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Burning Man (quick) tip 15 - Pop-up shade shelter review

image [ alien structure? ]I bought a quick setup 10 ft. X 10 ft. canopy for the playa this year. My observations:

    Good:
  • Easy
  • Inexpensive? ($79)
  • Canopy is green (not blue or white)
  • Metalized coating on inside of canopy blocks UV and creates dark shade
  • Bad:

  • Might be a two-person job to get the frame to fully extend and everything to lock into place
  • Will it blend? Sorry. Will it stand up to the wind? I’ll do my best to secure it. We’ll see.
  • The wheels on the bottom of the storage bag only seem to work when the bag is in the original box (for support)
  • Neutral:

  • No shade, wind, dust protection on the sides unless you add it yourself
  • Not enough time to customize it this year

image [ Max (the Manx cat) watches the shade shelter test ]
There are ten photos
in my flickr album showing more detail of the setup and testing.