Korum Day Session Shelter II Review

For once the weekend weather forecast was sort of correct ! the predicted rain showers did happen, with the bonus of some sleet at times on the Sunday...dam it was cold...not even the thermals kept the chill out ! very exciting though, as I got to put my new purchase - the Korum Day Session Shelter II through it's paces.

So what do you get ?

The shelter got delivered in a brown rectangular cardboard box...Once you've ripped through all the packaging tape, you'll find the shelter all snugly wrapped up in a green Korum waterproof carry bag with handles positioned in the middle, and an end toggle to tie it up.

Inside the bag you have "The Day Session Shelter II", 2 x top adjustable tension bars, 1 x spiked adjustable rear tension bar (all in separate pole bag), 1 x bag of ground pegs, plus some instructions

First Impressions

Wow, The main thing that strikes you when first unpacking the shelter is the quality it exudes - the material used for the canvas looks very dense and robust, and not likely to suffer from you sticking your finger through it if you press to hard ! All the stitching was spot on, the webbing felt quality, and the connections of the poles to the fabric would easily see the shelter through numerous sessions of usage.  The poles and pegs came in a separate bag, made out of the same sort of material the shelter uses, with tie up ends - The pegs were "very" sharp, they came shipped with rubber protectors over the ends which I assume is to stop them piercing the canvas...

Putting up the Shelter

So now the real challenge ! putting the shelter up for the first time - now that I've been through the process once, I'm confident that I can have the whole shelter put up in around 3-5 minutes - putting together the poles takes around 10 seconds as it's just a matter of shaking the shelter to help the poles snap into place, the bit that takes the time is fitting the rear and side poles, and the pegging down the shelter - overall I'm really impressed how quick this thing is to put up ! there really is nothing to do apart from unpack and peg down...certainly won't be needing to use the instructions again

	Unpacked, the entire shelter is contained in a single unit, all the poles are pre-attached to the material, and just require snapping into place.
	The shelter comes with nine heavy duty pegs, with "very" sharp tips - no need for a hammer to put these bad boys in...
	The extra poles that a required to give the shelter strength - two short poles that make up the reinforcement for the roof, and one large spiked pole to hold up the rear of the shelter
	The poles have some heavy duty elastic joining them together - all that's required to assemble the poles is to snap them together to form a tight fit. In total there are 4 of these connectors - 2 on front, and 2 on rear.
	Once you have the two pole sections snapped together to form front and rear sections, just clip on the roof separator bars and tighten using the thumb butterfly screw.
	Installing the single vertical spike pole on the back of the shelter, and attaching a single peg to the rear webbing at the bottom of the spike to hold the shelter in place.
	Peg down all the remaining peg points...the two either side of the front use thick webbing, all the others are metal eyelets...there is also a webbing strap the goes across the front of the shelter to ensure you get the correct width - you can disconnect this to allow the shelter to be pegged wider to reduce it's height profile.
	And after a few minutes....Tada...One shelter all setup and packed full of stuff...certainly luxury accommodation for one person, with enough room for two chairs, with the tackle and bags in the back and around the sides - and the possibility that at a push you might get 3 chairs in, if all the occupants are on the skinny side

Dimensions

Stored in supplied Korum Bag

Setup with the Strap in place

Conclusion

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