BatWing Kit

The BatWing is a door that closes off one end of the ray-way tarp, used on those stormy nights when the wind is slanting rain a ways into the interior.

It weighs very little, and is quick and easy to set up. You can set it up from inside - you don’t have to go out in the rain. But when you do have to go out in the middle of the night, you can quickly and easily unhook one side of the BatWing.

It works with or without a Net-Tent or Spitfire, and is adjustable depending on the geometry of the pitch.

Of course you can have two BatWings, one at each end.

I developed this for my 2009 AT hike, and carried it the entire way. I used it only once, when in the middle of the night the wind piped up and started flinging rain into the interior. I was glad to have it that night, and I carried it for the entire trip just in case.

The BatWing is not customizable, but must be ordered in a specific size, as follows.

1) To fit a standard One-Person Ray-Way tarp (having a finished half-width of 43” to 45”). 1.4 oz.

2) To fit a standard Two-Person Ray-Way tarp having a finished half-width of about 53" to 55”). 2.1 oz.

3) To fit a custom Ray-Way tarp. Leave a note about your tarp’s finished half-width so we can customize your BatWing kit.

4) Clone: A second BatWing for the other end of the tarp. If you want to order a Clone, you must be ordering the first BatWing also, at the same time. The Clone comes without instructions.

Because the BatWing so light and functional, I recommend every ray-way tarp owner carry one.