Rab Nylon Ground Cloth

This is my second groundsheet. Lightweight and easy to pack. Much cheaper than most tent manufacturers footprint.

Although I know this ground cloth to be waterproof, it would have been helpful to know how waterproof? Otherwise I'm very pleased with my purchase and would recommend it to others.

This was bought for a solo backpacking trip with the intentionof providing additional protection for a Roben's Starlight 1 tentin the absence of a dedicated footprint which Robens don't appear to make. It meet the criterias of being extremely lightweight and alsohaving a minimal pack size so it easily slipped into a backpackwithout adding too many extra grams or taking up too much space. . Pitched with four tent pegs, one in each of the four corners, it stayed put whilethe tent inner was pitched over. It has only been used once, to date, on a grass pitch in damp and drizzly Cornish weather. It coped admirably with overnight rain and misty conditions keeping the tentgroundsheet dry and the occupant comfortable. After the trip the ground cloth was hung, indoors, where it dried promptly. The material should be easy to keep clean with a quick wipe down with a damp cloth if desired. So far so good.

I already have this product in its smaller single person incarnation. It is great for it's intended use and has proven its worth during winter bivi's in Norway. I bought this double groundsheet for use as a very lightweight groundsheet to take with my family on bike rides so that we have a place to sit and spread out then it is time for cake. It is so very much more compact and packable than the traditional picnic blanket we had been using not to mention that it waterproof. I purchased some MSR Mini Groundhog Tent Stakes to fix the groundsheet firmly and this has been a good idea because with being staked down the wind has a tendency to blow the groundsheet away. For the money you really cannot go wrong with this. Recommend.

Came across this by accident on the FW website - didn't even know such a thing existed before! Well, I mean one that's cut to a convenient Bivi size anyway. It's simple, but hugely effective, and much better for trekking than the blue tarpaulin you'll get at the local hardware shop or in the supermarket, as it's much lighter, more packable and it's not noisy like the blue tarpaulins when you roll over. I've added 4 light titanium pegs which I picked up in China - worth adding if you're not on rocky ground for people like me that constantly move in the night. If you're bivi trekking (or even if you're using a conventional tent) it's handy to have as well as a small shelter should the weather turn, or even as a shelter at night if the rain is heavy (if you've got a decent bivi that can cope without the sheet underneath). Very happy with this, great service from FW as usual.