Freestanding Canopies

Three kinds of canopy are listed on this page, and the difference between them is how often you expect to move it. The Quik Shade pop-ups open on a folding steel frame in 6 x 6, 10 x 10, 11 x 11, 12 x 12, 10 x 17 and 10 x 20 ft, with straight legs for the most usable shade underneath or slant legs for a wider roof over a smaller footprint. The ShelterLogic canopies are frame-and-cover structures that stay where you build them, from a 10 ft Quick Clamp and the 10 x 10 ft MaxAP up through the 9 x 16 ft Monarc, the 12 x 20 to 18 x 40 ft SuperMax and the 30 x 30 to 30 x 50 ft UltraMax. The four Arrow metal canopies, 10 x 6 x 7 and 12 x 6 x 7 ft in charcoal or eggshell, have a steel roof instead of a fabric top: Arrow builds them to keep sun and rain off an ATV, a motorcycle, a bike, a scooter or a barbecue.

What arrives in the box is much the same across the fabric models - the frame, a one-piece cover and the anchoring. The Quik Shade pop-ups come with a roller or carry bag, stake anchors and guy lines, and a 10 x 10 ft one shades about 100 sq ft, which is a table and the people around it. The ShelterLogic frames come with foot plates, spike or stake anchors, bungee cords to tension the cover, and step-by-step instructions. Side walls are not part of any of these packages, so if you want to close a canopy in on one or more sides, count on that being a separate purchase. The Arrow metal canopies ship as roof panels, frame, anchors and hardware.

Anchoring is the part people skip and regret. In grass or soil the included stakes and spike anchors do the job; on a deck, a patio, gravel or asphalt they have nothing to bite into, so weight on the feet or fasteners made for that surface take their place. For the season: a fabric top is warm-weather shade, so take the cover off before the first heavy snow, dry it and fold it away rather than leaving a loaded roof out all winter - the steel-roof Arrow canopies are the ones built to stay up year round. Free shipping on most orders over $88*.

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Canopy FAQ

Pop-up or frame-and-cover: which canopy should I buy?

If it has to travel - a market stall, a campsite, a soccer sideline, a driveway party - choose a Quik Shade pop-up. The frame comes out of the bag already joined, opens in a few minutes and goes back in the bag the same way. If it is going to stand in one place for the season and cover more ground, choose a ShelterLogic frame-and-cover canopy: it is assembled once, anchored down, and comes in sizes a pop-up cannot reach, up to 30 x 50 ft. If what you really want is a small permanent roof over an ATV, a bike or the barbecue, look at the Arrow metal canopies, which have a steel roof and no fabric to replace.

Can a canopy stay up through the winter?

Not the fabric ones. A canopy top is warm-weather shade: snow loads it faster than you would expect, and a cover holding snow is holding water as soon as it thaws. Take the cover off before the first heavy snowfall, let it dry, fold it, and either leave the frame standing or pack the whole pop-up away. The exception on this page is the Arrow metal canopies, whose roof is steel panels bolted to the frame - those are made to stay outside all year, and it is still worth clearing snow off a wide roof rather than letting it build up.

How do I anchor a canopy so the wind does not take it?

Every canopy here comes with its own anchoring: stake anchors and guy lines on the Quik Shade pop-ups, foot plates with spike or stake anchors on the ShelterLogic frames, anchors and hardware on the Arrow metal canopies. Stakes only hold in grass or soil. On a deck, patio, gravel or asphalt you need weight on the feet or fasteners meant for that surface, and the guy lines matter as much as the stakes - run out at an angle from each corner, they are what stops a pop-up lifting. When a real blow is forecast, drop the canopy: no anchor beats taking the sail down.

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