Ozark Trail 13 ft x 9 ft Screen House, Blue

Love this tent! The thing is huge and the screens kept all the mosquitoes out. We needed 6 more stakes though so that it would be overly stable during unfavorable weather. Survived 40 mph wind gusts at a festival, so I'm pretty happy with my purchase!

This is a great tent. Set-up isn't a breeze, but it's not hard. The first time I did it, it took me about twenty minutes (instructions are stitched into the carrying case). Once I knew what to do, it took me about five to ten minutes, depending on conditions. It's a lovely tent. It's actually pretty spacious inside; it could go over a picnic table with room to spare. Ours at present has four Adirondack chairs and two side tables in it. You will need a mallet to stake it down. And you should stake it down; it stands fine on its own, but more than a light breeze and it's liable to to blow and move, maybe even blow over. Note that if you put it up on concrete or a big deck or something, you will want to figure out some way to anchor it. It has ropes on each corner that you can tie off to something to help with anchoring. When you do stake it down, don't stretch the poles out as far as possible; leave some slack in them so you can zip it all the way down (if you spread the poles out too far, the zipper can't go all the way down). Minor negatives, but nothing big: the screen can be a little hard to see there; if you're trying to watch your kids under the shade of the forest, you might have hard time making them out. It also can actually get pretty warm under the tent in direct sunlight. It isn't water proof (it's a little water repellent), and it warns as much. It'll work fine for a bit, but don't expect it to function like a tarp. The screen goes the ground, and does a pretty good job is minimizing open spaces. Of course there are going to be some with any tent, but this one is pretty solid. All in all, this tent is fantastic, especially for the price (a shade under $100 at the time of this review). Great for camping, for gatherings of maybe a dozen people or less. Ozark Trail did a good job with this one.

Since too many hungry animals keep roaming around, we made a diy cat enclosure, adding a door, to keep our cats safe while we swim/float in pool :-) Since there is no bottom to this, we put pots filled with dirt all around sides on bottom ends of tent, with cardboard, and tarps under sand, so our cats can't escape, and rodents can't get in. Hope to plant some catnip, and other plants in pots soon, too. Thank you Walmart for another great deal!

I needed something affordable that would keep the rain off me when I sit in my garden to pray. This was perfect for my needs, there is nothing less expensive, nor is there anything small enough to fit the space I have. It is very easy to put up, but takes some tweaking to get it settled just right. The sides do not reach the ground, and the stakes provided are useless--slim slick aluminum sticks that slide right back out of the soil. Instead of these I use stones to hold the edges down--my "prayer closet" is a growing rockery, filled with stones I have collected on hikes. Like all tents, it gets grungy after a few months, and I found no way to remove the grunginess. My problem was solved with our recent snow, which was too heavy for the lightweight tent. The nylon crossbars supporting the roof broke. So I bought a new one. Next year I will be sure to take it down if snow is coming.

I put up the tent by myself in about 15 minutes. I'm pretty good at putting up tents and this was similar to another camping tent that I have. I had to brace each end on the ground to make the poles curve into the side connector and that would have been easier with another person. I tied the attached guy lines to the surrounding trees and heavy objects, etc. I've learned from having other screen houses not to trust the little metal stakes. The sides of the screen house do reach all the way to the ground, unlike some of the other reviews that I read. In fact, there is a flap at the bottom that folds into the tent on the ground. The top keeps out the rain very well. Yeah, I can sit outside without being bothered by black flies or mosquitoes. The poles for such a large screen house are like the poles for a camping tent and are more flimsy than most other screen houses, but I don't see this as a problem as long as the guy lines are tied down properly. I think this tent will last quite a few years. The fabric at the top of the house is like camping tent fabric.

Review for (Ozark Trail Screen House, Blue).... Well, it came VERY QUICKLY. I love Walmart shipping! Having said that, installation was, well, 'ok'. Pretty tricky to align and stand alone. Would be a snap with 2 folks. Materials are about as expected, although the poles are MUCH cheaper than I was expecting. Other than that, I still had high hopes. Planning on regular breezes, I set this up with ties all over the place. I even used some old weights to help hold it down. (Setup is on a flat roof, not ground) Setup on July 4th and sat comfortably inside to watch fireworks. Loved it. The next day, however, the poles spun in place and the front fell in. I reset it, tied it across the front (pole to pole) and back. This seemed to work well, which implies a faulty design IMO. Too long without support. Well, the next day, the side was in due to the pole snapping. Breeze is totally not that strong. I'll just keep re-rigging it until the screen gives up, I guess. Can't afford to get another kind. Wish I had spent a bit more for a stronger one.

Recently bought this screen house and went on a week long camping trip. We found it easy to put up, it fit around the picnic table with room to move around. We had two heavy storms during the week and the screen house handle it with no problem. Also a plus was the carry bag is small and doesn't take up much room when packing up our gear. We were very satisfied with the price and the quality.

This is a nice screen room for the price, and would recommend it to a friend . Just needs a few tweeks to make it perfect. The bottom half where the tarp like pieces are I would recommend eyelets every couple of feet to secure the screen better to the ground and to keep most of the other critters from coming in. I will be modifying mine before we take it camping , not only with holes at the bottom to drive stakes through but with velcro around the top and bottom to secure a tarp around it incase it rains . Set up was a breeze if you've done this sort of thing before .

Love this 13 ft x 9 ft even tent that we got on Rollback! Set it up in the back yard for sheltered outdoor space. We've got to chaise lounge chairs in it with a small table between four cold drinks AND 2 outdoor swivel chairs and another bigger table to eat at or play a board game. It doesn't have a floor like tents do so we just laid our 9x11 outdoor rug for dirt free walking! Well worth the $75!

This was easy to assemble, and wasn't cheaply made. The only reason I didn't give it a full 5 star rating is because it didn't withold the wind. Granted it was a very windy day though. It was big enough for us to have 2 big tables, and all of my daughters bday gifts in.