Please see how I rate this Ozark Trail 12 tent, I use my standard set of criteria so you can easily compare with the other tents presented here in the site. The poles attach to the tent through a combination of sleeves on the roof and clips, plus the usual pin-and-ring system at the base of the tent, see the picture below. You have a combination of steel used for its 6+2 legs, and fiberglass used for the 4 roof poles. The elbow elements which connect the roof poles and the legs are pre-attached to the tent so you cannot lose them, see one in the picture below.
The mesh doesn’t seem particularly durable, and given the cap-like roof, the shade provided is much more limited than with our top-pick tents. In early March, we took our second trip to the oceanside Sycamore Canyon Campground (PDF) near Oxnard, California. There we encountered mild temperatures in the 50s and 60s. A later check of the weather at nearby Point Mugu Naval Air Station confirmed top recorded wind gusts of 40 miles per hour. A lower roof makes this shelter feel notably smaller than our top pick, but it’s also durably made and ready to pair with a superior rain fly (sold separately). However, don’t expect much privacy if you’re sleeping in a screen tent due to the mesh walls.
L.L.Bean’s Woodlands Screen House is remarkably similar to our top pick, REI’s Screen House Shelter; the two canopies have an identical footprint and pole structure. But the L.L.Bean tent’s peak ceiling height of 6 feet 6 inches is half a foot lower than that of the REI tent, making it feel notably darker and less spacious. It typically costs more (in fact, the price has risen substantially—more than $150—since we first tested it) and lacks the convenient strap-equipped carrying bag we like. The Screen House Shelter packs into a reasonably roomy drawstring bag with a strap that makes the canopy tent much easier to transport than tents, like the L.L.Bean, that lack a strap. With all that in mind, we found more than a dozen tents that met our criteria.
The screen room has no panels so you have great views everywhere around. Many screen shelters offer excellent protection from insects and light rain. Dome-shaped screen houses simply have a rounded design. The rounded design of the structure helps buffet wind and rain off the roof of the screen house. Screen house tent, screen shelter, or screen tent.
The EAST OAK Screen House Tent Pop-Up is the Cadillac of screen tents and the best screen house for camping with an RV. The CAMPROS Screen House Room is one of the best screen houses for backyard camping because it has a good intersection of price and quality. Finally, you’ll have a little under 100 square feet of usable space due to the sloped wall design. This screen house is only ozark trail screen house 17 pounds, even with the steel frame, and it’s a good option for beginner campers looking for an easy screen house to set up. I chose the CLAM Quick-Set Pavilion as one of the best screen houses with a floor because, well, it actually has a quality floor that’s included in the price (which isn’t all that common). One slight downside to this screen house is the higher price.
If so, we’ll tell you a estimated delivery date on the product page and at checkout. Our top pick for the best screen house is the Eureka Northern Breeze Aluminum Frame Screen House. Screen houses don’t often have floors and are more standard in shape and size. The sloped wall means that the height at the edge of the tent is lower than the height at the peak and, in some instances, could be uncomfortably short. Whether you’re an RVer living out of your RV year-round, or you like making road trips all year, you need a big screened shelter to enjoy living partially outside. It has a waterproofing rating of PU (polyurethane) 3000 mm (the minimum needed to be considered waterproof is 1000 mm).
We set up the REI Screen House Shelter and L.L.Bean’s Woodlands Screen House side by side in the Mojave Desert in 100-degree temps. Fellow campers consistently gravitated toward the REI shelter over the L.L.Bean. Queen Bee is an amazing site with great deals no doubt, but my favorite parts are the snippets of silliness, morning coffee, amazing second hand finds. Queen Bee has saved me lots of money, but it’s also brightened many a days!