Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I bought this privacy shelter, I had examined almost every other one available at Amazon. The 'big problem' with all the others is the inability of them to actually hold a filled shower bag without the tent falling in on you. I decided to take a chance on the Texsport version because of the chained-connector steel frame on them. And it WORKED. I set this thing up in my back yard and it held four gallons of hot water in the provided shower bag...NO PROBLEM. The tents using the fiberglass or aluminum pole system just will not do that. This thing is pretty big, too. (The picture I uploaded was provided by another Amazon customer, not me.) It is three feet six inches each side. I already had a five gallon portable toilet, and I found it was possible to just stick the toilet in the corner and there was still plenty of room to take a shower. You look at those two-room jobs and you think they are pretty cool...until they just fall in on you the second you hang up that thirty-pound shower bag. (Water weighs about eight pounds per gallon) The only minor downsides to this thing are the weight of the package, (it's a little bulky) and contrary to the picture, there IS open space around the bottom. Big deal. I got around that problem by tossing a tarp around the outside, and pushing it up against the side of the shower tent. Or, you can cut off a few fir branches and lay them around the bottom, on the outside, as well. It is a bit of a reach to hang the shower bag, but I got around THAT by packing a small foldaway ladder that we laid against the inside wall of the tent. You flip open the ladder, hang the bag, put the ladder back, and start showering. For car camping, this thing works great. Center height is well above MY head, and I am six feet tall. If you put your toilet in the corner as well, you just might have to give it a quick wipe with a towel before using it is all. *My qualifications for this review:* Northwest USA wilderness car camping since the 1980's, and whatever I drag out to the middle of nowhere in my truck has to WORK. Or the heck with that thing, as they say. (*smiles*) Mine was an Amazon return purchase (unopened) for $48 or so, free shipping. That was a bonus, and I am not sorry I bought this. I took at least two weeks of studying and comparing at Amazon before I pulled the trigger on the purchase.