I know there is more grief and heartbreak in my future, but hey, I’m using it. Find the best hiking/camping product for your next outdoor adventure using our independent reviews and ratings. Find something simple to set up, reliable, durable and with product support. We use it for everything, cookouts, sleeping out or just because. We’ve gotten our money’s worth, but there is still some life in her….trying not to pull the plug yet.
You either need six people or twelve arms to hold the thing together when assembling. Then the screening doesn’t fit right over the frame. I am sorry that I ever purchased it. Hopefully I can find a replacement part. An absolute waste of money and time, and cost plenty of aggravation. I contacted Wal-Mart (1-800-WALMART) to see where I could get a replacement pole for the tent.
She guided me through until I was able to find the correct serial number for the part and sent it to me right away. We bought this screen house at an auction for $5. Great for our buffet line for family camping.
This still has a lot of life left in it and I would love to be able to fix it.
Sadly it blew over over in a storm last night breaking two corner pieces and the middle X broke. We are looking ozark trail chairs for these pieces if anyone wants to sell. We have a love-hate relationship with this screen tent.
The screen is great for nice weather. It gives great shade and it keeps flies out. We used it to put it over a little swimming pool for our children and it works great. I called to get a replacement and the customer service person I talked to was awesome!
This is one of those products where the instructions are basically a complete fantasy. They make one false unstated assumption after another. And even then, they’re not simple. What you wind up with is a web of pipes and plastic pieces that falls apart at one end as you assemble the other.
A Pavlovian reaction to super-size doses of advertising? Greed, optimism, stinginess, and materialistic guilt thrashing together in a dance of futility that leads straight to the checkout counter? To make matters worse, sometimes I’m so ashamed of the purchase that I can’t even bring myself to return it.
I borrowed this screen tent and thought it was a pain to put up…the center hub broke forcing me to duck tape it to keep it together. The new types that go right up without connections are so much better. ozark trail screen house It was a nice size though and eventually got up with extra tape. We placed the screen house over a picnic table at the campsite and it did a fairly good job of keeping insects out while we were eating.