Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a high quality product. I have used it twice while camping to surround a picnic table. I frequently camp by myself, so I was looking for something I could assemble on my own. I am a 5'4" women who is pretty good with gadgets. I would very much buy this product again, and recommend it wholeheartedly with some minor tweaks. Pros: The construction is good quality. It is easy and quick to put up. One person can put it up. Cons: It is hard to get the screen tent assembled with a picnic table inside, without risking damage to the screen tent. Clam's promotional video shows one or two people easily assembling the tent, but there is no picnic table inside. One of the videos then shows a group of people moving the picnic table inside the empty screen tent. A picnic table is generally very heavy, so I could not drag a picnic table inside the screen tent. In addition, many picnic tables are not intended to be moved. And so, we had to put in some effort to assemble it starting right on top of the picnic table. The table is made of wood, and frequently has ragged corners, one of which slightly snagged the screening material when we first used it. I note a suggested workaround below. In addition, the stakes the tent is supplied with did not survive operational testing. Clam says to step on the stakes to drive them into the ground. Where ever Clam is using their stakes must have much softer ground than where I used them. Standing on the stakes did not make them enter the ground. Pounding extensively on the stakes with a tent stake hammer somewhat got them into the ground, but frequently bent the stake over so that they then had to be pried back into shape with a pair of pliers. My friend and I barely got the tent staked after maybe an hour and half or so of effort. I describe the new stakes I used below. The tent is very sturdy, and survived strong winds, but a couple of times the wind blew one side in, and we had to pop it back out. This wasn't a big problem, though. I am too short to reach the top of the tent when there is no picnic table inside, I have to tie a string to the ceiling to be able to pull it down after putting it up. Someone average height would not have this problem. The tent provides good shelter in rain. The side wall are not protects from having rain enter at the top, however. If Clam added a four inch flap around the top, under which the side walls could be slipped, that would probably improve the design. Suggested tricks to make using the screen tent a better experience: 1) Replace the stakes. I bought large coat toggle buttons (20 for 4 dollars) from Etsy. The buttons are nearly three inches long. I also bought MSR Groundhog stakes from REI. I put the toggle buttons through the parachute cord attached to the stakes to make the stakes end in the toggle button, which secures the tent grommet to the ground. These stakes were easy to drive in hard ground with a tent stake hammer, and easy to remove by pulling on the toggle button. They kept the tent secure in strong winds. 2) First cover the picnic table, including the corners of the table and all corners of the benches with a tarp to keep the screen tent from snagging on the table when assembling it. After the screen tent is assembled, remove the tarp. 3) Tie a string to the inside ceiling tallest point before assembling if you are shorter person, so you can take it down. With the replaced tent stakes, I'm a big fan of this product. Others at the campground came to admire the tent and ask about it.