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EZ Up or similar are best as they set up quickly and will stand up to high winds should we have a storm. They have cross bracing for strength and cost about $60-$100.
If you can't afford an EZ Up, cheaper ones work, just make sure it is one where the fabric goes down the legs and not the cheap Walmart ones. They comes in several pieces and have no cross bracing and cost $20-$30.
Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Mar 15, 2008 9:59:16 GMT -5
We've always used EZ Ups/Quickshades. They're more durable than the cheap-o kinds. That said, the best structurally is a hexagon. There are several on the market. Here's one...
We've never had problems with our EZ Up in any kind of weather until Langerado. The gale-force winds flipped that sucker over onto our car in the middle of the night. It was staked and roped/weighted. One of the legs that stayed staked twisted.
We've never had sustained winds like that at Bonnaroo before, so you're probably safe with either an EZ Up or Quick Shade. I'm not worried about taking our second EZ Up there. Our next purchase, though, will be the hexagon.
I have an EZ-UP, but I left it up for a week one time at home, and the wind blew it against the fence and bent two of the legs. It still works, but it's a little saggy. They have some pretty stout frames.
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We have one of the 6-sided Wenzel screen room / gazebo units we have used at a few festivals and will likely replace it with a standard square/rectangular one soon.
Our 6-sided unit certain can withstand wind well. We had it very very well staked down and tied down at Langerado and it never budged an inch, but it is very inefficient for space. Most of them 5 or 6 sided ones are 12x12 or larger, so they really take up a lot of the camp space, but because they are sort of circular in design and have sloped walls all the way around, you get a lot less space inside to work with than you would with an ez-up or first-up.
Ours also has screen walls all the way around and only the T-style doors on the front and rear, so you can't really open it up. It's just too enclosed for our tastes.
I really prefer the design of the square/rectangular ones, where you get more usable space inside from them and where you can keep your campsite a little more open and inviting for guests. There is a really nice looking one at Cabelas, with full retractable screen mesh and storm walls and everything, looks like it could be really open and airy or be totally closed off in a storm, but it is wicked expensive: tinyurl.com/2wz82h
But I've heard voices not in the head Out in the air they called ahead Through ripped out speakers Through thick and thin They found a shelter Under my skin -Evgeny Aleksandrovitch Nikolaev
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As the weather warms up start looking around. I've found cheaper ones at Big Lot's and Krogers and last year I got a couple EZ Ups for $40 each (normally $100) at Tractor Supply.
The EZup is a good canopy, but mine did get bent from the wid at Langorado. Our sort of geodesic canopy was not as heavy duty but it's actually stood up to the wind very well once it was staked down better.
They have some pretty stout frames.
