The Multi 3 layer stack in a 2.5 × 1.5 m tarp format for static concealment. Suited to hides, equipment stacks and vehicle hoods where a poncho cut gets in the way. This is concealment, not invisibility. The tarp lowers the thermal contrast between what it covers and the background; how well it works depends on ambient temperature, exposure time and the sensor used. Its job is to blur the outline of a position, a vehicle or a stack of kit into the landscape, so it works best with air underneath and an irregular edge, not pulled into a flat rectangle. How to get the most out of it: • Avoid long direct contact with heat sources — people, equipment, engines. An air gap between the tarp and what it covers makes the concealment work better and last longer. • Give it time: brought from a warm place into the cold, the outer layer has to settle to the outside temperature first. • Break the outline: avoid straight lines and clean rectangles. • Never cover an open flame, even with a wide gap. • Fix it only through the factory eyelets; do not cut extra holes or stretch it over sharp stakes and branches. • Keep acids, alkalis and solvents away from it, and never machine-wash it. • It is not a bag or a stretcher: do not carry loads in it. What it does well: • Keeps rain, snow and wind off. • Eyelets let you stretch it as an overhead or vertical screen. • Tear-resistant, unlike plain foil that splits along the seams. • Folds small for carrying. • Several can be joined along the edges to cover a larger area. The trade-off: the fabric rustles a little when it rubs. Use it over positions, generators, equipment and parked vehicles, or as a screen over a resting place.