Neso Tents Beach Tent with Sand Anchor, Portable Canopy Sunshade - 7' x 7' - Patented Reinforced Corners(Aqua Fronds)

I'm not one of those people who's willing to write a review after 10 minutes of use on a product.I bought this sun shade 2 years ago. I sunburn. Easily. So much so that we have started documenting our tropical vacations and the name of the photo album is "Shade hats for vampire boy." Since I'm not willing to live my life only emerging at night, or in a coffin as most vampires do, we decided that we needed to get a shade tent. One that packs away into a piece of carry on luggage, is easily identifiable on a beach, and is easy to set up and take down. The Neso fit the bill on all counts, at least on paper.We have now used it in Mexico, on Oahu, in Costa Rica, and various places on Washington's Puget sound. It's fantastic. The key to success with this thing is mainly in the sandbag anchors. If you fill them to maximum capacity, especially with some damp sand, and then put a little sand over the top of that, you're in business. We've used it in 20+ mile an hour winds and not had it come down. I will confess, while we were in the learning curve at the beginning, before we figured out the sandbags, it was kind of a pain. But it didn't take long for us to figure out that the design was sound, we just needed some fine-tuning in our setup. Once we got the sandbags figured out, and made sure that we put the poles on whichever side the wind is coming from, it hasn't mattered how hard the wind is blowing.I would definitely recommend it. All the things that we were looking for on paper, it has delivered.I will say that over the course of the two years and those various trips, the color has faded a little bit. But not so much so that it's difficult to recognize on the beach or fails to provide shade.

By far....the BEST sun shade I've ever owned. I've owned umbrellas and pop up canopies. But, hands down, this wins all around best choice. The concept is so simple, yet so effective. The fact that you can use beach sand for the anchor method, means you're not toting extra weight or additional supplies to secure this on the beach. It's easy to carry, super lightweight......I'll say that again, SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT. No more sweating your balls off carrying some big, cumbersome, heavy sun shade. Literally, my 5 year old could carry this in one hand. Don't think the low total weight makes this a cheap product. The poles didn't bend or feel weak or cheap. The material is stretchy and seams are well made. The wind was whipping and this thing held up fine. However, if you're an idiot, don't buy this. You want to set the "front" towards the wind (even though most of the time I was at about a 45 degree angle from the wind. Set it up facing the wind (for the most part) and it'll stay up all day. Guys umbrellas were blowing over, people's pop-ups were caving in on the sides, but ours held fast. Set up and take down is soooooo quick. Again, best sun shade by far in this category as well. Aside from all this, it looks bad ass. As soon as we'd set it up, people would start looking and pointing at it. You'd see them grabbing their smartphones to google the web address that's printed on the side. Think about it....you see a family walk on the beach and in a matter of a minute, they've got a sun shade up and functional. Worth the money. Best experience I've had ever with this. You won't be sorry.Let me further elaborate on some specifics:Set up: Spread canopy on the ground (I found aligning/stretching out the front two anchors generally was all I needed to begin). Fill these two anchors with sand. Make front taught, but also realize you want to leave a slight angle on each anchor for best support (not straight out to sides, not straight in front). Then, with the front semi-set in place, do the same for the two back anchors. Then, lock up your two poles and place one under each of the two front corners. I found about 10-12" in was ideal (tee hee). From here, it simply takes some minor positioning of the anchors and poles, but by no means should send you into a 10 minute positioning rage. In a mid to heavy wind, it helps if you bury the anchors in the sand. If you take a break from sipping your beer, you may notice that the anchor bag shows signs of dragging in the sand, this would be an indicator that burying the bag is needed. But remember, dig the hole where the bag was, not where it is or behind it, as this will loosen your setup. Again, common sense, dig hole, drop bag, cover.I did notice throughout the day that I had to make a minor tweak to a pole position or two, but I simply very slightly angled the pole AGAINST the direction it looked like it was going to fall, and voila....instant magic - a stable structure. Some reviews are blowing this up - but again, I am willing to make a no-brainer adjustment if necessary in between beers or building sandcastles. This "trade-off" of tweaking doesn't even register on my radar as it happens so infrequently and it's so minor.......compared to watching the plastic washers and spacers bust or crack off the old-style canopies in a heavy wind, killling small children as a rogue wind lifted a four-legged metal spider off the ground, or have the metal bars on the old-style just bend altogether. How many messed up, broken canopies to you see next to the trash cans on the beach? It's like a freakin' cemetery sometimes.Also, if you have a few beach chairs or little kids, this is a great little setup. It is the perfect height to fit your chairs underneath, a cooler, wagon, and small beach mat. If you're expecting to mingle while standing, or have a rave keeping your hands in the air like you just don't care, then go to a club. I also found the way the anchors spread out, creates a buffer for "your area". And, the fact that the anchor lines are black (contrasts most beach sands or other backgrounds), plus the overall really unique design that draws your eyes down to the anchor points, I have a hard time believing this will ever be a tripping hazard, unless you're drunk, trying to tan in the moonlight, or a teenager texting while walking, or a combination of the three. People on the beach also apparently feel you want to "see all that", so this anchor system at least puts them at some sort of distance where you can't see their pulse through their clothes.Take down is a breeze. Take down the poles (10 sec), dump the bags (20 sec), give it a shake, shove it in the bag. I found it was also really easy to rinse off after use.Seriously, just leaving this review makes me want to go use my Neso again.

Great sun protection for most if the day, color and fabric is durable. Just note all the sand bags must be HEAVY or else it will not work. This tent was turning heads. I received so many compliments. It was windy that day and the tent was holding strong. But I gave it 4 stars only because I feel like over time, the fabric isn't going to be as stretchy and the balls on the top of the post will rub a hole. I think having a pocket for the post would secure the post better in the front or make 18 ins of the fabric thicker in the front other than allowing gravity to secure the posts because the fabric is already stretched and now your putting additional stress from the post. I wish i took a picture to show why im making this comment, to show where the fabric is stretched the most is where the post goes and its white, nolonger black. I think over time a hole will form in the fabric, but for now, the contraption worked! I will continue to use the tent.