OLPro Pop Up Beach Hut

Suitable for shaded garden, wouldn't trust it on a beach.Straight out of the bag, I agree, it's not the easiest thing to 'pop up' and two people, makes the job a whole lot easier.Like others have stated, we thought that we had a faulty product, side and roof would not stay up. Email to the company and they sent videos on how to correct the issue..that in itself caused a few cursed words, they make it look very simple, its not, but sure it will get easier with time..which brings me onto the next point, time is probably something that we wont get with this product, the seams are already coming apart, only slightly, but cant see it lasting more than a few uses. Packing away..OMG its so easy, no seriously, one person under a minute..OK the first three attempts were indeed all cursing, kicking and doubting if God really does exist..then just by accident, I stumbled upon the solution..you see there are 'two' demonstration videos, both by OLPro showing two completely different techniques, its the second one where you grab the Hut from the middle of the roof that works, and the trick here, is once you fold it over and in on itself, you think that it wont go any further...an extra push, under and up, then the sides just fold in on themselves, amazing!Once erected, there is no support in the roof, and even the slightest breeze was causing it to fold in, this is after correcting the problem with twisted internal framework. The solution is to peg out the included guy ropes, but this is designed for use on a beach!, have you ever tried to 'peg out' on a beach!A simple solution would have been to included a 'lightweight' cross roof support, maybe in a newer design, this fault will be rectified.So there you have it, great big space for the children to have fun in, looks great with it's 'stained wood' design, just not sure it quite lives up to the companies initial design brief or claim.

Pops up in seconds ,spacious full height beach tent ,perfect until you try to put it away .video shows one man effortlessly folding it away ,this was definitely not the case ,it took 3 people and a lot of effort to get it back in the bag ,still not sure if it's folded correctly,just glad that we were in the garden when trying to put it away if we had been anywhere in public I'm certain someone would have taken great pleasure in videoing the whole performance and we would now be featuring on YouTube .

Look at my photos. The hut went up easy and quick, there were some twists in the frame but watching the videos I was able to untwist. Then the fun started when I tried to take it down, after an hour of watching the videos several times and wrangling with this thing to get it go down for it only spring back up and twist, everytime you get close the thing just pops back out again and twists so you have to set it back up to untwist it then start again, over and over again and again. Finally I gave up decided this wasn't for me but was left with this giant thing I couldn't fit into by bin. The only way I could get it into my bin was to cut out the metal frame with a stanley knife. After half an hour of hacking and slicing I managed to get the metal frame out so the canvas went in the bin. I then had to spend over an hour cutting the frame into small pieces to get them into the bin. Seriously do not buy this it is evil, not only did I lose my money but I had to suffer nearly two hours of torment trying to get this thing into my bin.If you ignore me and buy this thing anyway then I suggest you leave it in the bag then when you arrive at the beach, pop it up, use it for the day then leave it to blow away or whatever when you leave.

Bought this at a discount and a little glad I did. I looked at a few videos of this before buying and read the reviews. The 1 thing that is an issue is the packing away. In the videos I saw it looked pretty simple. However in reality you're gonna need patients. My wife started to laugh at me after about 5 minutes of watching me struggle. After 20 minutes she took pictures and shared them with her friends. After 40 minutes she wondered if I was ever going to get it down. Would have been fine if I hadn't have opened it up in our living room. Needless to say there is a knack and once mastered isn't so bad. You will need time to practice (like most tents). It is huge! I didn't realise just how big it is. Get a tape measure out and try the dimensions. Also, definitely easier with 2 people

Bought this to contain a messy play area at a toddler group. It works fine for the purpose and the kids love goignt o discover what's inside the tent. It is a bit tricky to put away and best done with two people. Definitely recommend watching a set up and set down video a few times before attempting it! It's doable and I can by myself if I need to to. However like a lot of pop up products, the wire at the base now seems to have developed a permanent kink which seems to get progressively worse the longer we have the tent packed away.

These are big and heavy so don't expect to cycle to the beach with one, that was my plan! I'll have to stick to the plastic garden umbrella. We plan to use it to cover a paddling pool in the garden.

all very well popping up, just try to close it when finished with. not the best colours either. returned to seller.

Its an okay size hut, however I have not been able to use much as the roof keeps on folding in so little disappointed it doesn't have any support in the roof