Outdoorer Helios beach shelter, UV 60, extremely light, small pack size

Great little sun shade. Lightweight and packs down to a small size so doesn't significantly add to the piles of stuff you need when visiting the beach. The pegs supplied are not helpful for dry sand but are fine on grass. The weight of our bags and other beach stuff inside the tent weighted it down sufficiently that it didn't behave like a big kite and blow away, it wasn't very windy though. Am not too sure how much sun protection the tent offers as saw no upf rating. You could still feel the heat of the sun through the tent and you therefore did get hot sat inside it. In terms of size, it was fine for 2 small children and an adult to gain relief from the sun on an otherwise unsheltered beach. Will look onto whether the fabric can be treated to improve its protection from the sun as have read is possible with tents in general. The small size and simple assembly made this product a winner on our holiday and fitted easily onto our luggage.

Bought for "round the world" sabbatical to protect my fiancee who suffers in the sun, limiting her beach time / happiness.I am a keen hiker who has gone through early 20s "festival tent / shelter" pain and now invests in good kit that isn't just disposable one use only - like most of the cheap shelters I looked at before finding thisI think the company is Swiss from looking at the website - the comms and despatch were top-quality and no issues (even if there had been I got the impression they would be quickly sorted out), and the shelter purchased is excellent and cracking engineering for the priceThe stitching looks bomb-proof, plastic tabs resist strong tensile (pulling) forces, poles no issues. Excellent size - deployed it fits me (6'2") and my fiancee (5'7"). Packed size is tiny (cylindrical) and ultra-light weight is incredible - will easily go in my backpack and be used repeatedly on many many beaches in South East Asia and beyond.Pay the cash and get something worthwhile that can be used again and again (we've used this already in a London Park over summer for picknicking).Definately our new favourite purchase - thanks all at outdoorer!

We use this all the time in the woods (packs up very small), at the beach or just in the garden. My husband, who is over six foot, does find the ceiling a bit low when he is sitting in but for me (5'6), it is fine. I only wish there was a small vent in it as it can get quite warm if in the sun.

Spent ages choosing something for the kids on the beach - landed on this which is very compact and easy to stash on the pram - takes just a couple of minutes to construct/deconstruct and you end up with a big sized space which you can all sit in for lunch. Used it in the garden quite a bit too - happy with choice.

Main reason was to get to finally fit in a 55cm cabin case, see photo!I used in UK today, very easy to setup and take down, only slight issue was not that big, I'm 6'2" and just about could sit on edge of it, but still did job and one kid either side was fine.

Arrived in good time and well packed. Extremely light and compact and very easy to put up. Bought it for a sun holiday for my three year old and my niece and nephew. They all fitted in with ease and loved being in it. What I didn't expect from it is that now back from holidays my son wants to put it up all the time to play in so not only did it do it's job perfectly it has also doubled as a play tent for my little one.

Not used yet, made it up in living room, and was pretty easy, light and well made. FIngers crossed it will be OK when we use it. We plan to use it for days out at airshows etc, mostly to protect from sun.

Excellent service as the item arrived in four days despite being shipped from Austria. Instructions in both English and German. This item comes with its own compact carry bag with loop handles so easy to carry onto the beach. Reasonably light and as already has been pointed out, will fit into cabin baggage for loco airlines if you do not wish to check-in luggage. Pleased with the quality of this product and looking forward to many years use from it.