Rio Brands Wonder Wheeler Wide Foldable Beach Cart, Blue

This is our 2nd Rio Beach cart and I have high hopes! Our first was purchased 10 years ago and while still in working order, it's taken a beating over the years and the time was right to replace it. I was so pleased with the longevity, convenience, and portability of the first cart, I was definitely looking to get the same again. The cart arrived packaged tight with some minor assembly required. It took all of 3 minutes to install the wheels and no tools are required so needless to say, initial setup was a breeze. They made a few changes to the updated cart which I will point out in this review. First are the wheels - previous versions were rubberized 2.5 inch wide wheels in the back which worked fine albeit a bit more difficult to pull through sand. These are now much wider hard plastic wheels which admittedly, I've yet to use but have seen them in use on beaches and it looks much easier to pull. The front wheels remain as before and pivot 360 degrees. This is very convenient when rolling through a hotel / boardwalk as the cart handles like a child's stroller. Folding and unfolding is a breeze with spring-loaded handles on the sides that simply click on knobs when open for a VERY secure tight fit. Once open you have storage on the bottom under the mesh lining as well as the mesh portion itself. We typically put our heavy beach bag/cooler under the mesh bag and any other bags etch in the mesh bag resting on the cooler/bags. Depending on what you are used to, this could be a pro or a con. The new cart comes with a tough removable 'beach bag' now that simply rests on grommets in the handle. This bad is that it takes up some space from the mesh compartment. For example, we used to be able to fit a 42" boogie board in the mesh compartment on an angle but that will no longer be the case. That being said, I really like the bag and it's multiple pockets. It can easily stay on the cart or be taken off and ultimately, I think I will like this feature more. The second addition is the side strap and pocket for umbrellas. Personally, we don't use this but it's definitely a nice addition. A shovel can easily be strapped in or any other similar shaped beach tool you are looking to bring. We have two very large beach chairs which include footrests and pillows and they easily fit on the end bar and carry very well when pulling on the beach. If you go often, I absolutely would recommend this cart!

We bought this 4 years ago for our summer beach trips and we are so incredibly happy with it! If it broke tomorrow, we'd buy a new one immediately. It's 2-3 of us at a time. It packs ALL of our beach things with room to spare. One year we were 3 adults and 2 kids...5 beach chairs plus toys and beach towels and a cooler bag with ice in it...it held it all. On a hard surface, you push it like a stroller. Once you get to sand, you turn it around and pull it behind you, tipped up on the larger wheels. Goes through loose, dry sand just as well as compacted wet sand. It's got a clip to hold the beach umbrella on the side of it. It folds up well. We still have the cooler bag for it but we don't use it. We have smaller cooler bags that work better for the 2 of us. I cannot stress it enough that this is the way to go. Yes, it's bigger than a wagon. We went the wagon route 1st and it was TERRIBLE! We had to walk half bent over to pull it cause the handles were so low, the wagons don't hold as much (thinking about the chairs in particular) and once you hit sand, you need 2 people to lift the wagon up and carry it because no matter what they say, those wagons don't run over sand. Buy this cart. It is a life changer for the beach trips. We are NEVER going back.

This cart is the second we have owned in four years since we moved to florida. The first one was exactly the same as this one but had smaller wheels. It was fine on solid ground but was was very hard to pull through the sand when fully loaded. The frame actually broke one day but we were able to repait it by drilling a hole and inserting a bolt. We opted to save it as a spare when the kids come to visit and buy a new one with bigger wheels. I would advise spending a little extra money and going for the bigger wheels if you are going to use this cart at the beach. We use it for all our snorkeling gear, fins, beach chairs, beach bags, med size cooler and an umbrella. The new cart seems a lot better in the sand with the bigger wheels but not as easy as I had hoped it would be. The wheels are very hard plastic and wobble on the hard pacement. I'm hoping they will last. I only have two complaints and one is that the bab keeps slipping off the grometts on one side. Number two is that we have two umbrellas and one of them doesn't fit into the umbrella holder at the bottom side of the cart. They should have made the holder larger,as I have noticed other people at the beach with the same problem. If their is room you can stick the umbrella upright in the cart. I am seeing more and more people at the beach with carts exactly like this one ( different brand) but in asking them the price we're disappointed to hear they paid considerably less than what we paid. Other than that whenever people ask us about this cart and I always recommend it.

First of all, this was very easy to put together. We just purchased this in December and used it for the 1st time in February while we were in Florida. And we used it almost every day in February. It folds up easily and didn’t take up too much room in the back of Ford Explorer with all of our other things we packed for our month’s stay in Florida. It pushes like a grocery cart but when in the deep sand it has to be pulled on the two big wheels. We see lots of people with wagons who have to pull the entire time. Plus the wagons don't hold as much as this cart. We always had an umbrella, two beach chairs, small cooler, bag with battery drill for umbrella, towels, and a beach bag and still had lots of room left. We really liked how it worked for us and highly recommend it!!!

The Rio Beach Wonder Wheeler Wide Beach Cart is a good cart to use for family trips to the beach. We used it for a week at the Jersey shore and found it nicely met the needs of our family of three. (Beach Umbrella, 4 low chairs, SLR in case, Soft Cooler, Baby Bag, Bag with towels, Plastic Beach Toys and Pocketbook) It carries a lot of stuff and pushes like one of those "old lady grocery carts" on the pavement. Once I hit the soft sand, I reversed it onto 2 wheels and pulled it. It's more difficult to pull in the sand than push on the pavement, but nothing unreasonable. I've provided a photo of me, my stuff and the cart on the product page. Pros: 1. 10 minute, "tool-less" assembly. 2. High capacity for beach gear. 3. Rolls on unpacked, soft sand. 4. Makes taking the family stuff to the beach a one person job. Cons: 1. I wish it had the inflatable gray wheels like previous models. I would highly recommend this cart. Update August 2015: Year 2 at Stone Harbor, New Jersey and our Rio Beach Wonder Wheeler continues to perform well. I have added a few beauty shots from this year.

This cart is by no means a heavy duty piece of equipment but it is adequate to carry a lot of stuff to and from the beach. Folds for easy transport, has a detachable bag, another large mess bag for smaller items and is designed to hang chairs on the front. Even includes an umbrella holder on the side. I bought this because I have two young kids and wanted an easier way to carry our stuff. I transported the following items 400 ft from the house to the beach in one trip daily: Large umbrella, tent, two soft coolers, diaper bag, 2 beach bags, portable stereo, kite, football, 2 regular and 1 kids beach chairs, towels, and a small raft. I might have forgotten something but you get the idea. It holds a lot of stuff and the large wheels make the trip over the sand much easier (pull it backwards behind you, won't push forward through sand), Although it's still a workout to pull it fully loaded, it's much easier than than having several people drag all this stuff and even worse, making 2 or more trips YOURSELF to set up your beach spot for the day. I was able to carry everything and let my wife hold the baby and tend to our 3 year old. I got several comments from other beach folks who were amazed I got our whole "beach camp" on that one cart. I question the construction, might fall apart after a couple of vacations. But it is light, so I guess thats the tradeoff. But if it lasts two seasons I'll be happy and gladly buy another one.

For anyone on the fence about how to get all your “stuff” from house to shore I can say this one seems to be getting it done 1 week in. My haul consists of 4 beach chairs, 2 umbrellas, 24 qt cooler, beach toy bag, and can cram towels and various other things in the tote. It holds a lot, I suspect this isn’t built to withstand years of abuse (but we will see ) but surprisingly it holds a lot and traverses the sand very well). Granted I have this thing loaded, frame is plastic and aluminum so if you are an avid beach goer probably not going to withstand but for the occasional visitor I think the value/price is right. Tip you actually want to have some weight near the big wheels to counterbalance weight of chairs when you are transporting, so load your cooler up.

Missing parts. Contacted company, and they said they would send the parts when I sent them photos of the item. I did so. Then I got an email stating I needed to send them pictures. I sent them again. No reply, no parts. If you like to buy useless, non-functional products at high prices, this is the company for you.

Es más débil de lo que se muestra en la fotografía. No carga lo que muestra al deslizarse en la arena

Bonne qualité, idéale pour la Plage et facile a ranger

All those years I struggled carrying big chairs, umbrellas, beer etc., what a fool I was! This is a great piece of kit, I'm sure if it is handled sensibly, kept clean and not over loaded it will last for many years. An excellent design and value.

This cart is awesome! The only reason I’m not giving it 5⭐️ Is because the fourth lawn chair kept falling off so we put it on top. Maybe our cooler was too big and that prevented the 4 chairs from Fitting. It folded small and the back wheels can come off with a cotter pin if you need the space.

Très pratique. On i met tout notre matériel de plage: 2 parasols. 3 gants de baseball. Une pelle un sceau. Set de Bocci très lourd...3 chaises de plages 2 pallet de plage. 2 encrage de plage 2 ballons 1 sac glacière assez lourd...sac de plage autres. Roues avant encore correct mais semble un peu fragile. Roues arrière super dans le sable ça roule bien. Le filet correct.