well in that application but the tent tends to collect a lot of condensation overnight. I bought it for the option demonstrated here, to skip the rain fly and tarp camp when insects are an issue. One consideration from a bushcraft perspective - you will not be able to roll up in a blanket inside this bivvy because it's too small to spread out the blanket on a diagonal and perform the usual drill of passing one corner under you from one side, then the other corner from the other side, etc. The bivvy is simply too small for that; plan to use a sleeping bag if you need warmth.
You could, but it doesn't have the versatility of a tarp. This way you can choose whether or not to use the bug bivy or not. With a tent you're pretty well stuck with one configuration. Thank you for watching and commenting!
You know that what I use is a big can of bug spray I just spray the heck out of it. no worries everything around me is dead. Good video. I saw a guy use one of these while camping and he loved it. It took awhile to fold it up and put back into the bag. I will be gone for the next week or so, camping out in the woods enjoying the fresh air
Perfect for anyone who ever had a "deer ked fly" land on them, drop its wings - which makes it look super creepy, like a freak spider, which puts you in panick mode, and as you try to brush off this really "tanky" fly, it just keeps on hanging on, and refusing to be squished, making the whole experience seem like some surreal nightmare........ Man i hate those flies..!
Now, do they make a version of that (at that size) that's an actual tent? I know pop-up tents have been around for a long time, but they don't exactly pack down that small.
A person should always do a self check to make sure that you're not carrying something inside of your shelter with you if you are concerned about that.
light weight? yes bug proof? looks like it but I think the dutch army hooped bivy is a better choice the one draw back would be warm weather.. the D.A.H.B.B. tends to be a bit warm in the summer, but it does offer better rain protection..
Eating Garlic for a week before you go and while you are there will suffice on keeping bugs away from you and it's lighter than carry an extra stuff. Plus it'll keep the vampires away. 🧛♂️ 🦇
@@WayPointSurvival: You're very welcome. When I go out mushroom hunting I usually eat garlic for a week before it works keeps everyone and everything off of you lol.
Well, because that would be tent camping and I prefer the versatility of a tarp. I don't have to use the IBNS if I don't want to. I do have several lightweight tents but a tent limits you to basically one configuration. Good question, though, and thanks so much for watching and commenting!
You can definitely sleep in a tent while bushcrafting. However, the tarp allows you to set in front of your fire and bushcraft various items while staying warm and dry in many kinds of weather. You can of course whittle and carve inside a tent but it makes a mess. So, many bushcrafters like the tarp option for it's versatility and the ability to be covered from precipitation but still have access to the open.
Hello my hiking friend, the tarp shelter is a great item to have for camping or backpacking. One never knows when the insects are going to hang up on you. There are some pretty scary insect borne diseases. Thank you for sharing. 🤗
Mosquitos here will eat you alive. I am staying with a decent tent. My ultralight hiking tent is lighter than the tarp, moz net, and ties you need for a tarp Rain here comes at you sideways as well :-) You got a good score on that James
Thank you my friend! Yes, at some point you have to decide if you would rather carry a tent or stick with the tarp. Anyway, it's just another tool for the toolbox. Have a great day!
So.....basically your making a tent. It’s just inefficient and heavier tent because now you have a pile of separate parts instead of one simple unit. SMH.
It's all how you look at it... For some it's an option, for others they'd just as soon bring a tent, for others they'd rather bring bug spray. Whatever works for you, just as long as you're enjoying the great outdoors. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
You could say that but then you lose the versatility of a tarp shelter. A tent can only de used in one configuration whereas a tarp can be set up in dozens of ways. This is a small easily carried accessory for those times when you absolutely need to be protected from insects. Granted, it's not for everyone, but it is a viable solution. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Hmm... I was expecting a video on how to bug proof a tarp shelter. Maybe something about Thermacells, bug netting, smoke or similar. You're basically pitching a one man tent under a rain fly. Probably better off using a hammock with a bug net and a tarp over it. At least then you are off the ground. And the bulk is less unless you add in an underquilt. Nifty item though. Haven't seen one in a long time.
Yes, there are several ways to deal with bugs. But this is probably the quickest and easiest way to do it if you're going to sleep under a tarp. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
All I use is a good jungle hammock and a rain fly. Most single layer hammocks will let the bugs bite threw the material. A double layer hammock stops that problem. I got one of mine from Warbonnet Outdoors , the Blackbird. Or a hammock with a 70 D material also works really well. In the hammock for insulation I like a self inflating Therm-a-rest mattress about 1/2 to 3/4 inflated.
@@WayPointSurvival in what way? You're literally in a one person backpacking tent at this point... Except the backpacking tent packs down lighter and small than the tarp and big shield
Thanks for sharing - but this was a disappointing solution. Put a 2 lbs tent/net under your tarp?!? I was hoping for something much more in tune with lightweight tarp camping. Check out the Aricxi ultralight bug net on AliExpress - 260g (not as much space mind you). In general I have found that bugs aren't going to bite through a sleeping bag so it's really only your head that needs protection...
Sorry you were disappointed. At only 1.9 lbs, I do consider this to be lightweight. It is the most comprehensive and most useful option that is quick and easy, not requiring any real set up time that I am aware of for a tarp. If you are packing a sleeping bag, which I don't in the summer, then you are right, you only need something over your head. I do hope to discuss other options for staying bug free on my channel later on, but I wanted to start with this as it is an easy solution especially for beginning bushcrafters who may not have as much experience as you do. Thank you so much for watching and commenting and sharing your opinion. I really do appreciate it!
@@WayPointSurvival But it results in so much less bug free space. That's my point. The great thing about tarps is their low cost and flexibility. Their weakness is bugs. Fixing that issue is huge. I see almost no one doing it. We need a good way of attaching a mosquito net to a tarp. Not easy when both are thin nylon. Tarps are so cheap one could have one without the netting for bug free weather and another with the netting that could be rolled up if bugs aren't an issue. Then there's the issue of bugs coming under the sides but that could be solved by just burying the sides under some earth. No luck on rock! So your video is for rock tarp campers! Rock tarp camping, the new frontier!
@@WayPointSurvival Hammock campers often have the hammock enclosed in netting but the tarp over the hammock exposed. Attaching the netting to the tarp instead of the hammock would be much better. Not sure how much a lot of netting would weigh though. A lot of people like tarps because of their extreme light weight which wouldn't be so light with netting attached.
@@WayPointSurvival Not denying the fact that an off-the-shelf pop-up bug-net works... it's the way you title your video. Because you come across as a survival pro, I was expecting some clever DIY idea, as were a few commenters here.
Then consider this a pro tip...lol. I do, however, think this is a very excellent and quick option for making a shelter bug free. Not everything I do or carry is a clever DIY.
