I just set this up today, so I can’t speak to its longevity, which is my biggest worry.Setup:- Not bad with two people.- The instructions were on one folded up page in the small bag of stakes.- The hardest part was getting the poles in place *until* I realized the instructions were for a different design — they show a tab with a grommet-like hole for the ends of the poles. This 7x9 tent has a different design, however — a split ring with a small pin attached. If you have this design, just insert the pin at each corner into the end of each pole.- The instructions for the wind lines might be confusing if you’ve never done something similar, but they work. Definitely use them! The stakes on the skirt alone are never going to hold this thing down in the wind.Materials:- Time will tell for the netting and the sleeves that hold the poles, which is where similar things I’ve owned have failed after a few years of sun exposure. - The stakes are not great. I used them for the skirt-like base, but with little confidence. I used beefier stakes I had on hand for the four wind lines.- The zipper seems pretty dinky, but I don’t plan on using it often, so as long as it holds together, I’m okay with it.Design:- Time, wind, and snow will tell — I’ll update if anything dramatic happens!- The skirt-like base is going to flap all over the place in the wind unless you weight it down with rocks/pavers/bricks. It only has grommets for stakes at each corner.- It’s nice that there’s enough play in the system to allow some repositioning of the ends of the poles — I have a tiny pond with a larger bog filter I wanted to cover, and it’s in an awkward position in my rock garden, so I had to squish the tent a bit, but it seemed to handle it just fine.
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