I've camped in a 10x10 Kodiak beneath a shade cloth monkey hut for years. It's still an oven in the middle of the day. The shade cloth buys you maybe an extra hour or two in the morning. It also helps to strategically place the Kodiak next to a truck or trailer, for more hard shade. If you really n...

Not sure when I'll be setting it up next but for reference. I used 1/2" pvc. I superglued/E600'd the connector pieces on selected portions of the frame to secure one side, then drilled through the other connected side such that you can put a bolt through the top and a nut on bottom to keep them in ...