OLIXIS Outdoor Greenhouse Works Well Indoors but Struggles in Wind
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Yes, you can walk-in! No tools to assemble.
We are always looking for a way to get plants started sooner- this little greenhouse looked like it might fit the bill. The instructions were relatively straight-forward; if you can assemble one of those plastic block models you can get this assembled. The bags of the steel rods for the structure were labeled and the plastic connectors had the corresponding part ID built into the mold so figuring out which one was which was easy. I assembled it, by myself, in 95 minutes. It came with cording and some "L" stakes (similar to tent stakes) to help hold it down to the ground against the wind. These were not enough to keep it in place in the 15 mph winds we were having that day. Depending on your soil and typical weather conditions, adding a more robust stake and maybe two more tie downs to the frame would be a good idea. I opted to use it inside our barn instead- it should make a very nice hot house for pepper and tomato starts. The outer plastic covering is pretty thin, it's not as thick as what typical greenhouse plastic is. The covering is sewn to fit the frame and has ties built in along the front and back to help secure it to the framing. The door has zippers on both sides and ties at the top for you to use if you wanted to roll it up and out of the way. I'm 5'9" and while I do have to duck my head when I go through the door, I can stand up without issue once inside which is very nice. It'll make taking care of the plant starts in there much easier. The door zippers are working smoothly and are double sewn in place. The plastic is very transparent- light should pass through easily. The covering does have some gaps along the bottom- there's nothing to hold it tightly to the bottom part of the frame- I may be able to stretch it and "tuck" it under the frame once all the covering has smoothed out some. It has some wrinkles in it from being folded up in the box and, right now, when you are inside the greenhouse it does have that "new floaty pool toy" smell to it. But that's dissipated some after just 24 hours of being set up. The shelving easily snaps onto the framing. (If you're assembling the unit and the shelving isn't snapping on easily- go check all of the fittings- they're likely not fully engaged which is making it hard for the shelving to sit in place properly). The shelves are very nice- and will be great to set seed trays on with small plants. Four stars because I do not think this would not hold up well outside unless it was in a protected area or had additional tie downs. For our use inside as an area to hold more heat for plant starts, I believe it's going to work well.
Beware the batery on this camera will fail in the first year using outdoors
Doesn't Mount Flat To Wall
A low rating is an unfortunate reality
Great overall but good luck if you need to mount it on a surface that isn't perfectly flat
Love...if you're an entomologist...
Easy, smooth setup, decent performance