Gartenfreude 4700-1004 Cold Frame Greenhouse Aluminium Frame with Polycarbonate Panels 100 x 60 x 40 cm

Cover ripped at seam within first day.Otherwise grew some huge tomato plants in it until it blew apart in gale force wind and I lost all my plants. It was tied down well but just not strong enough for my exposed garden. Would work ok in a much more sheltered garden.

The greenhouse was fairly easy to assemble with help from another person, the instructions, just diagrams, could have been better. It has withstood a fair bit of wind, but has a small rip near one of the zips as it is tight to close up. Otherwise a good buy.

Frame broke in first 2 days had to reassemble and make sturdier ourselves. Pvc sheet awful, does not with stand wind! Ripped in 2 places already, trying to find a replacement cover!

I wanted a metal cold frame because, from previous experience, the wooden ones slowly rot, but reviews of other metal frames in this price range talked of fiddly screws and sharp edges. In the end I decided to give this German sounding one the benefit of my cash. I have no idea where it is actually made, but the German-sounding name gave me confidence that it might be the one to choose.I was right. The cold frame fits together easily with plastic joints - no screws at all. In fact it was my young daughter who assembled it, so easy was it. It seems sturdy enough (not yet tested in winter weather) and I much prefer polycarbonate in these things to glass. It is the right size to fit four or five seed trays.I like it. I hope I have it in a sufficiently sheltered a spot to protect it from the worst of the Scottish winter, but it seems a good choice for the money.

Cold frame wanted for hardening off new plants. Received a worryingly extremely light package containing 6 metal edged plastic panels and a bag of plastic bits. Seems extortionate price of 50 quid for such a flimsy product. Irritating to slot together as pieces kept falling apart. The plastic bits forced on at the junctions are the only things holding it together. Forget the idea of propping it open, there is no easy way to do it. Just waiting for the first gust of wind to collapse this house of cards.

works as expected but a little light in weight so needs pegging down if in open area

The greenhouse was fairly easy to assemble, but flimsy so it kept falling to pieces. Unfortunately the quality wasn't great. Most of the poles did not fit firmly into the plastic joints (one or two did). I used duct tape hoping that would help to hold it together.Unfortunately, though, the greenhouse couldn't cope with today's winds of 20mph (maybe the gusts were sometimes stronger). It started to show problems yesterday, when it wasn't as windy (wind getting inside and pushing it up, which pulled out some of the anchors and some tearing at the seams near the bottom of the cover). Today the plastic joints could not cope and many have snapped. The polyethylene sheet covering has ripped at the seams where the ropes were secured to.

Easy to construct, nice and sturdy, Plastic not thin and flimsy like some, plants are thriving. Very happy with this product am considering another one for next year.