Kelty Waypoint Tarp Tent

The Waypoint Tarp appears to be well made. As noted in another review, the buckles that attach to the wheels do not seem to be the nylon type. But they look to be fine in tension. It’s not an area of great compressive stress. The pole has bungee internally with a wire segment at the joints. I haven’t seen this before but seems to address wear from assembly and disassembly. I give them credit for this extra thought. Setting up is straight forward. The one deviation I made was with the middle attachment to the back roof rack. I found to get the ridge line from sagging, I moved that middle attachment point to the forward roof rack. Just a small cord was used. The provided five stakes are bomb proof. The guy lines are not an obstacle course. Coming and going is from the ‘front’, pole end. The side are lower and deflect a good amount of wind. This tarp creates and wonderful space. I really like the small ‘eyebrow’ in front of the pole. It adds to the feeling of being sheltered and also deflects some of the wind. I speak of the wind because it was windy when I set it up. Lastly, I have a pickup with cap. Raising the windowed part of the back pushes into the tarp. This could wear fast in windy conditions. I bought two swimming noodles and a dowel to fit down the centre of the noodles. Cut all to just wider that the back and attached to the handles on each side with bungee. Now only soft spongy areas touch the tarp. With this back glass in the upright position is how I tensioned the tarp.

I am very pleased with this tarp. It appears to be well made. They speak the truth about learning how to set this up. There are some nuances around the truck anchoring. I found it important to secure the middle point to the roof rack. My back bar is close to the back of the cap. I used a line from that point to the forward bar to secure that point of the tarp. This gives a taught ridge to the tarp. There needs to be some slack to allow the cap upper window to be opened. Then all is tight. I used a couple of swimming noodles on the edge of the window to protect the tarp. The rest of the setup is straight forward. It’s a wonderful space. I didn’t find the five lines an obstacle course. They are well spaced out. Also the five stakes are heavy duty, no messing around here.

Noticed Clips broken when setting up tarp. Need to get repaired at an upholstery shop. Beyond that it will work as it's meant to.