Neso Gigante - Portable Beach Tent - Ideal to Enjoy with Family and Friends - UPF 50+, Water-Resistant, and Lightweight - Black, 11' x 11'

Bought this for a weeklong trip to the beach and it did not disappoint! Was looking for a replacement to my aluminum framed canopy that was extremely heavy to drag down to the beach every day and the Neso tent fit the bill!A few words of advice: make sure you really fill the bags up with sand (or whatever ). They need to be heavy as can be, otherwise a good strong breeze/wind will catch the tent and pull the bags (found that out the hard way on day one). Second, really stretch it out in an X after you fill the bags, then insert the poles. Will hold up much better this way. I had to keep an eye on it and reposition the poles in the afternoon depending on how much wind we got but it wasn’t too bad.Keep in mind we would have this out for 9 hours+ every day for a week and it worked great. I got the extra poles so I could keep all 4 corners up and maximize the available space (we had a group of up to 8).If you’re looking for a lightweight easy to use beach shade I highly recommend the Neso tents.

I grew up, going to Lake Powell and Mexico to beaches where wind is always an issue, and we use pop-up shades as known throw-always after each season. I decided it was worth trying the extra money to not stress about breaking frames of pop-ups in the wind when I purchased this extra large Neso sunshade. I purchased two extra feet so that we could make it a hole for post shade. At first I was worried when I put it up because it was so wobbly but once we buried the sandbags for extra weight, it’s stretched out awesome. It moves with the wind and doesn’t grab it like a parachute like a pop-up shade. I love the color and the portability of it because it was smaller than a kids backpack. I’m a little worried about how it will hold up where the posts sit inside of the Lycra. I guess we will see how long they last. But they look amazing and they are dynamic instead of static, which I think has made a huge difference. The sun does shine a little bit through, but it also lets a little wind through, and it moves with the wind. We loved it, and it looked stylish. It was definitely taller and way bigger than any other pop-up shades that we could manage. Highly recommend after 7 days at rocky point.

I thought the idea of this large canopy was great and still do. But this product failed to provide the cover as advertised. First the sandbag idea sucks. That doesn't work unless you dig a hole in the beach and bury the sandbags. I found it easier to just get some beach umbrella augers, twist them in and tie it off. Extra time and money to come up with your own ideas to anchor the corners. Then the fabric ripped at the point of contact with the poles, the very place where you need the most strength. So the product is not very durable in the typical windy conditions at the beach. NOT excessive winds mind you. Normal beach wind. The weld between the fabric and the corner grommets all failed one by one. Had to rig rope and duct tape to salvage our beach trip.It comes with two poles for a lean-to setup. Realistically nobody is doing that on the beach so they're banging you for extra $$$ right up front by charging extra for the third and fourth pole.The goal was a large area canopy which is still the goal. But this product fails on cost, reliability, durability and ultimately it's utility value. It's very easy to take down. Just wait until the wind blows it over and pick up the pieces.

I took one star off for not having detailed instructions on how much weight to put in the four bags .We started with two gallons of soft sand in a windy day and ended up needing four total gallons and wet sand worked better in terms of weight .If you don’t get enough weight in the bags , it will collapse as other reviews have had issues with . Just keep adding sand or rock and try again . As soon as you have the correct amount of weight , there are NO issues with the tent or canopy staying up even in HIGH wind .It Makes no noise which I was specifically looking for as its competition is loud .We got the gigantic and more than enough room for 5 of us.It does ripple in the wind so that was something I was not sure of , but seeing others on the beach , theirs does too and it does not fall in .Key is to add a lot of weight to the bags .Bring a bucket to help with that .We love it and love the whale fabric !We alway used umbrellas and I could not get them deep enough , but this is great and easy for me to put up .