Texas Bushcraft Emergency Camping Tarp, Waterproof 10x10 Emergency Shelter for Backpacking and Hiking, 70D Ripstop Nylon Survival Tarp with Reflective Aluminized Polymer and Loop Ties with Grommets

Been set up in the tent configuration for three nights now. Hasn’t moved. I slept in it the past two nights in my yard and had precipitation last night and stayed completely dry. Would have worked better had I staked out every point but at home and a test run. If set up as the tent I’d carry at least 8 stakes. Ten if you want to make more space. Seemed to retain heat, just do not know how much the reflective coating actually helps. All in all seems to be a great buy.Night 4On my fourth night the center tie off loop threading ripped. I feel if the loop looped back into itself instead of putting pressure on the first stitches of the loop it would not have came unthreaded. I’m going to attempt to repair the loop to where it’s a big loop instead of it being folded over to create a loop. Hopefully the pictures I took help to explain. I’ll update the picture once I’ve sewn in a big loop to where it will pull on all the stitching instead of the first set of stitches. I lowered from 5 to 3. I will still highly recommend.

Took the tarp on a 7 day trip to use as a rainfly for my hammock had it setup in an A frame formation at night and opened it up on one side during the day . Very rugged a little heavy with good stitching. Temp varried from 80°F to 19°F and had 3 days of rain not storms just some fairly steady rain. Had 0 leaks and no noticeable condinsation buildup stayed nice and taught the whole time it pretty much stretched out the first night and didn't move after. The bag is also high quality tho i dont know if it will go back in the bag without some high quality rolling and folding, mine went in a compression bag with my other shelter items, I just used mine to hold my stuff on a line above my hammock. The reflective layer works i wouldn't compare it to Mylar but it does indeed reflect the heat of a campfire back at you. Its size is good the 10x10 is very useful. I would highly recommend this to anyone after a very solid strong tarp who didn't care as much about the weight.

To start, this tarp/shelter is quite well constructed and not at all too heavy for my needs.It has more than enough anchor points, but more importantly, has 5 ridge line loops (with eyelets) that make this tarp"s versatility so much more usable than other tarps comparably priced, yet lack either enough supports or have none at all. I have added 1" stainless rings to the eyelets at the 4 corners, as well as the ridge line . . . to better facilitate anchoring options, whether that be for using a larger-bodied (sand or snow) ground stake, or carabiners on the ridgeline to allow for a rapid quick-disconnect. I have additional rings at the ready should more stake be required.The "aluminized" reverse side is the kicker, in that if facing out, will reflect that early morning sunlight that heats up my tent, driving me out of a good sleep prematurely. (Yes, I suspend a tarp over my collectable Moss tent(s) so as to prolong the life of those no longer made 4-season beauties.)Would that reflective surface allow increased close quarters campfire heat radiation if facing towards a downwind campfire?Seems pretty reflective, so my guess is that it would, especially if a thin transparent sheeting wall were added over the entirety of the front facing arrangement to trap the heat inside the appropriately configured tarp.All said, this is a durable, well-designed, desirably-sized, high quality tarp with tons of shelter configuration options. Oh yeah, and it's waterproof.

The media could not be loaded.  Motorcycle and car/truck campers don't hesitate. This is the one you want. Backpackers, I'd personally up my budget and look for lighter and smaller to pack.The silver lining is especially nice for retaining body heat, or getting the most from a safely constructed fire (know what you're doing here). Even burning a little citronella lantern last night was creating noticeable warmth.Otherwise, everything you have already read; durable, great stitching, quality grommets, tons of tie outs, can make any shelter shape you need.

This tarp looks to be functional and will probably serve my needs well. My only complaint is more of a quality control issue. It has grommeted tie outs almost all the way around. Some tie outs don’t have a grommet which is fine but they’re randomly placed which makes me think it wasn’t on purpose. One tie out has a hole punched for a grommet but no grommet installed. Easy and cheap fix and doesn’t affect functionality.