Customer Reviews

Texsport Caribe Cabana

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We purchased this little cabana when we moved to North Carolina and started making day trips to the beach. The first time we went to the beach, it was really windy. It bent, but did not break. We didn't find it terribly difficult to set up, but we are campers. Eventually a little storm blew in - the beach emptied. We put all our things in the cabana and zipped it up so they wouldn't get wet. It felt good to know our cameras and things wouldn't get ruined. The storm blew over, and we kept playing.

When it was time to take it down, there was no way we were going to get it folded back up in that wind, so we just bundled it up, stuck it in the car, and when we got home, we dumped the extra sand out, folded it up, rolled it around the poles, and put it in it's little bag. We've used it twice more and still love it. We don't have beach chairs, but if you had them, you could easily fit two beach chairs inside with a cooler between them.

My wife was going to use this for some privacy while nursing our 6-month-old on the beach, but it was very hot inside when the front was zipped (with the side and back vents open) unless there was a very strong breeze. By the third day, she just decided to nurse with a cover over her instead of going inside this cabana. It was a pain to put together too. You need at least 2 people to do it. The fabric and stitching are not very strong either. There was a tear in one of the mesh screens when we got it too. This product was a big waste of money.