Shug. I used to think you were annoying. I have watched lots of your videos now and have changed my mind. Forgive me. You are the best. I am new to hammock camping and you are my go to for info. Love ya Shug!

After way too many hours at reading hammockforums and watching your videos, I finally pulled the trigger and bought myself the thunderfly with the spreader bars. Thank you for your excellent videos Shug!

Hey Shug! I just recieved my Warbonnet XLC in ocean blue dreamtex! Ordered over memorial day so saved a few bucks and with that got a matching winter topcover, mountain fly tarp, and 100ft guyline! Just hooked it up here in South Dakota and let me tell you what! I am so happy i found your YT channel!!! You talked me into trying this whole hammock thing out and im so glad i spent the 450 with warbonnet! Great quality product. If they would answer the phone i would tell them too.

Gonna hike the border route trail for the first time in a couple months, watching all your videos getting ready for it haha. Thanks for all the uploads there all very good quality, appreciate it.

I'm glad to see your take on the mini fly. I got mine almost 6 months ago and love it. There are very few videos and reviews on it so far which is disappointing (Tim Watson did a good one, though.) When I can't be on the trail and using my equipment, I like to live vicariously through other KZfaqrs. Thanks Shug!

Always a pleasure to find a new Shug vid. Thanks again.

As usual these videos are the most helpful gear overviews out there. Being able to see the two sizes overlapped and get a sense of the pole mods is fantastic. That porch mode with the poles is super slick. Warbonnet should give you commission for the Thunderfly with poles I'm likely to buy!

Thanks for taking some of the mystery out of Tarps, Hammocks, and Quilts. It is good to see your variety.

You're giving me a tarp-buying fever here good sir! I really like my Mamajamba, but that MiniFly seems very handy and fast to pitch! Perfect for a lazy hanger like myself. And those closable ends are awesome when the rain kicks in. Thanks Shug!

Hello Shug, great videos!!! keep on filming

Excellent! Nice to see some detailed reviews coming out on these innovative Warbonnet products

Thanks Shug, another great video, this helps with choosing a tarp and how they work, full of info and some giggles and a musical ending to boot, nice eh

I saw "Loner's" White Blaze. Thanks for another great vid post.

I have both, and they're great, had them in some decent rain and kept me dry

The spreader bars really are a great idea! Thanks for sharing this Shug! Cheers; Marc

Love your vids Shug. They always bring a smile.

What a pretty hang, and demonstration... I sleep in a tent, but enjoy the Shug with your 3rd degree black belt in hammock hang... woooooh buddy...

The biggest advantage of the mini fly is good end coverage from a small tarp with only an 11' ridge line. Comes in handy when the available tree options are closer than ideal.

As always, well done, Shug. Where those tarp pole kit poles cross the ridge-line, you might want to add a dab of Silicone on the ridge-line. I had an 11 x 9 polyester tarp, and although it did not stretch much when wet, it still adsorbed 16 oz of water. I think Polyester's greatest strength is for those that base camp as they resist sun degradation better than Nylon. Nylon is also more forgiving because it does stretch. Enjoy your new tarp toys.

Awesome video Shug! I’ve been looking for as much comparison info as possible on these two and your’s is the best! Will be purchasing another killer product for Warbonnet soon!

So much gear envy here. Love that wookie. Hope to have one for my BB XLC someday.

I like the Minifly! Just got an Eldorado on Black Friday and I think the Minifly will be great with it. Thanks for making this video.

I like the mini doors on the mini fly....mini thanks. :-P

I have the minifly in the silpoly and Bushwhack camouflage. I replaced a cuben fiber tarp with it for one reason... The end peaks they have on the mini fly. That was a great idea because they help to stop any driving rain from coming in at either end. Also the Warbonnet Blackbird in the 70 D double bottom hammock is idea for buggy areas. I camp in Florida and mosquitoes are a problem most of the time. They will bite threw a single bottom hammock to get to any body part that's touching the material. Camping in the blackbird I have never been bitten.

"It's how you pitch it!" T-shirt concept?

Glad for the looky see at yours because mine is bushwhack !

Oooh so nice! I have the WBO Superfly for winter. The silnylon version is a bit tough to stuff (it's really slippery) so I recommend snake skins to remove that hassle. Cheers from Stillwater.

I bought a Amok Draumr a few years ago. It came with a rain fly. I sold the hammock, but now it's the only rain fly I use.

Yep, Shug, the sil poly sheds the water much nicer then nylon, plus it is quieter than dyneema. Happy trails

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on these in the field. Have a great day Sir.

I do love the Warbonnet products!

I like the minifly! This could be my next tarp, but for now I'm still using the edge tarp from Warbonnet.

Wow. Very nice. Just what I need for an option to my Cuban. Get your fuel ready, spring flying season is coming. Thanks

Exactly the video i needed... Going Hammock camping this weekend with a friend and i never used a tarp before. Q: will i need some kind of under quilt or wool blanket under me with a -20*F sleeping bag, forecast temperatures in the 23*F clear sky? Thank you Sir, you're my savior. Oui oui, Merci!

Thanks for the review. Your intro mandolin music reminds me of the music of Tarp tent's set up/take down vids...

Good info on a great series of tarps. Thanks Shug!

I love warbonnet I have the XLC and the Mamajamba tarp. I'm torn between getting the removable doors for my tarp or just getting the Thunderfly. Nicely done showing the versatility of the tarps. I've been hooked on using the side pullouts on mine.

I'm a big minifly fan. It's pretty much all I need. I've toyed with picking up the thunderfly for winter. 🤔

Thanks for the video shug! Im currently working on a MYOG tarp design because I couldnt find anything that was exactly what I wanted, though these were the closest. Definitely getting a look at all the details of them is helping me with my design. great content as always!

Shug, good review, been lusting after minifly for a while...

Great Vid Shug ....keep em coming.....Wooo Buddy.... !!!

In regards to the use of the "tarp poles", it will be interesting if someone has a different way to attach them. I made two poles for my WB Cloudburst tarp, I use with their bridge hammock. I attached them similar to the way you do and for what it is worth they have stayed put every time. I have had about 10 trips with them so far and even in pretty windy conditions they have "stayed put". Thanks for the preview of the new tarps.

Like Poe mods. I use my full length under the tarp pole mods. Love it for snow nights. But the dual Poe mods are awesome year round. Brandon make Awesome gear! Great video 👍👍

Thank you so much for all your great information it's because of you that I got a hammock it's not the best one but it's what I could afford and I love it thank you hopefully one day I will have a nice hammock like that

just got the minifly, thanks for the review

Proposal Prior my Finally Great guy that Alex: I picked up that used Multicam Blackbird XCL here in early Spring 2022, and it is a beautiful hammock. I do not really like those WB tarp tie outs: I like the quick line tensioners: I am Lazy & Shug might be a bit of a knot man, not to be confused with a knotty man...lol...good work buddy! I have one of those Wilderness Innovations Hammock Ponchos coming from Perry Peacock. He is the classic KZfaq character of the West. I told him about your work. I will keep you posted on that hammock poncho thing. Now & then you have to go onto something different, new challenges...innovate. Awesome work Amigo: all secure here in Sector G. Haha...nice...I never understood those wasps...just glad they are metal...you got lines all over like you are gonna' snag a big fat trout & have an Alaskan-style smoke session. Hmmmnm..Alaaska.. You ever been? Could be an idea for the Ultimate Expedition: get one in before the finally. We have to get you & Perry out there..all the classics...I am the grunt & extra camera man... I thought about that Isle Royal too, or maybe out West somewhere...Great Lakes Region: Porcupine Mountains & Keewenaw has been on my radar a few years, maybe a decade...hmmnn...that would be do-able. Over & Out! Happy Trails & Trials!

Great reviews, thanks Shug!

The pole mods are excellent until it gets a little windy then not having the side pullouts tied to trees and such gets a little dicey. I have the superfly in 20D silpoly and really enjoy it. Glad to see some more info on the newer tarps. I think I'd need some Shug level tarp skills to stay dry in that mini fly but I'll just keep practicing for now!

Great video Shug! Cool tarps and really digging those beak flaps. I spy a sticker! (Thanks!)

Hey Bubba....great video...stay warm

Hi Shug, enjoyed your video!

Ive never clicked a vid so fast then a new shug vid ahaha

Not sure if anyone else has said it below, but I made my own Superfly out of silpoly because I personally prefer the material. It doesn't stretch as bad (if at all) with moisture like silnylon does in my experience. I have the Warbonnet Ground Tarp also made out of silpoly, feels thinner than my 1.1oz silpoly DIY Superfly, but it also could be the feeling that the camo pattern leaves on the material. Considering the Thunderfly for my summer/fall adventures and keep my DIY Superfly for winter and foul weather.

Great information. Thanks for the video

nice compromise to the full door and flat tarp. Shock cord, on my list to get. might save me from rips.

Very nice. You might want to try a girth hitch for the poles.

I use the sil-poly winter dream fro UGQ. super good tarp.

Hey Shug. The stakes were .55 ounces (point 55) which is about 16 grams. One pound = 454 grams = 16 ounces. All secure in sector 8 !!

new Shug video? [hits thumbs up during the ad]

Nice video.

Use a cow hitch or larks head knot on your pullups, much more secure and just as easy

You get a new camera, Shug? Videos look smooth and slick!

wooo buddy!

Thanks again Shug! Think I've found my next tarp... Only decision left now is whether to try and DIY my own or spend the extra $$ supporting the WB crew???

Does the warbonnet come with an “integrated” ridge line, or should I make my own? 35 feet?

Great video Shug. I have the Superfly. Love it. Thought I was crazy when I first bought it but simply a great tarp. Do you think that spreader bar idea would work on the Superfly tarp? Take care and keep on hanging.

2 years later and still finding these! Thanks for the great video I did have a question, we’re these both silpoly? Also what colors were they?

Awesome vid my man Awesome vid

I've thought about going hammock, but I will admit I am still intimidated by them for some reason. It's a lot of stuff, plus the underquilt, and I often hear of hammockers getting too cold at night. I just bought a Z Packs Duplex tent, so not in a hurry to spend big on a hammock. Maybe someday.

Hey Shug, why not tie a little rubber o-ring on the spreader bar ties? You can just slip the o-ring on the bar end and not be concerned with slack or loose knot.

Hey Shug, thanks for the video. I liked hearing your comments on the spreader poles. Just an idea to try (since you have them and I don't), would a lark's head on the first connection make rigging them a little easier? Less likely to come off while wrestling the other side?

I hope you got that whole setup for free man for that infomercial :-) LOL more power to you if you did! It's a nice setup

Very nice. Wow. You're doing this in snow & getting bashed for getting confused on weights?? Congrats on completing vid. Some days math escapes me too.

My experience with WB is they seam seal the tarp ridgeline but you need to seal the panel pull-outs yourself. You showed some seam seal with the mini-fly - that doesn’t have pull-outs. Is that back up if you need to refresh the ridgeline or does the mini-fly ridgeline need to be seam sealed out of the box?

Bit late to the party with this comment! But how did the silpoly turn out in terms of long term durability? And if you could only have a mini fly or a Thunderfly and not both…what would you go for!? Thanks from the UK 🇬🇧

From one frozenbutt hanger to another, been watching you for a while, you sir, age like wine! btw what camera do you use for your videos? And I owe you a great debt of gratitude for getting me into hammock camping! Love being outdoors, have a buggered up back and haven't been able to sleep on the ground for years. Feels good to be up in the air =)

Shug, but how could those little tiny stakes hold in anything less than solid wood? Those are but wee nails! But very _nice_ nails. Have you got really hard ground?

Got the poles & everything on that one. Warbonnet makes a nice tarp: my Superfly had beautiful stitchwork. Did you deploy any long-term use of either of those? Alot of them there hammockers are using those poles these days: I bet they got many of their ideas from Sector 7.

I think them spreader bars are badd a** I'm gonna get me some eventually but I'm wondering how good they'll do on a windy day

Have a War Bonnet tarp and hammock....love! They should pay you for your great reviews! How is Maple King?

Sorry about the dumb questions here but I've looked and can't find the answers. New to Hammock camping and I've only set up my thunderfly once. Upon setting up my tarp I noticed that it has 4 stainless split rings attached along the tarp ridge-seam. The ring on each end is obviously for a split ridgeline OR for a tato or nama claw connector to make the tarp taught. BUT... It ALSO has two split rings on the underside of the tarp closer to the center. Do you know what these two split rings are for? If I run my continuous ridgeline through all 4 rings, my CRL HAS to but under the tarp. If I want my CRL to run over my tarp, the two middle rings can't be used with the ridgeline. Also, does the ridge-seam of these Tarps need to be seam sealed?

I have a feeling you live around lake nokomis MN Because of all those air planes

Woah! Shug, am I slow on the uptake or did you get a new camera? Looks great! As usual, thanks for the shake down on the new gear and great insight.

Hey Shug. Do you know if you could close the doors of a 12' Superfly or Thunderfly using a Ridgerunner? Or does it have to be a 13' model?

Great video Shug, really appreciate it. I assume the tarps, in their stuff sacks, were weighed WITHOUT lines, correct?

Are you using a new camera, Shug? Videos are much more clear. Thanks for the vids.

11:56 sounds like you've got one of Joe's planes.

Hey Shug, what’s your opinion on using small Amsteel for tarp tie outs? I’m contemplating 1/16” UCRs or whoopie slings. Whatcha think?

Noise bombed by the incessant Cessna (again). Whoo Buddy could you put a muffler on that thing!

I haven't seen the wasp before. Do you show 'em off in other vids? Look pretty handy. Thanks for another goodun!

Cool video! Just wanted to point out that 16 grams is about half an ounce. When weighing the spikes you accidentally said 5.5 ounces rather than .55 ounces.

Think you could use your trekking poles in stead of the tarp spreader poles or would they be too heavy on top of the tarp?

If you had a choice would you go with a thunderfly or a dyneema tarp with doors?

Why not have a spreader bar in the inside, as a hoop, with much lighter pole material? Would be easy to have two pockets for the end of the hoops to nestle in, would be more effective and easier to use. Guess Brandon would have to address that.

Of all your camping trips, would you prefer to take a heavy tarp material or the material that absorbs less water?

Shug for you think the thunderfly is a better three season option than the superfly? I was going to buy it for all around use but now I'm thinking it may be overkill. Thanks in sdvance

Hey Shug, what length of line are you running from the beaks to the ground?

Would you recomend a thunder fly/mini fly or a tarp without doors such as the cloudburst

If you were to choose one only that you would embrace fo three season hangs, which one wins?

I have a question on tarp materials. Do you know if the Sil Nylon Tarps are more durable than the Dyneema Cuben Fiber Tarps? Just wondering how "bomb" proof the Dyneema Cuben fiber material is. And which takes less maintenance when it comes to seem sealing and keeping waterproof.