Coleman Beach Shade Canopy Tent Lightweight Portable UPF 50+ Sun Protection

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1. Tickle32 Verified Buyer – 30 October 2024

   I (like other reviewers here) debated between the Sport-brella XL and the Coleman Beach shade. I did a lot of research on shade structures. I chose the Coleman and am glad I did. The structure arrived earlier than expected. I set the structure up at home before leaving for the beach. Took me about 10 minutes the first time setting it up. I was able to easily roll it back up, poles and all and get it back in the bag. The bag is small but if you roll it just like they direct and if needed fold the tent in quarters to the size of the bag you can get it back in the bag. We took the structure to a windy beach in California. I set the structure up in camp (one could pop it open by your car) because I didn’t want it to blow away, this took closer to five minutes to set up. Keep the tent zipped closed, pick it up, sort of 1/2 fold it and take it down to the beach. The tent stakes it comes with are short for the sand, but angle them in and they work great. We also used the Sand bags (comes with 6) they worked great to keep our blankets and the tent down. I was really worried about the window in the back only, (no side windows) but it was no problem, stayed cool even when there was no wind and it was hot on the beach. Opened the back door, kept the screen closed and it worked great. I saw others on the beach with the Sunbrella, they were constantly battling the sun. Moving the umbrella’s. If you angle the Coleman correctly you don’t have to battle the sun or move it. The front of the structure was just long enough to shade my family or we draped a towel a bit in the front. The structure is made of tent material, but it is strong. The front panel does zip closed all the way, there are other similar models that do not. We put two of the JJ coles essential blankets side by side just on the inside of the structure and it fit three adults with some left over room. The structure would fit a family with two adults and two small kids fine. We had a small cooler and a couple of regular sized back packs in the structure with still plenty of room. There are small mesh pockets on the inside near the front that held sunblock and sunglasses. At night we just zipped the tent up and took it back to camp, left it closed and took it back to the beach in the morning. When we left we packed it back down in camp. We just lifted the structure up and the sand slipped out. Packed it back down in the parking lot and fit it right back into the bag. I’m glad I chose the Coleman over the umbrella’s. I can’t say enough good things about this structure.

   

2. Victor فيكتور Verified Buyer – 23 November 2024

   Es una carpa para sombra en la playa de excelente calidad, es muy fácil de armar e instalar en muy poco tiempo.
   Lo que más me ha gustado, es que a diferencia de otras esta es muy espaciosa y tiene buena altura, habiendo lugar hasta para tres personas sentadas y también es muy útil como vestidor cerrándose la entrada y ventana completamente.
   En cuanto a su resistencia al viento fuerte, logra superar la prueba, con sus bolsas de arena que se pueden sujetar fácilmente en cada uno de los extremos, y a diferencia de otros modelos, esta tiene dos cuerdas tensoras de cada lado de la carpa, que se sujetan también con bolsas de arena.
   Para que logre ser muy resistente al viento, las bolsas de arena deben estar enterradas completamente, las dos cuerdas sujetadas con mucha tensión, y las estacas enterradas a un ángulo de 60 grados y también cubiertas completamente con la arena.

   No ocupa mucha espacio, viene en una bolsa que mide 60 cms de largo por lo que es fácil de transportar.
   Cumple muy bien con su función de carpa para sombra en la playa, siendo que NO es una casa de campaña para el bosque u otro lugar.
   

3. Leon Sebek Verified Buyer – 1 January 2025

   I bought this for my wife when she went to St. John on her vacation to help out with cleaning up after hurricanes Irma & Maria went through because she would have some time to herself to go to the beach. Since we live in a Northern Latitude, we get to be pretty white in the winter, so a good sun shade is almost imperative. This one is light enough to take on flights, large enough to be useful, easy enough to put up and durable enough to last far longer than just the first few times it gets set up. It is roomier that I expected and does a great job of blocking the sun. It even has enough ventilation control to let a breeze pass through without overheating the interior, or block it if it is a bit too windy.
   

4. Jason Verified Buyer – 20 January 2025

   solid and versatile, easy to travel with. Very easy to use.
   

5. KnightH001 Verified Buyer – 16 March 2025

   Here’s a video of my review and setup of it: https://youtu.be/3b4im0fgtVA EDIT: (July 2015) Follow up video from windy beach trip: https://youtu.be/puM_BZuvuDo After our trip to the beach last fall, we decided to ditch the beach umbrella and move to more of a shelter/shade. We looked around and read lots of reviews. We found a good deal at whatcampingtent.com on the Coleman Beach Shade. So that became one of our Christmas gifts to ourselves. I’ve been waiting on winter to end and a few days of sun to set it up in the yard and make sure it’s all there and that I know how to do it. (I’m a big advocate of putting up a new tent/canopy at home prior to using it on a trip.) It went up pretty easy. I would say it took me about 10 mins to put it up by myself. It’s fairly simple with only 3 poles: 2 black ones that go front to back in a parallel manner, and 1 longer grey one that crosses perpendicular to the black poles. The grey pole took a bit more care to thread through the mesh netting. It didn’t slide through like most tents do. When I took it down I had to concentrate on unthreading the grey cross pole carefully too. It’s really not that bad though and the first time you do it you will see where the trouble spots that it’s likely to get caught are at. I expect to put it up faster in the future now that I know where those are. Due to that, it might be easier to have 2 people to get the grey pole in place and the ends locked into their grommets. The design seems fairly good. The ends of the poles are tapered a bit to easily fit in the grommets. The grommets seem secure in the webbing at the base. It provides a decent amount of shade considering how small it packs down. Also, you can zip it up totally to make a changing room if you need one (though it might get hot without leaving the doors/windows cracked some for ventilation). I think it will serve us well. I will follow up with further review after our next beach trip. We might even find other uses for it at other outdoor events. EDIT 10/2016: We’ve used this for quite a while now from the beach to swim meets and hanging at the park. It’s still in my opinion a great little investment with little kids/dogs. It’s holding up well and yes, I’m still taking care with that cross pole (the only downside). 🙂

   

6. robmstu Verified Buyer – 19 March 2025

   After buying and returning several beach shelters hat were of real poor quality I purchased this.
   Quality is great as you would expect from coleman.
   Easy to erect and solid when up and looks the part.
   

7. Gary Verified Buyer – 17 April 2025

   Exactly as described in terms of assembly. Quality looks good.