I just received this blind, and after getting it out of the box we took it into our living room to see about setting it up, and taking it down again. When you take it out of the carry bag it just basically opens up by itself. Pulling out the sides to get it fully open was easy. It appears to be well made and feels like it would hold up well after several uses. Having the full see through fabric is really nice . Plenty of room inside for chair, side table and things like backpacks and such. I do think though that having more than one person in this blind would make things a bit awkward as far as everyone having their own equipment (chair, backpack, heater, etc) and might be a bit difficult to move around if someone was trying to get into a position to take a shot at something. The reason for my only giving it a 3 star review is the nightmare of taking it back down and trying to fold it back up and get it back into the carry bag. While watching a video of the procedure for takedown, two of us still could not get it to fold up correctly into a circle small enough to get into the bag. Folding it top to bottom is easy but trying to get each side to fold in and down flat is near impossible. We took the time to make sure everything was tucked in and as flat as we could get it. Maybe because it's brand new and the spring steel inside is just to stiff to fold or what we don't know, but we could not get those sides to fold in without the spring steel forming a big loop you just can't get out without really forcing it down, and possibly damaging it, and even when you get them in as far as you can as soon as you let go it just flies back open again. It totally escapes me how they got it folded down so flat at the factory, and able to get it into the carry bag with room to spare for the stakes, the roof rods and the floor. We are going to continue trying to figure this out, but it is being more difficult than the last blind we had which was even bigger. So, just a heads up for anyone looking to get one of these blinds.12
