{The winner of the Sport-Brella is Gina Loggins! She said, “Perfect! I have a 2month old and a 3 year old and we enjoy the outdoors daily. This would be a fatastic addition to help keep the baby girl shaded and allow the big girl some shade time in between playing in the sun.”
Congratulations! You’re going to love the Sport-Brella. Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE WEDNESDAY to claim your prize. Thanks!}
I love summer! Except when there’s no shade to sit in outside…fortunately, shade is portable with today’s giveaway!
THE PRIZE
SKLZ will be giving the Sport-Brella ($69.99) to one lucky reader!
MY REVIEW
As most of you know, we just had a new baby come to our house! For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to get my 2 year old outside to play and keep my newborn out of the sun at the same time. We live in a town home with a huge grassy common area, but no shade, and the Sport-Brella is just what I was looking for!
Here are some of my favorite things about the Sport-Brella:
- It folds up very compactly, fits in a carrying case, and is lightweight to carry
- It sets up in less than a minute
- It protects you from sun, wind, and rain (so not just for summer)
- It opens up to 7′ wide, big enough to fit the whole family
- It has zippered windows for ventilation
- It is super stable and can be set up in several different positions
We have already used this a ton – because it is so quick and easy to set up, we put it in the common area so baby and I are in the shade while my toddler plays. It’s so nice to be outside without getting too hot and sunburned. I can also carry it with me to our neighborhood park because it is so light. The Sport-Brella is going to keep us pasty white all summer long!
Besides being great for those days at the park, beach, or baseball games, the Sport-Brella would be a great item for a 72-hour kit or to keep with your camping/emergency preparedness gear. In a pinch, the Sport-Brella would provide more than adequate shelter from the elements and keep you and your family dry and protected.
If you have kids who like to be outside, the Sport-Brella is the perfect solution! Thanks, SKLZ!
GIVEAWAY RULES
- Visit SKLZ.com
- Make a comment telling me how you will use the Sport-Brella before midnight Thursday, June 4.
- A winner will be selected and announced at the top of this post on Friday.
- Only one comment per person unless you earn extra entries.
- Giveaway open only to residents of the continental United States…sorry.
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GOOD LUCK and THANKS, SKLZ!
I would use this at the beach. I hate baking in the sun but love going to the beach. Plus this would allow great sand building play for my toddler while being shaded.
This would be perfect for baseball games! I think I need this!!!
awesome, what wouldn’t i use it for?! it is perfect for keeping the babies under at the park, at the beach, in the backyard, while camping. first thing i would do is pack a picnic and a good quilt and head to a park…
It was great to discover this product & learn more on the SKLZ website. We’re heading to the beach in just a few weeks, and while we love the sea and the sand, we don’t love the sun and its effects as much, so having this at the beach would be _perfect_! Thanks :D
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I really need this. I’m having some skin cancers removed on my face. I stayed in the sun to much in my youth. I am now really paying for it. I keep my 2 and 4 year old GRAND daughters and still have to go out and play. This would be wonderful for me to use with my skin issues. Sign me up!
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We’re going to CA this summer to visit my side of the family and we have a two year old and 4 month old twins…this would work perfectly at the beach for us, or just in the hot CA sun!
I have a 5 year old and almost 8 month old. This would be perfect for outdoor playdates and days at our neighborhood pool. We tried a regular umbrella but it didn’t work! I really hope I win!!!
Oooh… this would be perfect for the trips we make to Lake Tahoe every summer!
this would be perfect for my husbands softball games! I also think it would be great to take on picnics too.
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I have three young children and I love this. I would use it in my backyard because I have no trees for shade and I would use it at the beach.
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I saw someone with this at a parade recently. How cool! I would definitely use this at softball games, the beach, and the park!
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I can imagine using it at the park and at the beach. It looks like a wonderful product!
This would be great for shading us during summer parades and outings!
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My son is fair skinned so this would be great to take to the beach with us this summer. I love how portable it is and that it’s big enough for all ages to use, unlike the baby cabana we have, which is small.
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I also have a two year old and a baby coming this August. This would be perfect for us!
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My baby is a fair-skinned-red head but my 3 year old cannot stay in the house! This would be perfect! Thank you for the giveaway!
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This looks and sounds like the perfect thing to take to baseball games!
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I will use it to have picnics with my children in the backyard.
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I would love this for my new fair-skinned-red-headed baby! This might be perfect for our trip to Hawaii.
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I would use this for my boys to relax in out in the front yard after all of the “hard work” they do in the yard for me! They love to relax in the shade. They saw this and LOVE it! They think sure we will win! Great giveaway! You always find the coolest things!!!
I would use this all the time!! My little one is a red head with fair skin, so I would love to have one of these for all of our outdoor activites…the lake, the mountains, the park, the yard…
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My husband and I love the outdoors, but we both have fair skin. The Sport-Brella would be great to keep us out of the sun!
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Perfect! I have a 2month old and a 3 year old and we enjoy the outdoors daily. This would be a fatastic addition to help keep the baby girl shaded and allow the big girl some shade time in between playing in the sun.
Ooh, I need some baby shade this summer! Beach…here we come! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Oh I love it!!! We live forty five minutes away from the beach and go all the time during the summer. We might go more often now that Dave is almost back from his deployment! This would be perfect!!
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Oh wow. That is a great umbrella. We would use it in our backyard, where we have no shade. We would use it at the beach, which we go to all the time. We would take it camping to the lake. Pick me!
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This would be perfect for my bf’s daughter soccer games this summer. Also, This would be great for camping, we love sunny spots, but sometimes it gets a little too sunny – this would be great to create a little shade!
I would use it the beach, we go a lot & sometimes the sun gets to be too much.
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Oh, I would love this…I am always dying in the sun, but I love being outide. I would use it in our yard all the time…and for gardening, and at the park…everywhere!
I’d use it on the beach this summer, and for picnics in the park!
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I would give this to my Mom, whom I KNOW would use it on the beach! She would LOVE it!!!
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We live in the hot desert, and sun protection is a must! We’d use it all summer long, at the pool, park, vacations, etc. Great giveaway!
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I would love that in my backyard, I have no trees, and would love to have some shade:)
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I would love this for those days when I get to go to a Football or a Baseball game! so fun!
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We will use it at soccer games, ALL SUMMER LONG! Thanks for the chance.
LOVE the Sport Brella – and SO need it!!! We have a new baby ourselves, #3, and many summer activities: t-ball, reunions, park days, etc. – all of which would be MUCH easier with this product! It’s big enough I wouldn’t need to move it around a million times during a game & also that we could all sit in the shade WITH all the EXTRA little ones that seem to join us!
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I would use this umbrella to put by my son’s baby pool. The son is so harsh here in Georgia. This would be a great way to make sure my son is protected.
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That looks awesome!!! We don’t have shade in our yard or at the parks we go to so I would really need this with a baby coming late summer! My older kids can play and I can keep the baby shaded! What a cool item!
We have so many outdoor adventures planned this summer, but this would be really great for our trip to Florida and the beach and our trip to South Dakota and Mt. Rushmore/hanging out around our cabin. I think it would be good to use as shade when we are at the parks around here, too.
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Wow- what can’t you use this for?? I have two boys in baseball and their sister will be joining them shortly. It is always hot at the beginning of fall ball and at the end of spring ball. This would be so nice to have at the park, and also able to use it when we are camping or are out at the park. What an amazing idea!
everywhere!! summer is about playing outside! I would use this anywhere we went. The park, the water park, the lake, camping, etc. I love your idea of having it in your 96-hour kit as a mock-shelter, if needed. I have been wanting to purchase an umbrella for a couple years, but never found anything i liked…this is great! thank you for a fabulous giveaway!
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I could really use this in my backyard. I am always outside with the grandkids and the sun really gets to me after awhile. This would really be helpful. The kids could come sit with me too. That would be really nice. Thank you!
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We spend a lot of time at soccer tournaments through out the summer. This would be perfect for those hot sunny days!
What an awesome invention. This is one of those “why didn’t I think of that” ideas. We would use ours at the beach this summer.
That thing is cool! Great idea. I’d use it watching my kids play sports. Congrats on the new baby!
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This would be great for my children while they play in their sandbox. There is minimal shade in the front yard so this would be very handy
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This would be great for when we go to the park
I would use this to provide some shade for the kids in our sunny backyard, so they could take a break from the sun every once in awhile.
I would love, love, love this. We spend so much time outside and I really more about my 2 little girls. Most of our time is spent gardening so this would be fabulous for the girls to sit under and play while we garden.
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With 1 outdoor loving boy and 9 month old, this would go everywhere with us!
I’d take my ‘brella to all my kids’ games and my husbands softball games. That way me and my little one won’t fry in the sun!
I would use this in our backyard (no trees :( — so that we can keep cool while watching our 2 boys play and keep our little girl cool too!
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This is one awesome umbrella. I would use it for games, outside concerts, and family gathering. Thanks so much for a chance.
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soccer is my family’s middle name. This would be great to keep the whole team shaded and out of the sun.
I would love this for my little sister’s soccer games! We’re always sitting out in the hot sun, but this would be wonderful, and so many of us could sit under it!!!
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I would use this all summer! At the beach, parades, picnics, games!
We would love this as the sun beats down in IL!
I’d use this on the beach of course. I can also take it to my nephew’s games when the season starts up again. This umbrella is SUPER cool
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We would get a lot of use from this great umbrella. From soccer games, to backyard fun, to picnics!
We live 20 minutes from the beach and I can’t wait to start taking our 7 month old but will be needing some shade so this would be perfect to win.
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I’d use this umbrella at the beach on a regular basis, and we’re going on houseboat trip this year. How great (and compact) would this be to take and use on shore when we’re not in the middle of the lake!!! Thanks for another great find.
I would use it for the many picnics my son & I go on down at the beach– it would also come in handy for our vacation at the ocean this summer!
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i would use the sport-brella lots of places. At the lake we go to frequently, sometimes there aren’t any places left to sit with shade, so this would be great. We would use it at the beach to keep the sun and wind out. I’d also use it at the parks we go to for picnics where there isn’t a shaded spot.
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Wow! What an awesome umbrella! It’d be perfect for my son and I to sit under while we watch Daddy play softball!
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Being in Florida-we would get lots of use at the beach or even at parks for picnics. Thanks!
This would be fabulous. I am a pregnant soccer mom and having one of these would be so fantastic for the hot Southern Utah sun!!!
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I would use this every day! The heat and I don’t get along, but my children love to go to the park. This would please us all!
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Oh man….I love this. I have a beach umbrella that I try to prop up in a variety of ways in my backyard so I have some shade while the kids are playing. It’s a hassle…. This would be such a great replacement!
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This is so cool! I would love to have one. Here in Arizona it is hard to get outside in the summertime because of the heat. Having one of these would make for some nice shade in the backyard!
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at the beach!!! we go with my husbans family twice a summer and there are 4 little ones- perfect to shield them from the sun!
Oh my gosh… I live in El Paso now… where the sun never stops shining.. This would be great for just hanging out on the grass… when the sun is just too hot to sit in… Ahhh… I can’t escape the heat here! What a fun thing to have!
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We will use this all summer long at the park and pool! It’ll be especially nice to shade our new baby!
I would use this for myself and my kids at the park and the pool so we don’t burn our pasty white skin.
We live in Dallas Texas, where the sunshine is really strong in summer. I’d love to use this when we go out for a picnic or simply when my boy plays in the park. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would use it everyday! It is so hot and my kids have fair skin, but love the outdoors. It looks perfect for soccer games too. Thanks.
I would use this umbrella for our soccer teams, I coach a boys team and a girls team. We play in the hot sun, and in the pouring rain. I can not haul around and put up those tents, along with dragging a bag full of soccer balls. This umbrella looks like the perfect solution to protecting my players from the elements and it looks very easy to carry and set up.
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2 children, 2 acres, both redheads, no trees……there isn’t enough sunscreen in the world to protect them, I would use this buy their blow-up pool to create shade :)
SKLZ Sport-Brella – I would use this umbrella to keep my two kids (4 and 2) out of the sun.