CLAM Quick-Set Pop Up Screen Tent, Pavilion, 12.5 ft, Instant Setup Gray Large Outdoor Gazebo Canopy Shelter, Spacious 8-Person Bug-Free Tent for Parties, Backyard, Camping, Events - Gray

UPDATE: We had HUGE winds resulting in the dome coming down, not supporting the roof. Originally hadnt staked down with the side ropes. Since then, high winds didnt cause the roof to come down so all is still good. EXCELLENT easy up dome screen tent. BEST in class and has all the features. EXCEEDS expectations. The first one we had was a different name brand and lasted a couple years, it was a good name brand but was over $300. THIS replacement is much better in every way. *The fabric, grommets, zippers, velcro, and even the stakes are high quality. The six strings come with smaller stakes for extra wind protection *The ATTACHED wind and rain flaps are a huge upgrade and bonus! Others have invidual panels that need to be put up by attaching to the tent with velcro. SOME, USUALLY only 2 have windows (so there can be ventalation when the protection, comfort panels are up). These panels have a window in EVERY panel and thus no matter which way the wind or rain is coming from you'll be able to open windows. The quality is notable with small seams fitting over the edge of the panels. There are panels for the doors too. All panels just need to be rolled up and tied when not needing them. Then to use just unroll and velcro down the ones you choose. *The door has two quality zippers, one for the screen layer and one for the wind and rain panel. The zipper can be unzipped from the top or bottom. *The size is larger than most,usually the 12' ones are 11'.5" or at most 12' while this one is an extra 6 inches all the way around (which is really an extra foot inside if adding the 6in from one side to the 6in straight across. This could be used as a sleeping tent for extra guests. The listing pics don't do justice for this screen tent, it's much better. It costs a tad more but overall it's a much better deal. This is a case of you get what you pay for. Review pics were taken with some side panels down and some up to show what each look like. It was very windy when pics were taken. The front anchor strings are not up. The easiest way to set up is go inside and push out the lower wall pieces going around a circle. That takes about a minute. Then stake down, hold stakes at an angle. The grommets are under the rain flaps at the intersections/corners.

We love our CLAM POP UP TENT One person can put up, take down and put back into its nice bag. CLAM has a very helpful video to show you how to put up and take down. We used it over our table while camping when it was cold and windy. I love this tent!

Bought this for a camping trip we knew would bring rain. We wanted an area that we could sit and socialize in/at when it was raining. Worked great. The material seems durable without being to heavy. having the side rain/wind/sun blocking flaps attached to the pavilion is so nice. I would have been very disappointed to not have them attached. The set up, take down is easy enough and doesn't take long. It stores long - like 8 ft long. It is like 30-40 pounds, from what I remember, i didn't weigh it. Very happy with this asset to our camping trips. We have used it on I believe three multi day camping trips and it has held up well and keeps water out. This does not come with a bottom tarp, you have to buy that separately, we have not. We us it to put a picnic table in it and there is plenty of space to walk around the table.

We also own an older green Clam pop up that uses separate wind panels. They are fine for wind but rain runs off the roof and behind the wind panels and drips all around the inner perimeter making the outer couple feet unusable in rain. This Clam Quick-Set Pavilion with integral wind panels is the way they ALL should have been designed from the beginning! With the integral wind panels / rain flaps, it is impossible for rain to leak behind the panels and with the edge zippers and protective side flaps, they seal very well in bad weather. Only addition I made was to install quick release carabiner clips on the side guy lines to make putting the flaps up and down easier. Only real issue is that as received, the seams need some waterproofing. The first heavy rain wicked in through the seams along the roof line, in the corners and especially where the tie straps were sewn into the seams. This might have gone un-noticed but I was using the (separately purchased) floor so the leaks and drips were obvious. This mostly stopped as soon as I sprayed the areas with tent waterproofing spray. There still was a bit of seepage in the center of the wind panels but I suspect that was because I did not pull the pull straps back out through the holes when I put the wind panels down. The ends got wet through the holes and the water wicked along their length and down the screen. That same rainy night it was VERY windy (25MPH or higher gusts) and the roof collapsed. I tightened the side guy lines and even though the wind increased through the night, the roof did not collapse again. Note that this is not a concern unless the wind is VERY strong. But it could be a real issue if the roof collapses in a rain storm since the resulting accumulated water could collapse the entire structure. I may fabricate a removable prop rod from a painter's pole (so it could pack in the carry bag) to safely hold the roof up in heavy wind. In spite of these issues, I love the Pavilion. It makes for an enormous enclosed and dry area that is easily set up and taken down by one person and easily slides into the back of my SUV. WAY more comfortable than any tent for camping. I had a cot, table, zero gravity chair, refrigerator, Buddy Heater, misc "stuff" and a cart in it and still had lots of room for walking around. At 12.5' across and a 7' ceiling, it is the equivalent of a small room. And with vertical sides, the entire interior space is usable. Only problem is that the roof is slightly higher than our old green pop-up and at 5' 5" tall I need a small stick to pop the ceiling up ;) Note that if you plan to use the separately purchased floor, it is a serious pain to install it as designed. There is a protective flap over the Velcro around the perimeter where the floor is supposed to attach that gets EXTREMELY stuck down when the tent is packed and is very difficult to pull up so the floor can be attached (Clam says this is to protect the screen from damage from the male Velcro). I ended up leaving the flap in place, attaching the floor using the T ties and then just sticking the upper edge of the floor to the small Velcro pieces that are (I assume) supposed to hold the flap up. Not a perfect seal but plenty good enough. And an added bonus.... any small drips down the screens go behind the edge of the floor and into the ground ;)

This tent is AMAZING and perfect we had with us for a month out west at the parks and it held up in all weather! We got one with the covers attached- after reading reviews sounds like that’s the way to buy it - we had “0” issues this things great!! Lots of ability for air or warmth an entire living space outside’

We camp for several months in the summer and have encountered severe wind and rain. The tent has come through like a champ. Seams are good. No rips. Zippers, ties, and Velcro, all work fine. It sets-up and breaks-down quickly and easily. The only thing that we noticed this year is that the waterproofing is failing but that is to be expected and should be easily remedied with some silicone spray.

We bought our Clam Pavilion last year, specifically for our trip to the Florida Keys this year. We left it in the bag until we arrived here this month. Set-up was awesome - just as advertised. BUT.......we got a heavy rain last night (it had only been set up for two weeks), and it leaks from almost every seam. Then the top collapsed. The combination of top collapsing AND the leaks, led to everything inside being soaked. This wasn't even a storm - just a heavy rain. Our $400 laptop is now junk. Maybe we got a bad one, but if all of the Clam products are like this one, you should think twice before paying more for the brand name. I was thrilled with it when we set it up, but after waking up this morning and seeing how much it cost me in losses, I wish we would have bought something else.

This quite literally saved our camping trip. Without it, our group would’ve been stuck in campers for a day and an half. Other than our Starlink, this is the best purchase we’ve gotten for our camper. We used in our camp as a shelter from rain and wind and comfortably fit 12 grown adults in lawn chairs around the inside edge. We all stayed dry and out of the wind. The setup/take down takes at least 2 people, but my husband set it up by himself with no problem when it first arrived (he also had a Clam Ice shelter previously so he was able to without help). Stores perfect in the front compartment of our camper (we have a pop-up high wall). Overall, solid purchase. Would consider buying the floor as well but our outdoor rug worked well too.