M5 Sun Shade Hardware Kit

I have several Sunbrella material sun shades that are essential providers of shade on my south facing deck. They are all custom ordered in my dimensions and shapes and held in place by stainless cable and the fittings from this kit. This kit is an assortment of parts that has what you need to secure connection points, clamp shades in place and tension them to remove slack.In big storms I sometimes have shades blow loose and lose parts so I always keep an extra box of these to refit my shades. If you live in an area that’s sometimes windy it’s inevitable.Stainless, no rust. Smooth operation. Stainless screws can easily strip out if you use an electric drill with a screwdriver so be gentle mounting brackets.

These items are perfect for the job! We ordered a 14x20' sun shade and this handles it well. They are very sturdy without being conspicuous. The turnbuckles are easy to use. I started with them wide open and adjusted them once they were hooked to the sun shade and the support.

nice package. the bracing hook brackets are sturdy enough for the sails, the mounting bracket could use heavier duty screws as I used #10 wood screws to mount to soffit and posts. a good deal, good product...

Works great and durable. Easy to install.

Excellent!!! I like the strength of the hook. I attached my shade sail and there is a way to change the length as needed.

Worked perfect on our sun shade sail. Now that being said if you need to save a little money this are all available at Lowe’s home improvement store for about half the cost. But these are sturdy, adjustable and seem to do the job.

I used stronger wood screws. But besides that it works perfect.

I used these turnbuckles to hold up a 12 x 16 foot shade sail. The hardware is smallish and light duty, but I decided to go with it and see how it does. Heavier duty hardware is easily available at Amazon, Home Depot and Lowes where you can see what you are getting without online photos...these are much smaller that I thought they would be but I don't have an extreme environment and will see how they hold up. They are easy to use, with hooks on the ends as you can see, so if severe weather threatens they can be easily slipped off to store the sail if desired. They allow about 3 inches of tightening/tensioning of the rope ( I used poly rope) so when installing the sail you want the turnbuckle opened to the maximum "separation" of the screw gap in the middle....the wider the gap the more you can tension the rope; as you turn the turnbuckle the screws get closer together, thus pulling the end hooks together and tightening the shade corners. When. installing the sail or whatever cover you are using, tie the rope to the 'D" clip on the sail corner or to a carabiner and slip it into the hook, then at the opposite corner pull the rope--as tight as you can--and attach the turnbuckle to it (for this one just slip the rope knot over the hook or use a carabiner). Remember always have the turnbuckle screws as wide apart as possible when you start. There will always be a bit of slack in the rope as the sail itself stretches so really pull it tight; maybe have a helper hold the tension while you slip the hook onto the loop or knot in the rope. Then turn the turnbuckle to add tension to the rope. These turnbuckles are very small and thin metal but they do hold; you may want or need to get heavier duty ones at Depot or Lowes. The kit comes with small carabiners; I chose to use them for the rope and if more tension is needed I can just slip them off and instantly have shorter (1 2/2-2") less distance to get even more tension on the rope. As time goes by re-tensioning will likely be needed at times which is typical.I'll see how this smallish hardware holds up over time; if I was starting over I'd order a heavier duty set with longer turnbuckles for more tensioning distance. Note that no matter what hardware, tensioning is difficult for single person to hold the rope, stretch it, and clip or slide into place without losing the maximum tension from the pull. I used much heavier duty eyebolts instead of the flimsy attachments that were in this kit...which were small metal plates with a loop, with 4 holes and very small screws and ridiculous plastic "wall anchors". Put that stuff away for indoor light duty projects. Better yet, look at the photos and get heavy duty big threaded eyebolts or hooks, and buy the turnbuckles separately to match the size of your sail and "over-engineer" it. Note in the photos the size of the eyebolt relative to the turnbuckle in this kit, and the second photo shows that I added a second (blue) turnbuckle, larger than the one in the kit (silver) to give me additional tension capability by removing the blue one if it starts to sag. Do your best to keep the sail under tension without sags.