Mini 4202 150lbs Tarp Clip, White, 4-Pack

These clips hold better than any other clip I’ve tried. Withstood a 30 mph winds on a shade screen on a fence!

Clips work great & hold the tarp edge very well even in higher winds (I folded my tarp edge over to make it more thick). If you are using the clip on a thin or softer fabric it might crush through it as it is a very strong hold -so when I used the clips on my sunshade, a softer plastic fabric, I used spare pieces of tarp over it where the clips were placed, to protect it. (you could probably use any type of fabric or fold it to double it as well). As stated in other reviews, they are a little tough to undo. I have found that it will release if you push the "top" half (the half that fits under the cross bar) up/forward (as if sliding out from under the cross bar) AND to the side to undo the hold.

I carry these along with an ultralight one man tarp as to add some variation to how I can pitch the tarp. The one particular instance I recall vividly was on a VERY windy night when these clips came in handy to pitch my tarp more aggressively against the ground. I was able to add these in between the standard tieout points to make the length of unsupported tarp half the length. They sure did the job of keeping the tarp plastered to the ground, but the next morning when I woke up and took these off, I noticed the material had been somewhat damaged. Where each hook grabbed the material there were small abrasion. To be fair, this is very thin weak material (very thin silnylon) and most will not use it with such weak material.

We are using these to hold up an original loose canvas painting that is about 3.5' x 7'. After debating many different ways of hanging this large painting we decided on these clips because we liked the idea of highlighting the nature and authenticity of the canvas painting, plus most of the other methods were all ridiculously expensive! :)They are amazing little clips and work very well! The canvas is not actually as heavy as I feared it would be, but after using these clips I feel like it wouldn't matter as they are very secure and I couldn't budge them as hard as I was willing to try pulling on them! We're using 1 clip at each corner, so it's really being held up by just 2 clips with the bottom 2 holding it against the wall. The mechanism that holds the material is also reversible depending on the thickness of your intended material which is nice.

These little tarp clips work great for rigging up a tarp shelter, clipping onto a tent fly where there is no anchor or grommet, and many other things. However, it is easy to lose the pieces when rushing to put up a tarp in the rain, and clumsily dropping a wedge. If they were made in high-vis yellow or orange, 5 stars.

These little gems are the PERFECT solution for hanging banners, securing small tarp covers, or any kind of material you don't want to perforate for grommets. I've used them to hang large printed signs and banners, and to stretch large pieces of white spandex to serve a video projection screens. They're simple to use, and they're reusable so you can remove them after they've served their purpose and put them to use on another project.

I agree with most other reviewers that state that these clips will not work on heavy fabric. I used them on a Coolaroo shade fabric and they just barely fit over it. It seems they are more ideal for plastic or light tarps. I've had one or two pull loose from the heavier shade fabric even though they were very tight when attached. I believe they are unable to continue cinching down with pressure placed on them as they would with a lighter fabric.

Of all the tarp clipping ideas I've tried, this one works the best (other than the old string around a pebble trick). The clips hold tightly even to very thin material (I have lightweight sil-nylon tarps) with minimal damage and stay secure. They are fairly lightweight compared to some of the other types, too, if that is a factor for you. Very pleased with this design.