Aricxi make some excellent cheap tents and tent/tarps but they also make hammock tarps. They have at least three kinds: rectangular (in varioue sizes), hexagonal and diamond. I own the latter two. You will find them through a search on Aliexpress. Each cost me well under A$100 delivered yet they are excellent quality. Their hexagonal tarp (A$54 – Aug 2026) is (just) big enough for the two of us (hanging side by side – See Double Hammock 2) but the real winner (for me) was the diamond tarp (A$46 – Aug 2026) which turned out to weigh only 152 grams yet is (just) big enough for me and my DIY Hexon 1.6 x 9′ hammock.
I was delighted by the ‘cut’ (from 5′ wide fabric) which I had not thought of myself. As you can see the tarp is actually smaller in area than my Poncho Multi-Tarp being 45 ft2 instead of 49 ft2. Clever. Yet one diagonal is nearer 12′ than (its) 10′ so that it readily shelters a 9′ hammock.
The sides are now 7.5′ instead of 7′ so that when pegged our as a (ground) tarp with the 10′ diagonal as the ridgeline it is wide enough to sleep horizontally inside the two (side peg-out points so that you are completely protected from the rain. All you need is a small ground sheet such as a space blanket.
The weights on their website were (thankfully) wrong
Quite satisfactory overhang for even serious rain – as you can see.
It’s a bit muddy around here at the moment. Pretty much swimming in mud as I go around the lambs. Sheep are lambing: approx 20 litters of triplets/quads this week, so very busy.
See Finnsheep
This Aricxi Diamond Tarp will probably go a lot of places with me – maybe even a return top the Dusky Track next autumn.
Now to finish off that hammock. ..I need to make sewn-on stow bag/s for it and I also intend to have stuff sacks which hook into either end plus some ‘saddle-bags’ to hang over the tarp ridge line for putting my glasses, phone etc in of a night. The Hexon 1.6 fabric (from Dutchware) is is a lot stronger than my (till now) trusty Hummingbird Hammocks.
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