With Spring and simmer soon to be rolling around, a large percentage of the population will be spending most of their free time in their gardens, enjoying the warmer weather. On the plus side, it means that this pop-up gazebo is highly portable and can be set up by just about anyone. The ABC Canopy 3×3 metres pop-up gazebo is probably the best of its kind that you’ll find for under 150 pounds, even pipping the excellent Master Canopy gazebo and All season Gazebo to our top spot by a whisker.

If you’re looking for something a little special that will stand out from your neighbour’s gazebos, and you don’t mind forking out a little more for it, the Alvantor screen house pop-up gazebo is sure to turn heads. While some people love the ease and convenience of a pop-up gazebo, others, including myself, have had bad experiences with flimsy and unstable products in the past. This canopy tent with sidewalls has a sturdy frame made from powder-coated steel, with thick square legs and cross truss bars.If, like me, you’ve ever had doubts about the durability and reliability of a pop-up gazebo, this offering from MasterCanopy will prove you wrong! Although one person could possibly put this gazebo up on their own, I would highly recommend having at least two or more people when initially assembling it.

Of course with the reduced cost you will have to expect a few things to be not quite up to the same standards as its more expensive competitors. Strong winds are also a common feature of our wonderful summers, but thankfully, you won’t have to worry about chasing this gazebo down the street every five minutes. So as you go through my site you'll watch me document some of the professional garden installs I make as well as the major projects I take on at home. If you don’t feel like taking your chances with the weather, and would rather take this pop-up gazebo down instead, you can do so even faster than putting up, and everything can be slotted into the large carry bag for easy storage. For mobility, this carry bag has been fitted with small wheels, and while they aren’t the biggest things in the world, I was happy for them when moving the 6ft long case across the garden and back to the shed.After you have everything set up and have staked the feet into the ground with the supplied metal pegs, you then need to connect the provided guy ropes to the gazebo. and 7ft, however you have to realise that the bars of the frame will sit lower than that, and at the highest setting I would guess that to be around 6. Over our years testing gazebos we've seen which gazebos will topple in a light breeze and which can stand up to wind speeds of more than 30mph.

It also aids ventilation should you decide to purchase the sides for this pop-up gazebo as an extra. However, personally, I always prefer metal to plastic for things like this, even if the plastic is really good quality like on this product. Available in ten different colours, the PU coated, 600D polyester material that is used for the canopy is not only thick and strong, but in addition, it is 50+Uv resistant, and will keep you dry in all but the heaviest showers.

Having said that, the earlier-mentioned ease and convenience that pop-up gazebo fans rave about were enough to tempt me to give them another chance, so I turned my attention to the MasterCanopy Durable EZ Pop-Up Gazebo. Canopy top is made of 500 Denier polyester PU coated fabric, which is water-resistant and can effectively reflect 99% harmful UV rays. Upgraded Fabric: The improved fabric is UV coated to reflect 99% of harmful sun rays and water-resistant.