Does it do a good job of cutting down on wind? I like to camp in Baja and sometimes a solid tarp gets destroyed in high winds.
52456
Cutting down on wind is directly proportional to stress on the fabric. I can't say it cuts down wind much at all, which is why it works so well as a sun shade. My 30x16' sail showed little movement even in 30 mph winds and I was able to leave it up all summer and fall (we live in Wisconsin). My material was anchored every 2 feet on both long sides (using the eyes) so even in larger wind gusts there was still little movement or strain where the material attached to my house or the supports rods at the end of the deck.
52457
I am using it to refrain a tree branches from getting to high. So far it has worked perfectly. It is tough. Not a single hole yet and the grommets are still put.
2116264
The poles are made to be flexible to deal with wind force. I do not think they are strong enough to handle the weight of a tarp. Perhaps if the tarp was light.
2131476
I live in Florida near the beach and have a lot of wind. I have not screwed the unit down yet but it does make a little noise and move around a little on really windy days. I would say to just try it for a while it may depend on location. the top does a good job letting the wind through.
1589341
You can stake it down but still not great in wind. I take mine to baseball games for my kids and take it down when the wind kicked up so it does not get destroyed. We are windy here too. Colorado Springs and Denver area. It does work better than the sports brella in the wind. My Sports Brella got destroyed in a sudden gust of wind before I could take it down. I was staked so it just ripped it backwards. The Lightspeed canapy aleast gives me a chance to react.
1419297
If u take the 20 min at most 30 to set it up well then i have had no problems with highwind or bad rain. If u do have water running under the tent it will pull the heat out of your body without a good pad or blanket under you. And i havent set it up with the cover off in high wind. It may move a tiny bit but nothing to worry about.
613259
This tent is designed to withstand more wind than the ones with the rigid metal support. I think it works great. I put mine up last summer and left if up for 4 or five months in Montana where it is very windy - train cars get blown off of tracks. Awning was fine. I would recommend any EZ-UP product. They are all made well. The only applications where I would not use this particular awning would be if you were going to hang something form the cross pieces. These supports are like the supports in most tents. Feel free to ask more specific question.
566639
I am a small woman and it covered my backpack just fine with room to spare. The head hole is a little tight. I used it in the cloud forests in Costa Rica and I was good and dry. But there was little or no win in the jungle, so... I don't know how it will do in the wind. There are grommets at the bottom corners you coyuls always tie them together or add weights or something. I was really pleased with this product.
596867
I have used it in heavy wind, it did great. I was using it in Tennessee, we had rain for 12 hours straight, it did not leak unless you touched it which is what happens in any tent, where you touch it will leak. It does great
2042251
I was camping last month. Lows down into the low 30s. Had the vents and fly shut down tight and was very warm. I haven't been in the tent during a wind storm yet but have had 3/4 inch of rain in an hour and not a drop got in. I love this tent.
1350266
I use trekking poles.There's also a tie-on loop in the middle of the tarp to attach a line to something overhead.I used this tarp as my only shelter on 2 backpacking trips this summer, really liked the versatility.
1336642
We have had a few good wind storms maybe 40+ mph and it has held up well no issues except the cover comes with little boots that you tie onto the gutter spouts before the cover goes on and one of them came off and caused a small hole. Most likely my fault. Just need to find a better way to tie on the boots. No complaints though.
1474204
We have it to help move wind at our fishing camp and it does a great job.I don't know how it'd work for you.GOOD LUCK
1378661
It did fine in the wind. We had one day with strong winds that would make the tent bend a bit but it never pulled loose from the stakes in the ground. We didn't even used the sandbags.
872350
My experience has been, if it's a light wind then it does pretty good. However we had high winds a couple of days ago and the screening was practically ripped completely off of the fence. So basically I would say yes it does block light winds but beyond that I would say no.
1389973
I set mine up on a concrete patio to see if I could fit my tent underneath it and it seemed to work o.k. like that. I don't know if it would withstand any wind to speak of, though.
1137788
I would think that a sheet would be a better option of the two (maybe a tarp). It held up to some stiff gulf breezes this past may. I was very pleased with the value and ease of setup and takedown.
1735611
Pretty good in my opinion. If it's to bad you can always use some foil as a wind break also