Customer Reviews With Photos
These are my initial thoughts but I will update later with use. This thing is massive. I'm a plus sized woman- 5'2- and I can lay down in it long wise, with my head barely touching the side at all. I zipped myself and my dog inside of it. Honestly, 2 more people could fit in there comfortably. (4, I would not.) But yeah changing in there would be a breeze too. Lots of height. It's got more features than I would have ever imagined that I wanted. So many pockets! Windows on all sides! with roll up able blinds! Setting up is simple. But folding it back up is not intuitive. But once I came back here to watch the video, the thumbs trick makes sense. The instructions don't make it clear but the video does. And then wrapping the fabric around and tying it tight seems sloppy but it works and it's in the bag. Easier to do when sitting but otherwise, NBD. Mine came with a loose thread. I saw no stitching undone, just excess thread. Yeah, the materials feel light and I wonder if they are cheap, or just light weight? I'm sure the carrying case would break first. But like, for this price and how much you get, I think it will be a good value. Will update once I get a couple beach days in. NOTE: This is not a camp-in-the-woods tent. I doubt it will keep out rain or prevent condensation. It's strictly for sun shade and a little privacy.
I bought this tent for my first backpacking trip. I carefully looked for the lightest, waterproof and 4 seasons ones. When it arrived I weighed it and it was over 5 pounds, way more than described. I left for my trip and the first night it rained. The following morning there were pools of water all around the floor inside my tent. I touched the walls and there were drops of water everywhere. The rain was not heavy and didn’t last for many hours. This tent looks good and has a good size for 2 people, but it’s definitely not waterproof.
This is wonderful for on-the-go shade. I don't frequent the beach, but I am outside all the time with my husband and our 5 kids. This is fast and east to set up, and my kiddos can have a shady place to hang out while I garden. If you are an outdoors kind of person, this is great to have!
I am a truck camper (I camp out of a fiberglass shell that covers the bed of my pickup) and recently purchased a 10’ x 10’ Campros screen tent to protect me from flies, mosquitos, and other insects while at various camping locations. I just returned from a 10-day camping trip to West Texas during which I used the screen tent daily. I was thoroughly impressed with the weight, quality, and performance of the tent. This tent is reasonable priced; lightweight (less than 20 pounds); takes up minimal space when packed in the carrying bag (approx. 2 feet long and 8 inches square); is fairly simple and quick to assemble (took 2 people less than 10 minutes); big enough to cover a standard size picnic table with a little room to spare; had zippers on both sides of the tent that worked well and provided easy access; is decent quality for the price; and best of all - it worked incredibly well at keeping flies and mosquitos out! During our recent trip, there were huge swarms of black flies in our camping area that constantly tried to bite and get into food and drinks - they were a huge nuisance. The Campros screen tent was incredibly effective at keeping the flies outside the tent and off of us and our food/drinks. We were thoroughly impressed and the envy of the campground! Many campers came by to check out the screen tent, asked where we got it, said they wished they had one too, and said they were going to get one for their next trip. On another note, the tent was delivered faster than promised and in perfect condition. I am completely satisfied with the purchase of this screen tent and highly recommend. The attached pics are of 1) the assembled screen tent over our picnic table and 2) how effective the tent is at keeping flies outside the screen. UPDATE: I am still truck camping (as of March 2025) and still use the same Campros screen tent purchased back in Oct 2021. Although I carry the tent along on every trip, I have only used this tent approx 14 days per year as I only set it up when I need protection from flying insects. The tent has held up well and still looks and performs almost like it did when it was new. Very happy with the purchase. I have attached a recent photo I took of the tent while camping Goose Island State Park in Rockport TX in November 2024.
Pretty durable, although the screen has a couple of holes in it. Would've be great if there was a bottom to it, or even a way to purchase one. I'd give it a solid 3 stars only because of the holes.
Love these umbrellas... great coverage. My husband burns easily and these cover him well.
That pegs are insanely cheap! So be prepared to buy all new pegs before your hunt or camping trip.
This is an awesome tent (and I know the picture isn't very flattering of it, but it gives you a different view than the product images). I set it up on a screened porch to try it out, and I'm really impressed with how easy it was to put up. The hand pump isn't much fun for us older folks, but it worked great. I had to pause a few times to arrange the "poles" as they filled with air. This probably would have gone faster and easier outdoors with the tent floor staked down. Anyway, you can't tell from the product images, but this thing has TWO doors opposite each other, which is very cool. Every wall is either a door or window, and there are a couple of accessory bags on the window walls. There's a hook in the middle of the ceiling to hang your camping lantern. The rain fly was bundled into the vestibule awning and zipped to it. There are open spaces behind the poles that I used to string fairy lights around the inside perimeter of the tent. And at 5'6" I can completely stand up in this tent. I'm not much for camping any more, but will be getting some back yard glamping done in this thing come spring and summer. Love it.
I bought one of these a few years ago, and I actually still have it. My buddy and I were planning a two-week trip out to South Dakota and Wyoming and Montana in the early weeks of May, 2022. He didn't have a tent, and I wasn't willing to take my tent (because I was worrying about snapping the tent poles and didn't obtain a solution for the first night if that actually happened), so I suggested we both buy some and have them sent to a local Distribution Center in Rapid City, SD, for pickup. I had success with my first tent, and it's still serving well, and it's affordable and why not? First off, I don't do too much camping, so I'm still a little bit of a novice, but my buddy is totally green. Nonetheless, he had absolutely no problem figuring out how to set the thing up in about 10 or 15 minutes without even needing the instructions. While everything you need is within storage bag, I opted to go to Harbor Freight to buy more robust tent stakes, which proved to be extremely helpful with some of the weather that we had. The storage bag is 100% sufficient with storing the tent, as long as you fold it up a little bit as opposed to just stuffing it in there like whatever. The bag is sturdy enough to carry everything. We also bought some waterproof tarps that were a little bit thick from Harbor freight, as we wanted to keep the tents as dry as possible. Completely satisfied with the amount of airflow, and while it did get down to the low 30s on some nights, having a good sleeping bag (and air pad) takes care of that and having the option to open and close the air vents that will definitely help maintain a decent temperature within the tent. I had no problems at all with the waterproofing of the tent. We had three days where we experienced some rain. The first day, it rained for maybe 30 minutes at night, but the tents were dry in the morning after the sun came out for a little bit and everything dried rather quickly. The last day we also had a bit of rain, so we had to set the tents up before we pack them up for the final time just to let them dry off, but they dried super, super quick. There was one day where there was a torrential downpour that lasted about 2 hours and was absolutely frightening. The wind was ripping super hard, hail was coming down, and I could hear the tent getting pelted like mad by rain. Overall, I was extremely frightened by the lightning, and wondering what I was going to do if the tent came down because it was shaking pretty hard. Well, other than the outside of the tent being wet and being dealt with in the morning, absolutely nothing came inside or happened in any way to damage the tent. My buddy even didn't know that he was supposed to attach the tent to the tent poles with some clips, yet his tent held up. I definitely gained a bit more confidence in the tent after that downpour, I would never even want to be in the car with what was happening. The second photo is the morning after the downpoor. I love the storage pockets, and the hook inside to hang my light, as well as the small inlet for a power cord. I was about as comfortable as I could possibly be. Set up and breakdown is super, super easy. It takes maybe 15 minutes at most with one person, and about 5 minutes with two people. The two-person tent fits one person comfortably with a backpack or something inside. It's quite small, and if you were to use two people in a two-person tent, it would just be you and one other person sleeping next to each other with absolutely no room for anything at all inside. Now, I have two of these tents after I brought the second one home, but I am not complaining at all. I did look at a few other tents before buying this second one and having it shipped, but I know that I was not going to do as well as I would have with this tent. Definitely worth a second purchase, in my opinion!
The12 inch long, 2/5 inch diameter hook is 3.3 inches long. 16 Pack of rebar are suitable for many applications. The hook is nice and long and will keep the rebar held down really well. I am going to use some of mine to hold my chicken tunnel in place. Rightnow I am using earth staples and while they hold the tunnel down I do not think they will prevent a predator from ripping the tunnel from the ground. We get some pretty fierce winds here in eastern NC in the summer storms and this rebar will be a big help in securing different things in my garden, like the netted trellis I use for squash and cuucmbers. Highly recommend!
I really didn't want to buy this. I kept trying to talk myself out of it, but after watching several video demonstrations of how easy it was to put up and how cool it looked...I just couldn't resist. We've used a 10 x 10 Coleman sun shelter for a few years now and it has worked well for us. It has built in LED lights, which are very cool, and I purchased the mosquito net walls that were made for it as well. We've used it for special events, yard sales, and camping. Although it has performed well over the years, it is a bit of a pain to set up (especially when adding the net walls around it), it's very heavy, and it takes up a lot of packing space in the back of the truck. Now, I don't plan to throw the ole' Coleman away. I'm just going to reserve it for events at home and take this Clam on the road. This is unbelievably easy to set up. I can do it by myself and it takes less than a minute. It's bigger than the Coleman, giving us a 12 x 12 area to relax in and it provides plenty of space for a table and chairs. It comes in an oversized bag which gives you plenty of room to pack it away. I really hate it when tents and other such things come in bags that are almost impossible to pack them back into. When in the bag, the Clam shelter is definitely longer than the Colman shelter but it has a slimmer profile and is much easier to lift and carry. The bag also has a shoulder sling and I can easily carry it over my shoulder with no problems. When setting it up the first time, I recommend paying close attention to some of the demonstration videos that can be seen online to avoid some of the problems that I've read about in other customer's reviews. I've read that some mistakenly tried to put it up in a "wrong side out" fashion which resulted in some very confusing situations. I try to think of it like "planting a tree". The shelter's central "roof hub" is what rests on the ground while the majority of the tent fabric is up in the air. You just let it open up and blossom like flower in a sense. Then, you just walk to each wall and pop it out with the final step being to walk inside to lift the roof up. It really is quite simple. Now, I saw plenty of videos of people putting it up, but I couldn't find anything about taking it down. I just did everything in reverse obviously and it also was very simple process. The shelter is fairly well made and you the company has put some extra features in to make it more durable. The eyelets that are used to pull the walls out are made of metal and there is extra fabric in the corners which protects those vulnerable areas from tearing. There is also an extra layer of fabric securing the area around the central hub for durability and increasing water resistance. The one thing that I did notice, however, is that the needle holes for the stitching are quite noticeable in the corners making these areas the most vulnerable for water. While the shelter doesn't claim to be waterproof, I will certainly be adding some seam sealer to these areas in order to make it's "resistance" a bit more effective. The shelter does come with small plastic stakes, but I plan on using some longer and more heavy duty galvanized tent stakes to provide extra security. Once the shelter is up, it's quite lightweight enough for you and a helper to position it over a picnic table. I've set it up in the yard twice now (once to check it out and once to show a family member how cool it was) and we had no problem positioning it. I also purchased a set (3 panels in each set) of the privacy/wind walls developed by Clam specifically for this shelter as well. They also go on very easy and are great to have. I plan on setting it up one more time to add the seam sealer to the corners and then it will have it's first run as we take it camping in a few weeks. This shelter will certainly help to reduce the amount of set up time and I am looking forward to using it. Update: 8/19/16 - Just got back from a week long camping trip and this Clam performed very well. We go to a family campground up in the mountains of North Carolina that accommodates both tent and RV campers. We stay in tents but everyone is always walking around and checking other campsites out. The Clam certainly got a lot of attention and I had at least three people (2 who travel in RVs) personally came up and asked questions about the shelter. The folks in the RVs usually sit and eat outside in the evenings and this particular shelter drew their attention because of how easy it is to set up and take down. I put some seam sealer on some of the areas that I had talked about previously in the review and it didn't leak a drop during two light rains and one moderate one. I didn't use the wind screens that I had purchased for it because it was still kind of warm up in the mountains and I didn't want to trap extra heat inside. The plastic stakes that came with the shelter would of been useless in the hard ground where I was at. I was glad that I brought some extra galvanized stakes with me. The wind picked up right before one of the rains and it pushed two of the wall panels in. I ended up using some guy lines around the metal eyelets on the wall panels of the shelter and securing them down with some additional stakes. There were no problems after that. I was very pleased with the performance and it sure made set up and take down a little bit easier.
So reading reviews yes, the screened porch will flood. But unless it rains 2 inches you will just have a puddle to clean up. I used a sponge, pretty heavy rain and no leaks inside. I love the screen room, pleasant place to sit and the double entry means no bugs in the tent! The stakes are a joke, toss them and buy some decent ones. The rain fly is a wonder, completely keeps you dry and unlike other tents it has an awning over the windows so that you can see out, in the Pacific Northwest where I live and camp there is always a chance of showers in the mountains. so a decent rain fly is a must, but so many tents have huge beautiful window but they get covered over with the rain fly, I wish the tent had aluminum poles because fiberglass don’t last as long. So buy two or three of this tent! I was afraid in a few years I couldn’t find an exact replacement so I bought two. Costs that much less and has a better design than tents costing 4-6 hundred dollars! Easy to set up, I’m a 65 year old female and have put it up with no help in about 10 minutes if that. It does fit back into the bag ( with a little work ). I am a fair weather camper for the most part but if you are worried about the screen room, tarp over it! Good size family of four would be comfy but six, not so much but it is larger than most 6 man tents.
I used this tent for the first time today and I was blown away by how easy it was to set up! It took literally 5 minutes and it was just me! Tale down time took maybe 5-8 minutes including pouring the sand out of the pockets on the outer bottom. Its very sturdy and didn’t even move an inch while the wind blew. In my ratings, I gave it 5 stars because I feel that most people would use this with the opening facing the sun so there is the front door that zips up as well as the windows can be closed. It is very lightweight!!!! I carried this along with two other bags and a lunchbox (large heavy cooler you can see inside the photo) and the trip carrying was easy! As for assemble, Ive already Said how easy it was to put up and take down. **keep the string that is tied to it inside the carrying case as this is what you will use again to tie tent together to easily place inside the carrying case*** I also found the best way to put the text back in the carrying case is by sitting the tent (as its folded down) with the top of the tent up right side up then put the bag inside out place the bottom of the bag on too of the tent then roll the bag down the tent. Worked so easy for me! The ONLY thing that Is a con is the fact there is no hook or rod to hang my portable fan! Which in the photos theres something there but nothing with mine. Overall great tent, highly recommend!!
Our two week chicks were making a mess in the house and we needed a solution that kept them warm outside in freezing temps. This has been the perfect solution! They have been active and not huddled under their heat plate. The zip down flap allows us to open it and give them a screen with airflow on warmer days. We put 15 chicks in it and could easily fit far more. The cinder blocks keep it held down since we have it on a porch instead of on the ground. We hatch often throughout the spring. I'll be reusing this tent often!
This is a really good ground anchor set with two exceptions. First the good features. The set comes with everything you need to securely anchor your item. The anchor rods are nice and thick with a 14 mm hex fastener at the top into which you screw the circular top bolt. The set includes two 14 mm hex drivers, one for use by hand and the other a hex drive for use with a drill or impact driver. The bottom of the rod is pointed almost like a practice arrow rather than the simple diagonal cut off point on some other anchors. I believe this pointed tip will be easier to screw into the ground compared to the cut off type. As the ad describes, the anchor “fins” are welded on in a continuous bead and the fins are wider and thicker than another brand of anchor I have. The set I received also includes two locking carabiners, half a dozen rope clamps, and two turnbuckles. I particularly like the turnbuckles which will allow me to tighten the cable securely. This arrangement means that all the connection points are metal as opposed to competing products that have nylon straps. My first minor complaint is that the description says the cable is 3/16” in diameter. It is not. As you can see from the photo, by my measurement, the cable is at best 1/8”. That won’t matter to me because 1/8” cable will be more than adequate for my immediate use for this set, but if the cable size is important to your purposes, note that this cable is smaller than advertised. The second issue is that this set does not include metal thimbles AKA triangular rings that go on the inside of the wire loop. Thimbles avoid direct contact between the wire and whatever it is wrapped around thus reducing rubbing and wear on the wire. Inclusion of thimbles would have made the attachment points more durable. Overall, this is a great set for my application. The included cable will be adequate for my uses and the other features and advantages make this a good product. It’s annoying that the description is not accurate but compared to my other anchors, this set is much stronger. If I need more anchors, this will be the brand I buy.
