If you have even minimum sewing skills (or know someone who does) you can easily make your own silnylon tarp very inexpensively (using fabric 2nds).

I've made two cat-cut tarps for use with my hammocks.

Just starting out, I would go with the 4 mil plastic and some grommet clips. I've also made one by folding the edge of the plastic over to make a channel, sealing it with duct tape and running a string through the channel and cutting out parts of the plastic channel to serve as tie outs.

I have link somewhere that shows how someone made one of these. I think it is on my other computer. I'll find it and add it later.

Tango61
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