7 Essential Tips to Secure Your Pop-Up Canopy in High Winds

9th January 2019

If you are heading to the beach in the sunshine, especially if you’re with kids, then a pop-up canopy or pop-up tent is one of the things that is great to take with you. It will protect you from getting too much sunshine as well as give you somewhere to shelter if there are showers. A pop-up canopy. is made with lightweight materials so that is easy to carry with you, but being light, they can be hard to secure on a windy day. So here are the essential tips to secure your pop-up canopy tent against high winds.

Every tent varies in design and comes with its own instructions on how to set it up. Always ensure the recommended options are followed to the latter.

Besides that, ensure that:

If you are looking for an easy solution to secure your pop-up canopy in high winds, then canopy or tent weights have you covered. The pop-up canopy can be assembled on any surface such as grass, gravel, pavement, stone patio or wooden deck and canopy weights will help you to increase its stability.

An open space can’t break the wind and that makes your tent prone to high and destructive winds. Instead of an open space, try to set your pop-up canopy under or close to a building, fence or a shelter. 

Even though anchors are mostly used to secure canopies and other shelters, they can secure a pop-up as well. Most pop-up canopy tents have anchors as part of the accessories and spike anchors can help stabilize your tent until you are done. If an anchor wasn’t included, you can purchase one from a store.

Remember that you can’t use an anchor on pavement or patio and anchors should be used on a flat surface. Always insert each anchor and use a mallet to drive it to the ground before working on another one. If not placed deep enough, they could slip out.

Most tents have the option of a cover or zip on the front awning. If you have either of these options, it’s advisable to use it when you notice the wind is picking up. Awnings help to break the wind from sweeping under your tent and lifting it to the air. They also prevent all of your belongings, as well as you from getting covered in sand or rain!

Unless your pop-up canopy tent is standing on concrete, ensure you use anti-sink plates. They can be made from a recycled piece of wood from an old table or anything similar. The purpose of using them is to save your poles from sinking into the ground. If you don’t want the poles to make marks on the ground, this will help too. Sometimes, if the earth is too soft and poles penetrate-in easily, the tent might be pushed to one side by the wind.

It is recommended to remove sidewalls when high winds are expected. That reduces wind pressure on the tent. The wind will pass under the pop-up canopy tent instead of hitting the poles.


Research has shown that the largest natural force against tents is wind. This moving air can be destructive at times, and so, to prevent losses, learn the tips above so that you can use your pop-up canopy with zero worries.

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