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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
The construction of these is good enough that I gave into temptation and used some old oil dry instead of breaking open a bag of sand (or two). I'm only getting about 17 pounds per bag, but coupled with the 5 pound discs I already had, that will give me 22 pounds per leg on our canopy, with the bonus of a couple of bags of used oil dry are 'gone' from my shop. 22 pounds per leg should be enough. If there's really strong winds from one direction (typical) I can double them up on that side. If that still doesn't work, I can fill them with sand (although I'll need to deal with the oil dry again).Their heavyweight fabric and lining made me confident to use this old material to fill them (It wasn't saturated with oil. In fact, there was still some dust with it, but it was used). Trying to fill a fabric bag like this is always a challenge, but with a mixture of using an old soup can and pouring from the bag when it got less full, I was able to fill all eight pouches with minimal spillage.Given the design (two pouches connected together) I can see other uses for these where a simple sandbag wouldn't stay put. These can straddle something where a normal sandbag can't. We've still got snow on the ground, so it will be a while until I get a change to test these out, but I'm confident they'll work.
Intrepid
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
This is a review of NVAAV brand Heavy-Duty zippered weight bags. They are joined together by a thick very heavy gauge nylon strap. That strap also serves as a carry handle which is a great idea. Forming sort of a saddle bag design like those that can straddle a horse or bike. Triangular in shape on each side so weight gravitates to both bottoms. Can wrap around the pole of an umbrella stand or legs of a canopy tent or across the top of an arched roof or other surface you want to protect to hold a separately purchased tarp in place. Can be filled with gravel, sand, rocks, or even dirt. Manufacturer says, even snow but I don't think that as a filler would be my first choice to do low density/mass and eventual melt.Constructed of 1680D or 1680 denier cloth, this is extremely rugged, higher end, luggage grade cloth. Better than most carry-on's which sometimes are often as low as 600D (avoid any that are 400D). For comparison, single 1680D duffle bags run upwards of $120. The "Oxford Cloth" typically refers to nylon or cotton cloth. Whichever it is here, it is PVC backed and designated water though not UV light proof. Has well-made, diagonal zipper access to quickly fill each twin bag with what is at hand or separately purchased.Looking at the NVAAV store, they have a number of innovative designs. Double handle ones and single strap ones. Was looking for this single strap design and glad a company made it. In summary, these are tear and abrasion resistant bags. First rate.
Dustin Floyd
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2025
We set up a 10x10 canopy tent at weekly farmers markets and seasonal festivals, and wind is almost always a thing we have to plan for. We can typically stake our tent into the ground, but we've run into a couple of situations where we set up on a street or parking lot, which makes things more complicated. We've been able to tie things down with guylines a few times, but weights are so much easier - so we sprung for these. They're better than I expected: durable, with good quality fabric and zippers, and easy to carry. The pouches give you a lot of flexibility in the material you want to use for your weight. We went with small rocks and broken bricks because that's what we've got, and it works great - but we could have just have easily used sand, gravel, bottles of water, or dirt. Because they don't directly clip onto tent legs like some weights, you need to wrap them pretty tightly to make sure they're effective. The upside is that these things are super flexible: they're great for a typical 10x10 canopy, but you can hang or wrap these things around almost anything. We'll probably keep them loaded up most of the time, but if we ever need to make them more portable, it's easy enough to unload the rock weight and fold them up into a flat pack. Overall a great solution!
Merriwether
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2025
I like to camp down on the Texas coast beaches but they're very windy and tent pegs don't hold at all in the sand. I picked up these bags because the store flat and then can be filled with sand at the beach. I then clip the shelter lines to them with carabiners. This gives my setup great resistance to the wind, removing worry of it being blown away.The bags are tough material and seem durable, though they're pretty simple in design. If used with a pop-up, you'll really need to wrap them tightly around the legs as thats the only way to attach them. $38 for the four of them seems a bit pricey, $28 would be an absolute 5-star deal. As it is, I'm only going to give them four stars.
Sunrunner97
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
These bags were easy to fill and easy to use. They have helped to keep my canopy in place.
Raffy Taffy
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
What’s the use of having 1680D material if you’re going to close it with one stitch?
Aaron Michael Montoya
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
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Claudia
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
Used straps and gravel and our heavy duty canopy did well in 25 mph winds with stronger gusts.
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