Used this on a backcountry canoe camping trip. When you are trying to save weight for canoe travel and portages, it can be a real tough decision whether or not to bring an extra "luxury item" like this along with you when you already have a tent to pack along. This screen tent was worth it's weight in gold. It is lightweight, fairly compact and easy to set up. Black flies and mosquitoes were out in full force for our canoe trip and we cooked every meal under this tent and then sat under it and enjoyed nature without having to combat bugs. There is no floor in it so you do have to stake the sides down but, we got lazy and eventually stopped staking the canopy at all so we could throw it up quick to make a meal and then pack it back up in a hurry to move to the next lake. Not staking it down seemed to have no significant affect on mosquitoes and flies getting in-- at least short term. Obviously if there is wind, you want to use the stakes.