Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We bought this screen house to keep out sun and bugs in the summertime so our fair-skinned kids could get some down-time from the uv rays and we could enjoy being outside without the bugs at night. This screen house has been the best purchase we have made all summer! I am a 5'4" 130lb female who doesn't like to read directions and I have personally assembled and disassembled this screenhouse by myself with complete ease! So putting it up is fairly easy as well. When my fiance helped, it probably took about 15 minutes (realistically.) Pricewise, it was a bit more than the other one we bought last year, but the one we bought last year ripped the first time we put it up, so we had to return it! A few reviews mentioned that it was flimsey or broke easily, but we have not had any problems with flimsey design- quite the opposite in fact! We left it up on our back porch most of the summer and it endured some pretty drastic winds and what had to be considered a torential downpour and came out completely in tact. After the downpour I looked inside to see if it had leaks, and there was not a single wet spot inside the tent. I was quite impressed. I did waterproof it with a Coleman waterproofing spray when it arrived just to be sure, but I was still rather impressed after the vast amount of rain! We used the ropes provided with the tent to latch it down to the deck so that it wouldn't blow away (afterall, it is basically just a big kite when it's not latched down) and we have thouroughly enjoyed this tent all summer. At night my fiance and I made a bit of a tradition of scrabble competitions in the tent instead of watching tv, and it became one of our favorite things about summer! Bottomline: I am so happy that we purchased this screenhouse, and if in a few years it eventually weathers and we need to buy another one I will be purchasing this EXACT one again!