WolfWise UPF 50+ Easy Pop Up Beach Tent Sun Shelter Instant Automatic Portable Sport Umbrella Indoor Playhouse Canopy Cabana

I bought a much bigger tent a few years ago, but I couldn’t figure out how to fold it back into the bag for storage. It was heavy and hard to transport with too. I found this tent instead and so far I can open and close the tent easily. It comes with picture instructions that are sewn into the bag and if you need a video to see the instructions better, they have those too on this product description and on their website. I like how the cover can be worn as a backpack or even a shoulder bag to make tent transportation on foot very convenient. It comes with tent spikes and empty bags you can put sand in to keep the tent from blowing away. The only downside is that the tent is small. Bigger groups probably will need to get multiple tents so that everyone can fit. But other than that, it’s the perfect size for a family of 3.

I needed something easy for one person to set up after I tried to set up a canopy at the beach recently and failed miserably. After watching a few product reviews, I decided on this tent because it’s a pop up tent, lightweight and portable.I had to return the first one because there was some color bleeding on the interior silver part. The second tent I received didn’t have that defect.I opened it at home to make sure I could actually close it on my own since some reviews said it was difficult to close. It’s actually very easy and intuitive to close back down and doesn’t require any strength or effort.This could probably fit 2 adults but I think it’s better for one person.It provided perfect shade for me at the beach. You can open the side windows and the back door for ventilation. Honestly, I’m super happy with this purchase! I will bring this with me anytime I go to a beach or take a cruise in the future.

Pops up instantly, several options for weighting it down, and I did not find it difficult to fold alone (I am a 5’6 woman), but I did watch the video because there is a trick to it and you need to follow the instructions rather than winging it, because folding is not intuitive. Once I had the hang of it once, it was like riding a bike, I never forgot. Took me under a minute to fold. After 3 years of regular use the poles got wonky and all bets were off and it basically refused to fold again. For the price and how long it lasted, I was happy and I plan to buy another. I just wish it was slightly smaller when folded. It fits in the largest size checked luggage, but just barely.

I just got this tent and opened it up and folded it back down about 8 times with ease by carefully reading and following the instructions that come with it. I haven't taken it to the beach yet, but I will be sure to update if I have any negative experience. So far, it seems fantástic.Many people have said they had trouble getting it closed/folded, which is understandable. It has to be done in a very specific way, and apparently it is very easy to get twisted up if you do it wrong. It is implied on the packaging that the company has updated their instructions, and I found it very easy to fold it up and do it repeatedly and consistently by following the KEY STEPS below. Feel free to switch "left" and "right" in the instructions below. I don't think that would matter.- On step 3 in the instructions, it says to put your right foot on the tent in "position 2." FOOT PLACEMENT IS KEY. Put your right foot on the tent with your toes just below/on the bottom edge of the window. So when you bend the tent and bring the top tip down to "position 2" (also in step 3 of the instructions), the top tip of the tent should be right at that bottom edge of the window. When you kneel down to do this, your LEFT KNEE SHOULD STAY ON THE TENT to prevent it from starting to fold up.- As you perform step 3 as described above and bend "position 1" down to "position 2," do NOT allow the tent to start to twist. Hold the top tip of the tent ("position 1") firmly in place at the middle of the bottom edge of the window WITHOUT allowing the tent to twist asymmetrically as it kind of wants to do.- Once you finish step 3, you should be holding the top tip of the tent (AKA "position 1" from the instructions) down with the toes of your right foot. The left and right sides of the tent will naturally want to fold upward but your left knee is impeding it from happening. Lift your knee and just LET THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FOLD UPWARDS HOW THEY NATURALLY WANT TO.- Then you just have to give it a little help to fold up how it naturally wants to. One side of the tent has to go over the other side. I've been going left over right but it seems you could go either way. The only other KEY POINT I can think of is that, when you fold one side over the other, the two sides do NOT fold up in the exact same way. The side that goes under (so the right side in my case) seems to twist around an extra time or something. It's hard to describe, but as long as you continue to just guide it to fold up how it naturally wants to, it seems to work fine. Just be aware that the under side (right side for me) will fold up like an extra twist or something so it feels wrong but it's ok and as long as it folds down to a circle, you'll know you did it right.I hope this is helpful. I'm super pumped to have shade on any beach without an annoying umbrella setup/take down process. I will update this review if I have any particularly negative experience at the beach, but if I haven't done that, you can assume that it was at least pretty good. Cheers!