AquaQuest Safari Camping Tarp – Lightweight Waterproof Rain Fly

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1. Keith Verified Buyer – 16 June 2024

   The price is intimidating for a “tarp” but so is a lot of camping gear in general and you learn to buy once, cry once. I camp often enough that this is worth the investment and it’s quality matches the price. A lot of tie out points and it does its job keeping me dry!! The only nitpick is the stuff sack that it comes with. I’ve always been great at getting tents and other tarps back into bags but this one is just too small for a 15′ x 15′ tarp. If you don’t already have one, just buy a cheap 20 liter stuff sack/compression sack and life will be much easier putting this away!

   

2. Nazanin Verified Buyer – 11 July 2024

   Produkten är INTE tillverkat i Canada vilket inte framkommer av hemsidan.
   Liten packpåse, tvunget att noga vika och rulla för att få in den i pack påsen igen. Bra kvalitet annars.
   

3. Duncan Roebuck Verified Buyer – 22 August 2024

   If I could give this product 6 stars I would. Outstanding design and quality. From the reinforced attachment points to heavy duty aluminium pegs and adjustable tiedowns. This product is very well thought out and executed. Worth every cent. I hope I never have to use it but have 100% confidence in it if needed
   

4. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 25 December 2024

   I own two of these tarps. One 10×7 was gifted to me and I purchased a 10×13. They have been 100% waterproof and are very well built with lots of tieouts so your have a great many options on how you string one up. I have used them both about 6 times and they show no signs of wear. The bags they come in are also sized well so you are not straining to stuff the tarps back in when you are packing up.
   

5. Marcin Verified Buyer – 27 February 2025

   Very good quality, lightweight, more than 12 mounting points.
   

6. Mike Verified Buyer – 3 March 2025

   Been wanting an aquaquest tarp for a while. Bought to go with my aquaquest bivvy, due to the great price.
   

7. Justin Verified Buyer – 23 March 2025

   This my 2nd tarp from Aqua Quest. The first trip that I brought my original Aqua Quest tarp on, we got hit by long, intense thunder storm with high wind (that shifted direction multiple times) driving steep-angle torrents of rain. The poor-quality (but still not inexpensive) tarp from REI that we also had setup literally shredded apart: failing at the grommets but also just splitting a few places in the middle as well. Even though we had the AQ setup in a much less sheltered spot, higher from the ground, and under quite a bit of tension, it came through that storm (and many others) with no sign of wear. Had it not been for the AQ tarp, much of our gear would have been soaked and we would have been confined to our individual tents. Instead we where able to enjoy the storm together dry and warm under the tarp and even had a hot meal. I usually leave mine up in the sun, wind, rain for week-long trips (only taking it down to move sites). My older model from the same company (apparently of the same material) and the one that’s seen a few seasons of the use described above and is indistinguishable from the new one in terms of wear. This tarp is not inexpensive, but it’s an excellent value. IMO even if this tarp makes the difference between 1 day being miserable or pleasant , it’s already more than justified it’s cost (how valuable is your limited vacation time to you?)…. and it will continue to do so time and time again, year after year. Plus, considering it’s size and durability, it’s shockingly light and pack-able. I think they only way to beat it in terms of performance-to-weight ratio is with cuben fiber (and you’ll pay 5x the price to save those few ounces.) The plethora of tie-out loops not make both getting a good initial setup as well as quick changes (when the weather shifts direction) easy, so you can have good coverage, good internal space, eliminate pooling of water/ direct run-off and have minimal buffeting. The new tarp (the one for which this review is posted) has even more tie-outs the older one. On my last trip this year we had 2 more rainy days in middle of the week (+about 2 hrs of hard storm). But we had both tarps setup: one lower to cover the sitting area and gear and one higher to give standing room for doing work like wood and food prep. We used the tie-outs to attach then to each other at the corners and then to also create a gap in the middle to let the smoke out. Again, these tarps turned days that would have been pretty miserable into ones that where fun and productive. It’s like fort-building for big-kids, but the fun factor doesn’t make them any less a seriously essential piece of gear.

   

8. John Fowler Verified Buyer – 11 April 2025

   Bought the 13 x 20 for a cover over my back patio canopy frame. Love the evenly spaced and many tie outs. It made installation so very easy. It is light weight and very sturdy. Repels heavy rain and doesn’t no issues for wind gusts up to 40-50 mph. I have a 10 x 10 in my hunting backpack and have used it on several occasions for a shelter in the woods. I find that with these tarps you get exceptional quality so rate this as superb value as you get what you pay for and in this case the best light weight tarp available.