Kerry wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 1:07am:

Um, yah MT, what you're doing there is fine.  I do the same with unattached lines but what I'm talking about and I think what Solo T is talking about are the tie down lines running off the tarp.  In my case I've got 8 and I don't have the time or patience to untie them from the tarp and coil them separately each time.  For that matter I'm not going to coil and tie them on the tarp each and every time I take it down, it's just too big a pain in the ass.

To each there own I suppose........what sounds like a major pain in the rear to me is stuffing 8 lines (or even 4 for that matter) attached to a tarp in a bag and hoping they are not a tangled mess when I get it out. Plus it seems like there could be a major potential for complications if the wind is up with theses lines flippin and floppin around. No thanks, with quick release knots I can have my tarp down in a flash, no tools needed, no patience required.