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The right tarp depends on the weather you are hiding from. Wet camps call for a coated fabric and plenty of anchor points along the edges, while in summer the shade underneath matters more than the water figure. Of all the camping gear in the boot, it is the piece that does the most jobs for the space it takes.
Over a tent, a tarp gives you a dry spot to cook and sit, and it takes the worst of a downpour off the fly. Sort out where you sleep first with our tents, then size the tarp to cover the doorway and the camp table.
The family tarp is a hexagonal panel of 210D camo-print Oxford, cut with swept corners that throw rain clear of the pitch. It comes with two awning poles, eight guy lines, eight pegs and a storage bag, so the whole setup travels in one bag. There are five sizes, from 3 x 3 m up to 5.2 x 4.9 m, in black, brown or green.
For bivvy nights, one camping tarp in the range has 19 tie-out points, enough for a diamond pitch or a full A-frame, and it packs into a rucksack. On the ground or over a trailer load, the waterproof tarp with aluminium eyelets covers the everyday jobs. It is polyethylene with reinforced corners, silver on one face and green on the other, in four sizes from 2 x 2 m to 3 x 4 m.
In summer the sails take over. You can pick a square, rectangular or triangular cut. Most are Oxford or PU-coated polyester, and several block the bulk of the sun off the ground below. Colours go from black and grey to beige, off-white, green and purple.
The emergency sheets are a different kit altogether. Reflective film throws body heat back at you, which is the job of the space blanket and the survival tent. The thermal insulating tarp adds an orange face on the reverse so you can be spotted from a distance. They fold small enough to sit in the bottom of a day pack on a bushwalk.
If you want a sail that stays up over the patio all season rather than a sheet you rig for a weekend, the bigger formats are in our shade sail range.
