Digging our toes in the sand under one of the best full-overhead coverage beach tents on the market. Trailspace’s community of gear reviewers has field-tested and rated the top tents and shelters. My last tent I woke up and I had 4 inches of water inside. I’ve been camping for over 40 years and this is absolutely, the worst tent I have ever purchased. I am glad I brought a cheap tarp with us, otherwise, we would have been soaked and blown away.
Leave home without it, you are better off with a blanket. You have to be kidding me. bought the tent and the first outing was great. But the second time out the poles and closet pole all 3 snapped. After a quick fix and set back up the first night was ok. went fishing the next day and came back to the same problem. Lucky my sister had gone for supplies and was able to have my old tent brought out but alas it to failed. I bought the tent to take my wife camping with friends the first time we wnt alone for 1 night and setting it up was fast and easy.
We purchased an ozark trail backpack on Walmart.com on clearance to use for a booth my daughter started, raising funds with handmade crafts for cancer research at our local Apple Festival. Normally Priced at $250 it was marked down to $99.00 so we could not pass up the price.I mean it came with all the side panels and everything. This is for the Straight Leg Design First Up canopy with a top that is 100 square feet of shade. It is an TAN canopy top, but WILL FIT the FIRST UP/OZARK 10×10 Straight Leg Canopy frame. He is a dedicated backcountry explorer and a trained Wilderness First Responder. Tyler has hiked every mountain range in the US and summited Highpoints in several US states as well as Germany.
From a negative perspective, the weight is indicative of a lack of high quality material and components used throughout the shelter. The included carrying bag does not have wheels to aid in transportation, but at only 29 lbs. We don’t find that to be a noteworthy drawback as the nylon handles and shoulder strap work just fine in carrying the tent. Rained the second night and the tent nearly flooded.
What would have happened had we gone camping with the teenagers in there? I can’t imagine what kind of damage there would have been had we actually used it to camp. Sorry but it really is not worth the money or time.
Then when I was airing it out after camping I went outside to discover the main pole had snapped in half. It wasn’t breezy, so I figured it must have been a freak accident. I still had my receipt, so I returned it to Walmart and exchanged it for a new one thinking this was just an unfortunate ozark trail canopy incident. It does become rather hot when the rain fly is on—I leave the rain fly off and house it under a 12’x12′ canopy—but that has an air vent so rain comes in. I tried putting the tent rain fly over the air vent in the canopy but now am buying a 20ft by 20ft tarp to put over the canopy.
The frame is powder coated aluminum and steel with push button locking on the frame and height adjustments. The heavy 400D polyester top provides 99% UV protection and is water and fire resistant. There are 4 walls included and one of the walls has a zipper in the center for easy access under the canopy. The canopy also has an awning, banner holder, stakes and guy ropes.