NesoTents Gigante Beach Tent, 2.7 m(9ft) Tall, 3.3m(11ft) x 3.3m(11ft), Reinforced Corners and Cooler Pocket

Yes, looks very nice but really doesn't work as expected even with small breeze unless you prefer to spend your time around trying to hold the poles instead of having fun.Not worth the money. Bad purchase for me.

Difficult review, the concept is fantastic and given a scenario with slight breezes they are brilliant and ideal to give shade without feeling enclosed.Setting up can be tedious but worth getting right, lots of sand in each bag and we dug holes to drop the bags into then added more sand on top, this worked mostly perfectly, we also ensured the material was stretched fully.Now the negatives, both poles snapped or bent on the second windy day, they are ridiculously fragile for their intended use, they were installed as per instructions and braced into the wind but gusts literally started to bend them before finally snapping, useless design, Fuerteventura is windy but these weren't exactly gale force.Luckily we went to a DIY store and purchased two steel poles and stuck tennis balls on top which gave us a better solution that withstood the winds and saved our holiday! (photo)The material stitching was also unravelling after a few days.Outcome is perfect for beaches without wind or slightly windy, rubbish if you are going somewhere actually windy! I know a previous review suggested if it can't cope with wind you've set it up incorrectly, that's rubbish, this was set up exactly as suggested, it's just the poor quality of the telescopic poles, they aren't strong enough!

I had looked at a bunch of these and took a chance on this one as people had helpfully put up some videos or pics showing it working and seemed happy on the whole (so dig those out to see for yourself). I took other reviewers advice and bought 2 extra poles (so it had 4 to support it, 1 in each corner rather than just 2 at the front). Also followed the guidance to make sure the sand pockets are really heavily weighted and the material is taught before raising up. Tested it out on a windy beach. Was very easy to put up (not sure how people have found it difficult as there aren't many parts to it) Worked brilliantly. Maybe having the extra poles helped but it had no problem in the wind. We have only used it twice and you do worry how robust the material is because it is stretched so much and the poles do really poke into it. But has all worked well so far, allowing a group of us (5 people) to sit/lie comfortably in the shade. If this was half the price it would be a 5 star review. So if the money doesn't put you off then go for it.

Attempted to use twice.1st AttemptEven tho there was only a light breeze it was too much for the tent to stay up so had to take it down. Also noticed when emptying the bags that they didn’t like the sand and it looks like the material is starting to fray.2nd attempt.Almost zero wind. The tent stood up but didn’t look happy. The ropes attached are already showing signs of heavy use even tho it’s barely been used. Also we had some rain on the beach and the water just poured through after 2 mins. I don’t expect it will last the rest of summer.Overall. Don’t expect this to be effective on a UK beach. Really expensive product considering it’s flaws. Really disappointed having spent out £130 on it.

This tent is amazing, it really changed our summer holidays at the beach; however, the pole broke while standing and if you use stones as directed by the instructions, the sandbags break. Not sure if I was particularly unlucky but Amazon was great and refund me; I bought it again because it's great.I read also some reviews about strong wind: this is designed for string winds, this is exactly why I bought it in the first place. The trick is to set it up correctly, following the instructions and videos from Neso

Six stars for this excellent product. We bought the Gigante version together with two extra poles. The expectations have been definitely exceeded! Extremely easy to assemble and stable once in place. Not to mention that is even easier to disassemble and put it back into its backpack.It is advised to make a hole to bury each bag of sand. This makes the tent sturdier and even more beautiful.