We do not have one now and have personally never considered it since we decided to Full time. Years ago, with the first TT we had one and found the set up time, tear down time to be a pain in the neck. We also found that there were too many times when it was too hot, too cold, too wet, too windy, etc. etc. to use. If we were sitting outside we generally either wanted to be sitting in the sun or sitting by the fire, neither which could be accomplished in a screen room.

To consider it as an office means you would be counting on always having reasonable weather to enjoy being outside in a screen room. Will you be needing it full time or part time? If you are going to use it often as an office, will you always be camping far enough away from other people that their noise won't distract you?

We both still work full time and when we went on the road part time Dale would often use the picnic table to do some of his work on. That proved to be a problem on the first rainy trip, then there was the cold trip, then the one where we had too many nosey neighbors trying to see what he was working on thus prevently him from really getting much work done. Plus he had to spend time setting everything up and then putting it away each day to ensure nothing got wet, blown away or had a passing bird/squirrel, etc cause a problem.

We've just come to the conclusion that having 2 work stations inside the RV, removing the couch, made life a little simpler for both of us. At the end of the workday, if he's in the middle of a project or I'm in the middle of work we can leave it on the desk (me) or workbench (him) and come back to it the next morning.

Not sure I totally answered your question, but we had a portable screen room in the past and I think we used it a grand total of 6 times, the last 2 of which were due to stubbornness that went something like "we paid $XX for this, we need to use it to justify purchasing it" and then we took all the time to set it up only to not use it once it was set up. Gladly gave it to the people who bought the TT from us when we were ready to upgrade and they were thrilled.

for long term..(a month set up) they are nice, but as it has been said....they are a pain to set up and tear down...they take up alot of storage.

normally they have Snaps to hold them to the unit ....during storms screen rooms are going to cause issues lowering and protecting the awning

they have gaps along the top....unless you order the hard door entry is thru a zipper.


they have there plus's but I think a pop up screen room over the picnic table is a little more economical/portable..and alot less money if needed

Thanks guys- all good points and I think we may back away unless we find ourselves in more long-term situations.  I don't see it for our first summer.

I think we're going to get this one

www.amazon.com/Coleman-Hex-Instant-Screened-Shelter/dp/B00339C3FA/ref=sr_1_3

it has many positive reviews and looks plenty big enough for us.

alltho a bit more pricey....EZ up commercial is built real well.....it runs around 200 plus the sides if you need them

suse1023 wrote:

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link please mike?

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Perhaps here:

E-Z UP Instant Shelters

Mike can verify if I've picked the right site.

Terry

ok, thanks. I have used something similar, it must not have been the commercial model however.
ours could have been a cheap knock off, because it was flimsy and a real pia to deal with.

we were camping with the rvs and horses and it did provide an excellent bomb-proofing exercise for the horses when it tried to sail away after one side collapsed. thank goodness we were far off of a road as several of the ninnies took it as an excuse to run willynilly through the campsites.
(not my btdt mare of course)

i'll be sure to look for the commercial quality one when I go shopping.
thanks mike and terry and jo.