Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.
Reviewed's mission is to help you buy the best stuff and get the most out of what you already own. Our team of product experts thoroughly vet every product we recommend to help you cut through the clutter and find what you need.
This tent has enough space to fit a family of four and provides a strong sun-shielding element to keep parents and kids safe. Read More
This Tommy Bahama five-position chair is as functional as it is fun. Read More
The portable Sonos Roam is multiple speakers in one, offering great sound, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection, smart assistant support, and much more. Read More
This soft cooler from Arctic Zone comes in lots of different colors, but has some really great functional features as well. Read More
Wide wheels make this all-terrain beach cart easy to get across the sand at the beach, and the 100-pound weight capacity means there’s plenty of room. Read More
Planning a day at the beach can be fun, but it’s hard to leave the house without feeling like you might’ve forgotten something: Do we have enough towels? Did we pack the sunscreen? Where are your sunglasses? Another question is what’s really worth lugging back and forth across hot sand. You want to bring the essentials, but you also want to make sure you aren’t adding extra weight that might not be necessary. While there are plenty of items people swear by, we researched thousands of reviews to come up with the absolute best beach accessories for your day on the shore. If you’re looking for more specific items, be sure to check our picks for the best water shoes, the best beach towels, or the best beach bags for all of your summer needs.
The recommendations in this guide are based on thorough product and market research by our team of expert product reviewers. The picks are based on examining user reviews, product specifications, and, in some limited cases, our experience with the specific products named.
With five colors to choose from, the WhiteFang Deluxe XL Pop Up Beach Tent is a fun tent that’d big enough to fit two kids and two adults comfortably. This tent quickly pops open for easy setup, and even those who are instruction-adverse have no issues there. Included with the tent are five attached sandbags, six steel stakes and six sand stakes, and tie-down strings to provide great stability. Lightweight and easy to fold, this beach tent includes a transport bag for carrying to and from the beach and even easier storage when not in use. Made of 210t sun-proof material, plus a special embedded silver-coated material to provide UPF 50 protection, this beach tent has three roll-up openings to maintain airflow on hot days. This tent even has velcro straps to grant quick privacy for breastfeeding or changing.
Functional as well as brightly colored, the Tommy Bahama five-position beach chair weighs just 7.5 pounds, so you aren’t adding a heavy item to your list of things you’re lugging to the beach. Despite being lightweight, this beach chair can hold up to 250 pounds and has plenty of great features that make other beach chairs look like dollar store dupes. Included in the list of features are a built-in towel bar, insulated cup holder, large storage pouch, built-in bottle opener, and a zippered accessory pouch for your phone or beach reads. Made of durable polyester that dries quickly, rust-resistant aluminum and comfortable wooden armrests that won’t heat up too much in the sun, this beach chair is fit for a king (or queen) and is sure to make your beach days even better with its included pillow for the ultimate midday nap. While this chair doesn’t come with a storage bag, it does have shoulder straps, which make it easy to carry to and from the shore.
May be too low for some people
Named a best overall pick by our team of expert testers, the Sonos Roam is straight-up the most versatile Bluetooth speaker you can get. With the ability to connect over Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth, the Sonos Roam can double as a smart speaker for Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, and can even connect to other Sonos speakers in a multi-room setup for at-home use. This speaker delivers amazing sound quality—more than you’d expect from the six-inch body. The Roam also has True Volume, a feature that helps the speaker to adjust the sound to its environment for the best possible listening experience. At just six inches, it fits perfectly in your backpack’s water-bottle holster, and it includes IP67 dust and water resistance to keep dust out. Maybe the coolest feature of the Sonos Roam is its ability to sit in up to three feet of water for 30 minutes, should any poolside accidents happen. While the cost is a bit higher than some other speakers, we think it’s well worth the price, and our testers were able to walk nearly an entire practice field before it started to cut out.
Great at home or abroad
This soft cooler from Arctic Zone comes in lots of different colors, but has some really great functional features as well. With a 30-can capacity, this cooler includes a smart shelf, a bottle opener, and zipperless open for easy access. During testing this cooler stayed cold for two days and 12 hours, due in part to the removable hard plastic body liner and insulated pockets. We like the thoughtful smart shelf, which is super handy for things that are easily squished (or that you don’t want sitting in whatever melted ice may accumulate). And while there isn’t a zippered closure, the velcro strap makes it easy to access food and drinks in a jif. Worn on the shoulder with a thick, padded strap or carried with the two heavy duty handles, this soft cooler is as cool as it gets when you’re looking to pack light.
Shelf to separate food from ice
Wide wheels make this all-terrain beach cart easy to get across the sand at the beach, and the 100-pound weight capacity means there’s plenty of room for all of your beach essentials. Foldable and compact, this beach cart is surprisingly light, but durable, and the handle includes a neoprene grip for comfort. It comes with a removable tote bag for easy cleaning, an umbrella holder, and a bottom rack for wet or heavy items. Reviews mention that sand is easily shaken off of the cart when you arrive back at your car. Assembly is easy, but one qualm is that the wheels might not hold up well over time. Despite the wheel issue, customer service is said to be great, so we wouldn’t let that deter you from investing in this helpful piece of beach equipment.
Wheels might not hold up over time
Ceara Perez-Murphy is a staff writer at Reviewed.
Our team is here for one purpose: to help you buy the best stuff and love what you own. Our writers, editors, and lab technicians obsess over the products we cover to make sure you're confident and satisfied. Have a different opinion about something we recommend? Email us and we'll compare notes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. The Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
©2022 Reviewed, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network LLC. All rights reserved. Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. The Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.