Waterproof. Not ‘shower resistant’.
A PU-coated polyester Oxford skin rated to a 600mm water column. Most sails are breathable HDPE mesh: fine in Spain, useless the minute it rains here.
Solvana™
Stop Dragging the Table Indoors. The Waterproof Shade Sail That Sheds a British Shower Instead of Pooling It. 95% of the UV Blocked, Every Rope and Fixing in the Box.
$70.00
Sale price
$70.00
Regular price
600mm Waterproof PU. Not ‘Shower Resistant’.
Waterproof PU skin, not mesh that leaksRopes, D-rings and fixings: all in the box95% of the UV stopped overheadHangs at 30-45° so rain runs off
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The Larkstead Stay-Dry GuaranteeHang it, tension it, sit under it through a proper British week of sun and showers. If it is not right for your garden, send it back within 30 days for a full refund. Covered by a 2-year guarantee after that.
★★★★★Verified Customer
“It rained on the Sunday and we just stayed out there. Water ran straight off the low corner. My old one would have been a paddling pool by then.”
James P. · Verified Customer
600mm waterproof PU coatingBlocks 95% of UV3 × 3m square sailEvery rope & fixing included5mm 304 stainless D-rings30-day returns2-year guarantee
Life under Solvana
Your garden, usable again. For good.
You paid for the patio. You should get more than six good days a year out of it.
Sit out when it is blazing
95% of the UV stopped overhead, so the patio stops being a heat trap and the kids stop going pink by 2pm.
Stay out when it drizzles
A PU-coated skin rated to a 600mm water column sheds a British shower instead of dripping it onto the table. Lunch carries on.
Up before lunch, not next weekend
Four corners, four ropes, every fixing already in the box. No second trip to the hardware shop, no half-built sail left over the weekend.
Still taut next summer
Double-stitched reinforced edges and 5mm stainless D-rings, hung at the angle we give you, so it sheds water instead of sagging, pooling and splitting.
Everything you want from a shade sail, nothing you don't
Built for British weather
95% of the UV, stopped overhead
Dense, proper shade you can sit under all afternoon, not the dappled half-light that comes through a knitted mesh sail.
Edges and rings that do not let go
Double-layer reinforced, double-stitched edges and four 5mm 304 stainless D-rings at the corners: the exact two places a cheap sail fails first.
Every rope and fixing. In the box.
Four 1.5m tensioning ropes and the full fixing set are included. No “hardware not included” buried in the small print, no second order, no weekend lost waiting on a delivery.
“Will it just sag and fill with water like my last one?”
Fair question. It is the number one way a shade sail dies, and it is almost never the fabric’s fault. Here is the honest answer.
Pooling is an angle problem. So we give you the angle.
Hang it with a 30-45° slope between the high corners and the low ones and water runs off the low side instead of collecting in the middle. Flat sails pool. Sloped sails shed. The guide in the box shows you exactly this, in degrees.
A skin that repels, tensioned tight
The 600mm PU coating stops rain getting through, and pulling the sail taut stops the belly forming that holds water in the first place. Both matter. We are upfront: this is a tensioned fabric sail, not a rigid roof.
The corners are the failure point. So they are the strong point.
Double-layer reinforced edges and four 5mm 304 stainless D-rings spread the load exactly where budget sails tear away from their own stitching.
Still unsure?
Put it up for a season of real British weather. If it is not right for your garden, send it back within 30 days for a full refund, and it stays covered by the 2-year Larkstead guarantee.
The honest maths
What usable garden shade actually costs
Same goal: shade over your patio that survives a shower. Three very different bills.
Option 1
A fitted awning
£1,000–£3,000+ installedRigid, retractable, permanent, and priced like a small extension. The right call if you genuinely want a roof. A very big bill for shade over a table and four chairs.
Option 2
A £15 mesh sail
“Cheap”, until it rainsBreathable HDPE that lets water straight through, thin single-stitched edges that tear at the corner, and “hardware not included” in the small print. The cheap one is the one you buy twice.
Option 3
Solvana
$70.00 todayPU-coated and rated to a 600mm water column, 95% of the UV blocked, every rope and fixing in the box, and an angle in the guide so it sheds instead of pools. 30 days to send it back, 2 years of guarantee behind it.
30-day returns · 2-year guarantee · Free UK shippingCompare before you buy
Why Solvana is different
Solvana
Cheap mesh sails (£15–30)
Waterproof PU coating (600mm)
✓
×breathable mesh, rain runs through
Blocks 95% of UV overhead
✓
×thin knit, dappled light
Double-layer reinforced edges
✓
×single-stitched, tears at the corner
5mm 304 stainless D-rings
✓
×thin rings that bend or rust
4 ropes + every fixing included
✓
בhardware not included’
Ships from the UK in 24h
✓
×slow, unclear origin
30-day returns
✓
×returns at your cost
2-year guarantee
✓
×none worth claiming
Proven results
What 827 verified customers report
*Based on analysis of 827 verified reviews.
93%
Rate it 5 stars
and say they would buy Solvana again.
97%
Say it kept them dry
in real rain, not just in sunshine.
9/10
Would recommend it
to a friend planning shade over their own patio.
827 gardens got their summer back. Yours next.
4.8/5 based on 827 reviews
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✓ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
★★★★★
"Put it up over the decking on the Saturday. It absolutely hammered it down on the Sunday and we sat out there with a cuppa listening to it run off the corner. That was the moment I got it."
Rachel D.
✓ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
★★★★★
"My last one was a mesh thing off a marketplace. Lasted one summer, bagged in the middle, split at the corner. This is a completely different fabric, you can feel the coating. The ropes and rings being in the box saved me another trip."
Paul M.
✓ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
★★★★★
"The angle diagram is the bit nobody else tells you. I had my old sail almost flat, which is exactly why it pooled. Set this one with two corners high like the guide says and water just runs off. Same garden, same rain, completely different result."
Dan H.
✓ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
★★★★☆
"Ordered Monday, arrived Wednesday. Took two of us about an hour, and honestly the fiddly part was deciding where the corners went, not the sail. Four stars only because I had to buy a longer rope for one awkward corner. It has been taut ever since."
Steve R.
✓ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
★★★★★
"We were quoted £2,400 for an awning over a patio we use maybe twice a week. This does the job for a fraction of it. Shade when it is roasting, dry when it drizzles, and it comes down in a minute for winter."
Nicola F.
✓ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
★★★★★
"The kids used to last twenty minutes out there before going pink and going in. Now the paddling pool lives under it and they are out all afternoon. It is properly dense shade, not the dappled stuff you get through a net."
Hannah B.
Up in under an hour, even if DIY isn't your thing
No second trip to the hardware shop. No parts to order. Three steps from the bag to sitting under it.
Step 1
Pick your four fixing points: a wall plate, a fence post, a solid tree, a pergola corner. Set two corners high and two low. That difference is what sheds the water.
Step 2
Clip the included ropes to the 5mm stainless D-rings at each corner and run them out to your points. Every rope and fixing you need is already in the box.
Step 3
Pull each corner taut until the fabric stops rippling, keeping a 30-45° slope across the sail. Taut and sloped is the whole trick. That is the bit cheap sails never tell you.
What's in the box
Everything you need to hang it. Nothing you have to go out and buy.
- ✓1 × Solvana 3 × 3m waterproof shade sail, sand
- ✓4 × 1.5m tensioning ropes
- ✓4 × 5mm 304 stainless steel D-rings, sewn into the corners
- ✓Complete fixing set, ready to hang
- ✓Plain-English guide with the 30-45° angle diagram
No “hardware not included” hidden in the small print. No second order, no half-built sail waiting on a delivery. Open the bag on a Saturday morning and eat lunch under it.
Is Solvana the obvious choice for you?
For people tired of carrying the table back inside every time it clouds over.
Best for
- ✓You want shade over a patio, decking, hot tub or paddling pool
- ✓You want to stay outside through a shower, not just out of the sun
- ✓You have four solid fixing points: a wall, a post, a tree, a pergola
- ✓You would rather every rope and fixing arrived in the one box
Choose another option if
- !You need to cover a span wider than 3m (size up instead)
- !You want a rigid, permanent roof you can leave up all winter
- !You have nowhere solid to fix four separate corners
- !You are not willing to hang it on a slope (flat sails pool, every time)
If the first list sounds like you, Solvana is built for exactly that job. And you have 30 days to send it back if your garden disagrees.Buy Now →
Technical Specifications
Built for British summersSee full specifications
- Type
- Square waterproof sun shade sail, tensioned, sold as a complete hanging kit
- Fit
- 3 × 3m (9.84 × 9.84 ft) square; sand / beige
- Fabric
- PU-coated polyester Oxford, dyed and sewn; matte finish
- Waterproofing
- Rated to a 600mm water column; hang at a 30-45° slope so water sheds instead of pooling
- UV protection
- Blocks 95% of UV
- Edges
- Double-layer reinforced, double-stitched
- Hardware
- 4 × 5mm 304 stainless steel D-rings, one per corner
- Weight & packed size
- 0.6kg; folds to 30 × 25 × 3cm
- In the Box
- Sail · 4 ropes · 4 stainless D-rings · full fixing set · angle guide
- Warranty
- 2-year Larkstead guarantee
Try Solvana Risk-Free
Order today, hang it this weekend, and let a proper British week test it: blazing Saturday, drizzle by Tuesday. If it is not right for your garden, send it back any time within 30 days for a full refund. No questions, no hassle. Then two years of guarantee behind it.
Still deciding if Solvana fits your garden?
Is it actually waterproof, or just ‘shower resistant’?
The fabric is PU-coated polyester Oxford rated to a 600mm water column, so rain runs off it rather than through it. That is a published number, not a vague word. The honest caveat: it is a tensioned fabric sail, not a rigid roof, so hang it on a 30-45° slope and keep it taut. Do that and a British shower runs straight off the low corner.
Will it sag and fill with water?
Only if it is hung flat or loose, which is how nearly every “my sail pooled and split” story starts. Water needs somewhere to go: set two corners high and two low for a 30-45° slope, then tension each corner until the fabric stops rippling. The guide in the box shows the angle. Get that right and there is no belly for water to collect in.
Do I have to buy the fixings separately?
No. This is the thing that catches people out with other sails: four 1.5m ropes, four 5mm 304 stainless D-rings and the full fixing set are all in the box. Nothing to order, no second trip. You will need your own fixing points (a wall, post, tree or pergola) and a drill if you are mounting a plate to masonry.
How long does it take to put up?
Under an hour for most gardens if your fixing points already exist. The slow part is never the sail, it is deciding where the four corners go. Two people make tensioning easier. Take the extra ten minutes to get the slope right and it pays for itself all summer.
Can I leave it up all year?
We would rather be honest than oversell: no. Take it down for winter and in high winds. A tensioned sail is a sail, and a gale will find the weakest fixing point in your garden. It is 0.6kg and folds to the size of a laptop bag, so storing it takes a minute. Store it dry and it comes out fine next spring.
How is this different from a £15 sail on a marketplace?
Three things, and they are the three that fail. Most budget sails are breathable HDPE mesh, which lets rain straight through: ours is PU-coated and rated to 600mm. Budget edges are single-stitched and tear at the corner: ours are double-layer reinforced with 5mm 304 stainless D-rings. And budget listings say “hardware not included”: ours includes every rope and fixing. Same idea, three different outcomes in year two.
Why not just fit an awning?
If you want a rigid, permanent, retractable roof, an awning is genuinely the right answer, and it will cost you £1,000–£3,000+ fitted. Solvana does one job: shade over your seating that also sheds rain, up in an hour, down in a minute, for a fraction of that. Different job, very different bill.
How does shipping work?
Most orders are processed within 24 hours. Tracking is provided after dispatch.
What if it is not right for my garden?
30-day no-questions returns. Send it back for a full refund, no hassle. After that it is covered by the 2-year Larkstead guarantee, and a human answers.
Try Solvana Risk-Free
Hang it, tension it, and let a real British week test it. If it’s not right for your garden, send it back. We make it effortless. 827 verified customers already sit out in weather that used to send them in.
30-day money-backPut it up over your own patio. Not impressed? Return it for a full refund, no questions asked.
2-year guaranteeCovered against faults for two full years, backed by real human support whenever you need it.
Free shippingTracking provided after dispatch.
A waterproof sail, not a mesh that leaks