In this era of per capita camping players, do you often like this, body is in the city, but the heart is in the wilderness ~
Outdoor camping needs a good and high level of appearance of the canopy, to add “beauty value” to your camping trip. The canopy acts as a mobile living room and a mobile shelter for you outdoors.
The canopy is translated as Tarp in English, which is an abbreviation of the word Tarpaulin. The canopy is essentially a piece of sun protection & tarpaulin that creates an open or semi-open space through the pull of poles and wind ropes.
Compared with tents, the canopy is open and ventilated, which not only expands the activity space, but also makes it easier to integrate into the natural environment.
Have you found that the basic functions of the canopy on the market are there, but the material and brand are dazzling, how much do you know about the canopy? How to choose the right canopy?
Divided from the structure, the canopy is composed of curtain, sky curtain pole, wind rope, ground nail, storage bag and so on.
How to choose the canopy?
For the choice of the canopy, to consider the personal use needs and self-aesthetic, it is recommended to choose from the size, shape, material, protective function, camping scene and other aspects.
01. size
When choosing the area of the canopy, the principle is “rather large than small”. The ideal area of the canopy is about 8-10 square meters. 9 square meters, suitable for a family of three; 12-16 square meters, suitable for 4-6 people; 18-20 square meters, suitable for about 8 people.
02. shape
The common shape of the canopy can be divided into four corners, hexagonal, octagonal, shaped.
“Four corners” is also commonly known as the square canopy, it’s easy to set up, and suitable for novice Xiaobai.
“Hexagonal/octagonal” is also known as the butterfly canopy, the octagonal shading area is wider, the wind resistance is strong, but it’s a little difficult to set up.
“Tailgate self-supporting canopy” is also known as anomalous canopy, like road trip can try tailgate self-supporting canopy, it is very convenient to set up, it is very good for self-driving camping. With it you can expand the space inside the car!
03. material
A high-quality canopy can help you resist UV rays and rain to the greatest extent, play a good sunscreen, waterproof effect.
Material type
“Polyester and cotton” advantages: mostly used for exquisite camping, high appearance level, strong heat resistance, good air permeability. Disadvantages: easy to wrinkle, the material is relatively heavy, does not shade the sun, and the humid environment is easy to mold.
“Polyester/polyester fiber” advantages: good air permeability, durable, not easy to deform. Disadvantages: easy pilling, low hygroscopicity.
“Oxford cloth” advantages: light texture, strong and durable, suitable for lightweight camping. Disadvantages: poor permeability, coating is easily damaged.
Canopy material sunscreen layer is very important, the market is more common is vinyl and silver coating, in the selection of the canopy need to check the UPF value, you can choose UPF50+ or so of the canopy, shading and UV resistance effect is better, let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages of different coatings.
“Vinyl” advantages: sunscreen, UV resistance, strong linear, strong heat absorption. Disadvantages: more heavy
“silver glue” Advantages: good sunscreen, UV protection, light. disadvantages: easy to transmit light, not long service life.
04. protective function
PU parameters are also waterproof parameters of silicon coating layer, generally choose about 3000+ is almost, although the canopy has a waterproof effect in rainy days, but it is not recommended to use the canopy when encountering wind and rain bad weather.
“Waterproof value PU”
PU2000+ (for light rain days)
PU3000+ (for medium rain days)
PU4000+ (for heavy rain days)
“Sun protection index” silver coating sunscreen moderate, more suitable for spring and autumn, vinyl sunscreen ability is stronger than silver coating, summer outdoor camping with vinyl material is better. The general vinyl material up to 300D can completely shield the sun, to achieve the ideal sunscreen effect.
05. camping scene
Park lawn camping
Park is a novice white often choose camping site, the environment is relatively safe, camping mainly consider the number of campers, choose size, as well as the weather. consider the corresponding sun and rain parameters.
Mountain grassland camping
Mountain camp has more shade and moisture, should first consider the waterproof and wind resistance of the canopy, it is recommended to choose a good material, in order to cope with the changing weather outdoors.
Beach camping
Beach camping should first consider the sun protection index of the canopy, the beach cover less, you can choose to cover the area of a larger butterfly or shaped canopy. It should be noted that the beach camping ground is basically sand, and special beach nails need to be used.
Different canopies have different methods to set up, but the basic construction only needs to follow the method of one support, two pull three fixed steps, simple white can also easily get started. Yinjiang Canvas Products Company is the privately owned technology company of Jiangsu Province and the company has cooperated with Institutes of Higher Education and established the technical center of protective equipment engineering of logistics tarpaulin which is devoted to the development, research and innovation of the equipment products of tarpaulin and canvas.
Post time: May-23-2024
