RE: Quik Shade

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After much research and hunting, Holly and I finally decided to buy a Quik Shade Canopy from Walmart. We have set it up at least 2 or 3 times, because we are so happy with it! It only takes a couple of minutes too!
 
 We bought it at Walmart. The size we got was 10  x 10 , light green in color. With this particular model, we also got " curtains,"  which are really just decorative for the poles, rope lights that are " cut"  to fit in the ceiling of the canopy, and a carrying case. The total price for this package was 124.99 plus tax. We had seen several models at other stores (Home Depot, Lowe s, etc.), but they were MORE expensive and didn t have the lights and curtains!
 
 This seems to be a sturdy product, and we hope to use it for a long time!
 
 Marcy, (ForestCreature), thanks for the recommendation!
 
 Larry
 
 PS: I did spell it correctly in the subject, in case you do a " search"  at an online store.

[ForestCreature]

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Anytime![]  I think you ll be happy with it down the road.

[campingboaters]

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I have to agree with Brainpause on the value of a quik shade...  
 
 We used to have a 10x10 ez-up Dome canopy but it got " bent"  during a BIG rain storm last Labor Day at Big Timberlake resort in NJ. It worked well, and if we had gotten another one, we would just take it down when we were not going to be around to knock rain water off. It handled regular storms fine without us doing anything, just not torrential downpours overnight without us knocking the water off.
 
 I think the canopy we actually have is a Quik Shade 10x10 recreational. We got it from Sports Authority on sale for around $150 and I think we saw the same model at Home Depot for $150. http://www.thesportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=532014&cp=713364.712492&page=1&pageBucket=0&parentPage=family    It s much heavier than our old ez-up, but this one comes with a bag with wheels to help move it around. The actual canopy size is 10x10, unlike some canopies that say they are 10x10 -- that is the size of the extended legs and the canopy is more like 9x9. Our old canopy was like that.
 
 Anyway, our new canopy covers an 8-10 foot picnic table rather nicely. I wouldn t camp in the rain without it.
 

[ThunderRock]

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Quik Shade is the only canopy we ll have. Sorry to see one collapse on us during a heavy rainstorm (my fault []), but when I picked up an EZ-Up (on sale), I fought with it to assemble it, thus tearing the fabric. [:@]
 Had a hard time convincing the salesperson to refund my money on it, but IMMEDIATELY went out to purchase another Quik Shade. Won t be w/o it, anymore! []