Windbreaks - recommendations?

Our old striped cotton canvas windbreak has virtually come to the end of its life....so, any recommendations for make and type? I guess that like everything else it depends on how you want to use it and whether it is also a dog pen etc. However any information is welcome as there seems to be a huge theoretical choice nowadays  although I see many are in short supply at the moment.
Wooden pole, aluminium pole, steel pole or air beam?
Cotton canvas, plastic with windows or without?
Quick to pitch or many lines and pegs?
Or, not to bother at all?

SENTINEL wrote:Our old striped cotton canvas windbreak has virtually come to the end of its life....so, any recommendations for make and type? I guess that like everything else it depends on how you want to use it and whether it is also a dog pen etc. However any information is welcome as there seems to be a huge theoretical choice nowadays  although I see many are in short supply at the moment.
Wooden pole, aluminium pole, steel pole or air beam?
Cotton canvas, plastic with windows or without?
Quick to pitch or many lines and pegs?
Or, not to bother at all?

That's the model I prefer - but if you are an enthusiastic windbreak user I would go for aluminium poles and polypropylene canvas. (Would you really want windows in a windbreak!! )


A friend had one and liked it because it was lightweight, very easy to clean, and completely rot resistant so he could dry it out at his leisure.

SENTINEL wrote:Our old striped cotton canvas windbreak has virtually come to the end of its life....so, any recommendations for make and type? I guess that like everything else it depends on how you want to use it and whether it is also a dog pen etc. However any information is welcome as there seems to be a huge theoretical choice nowadays  although I see many are in short supply at the moment.
Wooden pole, aluminium pole, steel pole or air beam?
Cotton canvas, plastic with windows or without?
Quick to pitch or many lines and pegs?
Or, not to bother at all?

Minimalist says don't bother at all!!

Well, a definite no to "air beams", "windows" and "bulky packs" for us too, and tbh the old canvas one didn't get used very much in recent years, so, as our intention was to be as minimalist as possible I think that we probably won't bother at all! 
There is not a lot of storage room in our Symbol for extras, "in case" or "might be useful" things anyway! I vowed not to have stuff cluttering the floor when travelling & that then needed to be moved out of the way before we could use the space! 
It's interesting to see what other folk use or have decided upon after their own experiences though. 

I bought some poles from these guys about 5 years ago to replace the cheap rubbish poles that soon broke on a nice windbreak we had. They are still as good as the day they arrived.
They seem to have expanded a bit in the past 5 years so I can’t comment on quality now but I’d still be willing to buy from them.

https://cornishwindbreaks.co.uk/about/