Rio Beach UPF 50+ Portable Beach Tent & Sun Shelter

Have you ever been at a beach resort but all of the beach loungers are taken by people who get up at the crack of dawn to "reserve" a group of them for their family/friends. Particularly aggravating when you need a palapa or some kind of shade. This thingy gives you all the shade you need as well as protection from wind. It's like having your own little camp where those chair grabbers aren't welcome.It fits easily in a large suitcase. For it's assembled size, it is surprisingly compact only taking up about the size of an umbrella. There is also a sheath with a shoulder strap, so it's very easy to carry around.Set up is quite simple and fast too.It sounds like this is an ad written by someone in the company...it isn't...I just grew up on 1970s TV commercials. LOL

Súper práctica y fácil de armar. La compré para usarla en la playa y está muy cómoda para estar descansando sentado, caben cómodamente 2 personas adultas y un poco más apretados sí caben 3. Para nosotros fue muy útil para comer como picnic ahí.

I liked this product so much I decided to share my review based on my initial experience. I was looking for a portable sun shelter/umbrella to take with us in the plane to our vacation trips and avoid paying the ridiculous $25/day rental fees. It definitely meets my first criteria. The first photo is the product in my carry on bag. It also had to be relatively easy to assemble. Now, it does require some assembly but after a recommended "dry run" assembly or two, it is relatively easy to set it up even under windy conditions. I took all the photos, but the last one, during my first assembly. It took me 30 minutes because I read the instructions as I was doing this. Careful not to step over the plastic snap on clips. I broke one but used the one fabric loop to pass the rod through instead. The last photo is the assembly on the beach during our first vacation day. No wind. It was easy. Two chairs, backpacks, cooler, etc. There was room for all of our stuff, and some room to spare. The wind picked up the next couple of days and I used the bag as a windsock tied to my cooler to figure out the wind direction, laid the shelter downwind and placed the stakes in the sand first so it wouldn't fly away. Then, I proceeded to install the fiberglass rods and snapped them to the shelter's ties. It would take me about 15 minutes to assemble it, at most, even in moderate winds. If the shelter was not facing the ocean after assembling it, I'd simply remove all stakes but one and pivot the shelter until it was right. Then replaced the stakes in the sand. The shelter will hold against moderate wind until it is time to get up and leave anyways. The fiberglass rods flex to give way to the wind, even if facing against the wind. The windows allow a great breeze to flow inside and reduce drag. In this particular beach in St. Pete's, FL. the sand was very coarse and had a lot of crushed sea shells, which was perfect for gripping the stakes provided. The last day I broke a couple of fiberglass rod ends while disassembling the shelter. I'll repair them and get a few more days out of this one. Even if I had to buy one for every trip, I'd save a lot of money on rental fees that are better spent on entertainment.

We went for a beach vacation and we couldn't survive without it!! We used it every single day.It's very light to carry around but very spacious. We are family of 3. My hubby (6'2'), me and 4yr old son can all sit and have snacks comfortably, and even we changed clothes. Provide good sense of privacy. This is not a pop-up tent, but it's simple enough and fold easier than one of pop-up tent we have. and these assembly parts became handy to hang towels and clothes and stuff. This shelter can be carry-on in airplane size wise, However, luggage officer rejected as the tent peg parts are too pointy so we had to go back to checkin counter to check the shelter.

El costo es muy bajo comparado con la buena calidad del producto y su gran funcionalidad. Me fue de gran ayuda en mi viaje a la playa. Un tamaño adecuado para dos adultos, tal vez tres. Fácil y rápido de armar y guardar (eso es lo más importante)