Ok so here’s the deal with this thing! It’s a pain in the ass the set up! Of it’s windy it’s going down you can count on it. The best way to put it up is to lay the canopy completely on the ground and spread it out where you want it. Then fill each bag with sand FIRST then erect the poles and attached them. If you do it this way it will be more successful. I personally hate the thing and love my old fashioned metal legged square canopy because they doesn’t blow away and it’s a lot easier to set up. My husband doesn’t swear and this thing brings the beast out of him. 🤣🙈

These are great for staking things down. Used for our trampoline and they went way in the ground and seem strong. Have had 35mph winds and no issues.

I don’t normally do whatcampingtent.com reviews. But when I do, my product is either getting a strong five star review or a terrible one star review. Here’s why I rated it what I did: 1*- excellent price, it is as described 2*- I fit three queen size mattresses inside the thing and still had space for luggage. It is a large tent. 3*- set up: 3 people set this up in about five minutes in the mountains during a wind storm, and it was easy 4*- I have taken this tent out multiple times when it was raining outside. We never had water get inside, and there were probably five or six total nights of rain where I have camped in this tent. 5*- The reason I am writing this review… a few weeks ago, my family went to Yellowstone and the grand Teton national Park. It snowed one night, rained multiple nights, and there was a major wind storm that came through two days while we were there. Park rangers commented how strong and unusual it was for that much wind (30-40 mph with a few gusts of up to 60 according to them). When we got back to the campsite, I was certain the tent was going to be a mess. Entering the campground, I did not see a single tent standing for the first few minutes as we cautiously drove towards ours. Our tent was perfectly fine, the tent next to us had multiple snapped poles and was unusable (brand new REI 6 person tent). There was a family near us that came over to our car. When we got back, commenting “all day long, we watched the wind blow tents, and it became a game for us to count how many tents were falling, getting blown across the campsite, etc. Yours was the only one that we saw remain standing. Despite the licks it kept taking. You need to give that a five star review! “ So there you have it, I am reviewing this tent for that reason. Wind plus rain, space inside. Dry inside five stars.