EAGLE PEAK 8' x 8' Lightweight Portable Canopy Tent - Compact Slant Leg Design with Carry Backpack - Easy One Person Setup Folding Shelter (6' x 6' Top, 8' x 8' Base, Blue) - Perfect for Beach, Camping, Picnics, Backyard Parties and Outdoor Events

Great canopy. Just the right size for my use. I set it up when car camping out on the prairie or in the badlands. But...... The included stakes are worthless. Toss them in the garbage or recycle them. I use heavy duty 6 inch long "Pole Barn Nails" For these you need to go to a hardware or home center that sells big nails by the pound or the each. To find the correct diameter of Pole Barn Nails get out your set of drill bits. Find the drill bit that fits in the holes in the bottom of the leg. You want it to be able to fit through. Not too loose and not too tight. Purchase at least 8 of the pole barn nails. . Each leg takes 2. Buy some extra also. You will want to pound the Pole Barn Nails in with a claw hammer not a plastic or rubber mallet. Do not pound the nails down flush. Leave them up about 1/4 inch for easy removal with your claw hammer. These will be a great improvement over the included stakes. However if you are going to set up the canopy where there are winds you will need to add additional tie down points on each of the 4 sides. A blowing canopy is a dangerous weapon. Prevent that from happening. At the home center or hardware store purchase 50 feet of parachute cord. Get a bright neon color to make the tie downs easier to see. Purchase 4 (and some extra ) stout plastic stakes. The kind with a hook near the top. Mine are 9 inches long. Some hardware stores have these. You might need to go to an outdoor store. Cut 4 pieces of the parachute cord equal length. I did 10 feet. With a cigarette lighter or BBQ lighter melt each cut end to prevent fraying. Make a loop knot near one end of each piece of parachute cord. In the middle of each canopy side, on the lower rung drape the loop over, then pass the free end through and pull it tight. Near the free end of the parachute cord make another loop knot. Slip this loop around the little hook near the top of your plastic stake. Pull this assembly out at an angle firmly then pound in the plastic stake using a rubber or plastic mallet. Repeat this procedure on the other 3 sides. Your canopy will now stay put during some brisk winds.In the photo you can see my canopy set up and staked out on some windy badlands prairie.Quick shade on the beach for a low price, very easy to assemble. Not sure how durable it is since we only used it once this summer but I am glad to have it.This is lightweight but it works! We add a couple of strings and pegs on the windward side and we have shade for hours without any issues. Refolding and putting back in sack takes two people but is easy.We do Car Shows and wanted something EASY to put up, that provided us with shade. We LOVE this product; it is small enough to fit into the trunk of our 55 and 57 Chevy's. It is lightweight and provides plenty of shade. It is so easy to put up. Just watch the short video on how to put it up and you will not have any problem at all. We had so many friends ask us where we got this and they want one too. Thanks for such a great and easy-up product.I immediately set this canopy up to judge 'ease of use' and 'quality.' Both seem to be very good. I followed the method shown in the video on the Amazon site for set-up and take-down. All goes well until you try to store the folded unit back into the storage bag with the top in place. The storage bag is simply too tight. I was able to get the unit into the bag, but it is not easy. A looser fitting bag would be a huge upgrade! This is the only reason I did not make the rating 5 stars.Liked the easy set up however once taken down and put back in the bag carrying it the straps. Role completely so now we do not have a useful bag to carry it in!This is a case where my mind naturally directed my attention to bigger canopies, and I ignored this one for so long. I finally decided to give it a try. This thing is super easy to set up. It says one person, and it’s true, one person can easily set up and take down. It’s fits back easily into the carrying bag (which is also a backpack). Fits easily into the back of my truck, ir the truck of mama car. Fits easily into the wagon to transport to and from the soccer games. Easily one one of the best purchases I’ve made.This is the first time I've owned a gazebo. It took a while to decide which make to opt for as there are so many. Primarily I was looking for it to shield 3-4 people during summer showers and needed it to be easy to put up, preferably by one person.Delivery was fast - it came 3 days after the order was placed. It came in an Eagle Peak cardboard box, then inside it's all stored in a zipped bag which has straps so you can carry it on your back. There's a small bag inside containing 4 tent pegs and instructions/warranty info. At the time of writing we'd only had it a few days and had put it up once in mostly dry weather and calm conditions, but if there's anything new to report, I'll add to this review at a later date. The gazebo is easy to put up. As it was our first attempt, two of us did it but I can't see why one couldn't manage alone.The whole gazebo frame and legs are one unit, so no assembly is required other than to put the fabric canopy over the top of the frame once you've partially pulled the frame open and before you've fully extended the legs. The fabric canopy is easy to fit as the top of the frame and the inside of the canopy both have velco attached, making it a quick process. Once the canopy is on, you fully open the frame, push up on the central hub until it clicks into place, then extend the legs to the full height. Note that the legs extend in TWO different places (near the middle and also nearer the bottom of the legs). We didn't notice the bottom extensions at first and thought we'd have to stoop to get under the gazebo!! The back panel has 2 pieces of velcro each side to tether it against the legs (this panel is sewn on to the top of the canopy). The supplied tent pegs can be used by securing them through holes in the gazebo feet (we stood ours on hard ground, so have not tried the pegs). All a quick process once you know what you're doing, and it's made simple by the whole frame being one unit. The first time I tried to assemble it I struggled to push the central hub in place but another person did it without issue and the second time we got it out I managed OK, so I think either I was just being stupid or it was a bit stiff the first attempt! Taking it down is just as simple. I kept the polythene bag the fabric canopy came in as it's never easy to fold these things exactly as they were packaged but having the plastic bag helps gauge the size you need to fold it back to and aids sliding it in the carrying bag after the frame's been put in.Once up, I'd say the 2.5 x 2.5 metre gazebo can seat about 4 people, as indicated by the chairs in the photo, and I think it would take a SMALL round table in the middle too. The carrying bag measures roughly 29 inches high x 7 inches wide. It's quite heavy, so the backpack straps are welcome, though personally I wouldn't want to walk a long way with it on my back.The only slight negative was with the carrying bag, as a strap holding one of the plastic adjustment sliders had been sewn on upside down, and the way the adjustment strap had been threaded onto the slider made it impossible to provide the tension needed to use it as a backpack. However, I overcame that by unthreading and rethreading the strap the opposite way to the strap on the other slider, and then it worked OK. Therefore, problem solved and top marks to this very useful gazebo. Not a massive size but equally not too small either - just right for my purposes. Hope this review helps as I couldn't really work out how many it might seat from the photos!Gazebo was not suitable for us as it only gets to about 5' 8" when legs are fully extended so unfortunately had to return the item.That cost me £16.62 via Royal Mail which I think is a high cost and also if the supplier had arranged a collection via Hermes I'm sure the charge would have been lower and I would have been happier for them to deduct it from the refund.For me if the item is not suitable for you, no matter the reason returns should be free or a much lower cost.Everything else about the order was fine.I love this product so much. Small children and a garden with no shade don't mix well. I can easily put this up and down by myself quickly and with small children running around! My kids love the lowest setting as a den.I had a small problem with putting it down and the company were AMAZING! They got back to me immediately and even rung me to help and wouldn't settle till it was sorted and I was happy. I would 100% buy from this company again!Easy to set up one by person, light easy to transport and carryA sa deuxième sortie on voit déjà la toile qui commence à se fatiguer et le filet de côté est déjà abîméNe recommande pas ce produit