New Beach Shade with Quiet Canopy, The Beach Shade Canopy,Beach Canopy - Covers Up to 8 People, 200 Sq. Ft. of Shade, Sets Up in 3 Minutes, Lightweight, Compact, Wind Assist Included

We originally wanted to give this 5 stars. The first time we put it up at the beach in NE Fla., it worked great, it made a huge shade space and the wind cooperated beautifully, blowing through the canopy just as pictured. We were the envy of other beachgoers struggling with umbrellas and 4-pole pop-up tents. However, visit %232 was the opposite story. We carefully checked which way the wind was blowing, and put the front of the canopy facing the wind. But wind can change on a dime, and did so. The 2 curving, segmented metal rods that form the semi-circular support went up easily, but before we could secure the guide strings (with sandbags at their ends, to hold the blue nylon up) the wind began blowing through the BACK of the structure--pushing the "flapping" part of the blue nylon through to the front! The "walls" of the canopy were caving in as the wind blew first one way, then the other. We sat inside with the blue nylon covering our heads :-), laughing helplessly as it blew in our faces here and there. The sandbags were useless. We were so hot and tired by the end of that hour, we took it all down and went home (fortunately, 5 minutes away). Pick a day when the ocean is just breezy rather than windy... or a lake or other setting without gusts. When not battling high winds, we found this canopy easy to put up (%26 take down), and it gives a huge shaded area. It was reasonably priced (about $50), and not heavy to carry in its packing bag. One tip: The black "guide strings" need to each be wound up and secured with a rubber band separately after each use. After the first time we failed to secure each string separately, we found a pile of black spaghetti in the bag that wasted 30 minutes of unsnarling. "Live and Learn"! We still love this canopy, and do recommend this unique shade canopy over typical beach umbrellas or pop-up tents.

Easy to set up. Worked very well. Only used one pole with wind and two poles if wind was very light. Really can't complain at that price point. If it's windy for sure ( 5 mph) you probably won't need to carry the second pole unit to the beach (saves some weight).

I purchased this for wind shade to use at the beach with my family. A few of them are VERY fair complected and burn SO easily and quickly. We had the tail end of a tropical depression move through the day we went to the beach. There was plenty of wind to give us a trial run with this wind shade. It was absolutely perfect. It fit all five of us under it with no problem obviously there was a breeze going through. It was great.! I highly recommend the purchase.

Pole bent and would not work properly during setup. I was following the instructions but they are tent poles and the metal connectors are very weak it bent with very little pressure.

The tent was harder to put up than the instructions said and is better suited for less windy days. The tent is bigger than expected so that's a plus.

It's perfect for the beach. My family of four have plenty of room to roam around and stay out of the sun. Best of all, it's easy to set up.

It's set up nicely. Requires two people for set up. Have not had it to the beach yet, but it should work well. Stuck it back in the bag which ripped. The quality of the bag is poor, but the shade itself seems well-made. The shade.unfurled in a slight breeze.

This was the perfect shade for our beach trip. 3 adults were able to put this together within about 10 minutes. We had the kiddos start filling the sand bags as we were putting it together. Plenty of shade for 4-6 adults with chairs depending on the wind. Would highly recommend!

Plenty large enough to lay down in

This worked well, offering good shade, allowed a breeze %26 was easy to assemble