BIKE PACKING | Best Tarp? 3x3 LOMO, DD hammocks Magic Carpet XL or Military Basha, 3 configurations

[@amitkumar-wj8gn]

Our man just carried three tarps on a trip to give us an honest, no BS review. And, the shots and the sound quality were brilliant. I am so happy I found this channel, I will be all happy and joyous when this channel gets thousands of subscribers (which it will soon enough).

[@divum]

Much appreciated amit kumar! Thanks

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

I have noticed lately that there appears to always be a rather amazing amount of acoustic guitar happening out in nature

[@Dutcharmytent]

This content is first class, cannot wait to watch your past videos. Just found your channel. Just purchased my first Basha and not afraid to use it. DPM.

[@divum]

Very nice of you to write this comment. My channel is about canoeing, cycling, and general adventures/camping. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks

[@PatousMcGillicuddy]

I see DD Hammocks now sells their DD SuperLight - Bikepacker Tarp, a diamond-shaped tarp meant to be attached to an upright bicycle. Clever!

[@divum]

Thanks for the up date! I'll check it out. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@skids181]

The military tarps (basha) are specified to be able to use as a stretcher for carrying casualties, that's why they have the strong handles on them.

[@divum]

Thanks David. Nice to know. Hopefully won't need a stretcher while bike packing🤞

[@marksadventures3889]

I have 2 x 2 x 3 metre cheap tarps I got from a hardware store for £2.99 each and I cover them with a camo net - position is everything! I put my shelter in corners of bushes where the land gently slopes away, I use a low profile as you did with the Military tarp and have the other for the groundsheet. They weigh a little more but give good cover and the bike takes the weight. I do think that LOMO looks good though. I may invest and with a bivvy it could be good for those times you want minimal weight for long journeys. I always take a hammock though if the ground is wet, the tarps cover me then.Good video thanks for sharing.

[@divum]

Thanks very much for your comment! Good effort with the cheap tarps. I hear that "Poundland" do a tarp 6"x 4" (feet) for just £1! ideal perhaps for a ground sheet I hope you can subscribe!

[@jaydavee]

The Magic Carpet can be used as a shelter tarp, but it is a ground sheet. Its most useful role would be under either of the A frames you made with the big and medium tarps. The XL one is long enough to use diagonally at 2.64 meters or 8' 8"... emphasis on "diagonally" regarding that measurement. That's ok for the ground but not really long enough to use over a hammock with the short hammocks from the same company being 2.75 meters long.

[@divum]

Thanks @jaydavee I appreciate your comment. Good advice, well noted, ATB👍🏼

[@EspenFrafalne]

Considering that you probably want/need either a bugnet (with groundsheet) or a bivy, in addition to a tarp, you would probably end up paying about the same as you would for the ($230 - 740g/26oz) "Lunar Solo" tent (unless you buy kinda cheap tarps and bugnets or bivys) and the tarp setup would probably weigh more and take up more space than this tent (unless you buy something like the cuben fiber "hexamid pocket tarp" from Zpacks, and the "Ultralight Solo Bivy" from MLD)... The mesh in a tent will protect you from bugs even if you are sitting up. A bugnet for a tarp is usually not big enough for that - and if you go look at any that are big enough, you will most likely find that they weigh so much and pack so big that it would not seem all that interesting compared to a good tent. Mesh is usually heavier and dont pack as small as ultralight tent materials...

[@d.Cog420]

I used to be tent but I'm tarp and bivy now, there's just so much more you can do with a tarp. You get bugs when you're cooking no matter what you do and my bivy has a bug net for sleeping. In summer we pitch it high A frame and you've got 3sqm of roof above you. We hang out and tell stories and play cards under it. The tiny tents you mention are more for solo hiking I think so it's horses for courses.

[@EspenFrafalne]

@@d.Cog420 Some time after i wrote this, i actually got myself the Hilleberg Bivanorak, and i think maybe i like it even more than my Duplex. A headnet deals with the bugs surprisingly good (i sleep on the side, and the hood of the Bivanorak keeps the headnet away from my face), and without being especially anoying. A big advantage with this shelter is being able to sit up, and cook food or whatever, and if i want to move around, i can just unsinge the bottom, and lift up the bivanorak and my quilt, and im ready to walk around. Less hassle than crawling out of a tent, and perfect when you wake up having to pee in the middle of the night, and you dont even need to leave the nice warm shelter to do your thing. All the benefits of a bivy, with even less limitations than a tent :P The feeling of cowboycamping is also much nicer than seeing tent walls. Some people talk about condensation being an issue with this thing, but i have only noticed this once, when it got uncomfortably hot one summer night. I was camping near a lake recently, and when i woke up, the morning dew had been really heavy, and settled on all the stuff outside the bivanorak, but me and my quilt were perectly dry. If i was camping in a tent, id probably be soaked...

[@d.Cog420]

@@EspenFrafalne Nice option, I've used ponchos before and they are great. Just remember, when wearing this your chances of getting laid might be diminished ;)

[@EspenFrafalne]

@@d.Cog420 LOL! I have read a lot of comments about the Bivanorak look silly, but i dont think it looks any worse than a rainponcho, and i never heard anyone say those look "unfashionable". I think its really good as raingarment. Not as good ventilation as rainponchos, but good enough. More tight fitting raingear sucks. Especially for hiking.

[@d.Cog420]

@@EspenFrafalne Agreed, tight gear doesn't breathe enough no matter what the goretex ad says. Hillebrand is good kit too, good choice. Happy trails bro.

[@sorsapari3596]

WHEEE! this was published on my birthday. Good video also.

[@MrShiffard]

Looking forward to our bikepacking trip Andrew, loving the videos :-)

[@divum]

Thanks Dave! I know a nice hotel.....

[@MrShiffard]

@@divum I'm not that type of guy lol!

[@mikelong0609]

Great helpful videos Andrew!

[@divum]

Thanks

[@georgeskinner2474]

Could you show more detail about your ridgeline technique? I have not seen anything like your method, but I can't make out the details in this video. Thank you.

[@divum]

Thanks George. Next time I'm out videoing the tarp, I'll try to include it. You could watch one of my very old videos where I try to show it. Here's the link.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6W4qayQrLGVqdk

[@Thracium]

I like the first tarp only. Thank you! Good Luck!

[@divum]

Thanks, you too!

[@roaduser6438]

You can create a similar setup to how you rigged your basha by putting the magic carpet over the ridgeline. As the XL is 1.4 metres in width this should give you 1m wide sleeping space, 2.2m long, with 50cm of headroom if pegged all the way to the ground. Not much room for kit, but not bad.

[@divum]

Nice one. I'll give it a go.👍

[@LokyMusik]

If I had to choose between two Lomo's or one DD - I would choose the Lomo's

[@mattank]

Just wondering, how would you pitch the 3x3 tarp tent, in the absence of a trekking pole/stick? Say, there just aren't any sticks to be found. Can you somehow rig it to the bike? Any comments is much appreciated 👌

[@divum]

Thanks for a great comment. I have used my bike as a central support. I turn it upside down and then place the tarp over it, and peg down the corners. It worked great with a 3*3 tarp. All the best to you. 👍🏼⛺🚴🏻‍♀️

[@LomoWatersport]

Brilliant video. Much appreciated. Subscribed :)

[@divum]

Thanks so much! That's the feedback that inspires me to make more videos. Cheers

[@MattScottMusic]

Inclement weather tarps? Iclement: cold … apparently?

[@cerealkiller4248]

That DPM looks very stealthy in that environment

[@divum]

Yes indeed! I guess that's why the military choose this type. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. Cheers

[@mustamuri]

✨🏕️✨ 👶👏

[@silaswild6233]

Just take a tent...

[@natscat4752]

Depends if you want a view or not when cosy in bed.