Coleman Beach Shade Canopy Tent, Lightweight & Portable

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.

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.

We purchased this Coleman Beach Shade tent last year and have used it about three times now. So far, it has held up to our use pretty well. It can be a little tricky to put up and will probably be aggravating for you the first time you set it up. I suggest practicing before you go to the beach. After becoming familiar with it, I can put it up by myself in about 10 minutes. It helps to have an extra hand at the beach especially because it is more windy there. When we purchased ours and set it up the first time, we noticed two small holes in the side of it. I used some seam tape on the holes to help it from tearing or opening up more and that did the trick for us. It’s pretty roomy and a bit bigger than most of the instant shelters that I have seen. The front can be zipped up and there is a back window that can also be covered. I wanted this one mostly because of those features as it would allow for us to change clothes inside and not have to use the dirty public rest rooms that are at the beach. It can get hot inside especially when the back window is closed but with the front and back open, it provides good wind flow through the tent. There are netted pockets in the corners of the tent and it comes with small sandbags to assist in holding it down. Directions for putting the tent up can be found sewn to the inside of the tent bag and they are pretty easy to follow. The tent also has guy lines and stakes included.

Overall, we are pretty pleased with it but it does take a little longer to put up than some of the “instant” shade shelters. It’s roomy, provides good UV protection, and we like that we can use it to change clothes inside.

This is a fantastic shade for the beach. It does take a few minutes to set up, but it’s really fast and easy once you get used to it. We live in Florida, so we go to the beach often. We rinse the tent and the hardware (not the sand bags) after each beach trip so the tent will last longer since the salt water is rough on just about everything. When the tent is set up properly it will withstand even moderately strong winds, much better than an umbrella, which we also have.

A bit of advice on the set-up: Sometimes when trying to feed the poles through they will get stuck in the material. We fixed this by attaching the caps of ink pens to the end of the pole that will be getting fed. Then just remove the cap so the pole fits properly into the grommet. For the larger pole the end of a Sharpie marker is the perfect size, and for the smaller poles the end of a Pentel RSVP pen works great. Not advertising for these products, they just happened to be what they had and were absolutely perfect. It makes feeding the poles a simpler, smoother process.

The tent has a window in the back which can be opened to expose the screen and allow the wonderful ocean breeze to flow through, or a shade that can be closed when the sun begins to set behind the tent. It has ample room for two beach chairs in the front and coolers or other beach items stored in the back. It makes a full day at the beach comfortable and enjoyable. Many naps have been taken in our tent 🙂

Now for the best part: We are in our fifth season with this tent, and other than the ends of the poles being slightly rusted it looks as good as it did when we purchased it, with moderate use and proper care, so it is made to last.