The silver ones are really brittle- I thought I was getting a better quality when I got one to cover a stack of lumber- but the first windy day, it ripped in about 4 places, and was useless. The blue ones and brown ones don't rip as bad, at least until the sun weakens them.
One trick to avoid them tearing out the grommets on the edge- I get a small round rock and wrap the tarp around it (where I want a tie point) and put a couple of twists on the rock, then tie around the twist (so the rock prevents it from pulling through). Will last for the life of the tarp, not just until the first good wind.
The east end of our county is pretty back-woodsy and hillbilly. Lots of jokes about marrying relatives, etc. One guy was trying to praise the industriousness of his neighbor- "He changes his roof tarps whenever they get a little ragged."
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