The Qipi Beach Cabana is a center-pole canopy with a detachable side wall and UPF 50+ fabric. CNN Underscored named it its best beach tent, crediting a two-part setup of an auger-tipped pole and a folded canopy, and found its main drawback was portability: 57.5 inches long when packed and 10.4 pounds. Travel + Leisure and Real Simple also liked the setup and the extra wall, but both saw it blown or knocked over in strong gusts, so the testers disagree on how it handles wind.
- — Two-component setup, an auger-tipped pole plus the folded canopy, that CNN Underscored found quick to put up and break down
- — Detachable wall adds shade and privacy and can be moved as the sun shifts, per CNN Underscored
- — Packs to 57.5 inches long and weighs 10.4 pounds, the longest packed size in CNN Underscored's test
- — Blew over in 15 mph winds even with the sandbags filled in Travel + Leisure's test, and Real Simple saw it knocked over in strong gusts
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The Qipi Beach Cabana is a center-pole canopy with a detachable side wall and UPF 50+ fabric. CNN Underscored named it its best beach tent, crediting a two-part setup of an auger-tipped pole and a folded canopy, and found its main drawback was portability: 57.5 inches long when packed and 10.4 pounds. Travel + Leisure and Real Simple also liked the setup and the extra wall, but both saw it blown or knocked over in strong gusts, so the testers disagree on how it handles wind.
- — Two-component setup, an auger-tipped pole plus the folded canopy, that CNN Underscored found quick to put up and break down
- — Detachable wall adds shade and privacy and can be moved as the sun shifts, per CNN Underscored
- — Packs to 57.5 inches long and weighs 10.4 pounds, the longest packed size in CNN Underscored's test
- — Blew over in 15 mph winds even with the sandbags filled in Travel + Leisure's test, and Real Simple saw it knocked over in strong gusts
