*What is your Favorite Tarp Shelter design of all time? Also DAY 1 of my 7 Day $20 Survival Challenge Begin Saturday Nov 9th 2019!!!*

I love how all the designs were his favorite.

Did anyone count how many designs he said were his favorite? New drinking game: go back and re-watch. Every time he says "favorite," take a shot.

ME: This is my favorite video on tarps! ALSO ME: This is the only video on tarps I've seen.

1. Favorite 2. Top favorite 3. Absolute favorite 4. Hand-down favorite 5. Favoritest 6. Favorite all-around 7. Goddamn favorite 8. Bitchin’ favorite 9. Freakin’ favorite 10. ... (let me guess 🤔) No.1 favorite

Your heart is in the right place , so God bless you

That one tarp set up was my favorite

The Holden is the configuration I go to 90% of the time. So quick and minimal equipment needed. If rain and wind threaten entry at the front, simply pin the two front corners at the hiking staff at center. Just like battening the hatch. Otherwise I toss at least one side on top of the triangle roof and enjoy the stars. I seldom have to exit my sleeping bag to make the adjustments. Great tips on these other configurations!

my favorite, lay it on the ground, lay down and role. you have a burrito

How can ANYTHING without a floor provide protection from rain-you do realize that once the rain sheds from the sides it runs all over the ground

Wow. Thank you so much for this video. Now I know how to drape cloth over a piece of string and put some rocks on a plastic sheet.

Always a groovy deal when ya get off work @ 2 am and get to watch a fresh fun info filled video. The DropForged Fam done it again 👍. I’ll be practicing that big blue set up you n Outdoor Mama done. That’ll be nice for up here in the central Oregon high desert.

You always help me so much. You and your wife rock. So glad there's cool people in the world

That video helped me in how I could use my tarps to set them up for survival in camping outside and keep warm and safe. The tarps I have are rectangular and I have the lightest one in my backpack and the other in my house as a backup if it is needed. I would try to put mine up between two trees and have a sleeping area in between the trees. I have poles to stake the tarp down and keep trash bags in my pack to make ground support so my body is off the ground.

I didn’t know this was a thing. This is awesome. I feel like I’m free of a big bulky tent now

Me: *wonders which tarp design i’ll use* Also me: *has a tent*

These were all awesome designs, definitely gonna test out most of these once I buy myself a square 12 footer Who needs a big complicated tent when you know how to set up a tarp?

We're gong camping in the bush with little kids soon. It's summer here in Australia. This video has been so helpful to create a play area separate to our sleeping area, should the weather turn. Brilliant. Thanks so much xx

Really awesome video. I've been trying to set up some budget camping and it opened my eyes to how expensive tents and sleeping bags really are. I have a bivy with winter and summer sleeping bags to save on weight and money but I still wanted something over my head and to protect my gear. This video is super informative and really opened my eyes to the possibilities with a tarp.

Floating tent is brilliant. I will try it as soon as possible. Thank you for video.

You showed quite a few setups I had never seen before. Thanks for the video.

your videos are soooooooo amazing i watch them over and over !!!

⛺️👏👏👏, genuinely one of the best tarp instruction videos on KZfaq. 🤠😎👍

this is my ten favourite shelter

Clothing , sleep and housing, and some can goods and your good to go, Great videos

You always make beautiful and creative videos about things I do not know.You could teach many people how to do things! I wish I understood more but I am just learning.

I have actually slept under a leanto shelter in a thunderstorm in Texas and did stay relatively dry, about 6 inches of the foot of my sleeping bag got wet!

Another awesome video!!! I use a Bushcraft Outfitters 10X10 and I don’t know if I can pick a favorite there’s thousands of ways to set them up and they’re all good for different reasons.

Awesome job man. Was actually able to watch it premiere. Thanks for all the info and helping my channel grow. Looking forward to the adventure.

Love this channel especially watching videos building different type of tarp configuration

Number 3 is one of my favorites.

I usually bring a small tent and a big tarp, and build a house out of it. Solid protection from all elements.

Really cool ideas, nice to see some new ones, thanks.

pyramid style with 8 by 10 tarp is good but 10 by 12 tarp pyramid is even better

Spectacular video Chris, as always! :-) Thanks for showing the easy setup and amazing configuration of our 12' rain fly. Love it! :-)

Thanks so much. Great video. Exactly what I needed for my next trip!

This next design is my favorite

Goes to show you don’t need to spend lots of money on an expensive tent.....just a decent sized sturdy tarp,pegs,rope and some knowledge from guys like dude in this vid.

Great video, keep them coming!

Great video big thumbs awesome to see so many designs

6 min shelter is good

Many of these including the "bivy" are a variation on the plow point. Is that correct. I recently got into bush crafting, camping, survival type activity and the plow point was the first tarp configuration I used. Thank you for all the input. Very understandable and great camera work.

Awesome stuff man!!!!!

Good explanation and review of tarp setups. Thanks and take care.

I really like the background.

Great video. Seen a couple of configurations I haven't seen before. I'm excited to try them.

Very informative I’ve set like two of these up but the rest are new and some I really want to try like the bivy while in a bivy 😁 I’ll have to save this vid so I can remember what to do next spring 👍🏻.

Exactly what I was looking for. I just got a new 10 x 13 Aquaquest Defender tarp and need some ideas to experiment. Thanks man! I subscribed

Take a shot every time he says "favorite".

Great video! Looking forward to the challenge videos soon.

ThankS deeply for sharinG...I lovVe thiS awesome video with so many great tipS!!!👍I want to take a buddy fishinG thiS cominG summer and I don't feel like buying a tent to take fishinG as I feel that thiS would be impractical if we only drive out of the city for about one hour!!!👍Your tarp suggestionS are great for my pocketbook too!!!👍My buddy has serious health challenges and I want to make our fishinG adventures very fun for him without having to pack up so much to go out for an afternoon....but with Weather be very unpredictable...I feel Inspired learninG so muCh from you video!!!✌😇🌎🌹🔥🌹🌞🌹🏕☕☕☕

me watching this at 3am after my teacher assigned it to me to watch:

Clearly he outlines some very good rules and tips on getting your various tarps...in configuration for nearly any use, you may feel a need for. but let me be very clear on something of utmost importance, and which, indeed...our 'DropForged' here... does support and strongly suggest: No Matter WHAT type of tent or tarp, what type of paracord or tether, or what type of Knot or Tie-style...you may decide to implement............ Dear god....Please Don't Forget to...................................................."Secure That Bad Boy Down!".

Learned a lot today thank you

Great video. Very informative.

Just leaving work so I missed the live premiere.

Good

I'd like to see some more difficult ones!

How is the version which requires you to hang the center of your tarp to a big branch above using twine called? It only works around trees of the right size but it's easy and offers protection from all sides.

Very good info! Great setups!

Please do show other configurations, that'd be great!

I have an Arcadia Mongrel 10x10 tarp and after a full week of searching I've managed to find instructions for the "Floating Tent". Thank you! Can you please tell me how high your ridge line is set? It's 10 PM currently here so I'm going outside tomorrow to make an attempt to put this bad boy up.

This is thorough! Thx!

Awesome video man keep it up👍

This is an awesome video. New sub, and really liked the video. Thanks for sharing!

Cool and informative...thanks 🙂

awesome

Cool nice man

Use stakes and make this guidelines shorter. Nothing worse than having to take a leak at night and your guidelines becoming trip wires. Didn't see the us army poncho hooch. Stake the 4 sides of a poncho down and tie a guideline to the hood tie it off on an overhead branch. Used it for years in the army in all weather conditions. Good video though.

Thought this was going to be the dollar tree video!

“My favorite” lol

I have a 26 x 12 heavy tarp, 2 times set up but wind an rain kabosh that. I hope to make a equipment shelter for mini ex, riding mower and 4 wheeler. 8 ft tall. Ideas??? Any direction would be appreciated

It looks like you are tying the same know each time. Which one is it?

Drop Forged'....@ 12:26...you start setting up the 'Floating Tent'. (Cammo-print) Can you tell me 'where you got that (Brand) ..... and what are it's dimensions? Looks at least a 12' X 12'. from what i can tell...it's not the typical 'heavier' tarp material...( looks almost 'breathable'...and pretty lightweight? like 'chiffon' light..the way the wind is whipping it... ha ha!...) anyway...This..is the kind of material i want for my Van-Awning. nothing 'heavy...like a 'thick tarp...and possibly almost 'sheer'...just enough to diffuse the light coming thru. great vids! and...thanks for any info.

Hello brother nice work i just want to know which knot are you using with that vertical wood at time stamp 9:33? 😀

Most of those tarp setups are way too low for me. That bigger A frame with the 'doors' could be doable. Thanks

Fun

Loved it. How is the dog training going?

Awesome video. Could you tell me the name of the camo tarp in set up number 8?

How do you deal with condencesation?

Very valuable, thank you. What tarp size would you recommend? I found a 8x12 for a good price that I could pick up today, is it large enough?

What kind of Tarp would you suggest that could withstand high temps from a stove?

Which knife is that that your carrying?

Awesome video bro. My main problem with tarps is they are not very common in my country, at least not the good and light ones. Second problem is bugs 😂 living in a tropical country makes those damn bastards really annoying even with a campfire close burning repellent plants. Any suggestions regarding bugs? Thanks a lot!

Put them to the test

What is the name of that knot you are always using? Looks pretty easy.

My Aussie army bivvy bag is actually a bag, yours is a tarp, I guess it's just another name but if I took a tarp instead of the bag, I'd expect to get eaten by something deadly overnight 🤣🤣

14:00 what is that tarp material made out of?

I'm norseman , baby

You better make another tent for doggo

Try to guess which one is his favourite

Most of those setups would be even better if you used some lifters to give you more room inside. This makes such a difference.I like to avoid touching the tarp because i don't want to get gear or body parts wet. Not a problem in dry weather but then I probably would not deploy the tarp in the first place. My personal favourite setup is probably the wedge or diamond where you tie one corner up to a tree or something similar and stake out the oposite corner, then the sides too. Again, I then lift some point in the middle of the tarp by either attaching it to another object like a tree or branch or find myself a stick for that purpose. If I may give my opinion on your presentation: I rather liked the video but you might think about the use of the term "bad boy". I know it seems to be kind of a trend but at the same time it is so overdone. I don't see what is so special about a corner of a tarp to call it a bad boy. Ok, rant is over. ;) Thanks for posting.

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So what's your favorite ground cover solution?

What knot is that, that you are using for your guylines

Can you do a tarp setup just so people can stand underneath of it......JJ... Thank you...

Which tarp is the camo one you use in the video? I went through all the links but didn't see that camo version available.

So all 10 are your favorite

What brand is the tarp with the reflective surface that you used for the bivy tent set up?

Why not just get pop up tent. I'd rather have tent with floor, windows with gauze to keep insects out and a side bit for shelter