I used to think a cheap tarp was fine for a ground cloth

I was at a campsite near Bend last fall and saw a guy using a heavy duty polycro sheet under his tent. He told me, 'This thing weighs 4 ounces and packs to nothing, and it's kept my tent floor dry through three Oregon winters.' I bought a piece for $15 and used it on a rainy weekend in the Cascades. My tent floor stayed bone dry while my buddy's cheap blue tarp just pooled water underneath. Anyone have a favorite brand for these thin ground sheets?

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palmer.jana14d agoMost Upvoted

Gossamer Gear sells a good one that's lasted me years.

ryanj6013d ago

Actually, they stopped making that model a while back.