Coleman® Canopy Sun Shelter Tent w Instant Setup, 12ft x 12ft

It offers impeccable craftsmanship and is even listed as “Entry Commercial” grade by the manufacturer. Additionally, its 600-denier coleman canopy canopy fabric is the thickest we’ve seen. This metric pertains to a shelter’s ability to offer protection from sun, wind, and rain.

At 5.4 pounds, it’s the lightest canopy in our lineup, making it very portable. We like the built-in sidewall pockets, attached floor, and roll-away side drapes. However, we feel the tarp-style floor stays a little hot in the sun, and it tends to collect dirt, sand, and water. The Easy Up is a self-contained product with no assembly required, making it easy to set up, take down, and store in your garage, coat closet, or car trunk. Five large weight bags attach and can be filled with sand to keep everything in place.

Coleman says that the tent doesn’t need one, probably because its floor is a crinkly (though tough) tarp-like polyethylene, not a taped-seam polyester as in our other picks. The geodesic structure of the Base Camp tents is built to withstand wind and rain. It has two coleman canopy main that thread through sleeves, stretching between the four corners of the tent. The Eureka Tagalong scored a little lower but still holds its own in terms of craftsmanship. It is a lighter-weight product, which inherently involves thinner, less durable materials.

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where some exclusions may apply. The Eurmax Standard 10×10 offers 100 square feet of sun protection and a peak height of 11 feet. Very high-quality materials were used to produce this shelter, making coleman camping chair it our hands-down choice for the best recreational canopy tent on the market. Our shade-loving experts poured over hundreds of the best canopy tents available before choosing 13 for side-by-side testing. We selected products best suited for farmer’s markets, corporate gigs, and beaches.

In addition to costing you a few extra clams, this product doesn’t pack up very small. When stowed in its carrying case, it could easily be confused with a winter travel bag carrying snow coleman chair skis. Its packed size is more the 6 feet, making it difficult to fit into an average-sized car. But if you’ve got a big enough rig, this is a dream canopy tent to add to your campsite.

And if you can step into the next price bracket, the Eurmax Standard 10×10 is hands-down our top choice. The added cost will buy you stronger materials and a structure that you won’t have to worry about falling apart for many years to come — if at all. After weeks of testing, we have thrown a few penalty flags on the field. This product’s excellent wheel system is mostly made of plastic, and we wish it were constructed primarily of metal. Additionally, it packs up large and is heavy, making it difficult to find room for it in the trunk of just any car.