Gazebo Event Shelter XL | 4.5 x 4.5 m | for Festivals| Garden| Camping | Sturdy Steel Poles | Large Event Tent | Shelter with Sun Protection SPF 50+

I use this for 6 days from 30th July to 4th August for an event on 2nd August. The weather was good on all days except 2nd August when it rained for most of the morning, thus giving me the chance to experience any water resistant property of the shelter. Strangely enough there was no leakage but on checking in the morning of 3rd August there was condensation on the inside of the canopy, which was easily wiped off. I put this down to the fact that it had rained the previous day, I did not use a ground sheet and water would have been able to seep through on the grass due to a very slight incline of the ground. Other than that it did exactly the job it was bought for - to give protection to about 20 people from any rain and temperature drop in the evening. I have now bought the groundsheet and hope this will resolve the condensation issue, though that will have to wait until next year now. I had already bought two 'door and 2 sidewall panels which were used on 2nd August to very good effect. The event shelter provided the solution to the suitable cover and protection for around 20 people, which in previous years events had caused problems. I had looked at possibly buying a large tent to remedy matters but that would have cost over 3 times the price and been far more awkward to store. The parts fold-up very easily and neatly and go back in to the supplied bag, which occupies a relatively small space in the corner of my shed. I sprayed the joints and inside of the poles with WD40 to give some protection from any damp that may have crept in, however I will not know how well this has worked until I use it/open it up next year. There is one down side. The instructions for erecting the shelter are attached on the inside of the carry bag and leave quite a lot to be desired. The clarity of the 'picture only' instructions are easily misinterpreted and the importance of properly aligning the leg poles before setting-up and fixing with tent pegs could readily be missed. I suspect some of those who have complained about bent or broken poles may well have fallen foul of this lack of clarity. Luckily I took the construction process slowly and methodically - I won't pretend I got it right at first attempt - and arrived at a stable (surprisingly very stable) structure. I did try the construction first without putting the canopy on, which enabled me to make better sense of the instructions. I note that the time to construct quickly seems to be held out as a virtue. I would suggest that this process is not treated as a 'race against time', but take the time to familiarise yourself with the parts and the proper construction and get at least another person to help you. I could have put this all together on my own, though preferred the extra help and advice in making sure it was being put up correctly. Hopefully none of this is taken as being negative comment as I think the concept and product are excellent - more thought to the instruction though - please.

We’ve had 5 wks wonderful weather and enjoyed the shelter . However just now we had a Greek gust of wind and all broken so over £200 down the drain in about 5 seconds many tips in cloth and bent and broken metal bits

I can't recommend this shelter enough. We have had 3 different "popup" gazebos in our garden over the past few years, all of which have blown over and buckled in the wind despite being properly secured with guy ropes and leg weights. One of them lasted 2 days... This Event Shelter on the other hand has been rock steady since it was put up 4 weeks ago, with no signs of any movement at all. Our garden is something of a wind trap and it does get quite gusty around the side of the house, even when the weather is relatively calm. Last night (18 Jul) we had the worst thunder storms I can remember seeing in this country, with rain that had to be seen to be believed. Everything inside the shelter remained bone dry with the exception of two very slight drips from the roof, coming from the join of the velcro fasteners, which would be easily patched with a little tape. Our garden is West-facing and the sun only really comes in from one side of the shelter in the evening. To help with this I bought just one side wall, which does a great job of keeping out the sun and the rain on that side of the shelter. I was a little concerned initially that the wall would act as more of a wind trap but it does no more than flap a little. The vent in the top of the shelter is very good at letting the wind disperse without causing any problems. The shelter is not the easiest thing to put up alone but I managed it in about 30 minutes. Mainly because the poles are a little awkward to manoeuvre before they are in the final position as they are quite long (I have the extra-large shelter). With 2 people it would be much quicker. They are sturdy slot-together round steel poles rather than the flimsy square aluminium you see on the other gazebo types. I used a couple of the supplied tent pegs in each leg stand, and one peg for each corner set of guy ropes. I've seen other reviews stating the pegs are no good, but they are a decent size and strength, not flimsy at all. If you want a fully-enclosed shelter/gazebo these shelters will be a bit more expensive than your typical popup gazebo as you have to buy all the side walls separately. But if you want to leave it up for more than a day or so, the extra cost is worth the peace of mind that it won't just fall to pieces in the first breath of wind (assuming you properly secure it to the ground of course, which I suspect some reviewers who complained about their shelters taking off in the wind had not done).

I bought this shelter for two reasons: - 1 to use in the garden - 2 (because of its light weight and compact size), to take camping. The shelter is very easy to erect for 2 people. More people are useful in high winds. Its actually fairly easy to put up even without the instructions, but to ensure they don't get lost, they are sewn into the bag anyway, which I thought was a nice touch. To secure the shelter you get 16 round wire pegs. 2 for each foot (8) and a further 8 for the guy ropes. Do yourself a favour and get some decent plastic cross or square section storm pegs, the round pegs are rubbish for guy ropes. So the shelter itself is great, we had 12 people and chairs plus tables under it while camping. However looking at the construction you would hope that it is waterproof. Unfortunately it is not! When enough rain is falling, it leeches through the flysheet where it touches the poles. Then it runs around the poles and drips on your head. Notwithstanding it copes well in light drizzle, but I was camping in west Wales so rain tends to be a bit more intense there. You can get sides which I would consider buying 1 or 2 in due course, but actually we used a modern tall windbreak, (5 foot high), which was extremely effective and allowed a lot of light in at the top. I would imagine the black sides from Coleman would make it seem quite dark and less welcoming if fitted, particularly as they have no windows. Don't know why they are not in a more appealling colour - orange, blue, green would be better than black, and allow customers to tie it in with their other camp kit. The other thing that occurs to me with the sides is that I doubt the supplied bag is big enough to accomodate all the extras that are available which is a shame really as if bought you'd want to keep the whole thing together. Overall an excellent addition to my 'outdoor living' equipment. People we were camping with said they would definitely get one for themselves.

I bought my event shelter for a birthday party in case it rained. It didn't rain, but it looked fantastic with the lights and balloons in it anyway. The day after the party, it started raining, and has barely stopped in the 3 weeks since, so I've ended up leaving it up the whole time. Not only have I enjoyed being outside in the rain under it, but now the sun has finally come out, it's proving to be a great sunblocker too. It's still lovely and bright under there, but I can actually work on my laptop outside too, as it takes away the glare. As for the build and quality etc - we had difficulty working out the pictorial instructions, but once we decided to just ignore them and work it out for ourselves, we had it up within a few minutes. We couldn't quite get one side to stretch over the poles correctly and had to just leave it loose on that side in the end - probably due to us getting it wrong rather than anything wrong with the structure itself. It's ended up staying that way these 3 weeks and hasn't suffered for it. We've got it up on our (large) deck, so we've had to tether the guy ropes to rocks, garden benches etc, although there is also the option to screw it down as each of the feet has 4 holes in it for securing with tent pegs, but you could easily use large screws instead for a more permanent fitting. I would definitely recommend this product!

Short version. Fantastic, takes 2 men 15 mins to erect with side panels and totally waterproof. Long version. I read all the reviews and decided to give it a try. I was not disappointed. I manage/coach a under 7 rugby team. We go to festivals and friendlies in all weather. Even though it is described as a sun shelter, I purchased this primarily for use when it's raining. So far only used it the once, but it was amazing. Myself and another coach arrived at the tournament and it was windy and threatening to rain. So we set about putting it up. The poles are held together by sprung wire, so no worries of which attached to which (beware – don't be too heavy handed with these. Our under 10 coach has managed to break one of the wires!). We very quickly had the frame together, with the feet on. We then set about putting the cover on. Not easy in strong wind. We are big guys, but were a little concerned we might end up in the next field. We had already pegged down the feet. This proved a problem. As we hadn't got them the right distance apart we couldn't get the cover on. Had to un-peg the feet and move them. Got the cover on. The side panels were easy to fit – had our 7 year old boys help. All done just as the heavens opened up. It poured down. The water was cascading off the shelter and down the sides – on the outside. Totally dry inside. This is also good in moderate windy conditions, because it is slightly flexible. Thoroughly recommend.

We first brought an extra large event shelter back in 2018. It was brilliant! We took it camping twice, and it stood for three whole summers I our fairly exposed garden: it withstood wind, rain, storms... Very impressive! So, at the beginning of summer 2022, we realised it was time for a new canopy - the old one was a little torn at the edges, but, given what it had withstood, it owed us nothing! We discovered it was cheaper to just buy a whole new shelter. Which is what we did. The new one turned up in good time, however the netting in the central portion of the shelter was ripped. The seller was brilliant and sent us a new one. However, we didn't need the shelter up as much last summer, and so we didn't use the replacement canopy until just over a week ago. Everything was great, and we got a couple of uses out of it. However, we had a night of light wind... And we're talking nothing like the old shelter went through! We came out the next morning and the whole thing had collapsed!! The actual metal poles had snapped (see pictures) and ripped through the fabric!. Now considering that our old shelter withstood three summers of being permanently erected, and went through some pretty windy conditions, we thought the new one wound be the same. We still have the old frame, and indeed the old canopy, and on comparing the quality of materials, we can see that the materials of the new one are hugely inferior to those of the old one. The metal of the frame is weak (hubby is a metal worker and he knows his onions when it comes to metal quality) and the fabric of the canopy is flimsier. We're very disappointed, as we been so impressed with the original one! Would be reluctant to buy again.

This is just the thing for camping with friends. We cooked under it, ate under it and drank and chatted in the evenings. You will want at least 2 walls to go with it to keep out the wind. I only used 2 on our recent trip and it was enough but if the weather turned I would doubtless have been grateful for the other wall and the door set I also brought. The walls go up and down really easily, they clip on with big plastic clips and then attach down at the feet to keep everything tight. No windows in the walls though, only in the door wall. Used in reasonably strong winds with no problem at all, just remember to peg down the feet and use the supplied guy ropes even if you aren't expecting wind. There is a lot of fabric to catch the wind especially with one or more walls up. It isn't supposed to be waterproof but people seem to be saying that proofing the seams is sufficient to keep things pretty dry underneath. It's big - 4.5m square so watch out for that on restricted size camp sites - but nicely fit 6 sets of adults in the evening. A couple of families can easily cook and eat under it without getting in each others way. This is much better than our previous (admittedly cheap) gazebo.

It's nice products. Build quality is good

Gazebo bellissimo che mi ha permesso, con una spesa contenuta, di avere una bella zona d'ombra. Il montaggio non è complicato ma di certo non bastano 15 minuti... Ho trovato su YouTube un video della Coleman che mi ha chiarito molti dubbi. Abbiamo perso più tempo a fissarlo a pavimento, su mattonelle, usando dei tasselli. Ma il risultato è molto stabile anche con vento moderato. Sotto il gazebo non si avverte caldo come ho letto in altre recensioni. Sono molto soddisfatta.

Supergroß, sieht toll aus, recht flott aufgebaut, kurzum würde ich wieder kaufen! ABER Unbedingt Tipps am Ende meiner Rezension beachten!!! Ich habe mir dieses Shelter und separat 4 Seitenteile mit Fenster bestellt. Habe es vor dem Campingwochenende im Garten zum Test aufgebaut, ist hilfreich.... Wundert Euch nicht über die nicht ganz gerade Mittelstange, ist immer so, sieht man auch im Werksvideo... Ist aber belanglos, also kein Problem. Durch die Rezensionen mit den undichten Nähten war ich verunsichert und habe Nahtdichter mitbestellt. Beim ersten Aufstellen haben wir die Nähte dann alle sicherheitshalber 2x eingepinselt.... Keine Ahnung, ob das was gebracht hat. Beim Camping hat uns dann das Shelter als Schutz für ca. 10 Personen gedient. Und wir hatten Wetter vom Feinsten, alles von 35 Grad und Sonne bis hin zum Wolkenbruch mit gutem Wind. Beim Wolkenbruch tropfte dann an drei Stellen etwas Wasser durch die Nähte, bei "normalem Regen" war aber alles dicht! Da will ich nicht meckern :-)) Bei dem stärkeren Wind jedoch war ich froh das Shelter passend abgespannt zu haben. Ich habe die Eckfüße mittels Akkuschrauber mit je 2 Konstruktionsschrauben 8x220 (T40 Torx) am Boden fixiert. Gehen wunderbar in die meisten Böden zu schrauben und halten bombenfest. Natürlich habe ich auch alle Abspannleinen diagonal mit diesen Schrauben im Boden verankert.... Auch hatten wir trotz gutem Wind drei Seitenteile dran denn es regnete schräg wie aus Eimern..... Die Seitenteile habe ich auch in der Mitte am Boden fixiert, aber mittels Schnur, nicht mit den vorhandenen Gummis... Zum Glück haben die Seitenteile trotz Wind gehalten, um den Shelter hatte ich nie Sorge, ist stabil genug. Hier die Schrauben: http://www.amazon.de/Profi-Buy-JD-Plus-Konstruktionsschraube-220MM-chromatiert/dp/B00BMK5IAY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1444758413&sr=8-2&keywords=konstruktionsschrauben+8x220

Excellent shade structure. This is the second one I have purchased. The first one lasted five years and survived several windstorms. But time in the Arizona heat took its toll on the nylon webbing. One final windstorm did some damage before I could take it down. We liked it so much that we bought another one to replace it. I won't repeat the good points that the company uses to describe it. It's all true. The reason we like it so much is it's unique shape, the interesting ways you can light it at night, and the open welcoming feeling it gives off. One thing, we use 12"x1/4" lag bolts and a battery-operated impact driver to fasten it to the ground, tent stakes pull out too easily.

Der Pavillon stand jetzt den ganzen August. Er hält mehr als er verspricht, z.B. durchaus auch den Regen ab. Erst bei Starkregenereignissen (20l/h) kommt an den Nähten etwas durch. In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass er eigentlich gar nicht nach Herstellerangaben für den Regenschutz gebaut ist, wirklich Super. Und die Nähte kann man ja mit Imprägnierspray behandeln... Aufgebaut habe ich ihn mit meiner Teenytochter, wir sind beide unerfahren im Partyzeltaufbau, klein und haben es doch gut geschafft. Wir konnten ihn sogar zu zweit vom Aufbauplatz hinüber zu unserer Terasseninsel im Garten transportieren, er ist trotz hoher Stabilität (überstand mehrere Sommergewitter und Stürme) gleichzeitig flexibel genug um ihn "schrittweise" vorwärts zu bewegen. Die geschwungenen Bögen fügen sich gut in die Landschaft ein, viel besser als die üblichen eckigen Partyzeltkästen. So war er auch eine Augenweide und konnte meinen einer "Partyverzeltung der Terasse" skeptisch gegenüberstehenden Ehemann überzeugen. Insgesamt war es eine sehr gute Lösung, die Sonnen- und Regenschutz bot. Der Sonnenschutz nun endlich flächendecken, ohne störende Schirmständer und Schirmwanderungen dem Sonnenstand nach. Wir freuen uns schon auf die nächste Saison mit diesem Pavillon. Ach so, der Abbau klappte auch super.