The most popular product in their line is the 10×10 Instant Slant Leg Tent with a blue canopy top. With seven colorways, it’s easy to match it to your favorite team’s colors. Placed over a picnic table or on dry stable ground for kicking back, REI’s Screen House Shelter offers plenty of ventilation with coverage from the elements. The polyester canopy roof keeps the rays off, while mesh panels (doors and walls) keep pesky insects away. I decided to get this one for a light hike I was going to be doing while camping.
A canopy tent is a portable canopy shelter that provides added weather protection for everything from outdoor markets and outdoor weddings to tournaments and camping trips. Consisting of a frame and covering, these tents are made for portable weather protection. The canopy fabric is made of a lightweight denier polyester, offering water resistant features and 50+ UPF, which we love. Being protected from the suns harmful UVB rays is probably why you wanted a canopy tent in the first place, and this Ozark Trail tent meets all criteria in this department. The one complaint we have is that there is no vents in the fabric at the peak to release the build up of hot air under the canopy. The legs are locked into place with old school metal push button locks, something you won’t see on many modern pop up tents now-a-days.
These include sidewalls, weight bags, and a host of other great add-ons that can really increase the use and versatility of the canopy tent. Perhaps our two favorites are camping tent additions that connect to the frame of the shelter and leverage the stability of the 10×10 frame to support a camping tent structure. The ozark trail chair very well might be one of the best selling 10×10 tent brands of all time.
One could, in theory, purchase a new Ozark canopy every year (which they might need to!) and still come out ahead over the years vs. purchasing a more expensive alternative. A wheeled bag is the best for easy transport and compact storage when not in use. It’s worth highlighting that despite the advertised dimensions of the 10×10 Ozark Trail, because this is a slant leg shelter the top only measures 8×8. Although we always recommend using anchors such as weighted sand bag or stakes with guy lines attached to the top corners. This 10’FT x 10’FT canopy tent has a sturdy steel construction and is made with polyester materials so it’s durable and easy to maintain.
These push locks get very difficult to use over time, especially if the tent is used on the beach and exposed to sand and saltwater, causing rust build up. With the push buttons you need to worry about pinching fingers or not being able to release the button ozark trail chair when it gets rusted, which is never a pleasant experience. The legs extend to give the top peak a height of about 8’10” which will be plenty of headroom for anyone underneath. With the guy lines and stakes, the steel frame can handle wind gusts of 35 mph.