The 8-foot-by-8-foot Instant Sun Shade is the easiest of the two to set up. Simply fold down the sides of the shelter from the center, straighten the folding joints and extend the sliding poles to their full length. Support clips hold the top of the extending poles to the upper fabric of the sun shelter. With ozark trail screen house experience, you’ll be able to pop the sun shelter up in about 30 seconds. Taking it down is equally as fast, and an expandable carrying bag means you don’t have to waste time folding and compressing to make it fit. The Ozark Trail instant sun shade was incredibly easy to put up and even easier to take down.
Having room to spread out inside a tent is great, but unless it’s after dark or raining, chances are you won’t be spending any more time inside your shelter than you absolutely have to. Nobody wants to spend all day sitting in direct sunlight either though, and that’s where a tent with a screen ozark trail screen house room like this Ozark Trail 9 Person Cabin comes into play. Every year, thousands of new campers get their first taste of the outdoors in an Ozark Trail tent. Their combination of space and affordability catches the eye of many campers, but the details on these shelters can be lacking.
Here’s the reason I only gave it 4 and a half stars though. They are fiberglass (which when fiberglass tent poles are made a certain amount of plastic is added to the mix to keep the fiberglass from breaking as it is bent and flexed). These poles that came with it had more plastic mixed in with the fiberglass than they should have. Whether you have a model with sewn-in or separate poles, you’ll want to unpack it at home the first time. It’s easier to familiarize yourself with the process in the comfort of your own backyard or living room, away from the wind.
Although we always recommend using anchors such as weighted sand bag or stakes with guy lines attached to the top corners. It’s big enough for a family of four, a dog and all the gear, or for myself and my dog and gear with space for the dog to roam at night without getting into stuff. With the rainfly, nice and private, without the rainfly, a nice screen tent, and can keep the door zippered closed and keep the bugs out while airing the tent out during the day. One person can easily set up this tent in less than 8 minutes (once they’ve set it up one time so they are familiar with setup procedures) which is great if you have bad weather or bad weather is moving in. It is lightweight enough to be packable (to a reasonable extent) and holds up very well to some conditions most people will never put it to.
There are 4 walls included and one of the walls has a zipper in the center for easy access under the canopy. The canopy also has an awning, banner holder, stakes and guy ropes. The canopy folds down to 52.5″ in length and easily fits into the roller bag with all of the accessories.