Curious how you all pack your complete systems...hammock, anchor points, tarp, quilts.

Thought I was doing okay 'till a fatal flaw was rudely exposed following a rainy night/morning that we needed to travel afterward. Had my WB hammock and tarp in their respective stuff sacks along w/ both quilts (loose) all in an E-Vent (size large) compression bag. All packs down to about the size of two cans of Fosters. However, I didn't anticipate the problem of a soaked tarp being packed next to down quilts. Oops. Fortunately I pack along plastic grocery sacks for bringing out trash, so I put the tarp in one of them. Problem mostly solved, but I'm looking for something better.

I pack my quilt and underquilt in separate sil-nylon dry sacks. My Warbonnet Blackbird stays in it's bishop bag and my superfly stays in it's bag. I should note that both the hammock and superfly are also in no-see-um mesh snakeskins. Then everything goes into a large dry sack and into my pack. If my fly is wet it stays outside the large dry sack.

My top quilt and underquilt are in an eVent waterproof compression sack. The Warbonnet is in its black bishop bag. Cf3 tarp is in its snakeskin.

I use a pack and liner system. The hammock, under quilt and the sleeping bag go in their own separate bags and then in the pack with liner. I then close and seal the liner and put the wet tarp on top.

tony

I always pack my tarps separate from the other components for this reason.
Tarps are packed at the top (outside the liner if they are wet) for quick deploy in the event that setting up in the rain becomes necessary.
Bag, underquilt, etc in a dry bag; hammock and netting together.

Good stuff...thanks, all!

Tarp definitely separate. I use mesh snakeskins and a nylon stuffsack. I sewed a sleeve onto the outside of the sack for stakes to go in. If the tarp is wet, I just bungee the balled-up skins onto the outside of my pack until I get to the next camp and can hang it to dry out.

I sew a lot of my own gear, and love customizing things. For simplicity on a solo this year, I made a silpoly bishop bag to enclose everything but the tarp: Hammock, underquilt left in place, top quilt left in place, and bugnet. It has a pocket on one to separately store sappy suspension straps. With 20 deg quilts it came out to 6" diameter by 14" long. I also use a pack-and-liner system to keep dry goods dry. It worked well for me.

With creative seam sealing I think I could make a similar one out of a dry-bag.

You can see the bag on the end of my hammock over lower basswood falls: the bug net is not in use and is retracted inside the bag:

I kept my tarp separate and packed somewhere I can easily grab it. Hammock stays in its bishop bag and quilts and clothes into dry bag.

quote muddyfeet: "For simplicity on a solo this year, I made a silpoly bishop bag to enclose everything but the tarp: Hammock, underquilt left in place, top quilt left in place, and bugnet. It has a pocket on one to separately store sappy suspension straps. "

Speaking of sappy suspension straps, is there any way to clean/remove the sap from the straps?