The fire pit is great! We bought the small one. Definitely good for what we wantedneeded. However, the screen is not fire proof. We learned that the hard way... We got a good fire going and thought we could put the screen on to contain some ash from some newspaper. Well, nope. Bad idea. The fire burned the screen and left an absolute horrid chemical smell that is still lingering. If there is a warning for that anywhere, we didnt catch it. Screens are meant to be able to be used  but we definitely have to just leave it all open.