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![]() The Go-Zebo shelter offers 121 square feet of covered space. |
About ABO Gear
Short for Australian Beach Outdoor, ABO Gear opened in 1995 with a mission of making outdoor life more comfortable. In the ensuing years, the company has moved in a more pet-focused, sustainability-oriented direction. In 2004, ABO Gear entered the pet market, providing pets with the same rugged, high-performance, waterproof gear as their owners. In 2008, ABO launched a Natural Products Division focused on "green and pet gear." The division's Aussie Naturals brand features products made using jute, wool, cotton, coconut fiber, natural gum rubber, and leather. ABO Gear continued its movement with its Outback Jack line. Inspired by watching tons of scrap fabric being trucked to landfills, Outback Jack products are made of discarded fabric given a second life as dog toys, travel bowls, and more.
ABO Gear tests all its pet products on employee's dogs and maintains a partnership with Barking Hound Village Foundation (BHVF) in Atlanta. BHVF rescues dogs slated for euthanasia in local city and counter shelters and transports them to no-kill rescues across the East Coast. ABO Gear is currently based in downtown Decatur, Georgia, with a 50,000-square-foot warehouse and fulfillment center in Murphy, North Carolina.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Go-Zebo,
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I'm baffled by some of the reviews. They don't seem to be describing the same product. I ordered one to carry in our camper van. We haven't used on the road yet, but I'm happy with the product so far. I may upgrade to 5 stars if it performs as expected.
The Go-Zebo screen room is in a carrying sack that is 8 inches in diameter by 24 inches long. This does not match what other reviewers are saying. It weighed about 15 pounds on our scale. It certainly is well beyond the weight of trade paperbacks - more like a box of trade paperbacks. The poles are very very heavy fiberglass - both thick walled and unusually large in diameter compared to my tent experiences(an upgrade to lightweight aluminum poles would be wonderful). The rest of the shelter is lightweight. It sets up the same as our Eureka Mountain Pass 4 tent - and is about the size in the storage sack (it would be smaller except for the very heavy and bulky poles). I'm totally confused by the reviewer who couldn't figure out what to do with the poles. Half the tents I've ever seen work just like this. The 2 poles are 23' 4" long assembled and they break down into 23 inch sections. The comments about the poles being attached to the fabric are also confusing (are we reviewing the same product)? The poles are in a separate bag and rolled up inside the shelter in the carrying case. There are also some plastic stakes. If we really like it, I may go searching for lightweight aluminum poles to both reduce the bulk and the weight. Still, its packed size will work great in our camper van. Have now used the screen room. It took two of us to set it up, but there was a good wind blowing. Easy. Assemble the poles, thread through the sleeves at the peak and bend down to the bottom where the metal pin on the ring is inserted into the hole in the bottom of the pole. I've had tents that had the same system. There are loops along the bottom edge for stakes and four guy lines to stake. We staked it out in sand and it has been up 3 days in some rather high winds. It bends in strong winds, but seems quite durable. Nice product. Change those horribly heavy fiberglass poles to aluminum and it would be ideal. Need to find a small silver tarp to extend the shade area to put on the sunny side. Well worth the cost. I would pay more for aluminum poles to decease the weight.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy Setup,
By Virginia Val (Boones Mill, VA) - See all my reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Compact to store, easy to set up.,
By We needed some type of bug shelter to carry in our tiny RV. It was important to us that it be very compact to store. If you've spent much time hauling around duffle-size, heavy screen tents, you'll be amazed by this one. The Go-Zebo packs up into a sack about 12x16x3 inches, and weighs about what you'd expect for moderate-sized trade paperback. Also important to us was that it be easy to set up quickly. When the bugs bite, you don't want to spend extra time struggling with a tent. This sets up in about five minutes, maybe less. Another reviewer comments that it is difficult to take down. We do not find it difficult, but we do find that it requires some care. There's a trick. After we pull the poles from their pegs and flatten the tent, we pull all of the fabric back up above the top joint of each leg. THEN we remove the legs from the hub; fold each leg; fold the tent in half, leg next to leg; and fold it again in quarters. Finally we gather up any outlying fabric, pick up all the folded poles together, and slide it into its bag. This takes a little longer than the time required to set it up, but with a very little practice, it requires at most about ten minutes. This is a versatile tent. Staked and guyed it has proven stable in gusty conditions. In hot, sunny conditions, the shade it provides feels very comfortable. The quality of construction is excellent--durable fabric, smooth zippers, everything well sewn. One thing the prospective buyer should note is that because of the steeply curved sides, this tent has a very small top. On the plus side, that means you can see out the windows really well. On the minus side, the amount of shaded area and rain-protected area is quite small. Several kids on the ground would probably find it roomy enough. Two adults can sit comfortably in folding chairs within the shaded area, or eat at a small table. Four adults in folding chairs could all sit inside, but not within the shaded area. When necessary, we rig a small tarp on one side to provide added sun protection.
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