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Shelter is the primary concern for any survival situation. This lightweight, easy-to-set-up shelter is ideal. By carrying a small, 10’x10′ tarp, 4 Grip Clips tarp and fabric fasteners, and cord when hiking (stakes are optional), you can be confident that you can have a shelter in minutes. This shelter is staked on three corners and tied to a tree on the fourth corner.

Keep some GripClips and tarp on hand at home to set up a tent in your yard or neighborhood in case of earthquake, hurricane, or flood. Grip Clips won’t puncture or tear the tarp and won’t “pop” off. They are quick and easy to install.

Shelters You Can Make with Grip Clips

Man sitting under a blue tarp tent propped on a center pole in a forest
Blue tarp tent pitched in a redwood forest with a person resting under it
Man standing beside a blue tarp tent pitched in a forest
Man standing in the doorway of a white relief tent pitched on a lawn
Blue tarp rigged as a lean-to survival shelter in the woods
Family eating at a picnic table under a large blue tarp shelter
Blue tarp shelter stretched among tall trees at a campsite with a person standing beside it
Person standing in an arched white tarp-covered shelter among trees
Blue tarp dome shelter staked down on a lawn with guy lines

Other uses for Grip Clips

Black shade cloth corner with a round plastic grommet and cord through it
Blue tarp rigged over an eave of a house roof
Blue tarp stretched over a frame on the grass to form a pool
Blue tarp gathered into a yard bag filled with leaves on the grass
Blue tarp with white cord loops tied through repair grommets
White mosquito net bed fly hung from a ceiling in a bedroom, with an inset showing the hanger
Close-up of a blue tarp with a white plastic ring grommet and cord tied through it
Blue tarp covering a woodpile on a lawn in front of a white picket fence
View from inside a blue tarp shelter with a lantern hanging from the grommet overhead

Uses for Grip Clip Pros

Large gray and white tarp cover with grid of tie-down points draped over a structure
Close-up of a square plastic grommet plate on a blue tarp attached to a plywood roof
Black and gray tarp covering a storage pile against a wooden fence
White tarp covering a roof edge with a square grommet plate at the corner
Close-up of a plastic grommet plate on blue tarp where a pole supports it
Close-up of a square plastic grommet plate attached to black tarp fabric
Underside of a blue tarp supported by dark poles
Close-up of white plastic tarp-clamp fittings strapped to a white PVC pipe
Light blue tarp cover fastened with grommets over the edge of a shed roof