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Merged the Aricx/Knot "Ray-Way" style shaped tarp and Aricxi Tarp Owners Club threads as suggested by a member.
fluffkitten 15/05/20
Time for the Aricxi / Knot Outdoor "Ray Way" style shaped tarp to have its own thread where the various info spread around the various threads can be collected. And yes, "Ray Way" style because it is as different from a Mountain Laurel Design Patrol Shelter as that is from the Ray Jardine shaped tarp.
This is available from various sellers on Aliexpress, such as this one and the price hovers between £25 and £35.
The tarp is very compact and light at 307 grams in the smaller of the two stuff sacks it ships with (it comes with heavy pegs but these were dumped):
But that small package actually contains a tarp that is larger than expected (front pole set at 125 cm in this quick pitch for seam-sealing):
The official dimensions indicated below are definitely on the cautious side, with a 125 cm pitch, I get 170 cm between the front corners and 250 cm between the front pole and rear apex tie-out.
Same pitch slightly modified to bring the sides down: without changing the pole height, the front corners and their pegs were brought closer in and the beak shortened (there are three tie-out loops and you can attach the carabineer to the central one or to both outer ones to shorten).
Only the two lower front and the rear apex tieouts have Linelock 3 copies with the others being simple webbing loops.
fluffkitten 15/05/20
Time for the Aricxi / Knot Outdoor "Ray Way" style shaped tarp to have its own thread where the various info spread around the various threads can be collected. And yes, "Ray Way" style because it is as different from a Mountain Laurel Design Patrol Shelter as that is from the Ray Jardine shaped tarp.
This is available from various sellers on Aliexpress, such as this one and the price hovers between £25 and £35.
The tarp is very compact and light at 307 grams in the smaller of the two stuff sacks it ships with (it comes with heavy pegs but these were dumped):
But that small package actually contains a tarp that is larger than expected (front pole set at 125 cm in this quick pitch for seam-sealing):
The official dimensions indicated below are definitely on the cautious side, with a 125 cm pitch, I get 170 cm between the front corners and 250 cm between the front pole and rear apex tie-out.
Same pitch slightly modified to bring the sides down: without changing the pole height, the front corners and their pegs were brought closer in and the beak shortened (there are three tie-out loops and you can attach the carabineer to the central one or to both outer ones to shorten).
Only the two lower front and the rear apex tieouts have Linelock 3 copies with the others being simple webbing loops.
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