Kelty Sunshade - Large
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Keep the sun off throughout the day with the portable Sunshade shelter from Kelty. It's easy to move around, and offers variable height and width adjustment.
Shop similar products- Kelty Sunshade can be adjusted with poles positioned for increased headroom, or positioned with a lower profile for increased covered area
- Pole-sleeve construction makes setup fast and easy
- Peak height adjusts from 90 to 110 in.
- Comes with stuff sacks, stakes, guyline and Nite Ize® Figure 9™ guyline adjusters
Imported.
View all Kelty Shade Shelters| Best Use | Camping |
|---|---|
| Weight | 12 pounds |
| Packaged Weight | 13 pounds |
| Packed Size | 7 x 30 inches |
| Peak Height | 7 feet |
| Number of Poles | 3 |
| Pole Material | Fiberglass |
| Pole Diameter | 12.7 millimeters |
| Canopy Fabric | Coated polyester taffeta |
| Design Type | Freestanding |
| Seasons | 3-season |
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It was great till the cap fell off
I have used my Kelty SunShelter twice; the first time was to set it up in the back yard, the second was at the beach. When we got home from the beach I went to set it up in the yard to clean it up and noticed one of the poles had lost an end cap. The shelt is no long functional with out the end cap. I have sent 3 emails to Kelty and multiple phone calls. Twice Kelty reps have promised to send a replacement, but I have yet to receive anything. Knowing what I know now, I would only buy this item from REI because they have a 100% customer satisfation guarantee. It worked great as a sun shelter and would have been great cover for a camp kitchen.
Too hard to use.
The three cornered design is interesting but not terribly useful. It's very difficult to set up, taking two determined adults to get the poles in the grommets. It is versatile, being adjustable up or down to control exposure (for rain), but we found that it never quite covered everything. No matter how we adjusted it, something always stuck out. It needs to be staked down, as it will turn turtle in the wind. All this being said, the shelter is indestructible. We've used ours for about 10 years of camping trips and it's still perfectly usable. We've hauled it through mountains,deserts, and forests, and it still doesn't leak.
Kelty Sunshade - Large by Kelty
This was a dry run in my back yard by myself. Two person operation highly recommended. Neat product, but extremely difficult to erect with one person. Had to get a 5 foot ladder out to set the center on to get the proper bend started. I also could not believe how difficult it was to set the pole ends into the grommet. May be easier next time with a helper standing in the center. It took me 40 minutes to put this up and before I could get it staked it blew over upside down and scratched the material up pretty badly. It was a comedy of errors. Suggested improvements: adjustable grommet ends.
Can be very useful
Although it takes a bit of patience to set this up the first time. I can use it as a motorcycle garage at night when camping. Make sure you anchor it good as yes the wind and cart it off. I can adjust the legs in and out to make a front awning over the tent door. All in all it's versital and can even fit over a pik nik table easily. Saw a guy come into camp one night while it was raining. He set this up, unloaded his gear off his bike under it, took his wet cloths off, Set his tent up under it staying dry and then went to bed. After seeing that, I bought me one from REI. It does take a bit of strength to assemble the unit but it, but anchored correctly it can withstand alot of wind and provide needed shelter from the elements.
Just Okay
I concur with the other reviewers in that this shelter is really challenging to set up by yourself. Once it's set up, though, it provides a really nice shaded area. However , I wouldn't recommend this if your principal use will be at sporting events because the roof line is rather low and your view will be blocked. The material is very good and is sturdy once it's up (provided it's not too windy!) All in all, I don't use it as much as I thought I would (given the difficulty in setting it up) and probably wouldn't buy it again.
Not for my money
I purchased this knowing it had poor reviews but used something similar on a bike trip that was very helpful during the week for rain and sun protection. Must've been a different Kelty product, however; it took all of my 190 lbs. worth of strength to get the poles into the sleeves. I returned it immediately for that reason alone. Worse however, the shelter covers so much that you might as well just go in a tent. You can't possibly stand and see out and you have to do the limbo to get in and out of the thing. The slightest wind turned it into a lofty balloon. Poles are unbelievably heavy and yes, slightly challenging to get the last pole out if it becomes disassembled in the sleeve when tearing down. Even on sale this is a complete waste of money in my opinion.
Keeps the sun at bay
Our family purchased one of these a few years ago for use on our annual trip to Bear Lake near Garden City, UT. We wanted something that was easy to set up and would keep the sun off our heads while lounging by the lake. My wife and I can set up the Sunshade in about 5 minutes when working together. Setup is easy and once the poles are in place the Sunshade is light weight and easily positioned. One of our favorite things about the Sunshade is that the walls can be positioned to keep the sun off your back even when it is lower on the horizon. If you plan on going somewhere with where it gets windy, you may experience problems. We were able to use the Sunshade in winds up to about 25 mph. Even on a sandy beach the stakes held well. Above 25 mph the poles start to give way.
Lousy
This shade is expensive and not worth the money. I have had this shade for 4 years, but hardly ever use it. It is extremely difficulty to set up and even harder to tear down. The main problem is that the poles fit very tightly into the sleeves. Consequently, it is slow going threading the poles through the sleeves. Also, the poles do not fit together very snuggly so they frequently come apart in the sleeve (and are a pain to reconnect). Thus, the shade is even harder to tear down because when you pull the poles out of the sleeve they become detached and the cord gets stretched . Now that the cord is stretched, the poles come apart even easier than when it was new. Very frustrating! Even though the poles are beefy, mine bent out of shape on the first trip we took to the beach.
Looks cool - Very poor function
I used this for about 5 years mostly for the beach while sailing Hobies. It is too low to be used "stock". What you can do is buy some PVC pipe. Cut a large piece into 3 sections and use them as legs to hold the poles up higher. Works great and get it high enough to see out. BUT... this is not a cheap shelter, should you have to mod it just to make it usable? In the first year of use 2 of the poles fractured/split and I had to fix them. I guess I could have taken them back but I just don't have the time. In heavy wind the thing is like a kite and will fly very high. If you use stakes/rocks to hold it down the poles bend in hitting people under it. Final season the fabric gave out and it ripped where I was holding it down with stakes. I guess 5 seasons worth of sun had degraded the fabric. I think I will try the REI alcove shelter. Cheaper.
great shade
I bought this shade for a beach trip. It was much larger than I thought and covered quite a large space. We were able to enjoy an entire day at the beach while it provided protection from the sun. The only negatives were that there are no handles to carry the shade and that it took 3 of us to assemble it.