Hi all - i'm driving myself NUTS trying to get some decent info on this so I thought I'd ask you good people 8) Utterly awesome reply - THANK YOU!!!!! I'm now ditching any plan to do anythign in SF other than catch up with friends and see as much as I can in the time I have there. Awesome - I've al...

Michelle; The biggest failure point is with the cord itself. As it is repeatedly compressed by the action of the tightener, the rope fibers get crunched and broken, and it finally fails right at the end of the tightener. This shouldn't be a problem on the playa. Hope this helps... It does, thanks! ...

I have possible concerns about the clothesline tighteners. First, I'd worry that the tightener body's grip on the rope is not enough to hold during a strong wind storm. This could be mitigated by knotting or having some thing on the end of the rope that keeps it from pulling through if the grip fai...

Instead of a carabineer.......... http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL706/13015278/23861611/405508815.jpg But I have an entire box of gigantic But I have a gigantic box of carabineers! I need to use them. They want to be used. Really, they told me so. But honestly, with the fastening gadget I wonder ...

Hi all - i'm driving myself NUTS trying to get some decent info on this so I thought I'd ask you good people 8) Any local advice is very welcome :o) There is literally nothing on your list you couldn't find in Reno, and probably easier. REI is literally less than half of a mile from the Reno Airpor...

Cheers rmc50 - I'm considering teh Walmart idea but would prefer to avoid them if possible - and yes....I'd rather not rely on anywhere in Reno being fully stocked for my needs if I can avoid that! Hopefully I'll have pretty much everything I need except my list above (Don't really fancy taking 12"...

I must chime here regarding Walmart. Each year the shelves at Walmart are more and more empty. I would not recommend banking on stopping at a Walmart for all of your supplies on your way out to the Playa. But if you do, probably do not stop at the Walmart on 2nd/Glendale. It will most likely be stri...

This thread is awesome, and I am so ordering lag screws this year, thank you. I also wanted to share how I'm going to fix my tent and shade cords to the bolts. Industrial carabeeners with this little gem: http://www.amazon.com/Wellington-7097-12-Clothesline-Tightener-To/dp/B000BQ7TB6/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi...