The day after I put this up we got a wind storm with 51mph gusts. The video shows how it hand it. There is one issue on one of the corner seams where it is pulling apart a little bit. Should be a fairly easy fix. The frame of this thing is definitely strong enough to handle wind and although the canopy material is very high quality, it has me a bit nervous because of how it only attaches around the edges and not to the roof support pieces like a pop up canaopy does. Granted, you really should take the top off if there is going to be wind like this but I wanted to test the limits so I knew when I actually needed to take the top off. I think that if there were tie downs on the inside of the canopy top like the pop up canopys have, it would help it handle the wind. Since it only has hooks around the edges, it kind of parachutes up causing a good bit of force on the hooks and corner seams. It looks beautiful though and I hope it makes it to tomorrow so we can enjoy it.
Wind Test! 51mph Wind Gusts
The day after I put this up we got a wind storm with 51mph gusts. The video shows how it hand it. There is one issue on one of the corner seams where it is pulling apart a little bit. Should be a fairly easy fix. The frame of this thing is definitely strong enough to handle wind and although the canopy material is very high quality, it has me a bit nervous because of how it only attaches around the edges and not to the roof support pieces like a pop up canaopy does. Granted, you really should take the top off if there is going to be wind like this but I wanted to test the limits so I knew when I actually needed to take the top off. I think that if there were tie downs on the inside of the canopy top like the pop up canopys have, it would help it handle the wind. Since it only has hooks around the edges, it kind of parachutes up causing a good bit of force on the hooks and corner seams. It looks beautiful though and I hope it makes it to tomorrow so we can enjoy it.