Neso Grande Portable Beach Tent Sun Shelter - Lightweight Beach Shade Canopy - Easy Setup for Family Outings - Patented Reinforced Corners - UPF 50+ Sun Protection - 7ft Tall, 9 x 9ft

Really easy to put up, even just one person can do it. I had it up on the beach on a very windy day and it did fall over but it was easy to get it back up again. Looks great and protects everyone from the searing Florida sun. It is very compact and portable. Great product.

This was very easy to set up. It took my husband maybe 5–10 minutes to do it by himself. I had seen a lot of negative reviews about it falling over in even the slightest breeze, so I was a little nervous going into it, but we did not have that experience at all. The sandbags were filled very full and extended tightly into a large X shape as the instructions recommend before inserting the poles. Once set up, it held up perfectly during the 5 hours we spent at the beach. The wind averaged around 9 mph, with some stronger gusts, and the shade stayed secure the entire time. We are considering buying the two additional poles because, while it worked well with just the two included poles, having the option for more space underneath would be a nice upgrade. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised. After reading so many negative reviews, I was prepared for this to be a disappointing purchase, but it has been well worth it so far, and we also love how much lighter it is compared to our old pop-up!

I would’ve given this product a five but I think it’s a little pricey. I think for the price they could include a few more things. One they could include a small shovel to get rid of this cheesy side cooler bag you couldn’t fit anything in there anyways except maybe two cans of beer or a bottle of wine and nobody would want to put it in that anyway cause usually people have their coolers so it’s really useless. Include two more poles and some stakes in case people want to use it for their backyard. The product does work great you can do it being one person. It’s not gonna take you five minutes. It’s gonna take you A good solid 20 minutes, especially if it’s windy. You can use it in both configurations with the two poles and the size that I bought two poles will give you adequate room and shade for 2 to 4 people. If you do the four pole configuration you get a lot more room you could possibly fit, maybe eight people but that’s if some of them are kids. This size out of all three sizes is the very best. If you go with the small one, you really just wasting your Time. You’re not gonna be able to fit more than two people under it comfortably even if you squash up together and get comfortable and cozy you’re still not gonna have adequate sun protection. The big giant one people with big families would probably flaps too much with the win and it acts as a sale and is constantly knocking down or blowing up, and you can never truly achieve that taunt stretch . This size is absolutely perfect, you have adequate room for a good size family, you can achieve that taunt stretch, and it doesn’t act as a sun sale. I do think it’s pricey and if they added the two extra poles, a shovel and four steaks I would say it’s absolutely worth the price and I would’ve gave it a five.

A bit of background: I'm the senior engineer at a shade sail/ architectural fabric manufacturing company. When you google "architectural fabric" - that's the stuff I design every day. I was sick of bad umbrellas and those tacky department store canopies at the beach and this seems to be a decent solution. First off- this is the size you want. The smaller neso shelters are too small. The smaller size claims 2 or even 3 people but let's be real... two will fit if you don't extend your legs and only if the sun is directly overhead. This size (grande) works perfectly and should be the "standard" size. The grande is tall enough for me to stand under in almost all wind conditions (I'm 5'8" tall). I'd say you can comfortably fit 4 people an chairs under this shade. Maybe 6 people if you really like each other. The bigger size means if flaps a bit more in the wind, but with this style of sun shade you're pretty much always going to have flapping in wind (even with smaller shades). I've never had a problem with sandbags dragging or moving and the poles do a decent job of staying where they are supposed to. If you experiment with pole positioning this shade can withstand some decent wind. Here are some tips: -fill the bags with sand and position them with the fabric slightly stretching before installing the poles -always have the poles/high side facing into the wind -placing the poles closer the center of the high side will eliminate some flapping in higher wind. I usually place them right on the edge of the high side but about 1/4 of the way towards the center of that edge Now the cons: -coming from a commercial sewing and fabrication shop, I have to admit that the edge stitching is really awful. The seam is decently done though. -the reinforcements are pretty bad and could be designed in a way that distributes the tension more evenly. They used the wrong type of grommets and the wrong reinforcement material. Grommets will begin pulling out after the first use, although it does not render the shade unusable. I guess this is what happens when you get a mass produced consumer product at this price point. I would recommend that the manufacturer ditches the grommets and instead uses nylon webbing to form a loop, possibly sandwiched between two layers of curved reinforcing material. -the plastic feet on the poles are thin and will crack, but it probably isn't worth changing if it would add to the cost -the cooler pocket is gimmicky and unnecessary- get rid of it and improve the corners with the saved cost Over all a great design for beach shade! Get one before they run out again!

We try to spend as much time as possible when we get to go to the beach. Using the Neso Tent, we had great sun protection and a cool place to sit for over 6 hours, with more shade than three umbrellas combined for the Neso 1 Tent and more shade than 5 umbrellas with the Neso Grande (we ordered two tents for our large family) - with a lot less hassle to set up. Through use over two of the windiest days, the tent withstood strong gusts of wind while other umbrellas were flying down the beach. I wish I found this years ago!! I had people coming up to me asking where I got it all weekend. I would suggest ordering the Neso Grande as it is only a little more expensive and you get a lot more room. They come in lots of bright colors, so my kids always knew where to find our stuff and people meeting up with us could find us easily as well. Set Up - It only took a minute to set up and was easy enough for my kids to put together. The shelter and sandbags are made with quality materials that look like they will hold up over time. The corners of the tent are reinforced with heavier material so that they are stronger and will not tear, which I did not see on any of Neso competitors. The poles have foam balls at the ends that hold up the tent so that they do not tear through the material. After taking down the tent, the poles did not leave a mark in the material, even though it was pulled taut for hours. Usability - The tent comes with a dual-pocket carrying bag that is made with strong material with a strap to put over your shoulder. One pocket contains your tent connected to the sandbags, the other pocket contains the two poles. The entire tent breaks down to fit into a bag that is about the same size or smaller than a school bag and weighs less than 5 lbs. It is so much easier than an umbrella, I wish I found this years ago and stopped having to mess with angling the umbrella to get the most shade and chasing the umbrella when there is a gust of wind. Customer Service - I ordered two tents and they both arrived in two days. There are a bunch of videos on their site on how to set up your tent, how to reinforce the sandbags in high winds and how to angle the poles to withstand the highest of winds. Even with all that content on their site, I also received two emails asking how if I was happy with my purchase with instructions on how to get the most use out of my tent and if I had any questions - directing me to call the seller's company line. My family is really happy with our purchase and I would definitely recommend them to anyone who likes to spend time outdoors. Side note- while we use ours at the beach, I've had friends say they use it to go camping and instead of filling the bags with sand, they fill the bags with whatever they have available - clothes, rocks, wood etc.

Picture shows our tent collapsed for the incoming rain shower. Ok. Forget all other reviews. Read mine. Me and the family went on vacation to Florida. We thought this “tent” would be our best option. We couldn’t have been more right! Two Adults and two teens practically lived under this while we spent our week on the beach. It worked perfectly! I will share some tips and tricks we used while we were on the beach. 1. The whole setup takes literally 2 minutes to setup. It doesn’t have sandbags that you fill up. It has a piece of flat fabric that are able to be cinched into a sack. So you lay the fabric out, lay a bunch of sand on top of it, and then just cinch the sack up around the sand. It really takes like 10 seconds to do each bag. The awesome part is when you untie the bag and dump the sand out, you can shake the fabric and get all the sand off of it before packing it up. 2. Our stay at the beach was interrupted several times by little showers that came through the area. Instead of taking the Neso with us when we left we decided to leave it there on the beach. We took our chairs and collapsed them down and put them under the Neso keeping everything flat as possible. We took the poles down and stretched out the sandbags. The storms came through, our Neso stayed right there on the beach, and all we had to do was put the poles back up when we got back out to the beach. I will say this.... ITS NOT WATERPROOF! Don’t leave valuables under it thinking they will stay dry. You shouldn’t leave valuables on the beach anyway. 3. When it gets wet, it will sag a little. It drys out quick and gets back to its normal height. 4. Wind.... this is what most people on the beach were asking me about (Yes you will get asked questions when people see it. A guy next to us that watched us set it up was so impressed, he ordered one at that moment). It will stand up to average wind at any angle. It will stand out to a little above average wind if you don’t mind it hitting you in the head every once in a while. If the winds get rough, we found that you can take the poles down and put them up where the “opening” is facing the wind. This will allow it to stand up to higher winds. We did take it down one time due to multi direction winds coming through the beach and hotels. It can’t really take swirled winds. I highly recommend this product! It’s light weight and very portable. You won’t be disappointed! Ours did come with a loose thread on the seam of the tent. It’s not a big deal if yours comes like that. Snip the string and dab some clear fingernail polish on the loose seam. Done!

I used my NESO Grande on a beach in Florida over the weekend for the first time and these are my initial thought. 1) It takes a little trial and error to get the tension and sand weight right, the more sand the better it turns out and really bury the bags in the sand as deep as possible. 2) I got extra poles to make it more like a pop-up, but ended up just using 2 poles by the end of the day, which seemed better with the wind. 3) I thought the 9x9 wasn't going to be a big enough footprint, NO this thing is huge, especially seeing it set up next to conventional pop-ups. And 4) unfortunately this material is not waterproof, and not marketed ae such, But I would not even say its water repellant, which it is marketed as. We got some decent rain for about 45 minutes, and water went right through the tent in a spray, soaked everything and everyone. Not a deal breaker but for the price I was hoping for it to be somewhat water resistant so if you buy this expecting any kind of rain resistance you will be greatly disappointed. All in all, I love that its compact and pretty easy to set up.

Bought this tent for our frequent trips to Hilton Head Island and wanted something bigger, better and most importantly lighter than your average umbrella/canopy. Have had our share of umbrellas that require a mallet, steel pin drill or in some cases the screw type feature that augers into the sand and are a hassle to lug around and then set up. Have also seen our share of the big canopies that everyone buys for the beach. After a ton of research, I was down to this Neso Grande tent and another more simplistic solution that was more than double the cost but required at least 2 mph winds to keep the canopy up to provide cover. I worried about that other competitive product design due to the fact that every time we had gone to the beach the wind was very unpredictable and at least once throughout the day the wind direction would change which would require you to move that canopy to follow the wind to keep it standing. I found the Neso that was not as simplistic as that design but seemed like a much better solution in that once you set it up you didn't have to worry about anything other than following the shade as the sun moved across the sky. Looking deeper into the reviews on the Neso tent, I did have some reservations as I read some that brought up concerns with stability in higher winds and then also construction quality in the past years. Being an Engineer and looking closer at the design I was able to look past some of those critical reviews as the design seemed to address most of the issues by being forgiving and allowing some flexibility on the setup with the use of the bags as counterweights. I ended up purchasing the Neso to try it out and we are 110% satisfied with the purchase. After receiving and inspecting the product I can see that Neso addressed some of the early quality issues by redesigning the corner reinforcements to eliminate the hard corner that caused some of the tears in the fabric. The cording and fabric themselves seem to be in very good condition and of high-quality materials. After using this tent for a week now, I do have to say that all my reservations have been eliminated. The hardest part in setting the product up is in filling the counterweight bags with sand. One product improvement I would recommend for Neso would be to eliminate the cost of the thermal pocket on the carry bag and use that cost savings to add a shovel to the product pack out. (Recommendation for those of you investing in this product, stop at a beach store before heading to the sand and buy a small shovel for $5, don’t buy just a small 3-inch kids shovel and pail, buy the spade with a 6-inch head and short 2-foot handle). The secret to setting this tent up is not only fill the bags with as much sand as they can fit but to also dig an 8-inch-deep hole and throw the bag in the hole then cover it with additional sand. One day we did experience higher winds, at least 15 MPH, that were damaging other canopies and umbrellas that were later seen in the trash pile. Even the umbrellas that are set up by the beach patrol using their time tested equipment and techniques we not a match for the winds this day as a number of the umbrellas came out and started rolling down the beach endangering others. Throughout the week we had at least a couple dozen people stop by to ask about this unique tent after they noticed how easy it was to set up, how small the package was, how big it was or how it can withstand the wind gusts that caused havoc for the other structures. I highly recommend this product and now feel that I could be a sales person for Neso after answering so many questions. One additional comment, we did buy two additional poles from our local REI for $29 so we could use entire space under the canopy. I believe having the additional legs also improved the wind handling capabilities of the structure.

Super produit, hyper pratique, à la hauteur de mes espérances. On peut être 6 personnes à l'ombre sans problème, très facile à monter (même à une personne, même avec du vent), par contre ne pas hésiter à énormément charger les lestes de sable pour ne pas que ça bouge. Je recommande +++

Super makkelijk op te zetten en klein genoeg om in een tas mee te nemen

Acquistata per la mia vacanza al mare , avevo già una tenda da mare con aperture per la ventilazione ma con le giornate più calde dentro era impossibile starci , questa è perfetta perche essendo aperta la ventilazione è ottimale e l’ombra anche , facile da montare e resistente al vento, il materiale è di ottima fattura e gli ancoraggi laterali delle corde per tirarla sono resistenti . Consiglio questa tenda anche se il prezzo è abbastanza alto , però in questo caso il prezzo speso vale la pena

Es una sombra muy práctica y útil. Lo llevé 2 días a la playa y cabe muy bien en la maleta! Si estás dudando en comprar este producto, no lo dudes!: es portátil y ligero. El estuche tiene una bolsita con material tipo hielera en su interior muy útil para mantener productos frescos o sólo para almacenar artículos. el estuche tiene asa para cargarlo en la mano o en el hombro :) Fue muy divertido, fácil y rápido de armar. ¡Sin complicaciones!. Cubre muy bien del sol. Incluso nos llovió un poco y es totalmente impermeable. Al guardarse, no se le pega la arena, y el agua se escurre muy fácil. Todo un gran producto. Unos turistas me preguntaron por el nombre de la sombre y en dónde lo había comprado :) (Incluso me lo chulearon en la playa). A mis acompañantes también les gustó. Eramos 3 adultos debajo de esta sombra, con silla, hielera, manta y pasamos un excelente día en la playa. Se mantuvo de pie todo el tiempo que estuvimos en la playa. No hacia mucho viento, pero incluso con poco viento su forma singular proporciona más sombra de la esperada. Creo que funciona bien hasta para 4 tal vez 5 adultos. Inicialmente iba a adquirir el tamaño más grande "Neso Gigante", pero no iba a llegar a tiempo. Me alegra haber adquirido este tamaño "Neso Grande", porque proporcionó suficiente espacio de sombra para nosotros 3. Estoy muy contenta con este producto y recomiendo ampliamente Neso Tent (Grande)!.

Wir haben das Sonnensegel mit den Maßen 2,8x2,8 m gekauft, da ich mir unsicher war, ob das kleinere 2,1x2,1 m ausreichen würde. Für 2-3 Mann ist das die perfekte Größe, keiner liegt in der Sonne und man muss sich nicht zusammenquetschen. Die Qualität ist super und das Motiv sehr schön. Wir waren der Hingucker am Strand. Das Sonnensegel hält bei richtigem Aufbau auch problemlos starkem Wind stand, allerdings war der Aufbau etwas schwieriger als zunächst gedacht. Wichtig ist hierbei die Windrichtung zu beachten, ansonsten kann man auch 2 weitere Stangen zusätzlich verwenden, dann funktioniert es auch. Der Aufbau dauerte etwa 15 Minuten, der Abbau ging noch deutlich schneller. Außerdem sollte man die Stangen dann im Boden und oben mit einem Gummi fixieren, sonst fällt das Segel bei starken Wind zusammen. Hier wäre es vom Hersteller super gewesen, wenn er selbst so etwas mitgeliefert hätte. Man sollte bei starkem Wind aber die Säcke zusätzlich fixieren, zum Beispiel mit Steinen. Zudem nimmt das große Segel etwa 20 Quadratmeter Platz ein, man braucht also viel freie Fläche. Besonders gut ist außerdem, dass sich die Hitze unter dem Segel nicht so staut, wie beispielsweise bei einer Strandmuschel. Die mitgelieferte Tasche ist ebenfalls hochwertig und enthält zudem ein kleines Kühlfach, groß genug für ein paar Snacks und einen Kühlakku. Außerdem ist die Tasche so groß, dass das Segel einfach problemlos mit den Stangen reingelegt werden kann, ohne es vorher aufwendig Falten oder Zusammenrollen zu müssen. Definitiv besser als jeder Sonnenschirm oder Strandmuschel.