Polycotton Tarps ?

[Scots_Charles_River]

Hi,

Looking for a winter and fire camping ploycotton or similar tarp supplier like Tatonka or DD.
Looks like Tatonka don't have a UK dealer. Have used Tentipi tarps at work on expeds and they were excellent.

Any ideas ?

Tentipi

Had one out last night. Canoe camping and the bothy was empty so used that for the fire and socialising in the rain. Only criticism of Tentipi is the tentipi clip in groundsheet seems to absorb water. Not leaking but takes a while to dry. It makes the packed weight go up. Sent from my...

bushcraftuk.com

 

[Jared]

Outhaus https://outhaus.co/shelter-ground-cover/tarps/polycotton-tarps/

 

[SaraR]

tamarackoutdoors.co.uk sell Tatonka gear not sure about tarps though

 

[Bazzworx]

In previous years I've bought 2 tantonka polycotton tarps from Tamarack. Great tarps in my opinion.

 

[Mesquite]

tamarackoutdoors.co.uk sell Tatonka gear not sure about tarps though

They have the Tatonka 3TC currently listed

 

[Erbswurst]

I understand very well why polyester-cotton mix fabrics are sensible for clothing but I don't understand why this mix should be a good idea for tent sheets.
Cotton tent sheets become water proof when they get whet and the cotton threads swell. Polyester thread doesn't swell. In my opinion it's a fault to mix it into a tent fabric.

I think you should rather look for a pure cotton tarp. Tortuga makes such stuff since decades and it works very well, for example and bushcraft Spain offers such tarps too. But there are surely others as well.
TenCate is surely the best known maker of cotton tent fabrics in Europe, by the way.

 

[Tiley]

Polyester is added to the cotton to make the fabric a little lighter, quicker drying and to prevent the tarp or whatever from stretching. There is also the idea that it resists sparks from the fire rather better than any synthetic tarp - hence the interest in them from the bushcraft community here. An unwaxed/unproofed pure cotton tarp would take a long time to dry out if it got wet and, over time, would stretch awkwardly - or maybe comfortably - a bit like a preferred pair of jeans...

 

[Erbswurst]

Cotton tent sheets rather tend to shrink a bit in my experience. It takes decades though if you aren't so stupid to put it into your washing machine.

 

[Laurence Milton]

ERBS>>"TenCate is surely the best known maker of cotton tent fabrics in Europe, by the way."

TENCATE are major manufacturers of quality POLY cotton cloths too, made for many of the Dutch Storm/Pyramid tent makers.

A cheaper polycotton tarp is/was available from Spreen Outdoor, a German supplier. I have one.