UMARDOOFamily Beach Tent Canopy Sun Shade Portable 10×10FT, Large Wind Resistance Beach Sun Shelter Easy Setup with Packable Carry Bag for Outdoor Travel UPF 50+ (Blue)

First time that I used it was this weekend and I was so happy to have it. It is important to put in a kind of hole the sand bags, because if the wind is too strong, the sand bang just drag and moves.

Honestly, I'm a little surprised to be giving a 5 star review for this family beach tent. It's super light weight. The material feels like a soft jersey fabric--the only thing I can compare it to. It's not the parachute type fabric or tent fabric, but an actual soft fabric, lightweight and easy to repack. the poles are aluminum and pack away in sections with a black ball-thingie on top. All I can say, of all the options out there for beach pop-ups, covers, tents, whatever, this is in a class by itself. And at first, I was not pleased at all.On day one of our 3 day trip, I sent my 2 grown kids on ahead to set up with no directions and no idea what this was supposed to look like. They sent the first picture as proof of shade because granny don't tan. As you can see, they put the poles closer to the corners, not as pictured above. When I got to our site, no kidding, I was kissing my $119 goodbye because no way was that flappy thing staying put for 10 minutes, much less 3 full beach days, especially with the wind conditions (non-stop, crazy wind with no-swim warnings everywhere the whole trip.) Smartie pants children assured me this was a great design and held up by tension and the wind was *helping* and, btw, they knew how to set up a tarp to catch the breeze thanks Mom. (I will admit to googling the brands of pop-up shelters nearby and trying to figure if we could get delivery at the beachhouse.)For three days, I sat under this beach tent and never really got used to all that flapping but I *did* learn to trust the design. One pole slipped on the first day but it was back in place in less than a minute and nothing ever fell again. We did learn that it helps to shovel away the loose sand and make a small divot or hole in the hard packed sand for the poles to sit in. Nothing deep, just an inch or so. After that, the poles didn't move. The bungie cords keep the material tight to the poles at the top and never loosened or flew off. We didn't bury the sandbags as suggested by other reviewers. We also filled ours with loose dry sand that was super lightweight. I'm thinking we could have wet the sand down inside the bags if needed but it never was so we didn't.Every night, the kids took the tent down and toted it back to the house. Super easy and quick. They threw it in the wagon until the last take-down when it went back in the bag. It's in just as good a shape as it was when we got there and that is saying something. The same cannot be said for all those other tents and popups around us. I saw quite a few crumbling by that third day.I'm very surprised. And pleased. And still surprised. We had plenty of shade/room for 5 adults and 2 littles. Most of the time, we had three adults and had plenty of space for a blow up lounger and a couple of lawn chairs under the 10x9. It was nice and cool with all that flapping and wind-blowing. That's a 79"x83" sandproof blanket on the ground for reference. You can see there's lots of shade all around and plenty of sandy play space.This tent made our trip. And that's really saying something.

When there is high wind it’s a little nerve racking but other than that worked perfectly for the beach. It does take allot of real estate on the beach so keep that in mind

I work at a high volume coastal resort as a lifeguard. I looked at a lot of shade options for my family and talked to a few people about what they had. I chose this one because the tie downs are really bound directly to the stretchy fabric. I wanted minimal stitching there because I suspect those with stitching on the stretchy fabric will have the fabric tearing at that point in a few uses. I put this thing up on a beach in Texas for our trip. It stayed up for three days next to a bunch of the hoop type that depend on the wind. This was a hundred times better than those; actually, those were worse than having no shade because when the wind was low, they touch the sand and when the wind picks up, they fling sand into every bag you have and all over you. This product just stayed up and did its job. I packed it up when we were finished and it was in the same condition as it was when I first set it up. I think I will be able to get many years out of it.

I purchased this for our beach vacation. One part broke after 1 day and one part broke after 4 days. The 30 day return window closed before I was able to use it and now that Amazon's customer service sucks, I have no recourse for resolving the issue except leaving a poor review and hoping the seller sees it. I will update the review if there is a resolutionWe used this shade 4 times on a 5 day beach trip. Day one, we could not get it set up (2 adults). Day 5, (after watching MORE videos), we got it set up (2 adults/2 kids). On the first day, 2 of the poles bent. They were usable the rest of the time, but you would expect them to not bend on the first use. Also, by day 5, the carrying case had a large rip in it where the strap attaches to the bag. Most of the time we carried into the beach on our wagon, and weren't even using the straps. When we got it up, it did work, though in high wind I would highly recommend only putting up 2 poles. $100 for a shade should last more than one trip. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy the name brand Neso one. The poles are longer, the designs are cuter, and they probably have better customer service.At this point, if the seller can replace the poles and carry bag, we'd keep this one, and give it 4 stars.