Is there a trick to closing (lowering) the sun canopy? I can't figure out how to do it.
1284556
The sun canopy can't be lowered, you can only open and close it as much as the fabric goes
2107519
Lift the shade while holding the metal cord. It comes up and freely exposes the bulb on the cord. I had trouble figuring it out too.
848819
The four corners each have a roundish metal loop that is attached pretty securely to the material itself. It is on you to determine how you will attach it to posts or whatever you are attaching it to. I had a few different places where i needed to attach mine, so on one side i used a carabiner and clipped it to an eye screw in an existing patio cover. On the other side i simply used rope and tied it to a tree. I believe they make a screw product that lets you cinch it down tighter than i did. http://www.altiaproducts.com/EBayImages+Ads/Products/Sun%20Sails/SSL18TKS/SSL18TKSp4.jpg. I can tell you that unless you cinch it down super tight this thing will blow like crazy in the wind. Mine is only as tight as I could pull the rope and tie the knot, and it still blows around quite a bit. In one bad storm it even pulled a pretty thick eye screw out of the wood it was attached to. For the most part the thing works great and does just what you would expect.. provide a ton of shade at an extremely low cost.
1028307
Pull up the black plastic pieces that the metal piece is attached to. I assumed u just lift up the metal piece to close it but its the actual black piece. Then it folds . hope that makes sense to u :)
774310
I never removed the canopy so I wouldn't know...however, you can easily push it back.
1283392
I changed my canopy twice. It's tricky but as long as you have a ladder tall enough for the center it's doable. My whole canopy, frame and all was torn out by a storm even though it was bolted down to my deck. It was nice while it lasted!
1511584
You put the canopy over the frame every time. This is not a sturdy canopy. Okay for light use, but look elsewhere if you will ever use in anything above a light wind.
861100
I find it very easy to fold down/up. It's similar to those dashboard/windshield sun shields? There's this twist-twist-snap thing that you do when you fold them up. However, I find it convenient just to leave the sunshade on my MacLaren, and pull it back (like the way you do with the original canopy on the MacLaren) -- and the stroller will still fold nicely that way. I hardly take the sunshades off.
820441
As stated by the other vendors, there is a pull chain inside of the shade. Hopefully that helps! Good luck and thank you! :)
1347115
I also have not had that problem, but i keep my sunroof closed.. Sorry couldn't be much help..
1495187
No, it doesn't have a door to close. Also, on the sides it has a screen material that also does not close to block the sun. So, you must position it correctly for shade.
1078873
The screen panel do go all the around the canopy. What i suggest to the manufaacturere is that the closure end should have been with magnets so that it is easy to enter-instead of present zipper and the lower sides should have a means to attach to the floor-not just to the posts.
2033222
You'll need to accordion fold them up. It works. We folded up several folds and put the clip in the middle of the shade. Then we pulled the sides down to meet in the center and clipped the two sides together. Think of an upside down fan. It looks pretty but hard to explain. Doing this little maneuver, let's some light in while maintaining privacy. Reduces the amount of up and down of the shade.
217595
I don't have this model but I'm guessing they all work the same. I had a brain fart on the beach one day (probably too much sun, or age) and couldn't get my canopy to collapse, it would not budge. After a few seconds I realized that I had forgotten to push in the little spring loaded pins that lock the top 4 corner legs and frame in place. I pushed them in and it folded up easily, single handedly, just like it had done every time before then, AND every time since then (an embarrassment that has kept me from ever forgetting again). Since you were at a music festival maybe you were suffering from a similar but different kind of brain impairment?
69972
I would try a small amount of WD-40 making sure it does not get on the canvas. And, leave the partially set up canopy out in direct sunlight for a few hours before attempting full expansion of joints.
119468
As lkc said, there's a drawstring that can cinch it pretty close to the top. We bought two and used them on our market umbrellas that are on an elevated deck with no protection from the wind so we always close the umbrellas when we're not using them and it was never an issue.
117474
If you are talking about the bottom free edge of the shade when fully unrolled, then you could use bungees to some weights ( I use some exercise kettle bells). Otherwise, masonry drill to set anchor eye loops to the ground for fastening.)