Customer Reviews

Umbrella Gazebo

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Umbrella Gazebo

I ordered this gazebo umbrella netting and we are totally pleased with the product. Setup was simple and the bottom lining once filled with water keeps the netting in whatever shape you desire.
A very simple and inexpensive way to enjoy the outdoors without the aggravation of inscets and bites. Oh did I say that it looks really nice once it's installed.

This is a great invention. However, despite the claim that you can put water in the bottom to hold the bottom down, it leaks. At least mine did. Mine won't even hold sand, even though it was supposed to do that too. The seams on the tubing at the bottom all ripped - not an occasional tear, but the entire thing popped open - and it seems inevitable because of the construction. I complained but never got around to returning it for a replacement. The seller told me it wasn't reasonable to expect it to hold water - even though the directions say it should - so I think you should expect a hassle if you want it to do that. And you absolutely should fill it up outside the first time if you try to fill it with water. I couldn't do this and it was a mess. Without water, I don't have any problem with it blowing around - but it doesn't look very gazebo-y. It does keep the mosquitoes out though and that was the reason I bought it. It also has handled several storms quite well.

Only wanting a temporay "fix" to keep the bugs off of us when my wife and I sit outside on our patio,I purchased this item after reading the reviews. After opening the package and realizing that the "bladder" was only flimsy plastic, I took all precautions in setting up the net. I spread the bladder out carefully not to pinch it on anything. While following the "Caution" sticker's statement quite carefully (Do not overfill, may cause failure and leaks), as there are no other instructions to follow, I slowly filled the bladder with water letting it trickle in. And you know what? There were two leaks in it before it was 3/4 filled! I didn't even get a chance to sit outside for five minutes. I'm frustrated by poor quality items and I've requested a return with a full refund.

Meh, is the best description. It does work, and it's about 200 times cheaper than actually building a screen room. But the water tube is useless - it leaked from day one. On day 14 I went to refill it, and instead of the cap coming undone, the whole cap assembly ripped out. Now I have a spring clamp holding the plastic closed. The screen will not hold black flies out, so I sprayed it with Permethrin - that seemed to do the trick.

It's also awkward to take down, but if you leave it up with the umbrella down, it still blows over in the storms. My solution to this - see customer pictures above, is to take an old parasol and remove the material, string rope between the splines, and put the net over that actually pretty nice as you can see the sky now.

Still, if I can get a season out of it sitting outside when it's still over 70, I guess the price I paid is pretty good value.

So far this item has been wonderful. It is a 2 person project to put up but works very well when the umbrella is up and the netting is used. Used it at a party for the food and for the more 'bug' sensitive guests. Will replace when this one wears out.