Being mostly a desert dweller sun is a major issue here as well. My recent method, after getting my first lightweight camping tarp, has been to use shade cloth as a top layer and then put the "rain tarp" underneath.
I picked up some 90% block for pretty cheap and it's not that heavy or large when packed up.
This is for long term setups. We live full time out of our rigs and tarps get set up every time we have a "sunny" encampment, which can be often as we have solar systems for power.
Previously I used some canvas tarps, talk about space taking and heavy.
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