New sand-proof camping tarp.....anyone got one?
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 15:56
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Member - Roachie (SA)
I just checked out a site I wasn't previously aware of:
www.cgear.com
They have a new type of tarp (or large mat) which the film clip shows to work pretty
well. The bloke pours a handful of red sand onto the mat and it just seeps through, leaving the surface sand-free. He then hits the surface and no sand comes back up through the material.
Looks pretty good stuff; comes in 4 sizes.
Has anybody tried one yet?
Cheers
Roachie
Reply By: Kev & Darkie - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:03
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:03
You have been reading 4wd Action again haven't you LOL
It looks pretty good though, it costs a bit as
well.
Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:05
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:05
Got it in one Kev!!! On the throne this morning (only time I get to read the mag) and saw the ad'...... hahaha
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Reply By: HGMonaro - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:06
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:06
one of these was my wife's addition to our camping equipment... It does seem to work, but like shade cloth can be slippery when in your Irish workboots.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:30
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:30
Inteerstingly, you will find that shade cloth has a slippery side & is not too bad on the other side.
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (SA) - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 19:06
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 19:06
Hi Roachie
I have used for some time now shade cloth, works a treat in sand and is a fraction of the cost of that new type tarp.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: disco1942 - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 00:25
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 00:25
After having used both the shade cloth and the Camec matting I will always pay the extra for the annex matting. The shade cloth is dangerous in wet conditions (yes we will get rain down south here some day.) The annex matting feels better under foot.
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Reply By: Member - Fourplayfull - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 23:05
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 23:05
Gee Roachie - that is amazing , a 4by site slipped under your RADAR!!!!!!- if your passing my way I have a couple of 6" raised beasties in the
carpark to raise your pulse rate .
Cheers
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Reply By: disco1942 - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 00:38
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 00:38
There a few distributors of annex matting these days. Some are made from material like shade cloth and I am not sure whether they are any better in the wet.
There are a couple of similar styles distributed by Coast to Coast and Camec. They are similar in price to the one Roachie presented the link for. I have a Camec one I find excellent. They come in a better range of sizes. They both have hemmed ends with 3 eylets in each end. The Coast to Coast models come supplied with 6 nice little pegs with mushroom heads and a puller to extract them after use.
There is also a rubbery one that comes on a roll and you have the required length cut for you. They cost about the same as the ones I like but are much more difficult to handle and are heavier.
PeterD
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Reply By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 04:55
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 04:55
G day Roachie
Sure that's not some type of shadecloth, sand just falls straight thru that too.
Our local camping
shop in Wonthaggi, has a new product there, that is basically double layered shadecloth, with edging, and has eye-lets already in strategic
places.
Comes in a range if sizes too
Now It's too early in the morning to think clearly, and I have to go to work in 5 min, ( rats )
So be good, and if you can't be good be carefull
Cheers Mate
Bucky
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 08:36
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 08:36
This stuff is like a one way permeable membrane for sand Bucky, take a look at the site and listen to the wanker on the video tell you how you need one.
Looks OK to me
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:34
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:34
I think he's really butch.
:)
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Follow Up By: Kev & Darkie - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:43
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:43
Mike,
"butch" as in Butch Cassidy??
I thought he was more like the Sand dance Kid LOL
Kev
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 13:00
Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 13:00
Butch ? As in Butch Rogers in the 21st and a half century? hahaha
Sand Dance Kid ... Now That is funny!
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Follow Up By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Monday, Jan 07, 2008 at 08:37
Monday, Jan 07, 2008 at 08:37
Finally I got the video clip to work, and also had a good look at prices,,, Bloody hell pricey bit of gear.
But the product still looks like a shadecloth, but with one way "technology" ( love that word )
Cheers All
Bucky
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