I had to use every knot I’ve learned from rock climbing. There’s shade, and fewer bugs than outside the screenhouse. I do have some reservations left, though. I wonder what will happen when the wind comes. Will I come home and just find the screenhouse gone, or will I see it blowing around in the street, trailing pipe segments?
I bought two of these tents new last year from a yard sale. The were never opened by the seller. We have only been using one since. After a pretty bad storm at the beach, a few of the poles broke…so we are moving onto the next new one and selling the first for parts. The campground received a moderate rain on the second night and the roof collected water in several places, causing the screen house to collapse. This was not a heavy rain by any means as no other shelters or tents collapsed.
I loved the size of this screen house but after a few uses, the 4-way hub gable cracked and a couple of the curved roof poles bent a little. I can attribute these problems mostly to the constant use and age of the tent really. The zippers remained free throughout, but the main entry inside zipper pull failed, leaving it operable, if not a little awkward ozark trail sun shelter to start from the inside. The stakes provided are aluminum wire and bend easily in packed dirt, so you will end up buying sturdier replacements for most types of camping. The mesh on one window mildewed from wet storage, and several small holes resulted, making that window unusable midway through the second summer. The screen is great for nice weather.
I have lost the instructions and the list of parts to the Screen House. I was wondering if anyone can email me the instructions and List of parts. I would appreciate any help I can get. This still has a lot of life left in it and I would love to be able to fix it.
Absolutely no apology for the poor quality of the product. The plastic corners are not worth putting the room up. But I did find this to get parts from California. Browse Ozark Trail’s top-rated hiking and camping gear and more. Find something simple to set up, reliable, durable and with product support. Great product, however, like everyone else, unable to locate replacement parts.
If anyone reading this review has any idea where I can purchase another one just like it, please contact me at I have been trying to replace it ever since I lost it in a wind storm. I put it up in my yard for my now wife’s bridal shower. I had ozark trail screen house it spiked down and secured really good. It looked wonderful in the yard so I decided to leave it for a while. I came in from work one day and to my surprise it was 60 yards away from me all torn up from landing on my neighbor’s spiked fence.
Just had to comment after reading these old reviews of folks who couldn’t seem to set it up without either A. It take 2 people at least to set this screen house up. Tried to buy replacement parts but they were discontinued. Repaired the cracked gable with duct tape and was able to use it one more time but then gave up on the cracked part and bought another smaller screen room. Had I have known that this particular screen house was so hard to find, I would have bought a kit and tried to repair it.