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Friend swore by a $20 tarp for rainy camping, I doubted him until a storm hit last week
I was planning a 3 night trip to the Sierras and my buddy Dave said skip the expensive rain fly, just grab a cheap blue tarp from the hardware store. I thought he was nuts, I had a $120 tent with a built in fly. Well, a freak thunderstorm rolled in around 2 AM and my tent started leaking at the seams. Dave's tarp setup kept his whole site bone dry, and I ended up huddling under it with my gear for 2 hours. Has anyone else found that some simple, cheap gear works way better than the fancy stuff in a real pinch?
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betty_palmer5d ago
...and the same goes for duct tape honestly. I once fixed a broken tent pole with a stick and duct tape mid trip, held up for the whole week while my buddy's expensive replacement pole broke again. Sometimes the cheap stuff just works better because it's simple and not trying to be fancy.
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Found the same thing with folding camp chairs. Spent $80 on a name brand one, my friend had a $25 generic from a big box store. His outlasted mine by three seasons.
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