Skincom Solartent Premium

by Skincom

Product Features

• The only mobile, adjustable and highly effective sun protection product
• The solartent premium with sun-positioning-System is the only mobile, adjustable and highly effective
• Lightweight and easy to set up, take down and carry

Product Description

The light and mobile PREMIUM solar tent turns any place into the perfect shady spot. You can leave your PREMIUM in the same spot all day and adjust it easily to the position of the sun whenever you want by shifting the side and front shade drape accordingly with the patented Sun-Positioning-System (SPS). With protection factor 60 (UV standard 801).

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 22 x 5.3 x 5.3 inches ; 5.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000JKX3XW
• Item model number: 773609
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,565 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Beach Tent Around!, July 6, 2010

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YBA "Badazizi" (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Skincom Solartent Premium (Sports)

I bought this tent because I wanted to have something that I could take with me on trips. It was important to me that it be light and small enough to pack in a suitcase. This fit both those requirements. I used it at the beach. It was awesome for sun coverage for two, using beach chairs. The design is great because it allows you to still see all around, unlike some of the other beach tents. Also, its adjustable shade allows you to slowly slide the shade so that you get coverage as the sun makes its way across the sky. I've been thinking about getting a second one, so that I could 'camel-back' them together for an even larger shade area.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A laughing spectacle, July 26, 2010

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sakkie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skincom Solartent Premium (Sports)

This failure of a claimed swiss (student) engineering design is a disaster from setting up to withstanding the lightest breeze. Not easy to setup. Actually had to look at the manual several times before it made sense. The structure collapsed a dozen times on my kids even after trying to weigh it down with sand. The pegs are no use for the beach. It mentions about digging a hole in the sand to bury the posts. Buy this if you want to be laughing spectacle at your local beach.
I always wonder why the only 5* rating is so over the top biased.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good only in theory, December 25, 2010

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Kevin Illing "KPNJ" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skincom Solartent Premium (Sports)

We purchased this product for our yearly family trip to upstate new york. At the time of purchase there were no reviews, and I should have taken that as a sign but I decided to give it a shot instead, after all it was a reputable company and had won two awards. We mainly purchased this item because one of our family members in in a wheelchair and cannot step into most of the other solar tents on the market, we also have a toddler who we didn't want to get sun burned. It was stylish, compact, flat, easy to transfer to and the fact that you can rotate the shade to block the sun over the course of the day we thought was an awesome feature.

Reality:

We had previously set it up in our family room in under 10 minutes but didn't think that it would take us so long outside. The idea is great in theory, it worked fabulous in our family room where there was absolutely no wind and no sand to stake it into. My hubby and I sat under it and envisioned how trendy we would look laying out reading our kindle and drinking our adult lemonade* wink* Once we got to the "beach" (it was a manmade lake for heaven's sakes) and tried to set the tent up, we knew we were in trouble! It took 2 grown men and myself (26 yr old petite female) over 40 minutes to set this up, and even then two of the plastic discs that keep the stakes in the sand actually cracked. Putting sand in the little sand bags did nothing, and we got creative and placed anything we could find to try to keep this tent from flying away. It was such a spectacle to see, and after the initial embarrassment of attempting to set it up, we had to contend with physically holding the tent still when a slight breeze came along. What happened you might ask yourself, the answer is wind. This tent can't handle even the slightest wind, it sways back and forth at even the most minimal amount of wind.

Again we were in a man made lake with a light breeze. We are from NJ and if this tent couldn't handle the breeze in a manmade swimming hole there is no way it would survive in the NJ shore or any beach I've set foot on from here to Florida.

Amazon gladly issued us a refund and we were even more glad to see that piece of plastic gone. Overall please save yourself the hassle, yes it looks cool at first glance but you aren't going to look cool acting a fool trying keep the tent from flying away.