Core Instant Screen House Canopy Tent

I've been using this screen house for the past 6 weeks on a cross-country road trip; purchased mainly due to the decent feedback from other reviewers. The product hasn't faired well, unfortunately. Full disclosure: My usage pattern is probably more severe than most, assembling and tearing down the house about once every three days as I move campsites.It's clear that this design isn't built for long-term use. In just six weeks, I have the following issues:1. I have two rice/pea-size holes, one in each of the two triangular grey canvas areas over each door. The holes are in almost the same spot on each side of the roof. I can't confirm what caused the holes, but it must have something to do with the contact between the canvas and the poles/hub on the roof when the house is collapsed for storage. I've had to resort to two pieces of Gorilla Tape to cover these holes.2. I have three small rips in the screen fabric. Technically, I'm at fault here, but the rips illustrate a design issue with the screen house. When you collapse the house for storage, it's possible that the screen mesh will get caught between the poles as they fold together. This, in and of itself, isn't a problem. But, when you later assemble the house, you have to be sure to free the fabric caught between the poles before extending them. If you don't, the mesh rips. I have three pieces of Gorilla Tape covering the three times I made this mistake.3. The bottom 3 inches of one of the door zippers pulls apart after zipping the door closed. It appears the zipper is getting caught on a fabric edge, but I can't consistently determine where the edge is.4. One of the guy line tensioners will no longer hold tension. Looks like one of the holes in the tensioner plastic has worn enough to lose grip on the nylon cord.5. This house really needs a rainfly. The screen house does a decent job keeping most bugs out, but any windy rain storm will cause water to soak much of the items inside. The fact that the floor extends so far beyond the roofline exacerbates this problem. I'm thinking of improvising a rainfly using a tarp, but haven't tried it yet.Bottom line: It appears this product was developed for someone who might camp 2, 3, or 4 times a year, and then put the house in storage for the next year. You'd probably get 2-3 years of use with no issues in that scenario. For active campers, look elsewhere.

Great screen house! Purchased for camping to have a mosquito-free place to cook, eat & hang out. Worked great, fit 8 ft. picnic table (photo) with ~2-3 ft on each side and ~1ft on each end to move around. Set up and take down were super easy and fast (love the design). It fit back into carry bag easily (huge plus for transport and storage).CONS:-small gnats got through the mesh-the lip at the bottom wouldn’t stay put (ended up weighting with rocks & firewood)-storage pockets only above 1 door (wish pockets were above both doors)

Bought this unit for camping. The size and the design is good. However, quality of the material is terrible. Setup was easy with the legs that telescope out. The first night went fine. On the second day, we found a better camp site, so decided to take it down and move. During the take down, one of the screws holding one of the legs sheered off at the top junction. I have never seen a screw sheer off like that. the thread was still in the outer skirt where the screw would go thru the leg and fasten to it. We duct taped it so we can still use it. On the setup at new camp site, another leg(pole) broke off at the same junction. Except this time, screw was there, but the pole itself broke off. We duct taped it again since this is all we had to protect ourselves from the pesky mosquitos. Such sub standard materials. Needlessly to say, I returned the canopy after getting home.

This tent is sturdy, including in high wind conditions, and goes up quickly and easily. It breaks down just as quickly and easily. Considering the price point, this canopy tent merits 5 stars. My only request is that the company come out with a tent like this that is larger .....

I really liked this screen house. However, after one use, the telescoping pole would not lock...so we had to duck tape. I have returned it...but I am sad because it went up so easily.

I don’t know how to rate this, because the first one broke the first time we were trying to fold it back. One of the connections snapped and broke. I really needed a screen house for camping, so quickly ordered another one. It worked well. At night a bear came and tried to lift it from one of the corners. A few times. Then it came to my car and tried to open the door. What a night. But it did no damage to the screen house, so that’s good. I’ll probably return the broken one and keep the second one. Plus, when it arrived, I realized that it matches my tent, which is also Core. Love that tent. The screen house is worth the money and so useful to have when camping. How long it will last - the time will tell. I don’t think I’ll want to camp again in the bear country though.I thought I ordered a new one, but it arrived with a sticker “Amazon Warehouse.” Are those used ones? The internal box looked damaged. But the screen looked ok, so I’ll close my eyes on this.The only minus is that it’s not so comfy to bend each time to unzip it. Maybe in addition to zip it could also have self-closing magnets? Like the ones we have on the door screen. But these are just some ideas. If you don’t walk in & out very often, then it should be fine.

I purchased this for a camping trip with my dog in South Carolina. I wanted to have a somewhat rain-proof and bug-proof shelter area in case it was needed. I was very surprised and pleased with the easy set-up. I was by myself and had it set up in about 10 minutes. It fully covered the picnic table in the campsite with some space to move around (not much, but enough). I'm 6'4" tall and was able to stand fully underneath it. It works great for a bug shelter. I would not recommend it as a "storm shelter" but it does have enough waterproof top to protect things in light - moderate rain showers.