Customer Reviews

Bug Off 72 by 80 Instant Screen, Reversible Fits French Doors and 12-Foot Sliding Glass Doors

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We got a Bug Off Reversible French Door Screen for our 6' patio doors. It was indeed easy to install. Just a tension rod at the top and a couple of Velcro fasteners on the sides.

While it keeps out a lot of flying things (bees, birds, bats, etc.) mosquitoes have no problem finding the gaps at night. It's pretty hard to completely eliminate any small openings at the bottom and they are enough to allow those bloodsucking demons to make your life a living hell. We're on the water so, to be fair to Bug Off, we may have more of a problem than locations other than "Skeeterville".

Our doors open in and the right hand door from the inside is our primary door. (I know... it's a left hinged door for the illuminated few that understand that backwards builder sort of talk.<g>) It IS reversible, but, to have the opening on that side it means the short flap on the right opens out and the long flap is on the inside. (They maybe should've had the opening closer to the center.) So??? What the heck is the difference you moron??? Well, I started to try a mechanical explanation, but it was getting too long and convoluted. Let it suffice to say the flaps keep getting reversed so that the magnets are no longer facing each other. Also, at the top where the flaps now cross they force themselves apart enough so they don't close tight. I know it sounds like such a silly, minor thing, but every time you go in or out you have to straighten the flaps or you'll have gaps. Skeeter gaps. (We don't need no steenking skeeter gaps!) It gets old and that makes me cranky. I should mention I'M old, so maybe THAT makes me cranky. Could be EVERYTHING makes me cranky, but that's another story for another venue.

One last little thing is that the more robust users (e.g. kids and tough-guys) will pull the tension rod down so, if you are not at least a little easy on it, you will have to keep adjusting the rod or putting it back up.

I don't mean to make it sound like a piece of crap because it's not. It's very useful if you need a temporary screen and you can move it in seconds to anyplace it's needed. For a more permanent situation such as ours, though, we will be getting real screen doors as soon as possible. In the meantime, it is okay for a quick fix and not prohibitively priced.

We paid $53.77 at SmartHome on Amazon in June 2010. They sent it out very quickly and we had it up just a few days after we ordered it.

Bug Off Instant Screen Door - 72" Reversible - Fits doorways 71"-73"

First glance, came in a box not much bigger than a baseball bat... Nicely packaged.

The screen material was much softer and heavier than expected.

The first step was to roll out the bar to the correct size and put on the screen.

Pushed it up and I was almost done!

I waited a day to let it flatten out and hooked up the bottom of the screen and it looks good.

My neighbor has a retractable screen, this is what my wife wanted... So this was about $730 less..

NOTE: this does not look as good as a $800 retractable screen but cost a lot less!!

SO I will take my money difference and still keep the bugs out...

Arrived in record time, took only minutes to put it up, and an hour or so before my dogs figured it out.
The screen is very handy on any size door, mine is on my French doors and fits perfect, we wont have a house full of flies this summer as the dogs go in and out.

We needed a temporary patio screen door for my daughter who just moved into her first house. She couldn't afford a permanent door yet, so we purchased this product. It was easy to install and does a good job at keeping the bugs out. The magnets are strong enough to keep the screen closed. Unfortunately she just got a new kitten and it doen't keep him in! So if you have pets, keep that in mind.

This screen is the perfect screen for our puppy fly problem. We have a 2 chihuahua puppies 7mos and 4mos old. Leaving the french doors open enough for the puppies to go in and out to potting just brought in major flies. I couldn't stand it. This screen does it. The only thing I would change would be to allow the purchase of two more clips to hold the screen up on each end. Great screen very sturdy just a great help for our home.

For the price, you can't go wrong. Easy to install, easy to use, magnets keep the screen closed. Can go in and out with one hand easily. Everyone who sees it is amazed how simple and great it works.

this screen is extremely easy to install, durable and keeps the bugs out. I can't wait until the heater goes off and the doors open up again. I stored it in the attic, I'm ready this year!

I bought this hanging screen for 2 reasons, to be able to leave my french doors open during summer for the breeze, and to use during entertaining. I found that I had to jerry-rig the hanging of the rod so that it wouldn't fall each time people walked through the opening. The tension rod didn't quite cut it, and the hardware included needs to be screwed into the wood frame (so I didn't use it). I'd say this screen works best if you don't plan on walking through the opening very often.

Product installs super easy. Did it in about 5 minutes. It does a pretty good job at shutting on it's own. It doesn't do it every time, but for the price you can't beat it.

A screen door is the best. However, for $60 you can't go wrong. Use the supplied clip to keep the screen secure and you should have no problems. I wish the bottom magent was stronger, but it works..