

“I haven’t tried a product in a long time that I was so stoked on immediately,” said Carl Olsen, the recently retired surfboard shaper and owner of Two Crows Surfboards in Hawaii. That said, the weight is what makes the cart so sturdy and able to carry an impressive amount across long distances, without straining yourself or the cart. The metal frame weighs about 22 pounds, and for some people it can be a little unwieldy (even when folded up). A fair warning: The MacSports cart is heavy. That said, the plastic wheels aren’t great in very loose sand, and they have poor traction across cement-think of a kid’s plastic bike skidding around on a sidewalk.

The 3-inch plastic wheels are wide enough to displace and roll across most beaches and dirt trails. The MacSports All-Terrain Beach Wagon is that beach cart. The best beach carts should move well across most types of sand, be sturdy enough to carry a full cooler and other beach supplies, and ideally fold up so they can fit in the trunk of your car or bed of a pickup.
