Arcturus XL Insulated Survival Tarp – Desert Tan
Arcturus XL Survival Tarp – Insulated Reflective Thermal Camping Tarp
Overview
The Arcturus XL Survival Tarp is a versatile and essential camping accessory designed for various outdoor activities.
Key Features
- All Weather Blanket:
- Mylar reflective side for heat reflection, radiant barrier, or signaling.
- Waterproof polypropylene side for use as a blanket, tarp, or shelter.
- Many Uses:
- Functions as a ground tarp, shelter, tent, or emergency blanket for camping, hunting, backpacking, and boating.
- Ideal for unexpected situations; keep one in your car.
- Lightweight & Packable:
- Weighs just over 4 pounds.
- Packs down to 4” x 12” x 16” in the included carry bag.
- Super Versatile:
- Useful in various scenarios such as survival situations, parks, or beach changes.
- 16 Reinforced Tie-Down Grommets:
- Easy to hang or secure for heat reflection/deflection and waterproof shelter creation.
Dimensions
- Size: 8.5′ x 12′
- Color: Desert Tan
This tarp is a reliable addition to any outdoor gear collection, offering durability and versatility for all your camping needs.
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Black Bird –
Bought this to put over the canvas pop out of my Travel trailer. Its first use held up to a pouring rain storm with 30mph wind. Worked great. Used bungees so secure it down. It held the heat inside the trailer. A perk not expected is it darkened the canvas pop up so it allows one to sleep in later in the morning. Fold up and stores well although I wasn’t going to get in back onto the zippered envelope it came in. would be nice if that had been bit larger to accommodate after a refold. but definitely worth the value.
MiaDearMia –
I was positively surprised by this blanket! Thought it would be just a chunk of tarp with some coaring, but no – effectively, this is a properly designed, technologically quite advanced, light, well-packaged, and well-made piece of equipment! Well done, Arcturus…
Now, on a negative side – price for making this tarp light is getting all that foil tissue cracking on the bends and corners. And it is fairly fragile overall – I used similar ones, and they do not like even lightest physical damage
That said, this particular blanket went straight to my patrol pack, replacing an older tarp – which was lacking the heat-reflective lining. Definitely satisfied with the purchase, and pleasantly surprised with quality
Andy –
The expanded size space blanket is excellent. Its bulkier than the standard solo size but perfect for the vehicle or camp setup.
Gio –
I Use it backwards over my tent to keep the heat out in warm weather
C. Buckner –
We got this as a quick fix on our pop-up camper. It was a super hot summer and our A/C wasn’t keeping up so we got this to go over the pull out bed and help keep the cool in! It worked really well and the camper stayed cool even in 110 degree temps! We only used it three times and it is already showing quite a bit of wear. Probably only going to get a few more uses out of it before we need to replace it, however this doesn’t seem to be made for long term use so for the money it was perfect!
Jay –
I put this down inside a 6 person tent, it protects the tent floor from dog nails. It prevents condensation from wetting the sleeping bags/pads. It’s more comfortable to walk on, sticks and stones under the tent aren’t as bad. And it helps reflect heat so the child ground doesn’t suck heat as bad.
I also have a second smaller size that I hang from d the roof of the tent. It helps keep heat in, I can use a 3 season tent in the cooler months
STEPHANIE –
Used this tarp between the mesh and rainfly on the tent to keep us warmer to minimize the heater use while camping. Got too cold so I popped on the heater and within a minute that tent was warm even with the vent spots left open for the heater, in the cold and rain! It actually got so warm i slept outside the blankets. The next day was cold and raw out but in my tent I was toasty thanks to the reflective side down. Then rain got so bad the tent started dripping everywhere the Arcturus was not, totally saved us from getting completely soaked. When we packed up and left, the tarp was definitely packed up wet from never ending rain but very quickly dried after being hung over deck rail. This is most definitely coming on every camping trip. I was real happy to see reinforced grommets- those are always the first things to go. Also, I’ve pulled it out and opened it completely 5 times now and it still folds into its storage pouch easily which is usually a challenge with anything.
mhosk –
Works great!
Terry C. Woodard –
Ok so I went big and bought both the XL(Green) and the Camo regular size.
The XL is a beast 12×8.5 and is nice material, feels solid, gromets are well placed not just in the corners and the stitching is great, they did a very well job reinforcing the hornets, and they are big, I can almost stick my thumb threw one. The Mylar is nice and on the 4th I wrapped me amd my daughter(probably could have fit entire family) sitting on it amd snugged up to watch fireworks, instantly you can feel urself getting warmer, even had 2 fireworks go off on the tarp!!!(drunk neighbors😡) and it left a small white spot, was sure it would have burnt threw…..I like this product so much i ordered the regular size amd will now use this as cover and small one as foot print for my Bivy, I also bought thier wool blanket in grey…its great, so much so that they are local and I will be going for a visit and hopefully a job application, I stand by this product 100%
20 year Survivalist, Woodsman, FF, Paramedic, Hunter/Fisherman, Prepper.
I was looking at buying the DD tarp but glad I didn’t, the extra gromet holes wasn’t worth the 30$ extra….buy this, if you dont like it return it…my money is you wont lwt it go and will look at thier other products, BTW comes in a zip bag made out of the same material as the tarp, so if you do get a hole or tear you can patch it up using that and just find another bag or ouch to keep it in. Good luck and Godspeed, thank you for your time
E. Evans –
The fabric is cheap and definitely not durable. Very disappointing.
Richard Whitt –
Excellent quality
Alex R –
this doesn’t back down small, it is big and bulky, but it seems well made and is nice and large
TCA –
I found these by watching Corporals Corner on YouTube. It’s the best quality tarp I’ve ever owned. The grommets are very strong. I’ve had a tarp over my porch for over a year with no rips.