Wow! What a great idea for a quick picnic to create a little instant shade.

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Product Description

Know what you're buying. Harborside Color sells the 2008 Model of the Tripod Beach Shelter with improved shock cords, poles and instructions. Other may still be selling the prior model. PLUS--- Get a FREE Mesh Beach Bag with your purchase. Search product ID B000SRMGNY. Add to Cart, then use Promotional Code BEACHBGG at Checkout! Only Harborside Color offers a free beach bag with your purchase!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2244 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: ABO Gear
• Model: 10275

Features

• All new design for 2008! Easily erected, strong and durable. Shelters from the sun, allowing maximum ventilation.
• Totally portable, weighs under 10lbs. Gives cover and protection from the elements
• Triangular design - 12ft x 12ft x 12ft and 8 ft tall. Packs into carry bag with straps.
• Adjustable webbing tension straps and heavy-duty shock-corded poles
• Includes: conical sand pockets, pegs and guy ropes for extra stability in stronger winds

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Customer Reviews

great once it's up
Just came back from a trip to the Outer Banks in NC with this. VERY hard to put up in even normally windy beach conditions. Takes a minimum of 2 people but better with 3. Once up and secured it's great. It's quite the challenge getting there at the beach though.

Are you kidding me?
Imagine....you are outside, excited with your children (4 and 2) about putting up their new 'house,' the one that is going to protect them from the sun and be 'fun' at the same time. You thought this would be perfect...big enough, light enough, pretty sharp looking AND this was the most frustrating experience setting up a tent-like structure in your life. Coming from an Eagle Scout, I've put up a lot of tents, etc. and this was just plain ridiculous. Imagine your most frustrating, non life threatening experience and then multiply it by whatever number comes into your head. The poles are about 3 inches too long which makes it a nightmare to put the finishing touches, aka complete the project and have it upright.

I saw some 'good' reviews re: set up. "I don't know what others were saying...set up was easy." Bull-hockey. I think those people work for ABO Gear.

I'm not mad, I was before, I'm disappointed. ABO has a great concept/idea and has gotten the execution all wrong. If ABO is watching these reviews, I'll be happy to share with any of your engineers. This could be great and instead is just not.

Let me know when your next version comes out and the poles are 3 inches shorter or there is more give in the fabric. - RG (LG's husband)

ABO Tripod - Cool Shelter !
Read the newer reviews. The current models have very substantial poles - about 12mm or 1/2" and the instructions are sewn in the top of the bag as stated in another review. Read them and it will only take you a few minutes to put it up. (at home with little wind)

I am old enough to be carrying an AARP card and I did it alone in minutes. I did get help finishing the third pole - putting it into the second pocket. If you're unsure about putting up tents in general - just get a second person to help and advise. That would always be easier.

At the beach in a typical 15-20 mph wind is always a different story guys. Almost every type of shelter breaks - particularly if not secured properly. Stake it down, tie it down and weight it down if you have all of those options. You might even consider better ropes and longer stakes.

Last year, my brand new first time up typical 10 x 10 screen room shelter broke the first day. We spent the rest of the week fixing it with pieces from other peoples broken shelters. To put this one up at the beach, I would suggest three people - one on each leg. I would also follow the suggestion - put it up at home first as a trial run for you - and it gets the material stretched into position.

It's not huge, but those shelters are hard to manage.
It's cool - It's different - It's lightweight and it repacks well.

Happy shade !