Coleman Skylodge Portable Screenhouse with 1-Minute Setup, Screened Gazebo for Bug-Free Lounging, Outdoor Sun Shade for Picnic, Events, Parties, Camping, & More

So you'll see this review for the other products I purchased to add this little piece of paradise to my backyard. I have just retired from the military, and of course I started doing all the work around the house that I never had the time or energy for. When I saw I had a patch of yard room enough to put something, I found this 10' diameter Intex pool. It came well packaged, was a typical pain in the rear to put together (I don't read instructions until after the fact.../flex). Overall, it went together nicely. Filled it up, got the pump working (the pump is subpar...it'll work for now but I will upgrade sooner rather than later). I got the 10' Intex solar cover (solar - ha, funny...blue bubble wrap is solar now?) and it fits well. It helped keep the leaves and twigs out. If he adds some warmth to the water, I don't know. I live in central Texas. It's going to be warm regardless.So the pool is great. 30" deep, perfect for just sitting. I had a small camping table I put next to it. I got an HB Illumination speaker to pair to my phone. It's meant to float but the sound sucks when it's in the water. I added the Coleman 15x13 screened tent canopy a few days later. It fits perfectly. Enough room to cover the camping table and pump as well as enclose the little step stool ladder I have. The Coleman tent is easy to assemble - but MAKE SURE THE POLES ARE ON THE OUTSIDE! I read that review earlier and brain dumped it. Then I was cursing the existence of humanity when I got to the last pole and couldn't get it to snap into place. Yea - poles on the outside, poles on the outside...poles on the outside. It has two zipper entrances and like I said - it covers the pool perfectly. Keeps the bugs out. Get a camping LED light/lantern that emits the yellow/bug blind light and you're set to spend your warm summer evenings sitting in a pool, listening to crickets and frogs (or in my city case - traffic), and just relax the stress away.So unless I modify this review - I strongly suggest anyone considering this pool and/or the Coleman screen tent to buy. Good purchases.Addendum: For the Coleman, it comes with the small metal stakes. These will be fine if you are a setup/teardown user (ie camping, weekend use). For me, these would only fit the holes in the pole bases...but each pole base also had a fabric loop. I bought some glow in the dark tent stakes for these fabric loops to add more stability as I don't intend to take this down unless I move the pool. It does come with ropes on each pole so you can stake those in for even more stability, but I am foregoing that for now. If I need to use them I'll update to report how it goes.

I love this Instant Screened Canopy because I can set it up and take it down by myself. I am a senior lady. I had a gazebo over my inflatable hot tub which is outdoors. Last winter during a major wind storm the wind picked up my gazebo and tossed it down into a ravine. It was all bent up and it took 4 of us to haul it back up the hill. I did not want to go through that again and I wanted something that I could easily put up and take down in bad weather without having to rely on others to help me. The directions (which I did not find until after the canopy was already put up as it was in the bag with the stakes) and box said it took a minimum of two people to put it up so I called my Son over to help me. We struggled and struggled for close to a half hour. He said are you sure it didn't come with directions? I said nope. I kept telling him I did see from comments online that you have to start from the inside.We struggled again and then decided to leave it. I came inside and went to the Coleman website and downloaded the manual. We were trying to put it up with the poles on the inside. Duh! With the directions in hand it was a piece of cake to put up and I did it all by myself in a matter of about 5 minutes like everyone else has said.I can not stress enough, make sure your poles are on the outside, not the inside. Make sure zippers are unzipped. Buy stronger stakes because the ones that come with it are not much more than a bent nail. The directions are inside of the bag with the stakes but in the event you lose them the Coleman website has downloadable instructions.This is a nice little screened canopy. I like it as well as I liked my 8x8' gazebo, if not better. It requires no tools to set it up other than a hammer to pound in the stakes and a few sandbags for the corners wouldn't hurt. It serves the purpose that I bought it for which is to provide bug protection and to keep the pine needles out of the spa when I have the cover off and I am using it. It is priced right. With proper staking it is a pretty solid screened canopy. It came all the way down to the ground so no worry about bugs crawling under it as some had said.I will definitely take it down during the winter as we get a lot of wind and snow. It looks like it will hold up for several years with little care.I highly recommend if you are looking for an easy to put up, take down, take anywhere, screened cover and if the mosquitoes are still biting? Avon's Skin so Soft is the best mosquito repellent I have ever used. No kidding!

Surprisingly easy for one person set up (62 yo F but old camp rat), this will come in handy when you’re first to arrive at your camp or picnic site and you can have this up in no time. Nice advantage over the classic “Easy Up” pop up canopies we all used at the lake or river, and not nearly as bulky. Purchased this screen tent mainly to keep the flies and bugs away while enjoying the backyard. The design is easy to assemble and take down, just watch how the legs fold in/out as it stows nice and neat like when you first take out of the carry bag. Poles are already assembled so one person doesn't have to fiddle with threading them through the hoops. Lightweight, easy to carry, but of sound quality always expected from Coleman. Will test it out in “weather” in the coming weeks but so far I’m happy with this purchase and even more so it was on sale when I did.