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Bravo Sports Quik Shade Weekender 81 12' X 12' Canopy | 
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| Brand: Variflex
Category: Sports
Buy New: $110.95 - $129.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 26281
ASIN: B0017YR03I
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| Features:
| • | One-piece, fully assembled, powder-coated frame; multiple height adjustments | | • | Frame-integrated hook and loop for quick top attachment; protective aluminum backing on the top blocks harmful UV light | | • | Features spring-loaded, pull-pin sliders and leg extenders; patent-pending smooth glide bearings offer quick operation | | • | Includes a wheeled carry bag for easy storage and transport | | • | Nylon feet provide added durability and stability |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Ideal for backyard barbecues, picnics in the park, tailgating events, and a slew of other outdoor activities, the Quik Shade Weekender 81 canopy features a fully-assembled powder-coated frame for easy setup and a polyester top and aluminum backing with 100% UV protection. The frame offers multiple height adjustments and uses smooth ball bearings for quick operation. The canopy includes a wheeled carry bag for easy storage and portability. Features: - Peak: 9 feet, 9 inches
- Base: 12 feet
- Vertical Clearance: 7 feet, 1 inch
- Weight: 46 pounds
- Pack Size: 56 inches
- All-steel ceiling construction
- Fully assembled, one-piece powder-coated frame
- Smooth-glide ball bearings
- Multiple height adjustments
- Spring-loaded pull-pin sliders and leg extenders
- Polyester top has an aluminum backing for cooler, darker shade
- 100% UV protection
- Frame-integrated hook-and-loop for Quik top attachment
- Includes a wheeled carry bag
- Nylon feet
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| Customer Reviews:
Quik Shade Shade Tech 12 x 12 canopy - it's OK September 23, 2008
Kaz (former military wife, moving around the US)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This product is what its name implies - and not much more. The 12 x 12 refers to the footprint - the legs don't go straight down from the canopy, they point outwards a bit... so the canopy itself is more like 10 x 10. That said it's still a 2 person operation to put up and take down. In a pinch you can do it with one person, but you might wind up damaging it - I wouldn't recommend it.
I found this on sale at Home Depot for about sixty or seventy bucks. For that price this was a good purchase. I bought it mainly for watching our daughter play soccer, but we'll also take it car camping with us.
Unfortunately, the instructions are fairly clear that this is for SHADE only - not for rain. Our last canopy was not of the 'easy-up' variety, but the canopy itself was more plastic-tarp-like, and therefore was fine in the rain as well as sun. It lasted nearly 10 years, but since it had to be assembled each time we used it, we maybe took it out 3 or 4 times a year and used it anywhere from a few hours to 2 weeks each time.
I've used my Quik Shade canopy a few times so far. It's nice because the legs have 2 settings - allowing you to drop one side (into the sun) and therefore maximize your shade making ability. This is especially important earlier and later in the day when the sun is not directly overhead. I'm toying with the idea of drilling yet another set of holes.
Ours has a bag with wheels, which is a blessing since the specs say it's something like 48 lbs. It doesn't feel that heavy but I wouldn't want to carry it a long distance. The bag has a double zipper, which I managed to break the first time I tried to close it. Probably my fault as I was trying to force it. Luckily it's a double zipper so I just use the other one and keep the broken one all the way to one side. No big deal.
The wheeled bag rolled well enough over dirt, grass, gravel and asphalt. There is a handle at the top of the bag as well as on the front, and using the one on the front is more stable, but I'm tall and it's hard to hold it down that far.
The canopy does go into the bag fairly easily. The instructions say you *can* leave the canopy in place while stored, but they recommend that you don't. DUH! It's not an easy-up canopy without that in place.
So, 3 stars because it does what it says it is - a shade canopy. I'd add a star or two if it also could be used in the rain, could be set up by one person, and if the bag was slightly higher quality. I don't think this will last 10 years like my last one, but it will be used more often.
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