IT’S BIG!…and yet, not…

I bought this tent to use at a week-long star-party, so “practical” and “carry-in” weren’t objectives. What WERE objectives were that it had to be big enough for all my gear, had to be relatively reliable and well equipped, and it had to be big enough that I could move around in it with my 6’2″ figure without developing a hunch.Naturally when buying camping gear I ran to Coleman. It’s clear that the brand has moved far away from the mostly American-made products to overseas (China) manufacturing, so that was a little disappointing. However it probably worked in my favor since I could get more product for less $$.Okay, so about the tent…First off, this is NOT a light tent. If you’re actually going to hike this someplace, think again. The specs say it weighs 36 pounds, and you’d better believe it. It also comes in the typical Coleman tent bag (squarish green zipper bag) and the bag is about 4-feet long. Definitely something to consider if you’re planning on taking this tent somewhere on foot.The tent comes in a cardboard box, which is put inside the Coleman green bag, and then that is put inside a box for shipping. My tent arrived without a scratch on anything…except my wallet for the shipping charges. :)Assembly, I have to say, for a tent this size, is cake. Now like I said above, I’m 6-foot-2, and I was able to put this tent together solo without any trouble at all. In fact, with the exception of the rain fly, a midget with a step-ladder could solo-assemble this tent. (Take a moment and relish that image for a second…)When you open the actual tent bag, the tent is folded and rolled up around all the other parts and tied with two strips of nylon fabric. I’d recommend ditching these and getting some real straps or rope. The tent poles, stakes, and supplemental poles (for door and awnings) came in good, separate bags with tie wraps. The rain fly, removable room divider, and “door mat” were folded and rolled up as well.The tent poles seem very durable, well painted and marked, and where the elastic-cord is exposed in the joints, it’s actually a small link of chain, so no worries about eventually cutting through the cord with use. There’s four U-shaped pole structures for the tent. The sides of the U’s are straight and go almost the full height, and the top sections are curved. The curved sections feed into well-marked and reinforced loop-sleeves along the top, then you connect the side poles. Once you have all the pole sections in place, you just raise each one, one at a time, and stick the bottom ends into the friction-cleat at the bottom edge of the tent. As the tent raises, you have to watch that the seams of the tent line up with the poles, and you have to shift things around a little until all the poles fit in place. The side poles actually have push-pin adjustments so you can alter the height an inch or two. The directions say to raise the tent with all the poles in the lowest setting, then raise each to the highest setting to fill out the shape. I missed that step and had all the poles in the full-height position, and didn’t run into any problems. The tent DOES fit the frame with only a few inches wiggle-room, so it can seem a little tight until you get it all adjusted.From roll-out to the point where all four pole sets were raised took me about 10-minutes…and that’s with checking everything over twice.Once you have the poles up you can re-adjust the shape of the tent to get everything spread out good. There’s clips that connect the sides of the tent to the poles, and you can go ahead and fill in all the stake points. There’s a stake point at every pole point, as well as at the door, screened outside and inside, and a couple other places. Trust me, if you think there should be a stake somewhere, there’s already a reinforced loop waiting.Once you get the tent part up, the rain-fly goes on. I will say that the rain-fly fits TIGHT to the tent, so a little patience is needed. Make sure the “Coleman” logo is on the screened-side of the tent and not the back. The fly is sewn in a way that it fits the shape of the tent, and there’s just enough difference that it won’t fit otherwise. Once you throw the fly over the tent, each connecting point has an elastic cord connected to a good metal hook which fits into a small hole in each tent pole. I recommend starting at the middle (the center two pole sections) and doing the ends last. There’s Velcro straps that further connect the fly to the poles…attach those as you go to keep the fly from moving around as you stretch it. The fly also has attached tie-lines with toggles that you can spread out and stake down. They looked pretty sturdy.The whole top of this tent is screened (except where poles go over and its reinforced) so the fly is needed unless you’re chancing a dry night.Once you get the fly on, you put in the rods for the door and the awnings. These rods are very thin and each rod is jointed with the typical elastic so you don’t lose a piece. One rod goes into the vertical section of the door (what would be the hinge-line) and the other bows from the top to the bottom to frame the door. Coleman did a great job with this part. The poles are held in a sleeve along the door, with a zippered section so you can get the poles in and bend them how they’re needed, and the ends of the poles have plastic covers and fit into sturdy rubber sockets on the door. Despite what it looks like at first, it’s actually pretty durable once you get it assembled. The door has a protective flap covering the zipper, and a full-length zipper so you can shut the door fully at night. There’s also several small Velcro patches, so when you close the door it doesn’t hang open.The awnings (one over the door and one opposite the door on the other side of the tent) are made using the last two flexible poles. Making a bow-shape with the pole, you slip the pole into a sleeve on the rain-fly and then stick the ends of the poles into a grommet point on a strap that is also connected to the main tent poles. It’s a bit of a trick to get them in…I had to un-clip the strap on one side from the tent pole, put the awning pole into the grommet with the slack, and then re-clip everything back to the tent pole. The awnings to not stick out very far. I’d say they stick out only an inch or so beyond the profile of the tent. Since the tent does have a slight slope inwards, the awnings really just keep the dew or rain from pouring down on the door and back window.Okay, enough on assembly. How’s the tent? Awesome!There’s lots of windows in this tent, all screened with zippered privacy flaps that have built-in ties to manage them. The bottom of the tent is tarp-like and supposedly waterproof. Although I believe the waterproof part, I’d still HIGHLY recommend putting a separate tarp under this tent as a moisture barrier and to add an extra layer of durable material. I’d also recommend (if you care to bring it) a blanket or cloth-tarp to put inside to protect the tent bottom from your own traffic and gear. The inside room is very roomy and I could easily stand up without bending at all, and walk around the whole inside without problem. There’s a built-in mesh pocket, about the size of a sheet of paper, but otherwise not much else. There’s a small, semi-circular opening on the back wall near the floor that Coleman calls a “Cool-Air port”. I’m not sure the point, actually. It’s got a zippered screen flap as well as a zippered privacy flap, so you can open it fully and reach outside. Maybe it does help with air-flow…but I think it’s more so you can reach your cooler without leaving the tent! :)The screened in “porch” area has no bottom. The inside part, facing the actual inside of the tent, is divided by a zippered mesh wall, and a zippered privacy flap. The privacy flap doesn’t zip at the bottom, but the mesh part does. The opening for the screened area to the outside is a single vertical zipper. There’s stake loops at the bottom of BOTH sides, so you can stake down one side and use the other half of the opening as an actual door flap. There’s not much room in the screened area. About enough for a pair of chairs. I could stand up without problem, but not move around much, since there’s a bit of a slope. Still, to escape bugs, it’s a nice touch. I will say that the rain-fly does NOT cover all of the screened porch area…really just the top and part of the sides. If you store gear out there, know it’s exposed to the elements…just not bugs.Final thoughts:Taking the tent down and putting it away was as easy as setting it up. Surprisingly everything fit back into the bag…and I didn’t take much time neatly rolling it or pushing all the air out, so if you do take your time it will fit with room to spare!BUY ADDITIONAL STAKES! The tent comes with about 8 cheap plastic stakes that I wouldn’t rely on, and about 14 wire-metal-stakes which are fine but can be annoying to put in and take out. Do yourself a favor and spend a couple bucks on more stakes. You can never have too many stakes!Other than that I can’t think of a thing wrong with this tent. It looks gigantic in the specifications and even when setup, but it’s actually not that big…so don’t worry about showing up with some camper-sized monstrosity! I’d recommend getting a tent-repair kit and some seam-sealer, but that’s just prudent with ANY tent.It’s designed to house 6 people, but realistically you could get four people and a dog or two in this without much complaint.If you don’t want the screened section (or just don’t think you’ll use it) get the “WeatherMaster 8 Screened Tent” which is exactly the same except the tent fills out the area that is screened-in, in the 6 tent.(Further Update)I had this tent out on a mountain-top in West Virginia in mid september. A bad thunderstorm/wind-storm came upon us and I feared for the worst since this tent is so tall and all. We got pounded for hours and several other people had tents destroyed, poles snapped, and some even lost their tents entirely. I sat in apprehension that night, waiting for disaster…but it never came. When morning broke and I got a chance to have a look…not a thing was wrong with the tent! I had one tent-stake come up, but I expected that one to since it wasn’t in very good. Other than that the tent was as perfect as when I had put it up! No rips, no bent or broken poles, nothing.I do have a few comments to make, though.For starters, with the roof of the tent being mesh, it means even with the fly on there is a posibility of rain getting in if you’re in a storm and it’s blowing sideways. I ended up fitting on a big tarp when I saw the storm coming, so that chance was eliminated.Second, there were two points where some water did come in. There was a two-inch bit of the seams on one place near the door, and another under the opposite window, where the stitching was just a bit too tight and water eventually seeped through. Now, when I say “water seeped through” I mean a tiny splotch was all I got. During the storm I put a towel under each spot, and was fine. In the morning I applied some of Coleman’s seam-sealer to those spots, and since then haven’t had any problems at all with leaks.The third thing, is this tent is definately not a cold-weather tent. With the storm that came upon us, night temperatures dropped from high-50’s and 60’s, to mid and low 30’s, and I was definately glad I had my cold weather gear! Air comes in through the vented top and you can’t really stop it, and it also can come in under the porch privacy flap, in through the screen. The walls of the tend were great, and blocked the wind without problem. I solved the breeze coming in through the porch flap by stacking my gear that was in the porch area up against the flap, keeping it pushed shut. Unfortunately you can’t do much about the top. I think I’m going to sew on a privacy-like flap over both roof screen panels, to close them up.Oh, and one last thing, the porch area does not stay dry in the rain. The fly covers the top, but really the rain just comes in and only a small patch right under the fly stays dry. Not too big a deal.I still love this tent and recommend it to anyone. As with any camping gear, you sometimes have to figure out some solutions, but there are way too many good things about this tent to worry about the minor problems.

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Big, big, big!!

Well this is my initial review. I plan to come back and do another review after we have used it more than once.First off photo 1 shown on amazon is the front of the tent. The door shown in this first photo is the front door that is hinged. The second photo is of the backside of the same tent but the back door is just zippered. Photo 2 also shows the little diagonal light color tent material close to the bottom on the left that conceals the little zipper to allow cords to run in and out of the tent. The tent I received did not have the little dog door show in photo 3 on the amazon page. Photo 4 is pretty accurate of what it looks like all set up. In my opinion photo 4 shows the fabric more realistically. It is thin shinny tent material not flat thick material the way it appears to me in the other photos. Now that we got that out of the way on to my experience of setting it up and using it.I ordered this for a Cub Scout campout. I went (5’4 female 30’s) with two kids under 10. My husband had to work. The tent arrived on Friday thanks to awesome Amazon Prime shipping. We were leaving Saturday for the campout. I opened the box and went right to work. I set it up in the backyard all on my own (with help with one step from a 5 year old). The instructions were pretty clear. They are included on one white sheet of some sort of waterproof paper or material permanently attached to the tent bag. It was a windy day not heavy winds but gusty. It took me about an hour to unpack it for the first time, read the directions, watch a few seconds of a you tube video (while I was stuck), and set it up. Actual work time could have been greatly reduced but I made on error and it ate up a LOT of my time. So here is the error.On the instruction sheet it clearly says to put the pole marked with the red tape in the slot on the tent that is sewn in red…easy. Next put the remaining poles in the other slots at the top of the tent. Well here is where I had trouble. The tent was laying on the ground staked out at the corners but the bulk of the tent fabric was all piled up in the middle. I found another slot that looked just like the red one but it was sewn in black and put in the tent pole in and connected all of the pieces and tried to stand it up. No luck it would not stand up and fit in the pin-and-ring thing AT ALL it was like the fabric was two small or tight. I worked and worked and worked with it before I figured out that there was one slot sewn with red, two with black, and two with silver/gray (harder to see in the piled up mess of tent material). That important bit of information (that there were two other sets of slots and not just one) was not in my instructions so basically once I realized there was another choice it went right up. The black slots are not for the metal poles at all but are used later for black fiberglass shock poles. So that was my error and maybe it will save someone else some trouble for me to admit my silly mistake.Once the tent was standing I finished up the last bits of initial set up and it was done. Now I wanted to try to put of the rain fly myself. Remember I am going with just the two kids no hubby this time. The tent is very tall and I am not very tall. So I tried and tried to put the rain fly on but with the wind gusts it just kept blowing off before I could get it all the way on the tent. So here is were I used the 5 year old. She is very helpful but not very tall and we were able to get it on with only a few attempts working together. After it was “on” I still had to stake it out. Then it was done!! It is very nice and big!! So my intention was to go ahead and apply to Camp Dry and Seam Grip that I purchased. Because we were expecting rain. Well once I read the can it said it took 24-48 hours to dry WHAT? Oh not I didn’t have that much time. I called Kiwi (SC Johnson) to ask them if I should spray or not spray and we decided together not to risk it not being dry in time. So off I went to camp without camp dry in the rain. Now I have to tell you that last Cub Scout campout we barrowed a tent and it rained a LOT and we got wet. So knowing it was going to rain again and I was going to be in a new untested tent with two kids this time not just one was stressful. I took the tent down packed it up with a tiny bit of help from hubby (not needed just nice to have :)). The next morning we headed to camp.Once we arrived we found a spot with the least rocks, put down the tarp, and set up the tent. I had a little help from some of our Scout family and we got it up pretty quick (wish I would have timed it). In the night there was wind in gusts and some rain and we stayed dry and the tent held up great! Now this was light rain and not sustained. I was pleased. I took down the tent (again with scout family help) packed it up wet in the mild rain and headed home. We set it up in the backyard with the intention of cleaning it and then applying the Camp Dry and Seam Grip. I was able to clean it but the next few days were VERY windy so I couldn’t spray the tent. We did get to see how it held up to more rain (harder rain this time) and pretty beating winds. We finally took it down early on day three of it being up in the yard. I wish we would have taken it down earlier because I am sure all of that wind was not good for it. It took a beating and was still in good condition. I gave it the once over and found one small spot I would call a stretch mark that might leak at one of the tent bottom corners that attaches to the ring for the stake. I will be sure to apply Seam Grip there.We are planning to put it up again when it is not so windy to apply the Camp Dry and Seam Grip. I will update this review when we try it again.I just wanted to mention one more thing. I went to Home Depot and got some free sample squares of carpet (they were discontinuing this carpet) to put under the bottom of each camp cot leg. I plan to really protect the bottom to try and keep it in good condition. I do not want to get wet again like I did in the barrowed tent. No shoes and something under heavy objects. Hoping that helps.Update May 2016 we have been camping many times and this tent has held up so well. We have not had a really good hard rain yet to review the tent in hard rain.

23 people found this helpful

Generally a Good Value

Waited to get a couple of trips out of this tent before reviewing. The first big thing is to pre-assemble this tent at home to get used to raising it. This is not a pop up tent by any stretch of the imagination and takes a little time and patience to assemble, especially doing it solo. The good thing here is that the tubular frame construction is a lot sturdier than the tension rod tents. It is not a backpack tent, weighing well over 30 pounds.Coleman recommends staking out the four corners of the tent floor taut, then assembling the poles. Even with two people, that’s a little tough to do and puts a lot of stress on the tent fabric. It is much easier to lay out the floor as much as possible, install and assemble the poles, push in the bottom tent pins into the holds to put the tent under tension, stake the center loop of the back (non-screened) bottom panel, and pull the whole assembly up from the screen end and get the corners staked. If it’s really windy, this is probably a two person operation; otherwise, it can be done pretty easily by one. Some hand strength is required to extend the poles to final position using the spring loaded buttons.The other minor assembly challenge is the rainfly, especially with a breeze. If going solo, hook the one upwind corner of the rainfly to the tent and toss enough material over the roof to get it from the other side. Then pull the material toward the corners, hooking it to anything available as a temporary measure, then pull the rainfly into final position. The Coleman logo is on the screen side of the tent. The rainfly really fits tightly over the tent frame, and I would surmise that durability will be an issue with the thin poly material used. The rest of the assembly is pretty straightforward with the tensioning rods and whatnot.Assembled, this is a pretty sweet tent for 8 month camping season in VA. The screen room is great for gear storage (cover the stuff if privacy is an issue). The screen room has a dirt floor, but I install my tent over a tarp anyway, This is a high tent and the full 9’x12′ enclosed space is pretty much available for use. There is also an interior room divider that’s pretty much useful only to Ozzie and Harriet. Coleman appears to have changed the design from earlier photos in that the rainfly only bows out over the door and the one back window, not the whole front. That does make it a little more waterproof.The velco’d tensioned door flap is easily the best feature of this tent. The door can be zipped, but in normal use, the hinge system works like a charm.There are two drawbacks to the tent that kept it from getting a 5 star rating, which it really deserves at its price point. Coleman fully zippered the screen divider between the interior and screen room, but inexplicably did not install bottom zippers in the corresponding solid panel. In cold windy weather, that’s an issue. I reckon that it’s possible to seal the opening with duct tape in a pinch, but this extra step seems way too unnecessary.The rainfly material is ultra thin and, given the high tension to stretch it over the frame, is not going to last for the life of the rest of the tent. Also, the waterproofing of that thin rainfly depends on its coating and is subject to significant condensation in wet conditions or heavy morning dew, which creates some unwanted interior light rain under the wrong conditions.Addional waterproofing spray on the rainfly helps for rain, but not with the condensation issue. It’s a relatively flat roof, so that condensation can accumulate and get pretty bad. I’m guessing that’s why some reviewers are reporting that the tent leaks in rain, and others are reporting bone dry conditions. The rainfly doesn’t actually leak, but does sweat horribly over the mesh roof. I didn’t add additional seam sealer, but seam leakage hasn’t been a problem to date.For a tent that is otherwise brilliantly engineered, as noted in the other reviews, these drawbacks seemed to be an unnecessary $5 savings to Coleman in material.Overall, it’s a great tent with a couple of smallish gremlins. An enhanced version of this tent would be really, really good. Put a bottom zipper on the bottom divider panel, figure out a better rainfly design, and maybe toss in a thin panel(s)that can be hung/velcro’d in the screen room for nominal privacy if desired.To get this tent to perform “perfectly” for me in less than ideal weather, I’m adding some velcro tabs where the bottom zipper of the divider panel should have been, adding some shear curtain material to hang in the screen room, and most importantly, experiment with a couple of tarp configurations to help out that rainfly, probably using a big one for heavy rain and a cheapie light version to slip under the original rainfly. Hopefully, this will battle unwanted overhead condensation with what is essentially a double layer rainfly. As a car camper, I always have an extra tarp and extra stakes in the trunk anyway.If possible, don’t pack the large tent pole bag back with the rest of the tent. Everything else then fits in the orignial Coleman bag just fine without stressing the relatively lightweight zipper.Finally, bring along extra stakes and pins, as the plastic ones with the tent are not primo, and steel pins eventually tend to bend out and must be discarded.

5 people found this helpful

Best tent ever!

We use this tent for all weather! Great if you have kids!

Very happy with performance of tent

Purchased tent for weekend camping music festival. It rained everyday – 22 hrs straight one day/night. Temps 50-75 degrees, low wind.I’m very happy with performance of tent and would recommend to a friend. I rated 4 stars because the screened in section gets wet inside when it rains, so I had to add plastic/tarp to improve my camping experience. Would be great if screen section had rain flaps. Otherwise, a 5 star performance.Pros:1) Tent was easy to set up and take down with one person – of course this goes faster with a friend – but no issues solo.2) Lots of space, lots of windows. I stayed in tent alone, there was plenty of space for my 40″ x 80″ camp cot, 24″ x 60″ foldup table, a fold up chair, all my gear, and space to walk around.3) Stand full height inside tent is greatly appreciated for changing cloths, etc.4) Screened in area was AWESOME to have with the rain – I could keep my muddy boots and wet rain jacket in the screened area, so that the cabin part of tent remained clean and dry inside.5) My friends were jealous of my tent set-up.6) I have no complaints about the main cabin screen and cover that is between the main cabin and the screen enclosure. The screen section zips up center and bottom, and the cover only zips at the center, not at the bottom. This was not an issue for me as other have expressed in reviews. If the covering had a bottom zipper – it would be very annoying to get in out of tent having to zip/unzip two layers (screen and cover) to access tent. Zipping the screen portion keeping the bugs out. There seemed to be no issues with wind blowing through tent. This is a Coleman tent – Coleman generally provides smart designed tents.7) No issues with rain penetrating tent. After 22 hrs of heavy driving rain, I noticed a few drops of water near one of the windows in the lower corner area. There was a few drops that entered near the back of tent – not sure from where. Per manufacturers testing, tent should last 35hrs in rain with less then a spoon full of water penetration. I definitely had much less then a spoon full, just a few drops. Floor of tent, with 6″ high sides, stayed waterproof…and I had a huge puddle under my tent.8) Top of tent is all mesh. This allows the tent to breath and prevents dew and condensation, which is a good thing. However, the mesh top could be an issue in colder weather – as it wouldn’t hold in the heat from a tent heater. I suppose you could cover the top of tent with plastic sheeting before installing rainfly if you planned on using tent heater.Cons:1) Tent in case is fairly large and heavy. Takes up a lot of space in my small car. But it is a BIG tent – so that is to be expected.2) Screened in section is not totally protected from the rain. Only the top portion is covered by the rain fly. When raining, the screen area gets all wet inside. (There is no plastic flooring in the screen part – the floor is the ground – so the rain does not collect – seeps into ground…but your gear gets wet). I resolved this by rigging a sunshade and plastic sheeting to protect screen sides from rain. That worked out great. But it would be awesome if the screened section had roll down rain flaps. Maybe I will sew on some Velco to the rain fly and attach my own homemade rain flaps. That would make this tent perfect.3) The tent poles are painted metal. I first practiced setting up tent in driveway at home. The ends of poles lost some paint rubbing on the driveway. After my rainy camping trip, noticed rust where the paint had been scrapped off by driveway. This could be a problem. If the poles are not stored in the plastic storage bag, they will likely stain the tent material. I do not know how to improve this situation – but scrapping of paint of off the ends of poles would likely occur with normal usage; camping at beach, gravel packed camp groups, rocky areas, etc. Its not a huge deal or concern for me – but it is something to make note. Does not imped the use of tent and likely won’t shorten tent life.

21 people found this helpful

Great Tent

For a pull up to the campsite setup, this is a fantastic tent. As with ANY brand of tent, be smart and weatherproof it right out of the box and have no worry about being a “weather master”.As I have only set up and used a few times, I cannot speak of longevity just yet but from camping since the 80’s it seem very well constructed and everything so far works above expectation and seems very solid.My queen size cot takes up most of the useable space in the floor plan but allows plenty of room for gear. The walls are sloped in this tent like almost every other that may confuse new tent buyers seeing person tent. This is a great size tent for couples or a small family/group that is sleeping on the ground or small cots.The ventilation is amazing in this tent if you adjust windows and the screened in porch area. Even with the rain fly on, Coleman did some research and air flows better than most cabin styled tents I have owned in the past.There is a “room divider” included, however the area is so small, I do not see much value but some of you may like it.I do wanna talk about that door…. holy cow, …. long time camper since boyscouts in the early 80’s… what an incredibly clever and why hasnt this been a thing! You can still zip the tent like normal, at night or maybe in a high bug area, but the rigid door and velcro… geniusSo far, I love it… like any tent, even from factory, I seam sealed high stress areas and waterproofed the rest of the areas before I slept in it so cant comment on out of the box but suggest you dont either lol.Ventilation seems super easy with this tent, the screened in area is able to be opened with a sealed bug mesh, huge side windows, upper end vent area and the best part of the top is not only is it completely open, the tent is designed so that when the rain cover is on, it keeps about a 2′ distance at minimum over all the surface to allow air flow.Its heavy so a out of the vehicle tent,… but great tent for extended stays in at least 3 climates and probably 4 if your young enough to be hardcore lol.If you want a well functioning, well made, well designed tent that will last you decades if you care for it outdoors abode for 2-4 people comfortably… look no further. Probably not a “my first tent” but should be. Its not that hard, the directions suck as with any tent just figure it out.Im looking forward to a full summer crashing in this tent. If anything sucks along the way, I will update my score.

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Good tent for our first tent!

This is our first tent, so my wife and I invested a lot of time in finding the right one. We originally bought the Coleman WeatherMaster Screened 6 Tent, but we found something we didn’t like about it. We, therefore, opted to pay a little bit more for a bigger and roomier tent that would fit our supplies. Although only 3 of us occupied the tent, we were glad there was more than enough space to put our personal items on the other side of the tent. We were both able to stand up without having to haunch over. That was a plus for us. The other version of this tent comes with a ceiling light and fan, but it was more than what we were wanting to pay.First of all, I’m not a very tall person, so I needed another individual to help me set it up. It does help to have one side of the tent staked down while you get the rest of it up. The instructions on the bag aren’t very helpful, but it’s pretty simple to set up once you get the 3 main support structures together. Even though the tent came with its own stakes, I bought at least 8 extra ones. I think in total, you’ll need at 9 stakes if you were to secure all of the available sections. I’m sure the stakes that came with it will suffice, but I read a few reviews suggesting to get better ones, and I don’t regret doing so either. The plastic yellow ones still do the job, and there are thin metal ones that are included as well. I didn’t check how many there were of those, since I used the other ones that I bought separately.Once the tent was up, we put the rain fly on, since there was a chance we were going to have rain. Thankfully, it didn’t rain as much, just sprinkles. I was hoping it would so that I could test out the effectiveness of the rain fly. Even though it was pretty hot during the day, we still kept the rain fly on. It got pretty cold at night, so please be aware that this tent is more suited for warmer camping trips. We were fine, since we brought extra blankets. Too bad Coleman doesn’t have zippers to close the top mesh areas. There’s no way to cover those, only with the rain fly. Regardless, we had all of the windows open during the day, and the airflow through the tent was pretty good, even on hot days.Next, we loved the door. Some reviewers think it’s no big deal, but it’s a smart design. You don’t have to keep zipping anymore unless you’re going to sleep at night. My daughter did trip a few times going into the tent, since the bottom of the door is a few inches high. As long as your kids, friends, or family are aware of that, it shouldn’t be a huge deal. Velcro keeps the door from flapping around. I didn’t notice this before I bought it, but there is also a back door on the other side of the tent, but that one is the standard tent door where you zip it up to open/close. We never used that one, since it was more of a nuisance. I kind of wish it wasn’t there, for security reasons, but that’s fine.Inside the tent is pretty spacious. I do wish that there were item holders in each corner to put your phone or other little things in. Still, no big deal. Do note that the end of the tent are tilted in, so you won’t get all the room on both ends of the tent. Again, that didn’t bother us either. On one side of the tent, towards the bottom, there’s a zipper that you can open to allow an extension cord in. That came pretty handy. The tent came with a privacy screen to divide the room up if you had another occupant on the other side, but we didn’t put it up, since we weren’t needing it. It doesn’t zip up to the tent, unfortunately. It just hangs onto these little grapples, so you don’t really get too much privacy, just something to block your view of the other people on the other side.Lastly, putting the tent away is a pain, only because you have to fold this thing really good to put it back into the little bag that it comes in. Make sure to keep your window flaps open so that the air can escape when you’re folding it back up. I would also suggest purchasing or bringing along a little dust broom and pan to clean all of the dirt that will collect on your tent when you’re in the process of putting this away.

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It does what it should

We used this tent while camping at a festival. The second night we had really bad weather, but the tent stayed standing. The open roof even with the rain fly over it allowed water to be blown in underneath. It claims to allow 2 queen size air mattresses and it does but you can barely turn around with them both inflated. Overall the tent was okay.

Off to the woods we go.

I love Coleman products and can’t wait for Memorial day weekend.

Good for car camping

My husband and I have backpacked together for years. With three young kids, we felt it was time to introduce the fun of camping and decided to spend a few years car camping with day-hikes from “base camp” while they learn outdoor skills and gain a little more strength and endurance so eventually we can all backpack together.We did a lot of tent research and eventually decided on a Coleman due to the affordable price point and durability. This is not the best tent ever made, but with care it will last several years, by which time we will have hopefully graduated to a completely different camping experience.A few things:This tent seems huge. Maybe this is just my perspective since I’m used to a tent barely larger than a sleeping bag. But it’s really big. There may be tent pads in some campsites where this thing just will not fit. So if you get it, make sure to scope out your potential campsite carefully before start setting it up. In spite of being huge, it’s a tight squeeze for two fit average-height parents and three scrawny kids. I can’t picture getting six adults in it comfortably, especially if any of them are taller or wider than average.It’s also pretty tall, so it may not be great in high winds. Our camping trips have been pretty uneventful weather-wise so far, but just from a simple physics perspective, it’s not a top pick for windy destination camping. Also if tent pads are surrounded by trees with low-ish branches, the height may be an annoyance when trying to position the tent. It’s fun to be able to stand up inside the tent, though.I thought the porch would be wasted space but its actually nice to have a place for muddy boots and an “airlock” against bugs getting in the actual tent (we quickly get in the porch, zip it completely, make sure we are dirt- and bug-free, then quickly move to the actual tent–pretty slick!).I thought the swinging door would be nice and convenient, but it’s not great with kids. They like to use it since its easier than the porch/airlock system, but they kind of hang around it and ever so politely hold it open for one another, so it’s really just a giant bug-sucking maw flapping open. If your campers are a little quicker or have had the politeness effectively trained out of them, your experience may be different.The tent is super easy to set up. My husband can do it himself in the dark within 15-20 minutes–and that’s with a 5 and 7 year old “helping.” For the two of us without the kids helping, it is much faster. The flip-side to this easy set up is that it’s very bulky to transport. Actually, about the exact size and weight of our 7yo. So imagine transporting a 7 year old kid in a giant green bag. If that works for you, then you won’t have any trouble with carrying this tent in its bag.Watch out for the fiberglass poles. They shed fiberglass splinters at an alarming rate. I’ve set up a lot of tents and don’t remember ever in my life having so many slivers. Unfortunately, assembling these portions of the tent could have been a job for the kids, but we now do it with leather gloves on. I’m not sure why this is happening with such frequency. Maybe they’re just cheap.The bathtub style bottom is nice, but I think it would have been better if a tarp were also included. That is something I have appreciated about Coleman tents in the past but I guess they no longer do this. We had to buy our own.The high windows are nice for providing airflow and still having a little privacy.Overall, we like this tent for the type of camping we are doing.

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Ample Room, Bright, Vented

Ample room for coleman queen air cot, two kids cots, a dog bed, and all our clothes. Have so much room, we may get a portable toilet to put in a corner. Bright inside. Tall inside. Plenty of ventilation. Love the end windows that can be open even in a heavy rain. And there is a really nice distance between the top screen and rainfly to allow ample ventilation there. Withstood heavy, windy thunderstorm with only minimal leaks (which I think would happen in any tent in the storm we had). Literally only about 1 cup of water in entire tent! (Water seeped through the thin wall material). Has been perfectly dry in normal rain.) Extremely easy, 1 person setup. Heavy, but worth it. Love, Love, Love the hinged d-door. Divider “wall” is see through and open about a foot at sides. Nice handy storage pockets in 4 upper corners. Could use more rings (1 in center) to hang things on. Really like the completely open screen ceiling for star-gazing! (Wish we could leave it that way often, but rain is unpredictable here). Highly recommend this tent, it is what we chose instead of a camper and I am so happy with it! (Stitching isn’t great in some areas, but Coleman will warranty any issues you might have)

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Happy with purchase

I bought this tent because it’s coleman and I have owned numerous coleman tents with much success. I bought this weather master because of the screen porch front and swinging door. The first thing I did was buy scotch guard spray and seamsealer. I preped the tent coating every inch with spray. I then seam sealed all the seams paying attention to around windows and bottom corners. Glad I did because several hours later a surprise storm moved through the area. This tent held up amazingly, high winds and torrential down poor didn’t effect it all. I’ll admit while watching the tent during the storm I was just waiting for it blow down but it didn’t. After the storm passed I checked the insides and there was about a table spoon of water that leaked from the window seam,next to the side door. Took care of that with more seam sealer. We spent 5 days and 4 nights in this tent the next week. There were two storms that hit us but the tent kept us completely dry. I am happy with my purchase. Enough room for a double air mattress and queen materss and 4 adults. I will say not alot of extra space in the tent for bags and such, but that was our set up. There is better ways to make more room though, but our situation is what we had. The only bummer I would say about this tent was the door awning pole that extends the rain fly out over the door. This broke when bending it, to put in the eyelets. I was able push it together and make it work but I can see future use will only splinter it to the point of uselessness.

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Glamping at its finest!

Great tent! Glamping at its finest! Its been standing in our backyard for 2 weeks now. Took my husband and I about 30 mins to put up (new from box). So far its been through 1 rain shower and 1 moderate thunderstorm. After we put up the tent, I sprayed the exterior of it with a camping waterproofing spray (Kiwi Camp Dry). Then I applied a layer of seam seamer (Coleman brand) along the interior seams of all the windows and screens, just for added protection. We did not sleep in the tent for either of those weather events- however, after the rain storm I checked the tent in the morning and a very tiny amount of water did get in. It was around the seams on the floor that it looks like it got in (where the tent poles pull, see picture). From reading previous reviews, I purchased the seam sealer and waterproofing spray when I initially bought the tent. Very happy I did! I highly recommend both of those products to have on hand. To remedy the water getting in from the floor seams, I simply applied a generous amount of the seam sealer to the area (after it was dry of course), and it worked! (I didn’t do the floor seams the first time around; amateur camper mistake) A few days later, we had a thunderstorm with high winds, and no water!Overall, we love this tent. Its tall enough to stand up in, roomy enough to squeeze 2 queen mattresses (if you want); yet big enough to feel like a hotel room if only 2 people use it. I love the screen room, (sitting in it right now typing this!) I love being able to open it up to the main tent area as well. It feels like your in an A-frame lodge when laying in bed with the screen room open. The hinge style entry door is really cool too, only thing I don’t like is I can’t figure out how to zip the door closed from the inside….but theres a door handle. Not a big deal, nothing a piece of string can’t fix- just tie the door closed before going to sleep to another loop inside; if camping in nature or out in public.For the full glamping experience- complete the look with battery-operated string lights and a few frameless candles! Don’t forget the rug, nightstand, bedside tray, throw pillows, a lightweight comforter, stool and some fake flowers!

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Great all around tent with lots of room and fairly easy setup.

This tent was so close to being 5 stars. So since it was so close I’ll start off with the bad.If it’s going to be raining, make absolutely sure all the zippers are shut all the way…. So after getting the tent I wanted to check it out for any flaws and learn how to set it up at my leisure. It was a little odd putting it together the first time and put the poles in the wrong sleeves once. But the instructions were easy enough to follow along and I figured it out. Once I saw we were getting some rain, I figured I would leave it up so I can check for leaks. Normally in Washington we get a little rain, this turned out to be a downpour. To which I thought great! At first everything seemed to be holding up fine. I even left the window flaps open to see if the rain would get in that way. Everything seemed to be holding up fine then after a few hours I noticed a small puddle. I thought oh no! It seemed like it might have been coming through the window, but it was all dry. A quick look around and I found out it was the entrance for an extension cord that didn’t get zippered shut all the way.Which granted was my fault for not catching it before hand and we did have a lot of rain. But then I got to thinking, what if I had an extension cord running into the tent? What if that puddle formed right where the plug was? Yikes. Seems like they should have figured out a better way to weather proof that opening.The only other bad thing was I would have liked to have more places to hang lanterns from. There’s the standard one in the center then 2 more above the doors. Which is an odd place to have them to be. But they are sturdy. It holds up my LED lantern with 8 D cell batteries in it no problem.The good TONS of room. I’m 6′ even and I can walk almost all the way to the edge before my head touches the mesh. So it’s great for actually spending time inside the tent if it’s raining or crappy outside. Plus you can keep all your gear inside of it and out of the way. It has a really smart window design that allows you to keep the side windows open, but the rain won’t be able to get in. Unless it’s gusting sideways, but then if it’s blowing that hard you probably won’t need the windows open.As a surprise bonus, the instructions are actually helpful! They are a little vague, but it’s pretty much to be expected from tent instructions. But it said to stake down the 4 corners before trying to pole it, and it really helped a lot. I know because I put the poles in the wrong sleeve and unstaked​ it thinking that was it. Nope my mistake.So aside from the small issue of the cord zipper not being drawn all the way and allowing water in it’s a very nice tent that I enjoy very much!

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Great family sized camping tent

I purchased this tent based on its size and the fact that a grown man can easily stand almost anywhere inside of this tent. I’m 6’2″ tall and can walk around no problem throughout this whole tent.One person can easily set this tent up in 10 minutes after you’ve gone through the motions once. First time around took about 20 minutes as I had to read through the instructions at the same time.Tent poles are very strong but some of the paint came off on the 3 main poles when I had to twist and extend them to tighten the tent. Hoping they won’t rust so I may have to give them a quick spray with some gray primer to prevent this from happening.The swing door is the greatest idea for a tent I’ve seen. The door can easily be opened and closed while still managing to keep the rain and bugs out. The only time we’d zip the tent up was at night to make sure we were mosquito free.Although the description states that this tent comes with an extra small zippered door to hook up a portable AC unit, the model we received did not have this feature nor did it have the small hole used for running an electrical cord into the tent.Minor details though as we just ran an extension cord through the door and zipped it up so we could run a small heater for our son at night time.The tent also has a room divider but it doesn’t quite extend all the way to the walls or roof so don’t expect that much privacy if you are sharing the tent with friends or family. Pretty much just a piece of the rain fly stretched out in the middle so that you can change clothes or sleep without being in sight of the other half of the tent.This tent also easily fit our queen size air mattress with plenty of room for our sons crib, all our camping gear and ample space to walk around. None of our gear had to touch the edges so there was no fear of any of our clothes getting wet during a rain.The rain fly only covers the mesh top portion of the tent so for added precaution I sprayed all the seams with a teflon based tent waterproofing spray. Not sure if I needed this or not as the seams are sewn so that all of the stitching faces inside the tent in order to prevent water from seeping in through the seams. We did get a bit of rain while camping and the tent stayed perfectly dry.Overall, I couldn’t be more pleased with this tent for the price I paid on Amazon ($185 US). This tent retails for $350 here in Canada so it was a great deal and more than met all of my expectations. My wife who hates camping in tents even admitted that this tent was pretty nice and she didn’t mind staying in it.

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Stands up to wind and rain

The first time I used this tent it rained and rained for 24 hours like the heavens had opened up. When I woke up there was water in my tent. It seemed to come in only at the points where the window tie backs were, and the small plastic thingies hang down, causing the water to wick into my tent. I sprayed the window tie backs with camp dry, both the loop inside the tent, and the loop outside the tent and hoped for the best. The next time I used the tent it rained even harder with wind gusts of 35 mph. My tent stayed absolutley dry. Otherwise the tent was very weather tight. Even the unexpectedly strong wind and blowing rain had no effect. It was nice to see that no matter how hard the wind blew the tent fabric flapped a bit, but the steel poles never even budged. I really don’t understand why Coleman doesn’t offer a rainfly for the screen room, I would pay well for one. As it is I bought a roll of greenhouse plastic and some A clamps and fashioned one for myself. Not a single drop got in the screened porch, it was very nice to have the extra space during all that rain, and I could keep my things dry. The only things I would change about this tent would be to put in some useful pockets for gear storage, and to fasten the tent flaps between the main tent and the screen room. It shouldn’t be left to flap around. I will be adding a little velcro to secure it. I also wish it had a few hanging loops for lanterns or fans.

Fantastic!

I did a lot of investigating before buying this tent and wasn’t completely convinced it was the right choice until we pitched it for the first time. This tent is wonderful.My wife had never truly camped before I took her into the CatSkills and at that time I had a small two person tent which was extremely cramped for two adults. After two trips to the woods she was ready for something else.The first setup took about an hour. We are down to 15-20 minutes depending on the where the tent is being pitched (rocky areas take a bit longer in general to stake). It has enough room inside for me to stand up straight, a queen air mattress (for those glamping trips) and enough room for a couple folding stools for changing and room to walk around.The construction is fantastic and should help the tent last many years/trips. The ventilation is awesome. The door on this thing is something else and I don’t know if I could own another tent where you have to zip in and out.The screened ceilings are amazing at night whether under trees that reflect the firelight on leaves or under an open sky with brilliant stars shining down on you. One night there was a full moon and it was actually too bright for me.The rain fly keeps you dry and is SO easy to install. Just make sure when you stake the tent it’s fully stretched so that you can avoid pooling but that’s true for most multi-pole 4+ person tents.The screened room we haven’t taken full advantage of yet but our last trip it rained and we moved our chairs and table inside and played some cards and ate snacks while watching the forest get soaked. It was quite cozy. Usually we just put our gear in this room for the night or when we leave the site for the day. The screened room does attract quite a few insects which get trapped at the top after entering through the sides at the bottom. This could be due to poor staking (we don’t take too much time to stake this part of the tent) causing the tarp flaps along the bottom to welcome curious bugs.As with most tent gear I struggle to get everything folded up and back in the box so simply roll and tie the tent and throw it in the back of the car while the canvas bag w/ box holds the remaining gear and a few other items like extra stakes and tarps.You will not be disappointed with this tent.My one complaint is that due to its size and the lack of a shoulder strap (only hand straps) you will struggle to take this and other essential gear to a secluded site in one trip.

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Good value, but does let a bit of water through the windows.

So I’ve had this tent for about 1 year now and have been meaning to write a review about it.First, my purpose for buying this tent was for sleeping at the Track when I did motorcycle track days. I live on the east coast so we experience rain frequently as well as some wind. Depending on which race track I was at (some have camping spots, others you get a concrete slab) the way I’d anchor this down would vary.For the majority of the time when I had dirt available I would use the included stakes to anchor the tent and the rain fly down, otherwise on concrete I would tie off the ends to vehicles/trailers we brought along in our group.Here are the most memorable things I can think of:-This takes 2 people to assemble, I’ve done it myself but it falls over on itself until you’ve got it tied down and just takes longer.-Says it sleeps 6, it’s more like 4 grown adults, unless everyone likes to cuddle.-When it rains heavily the side windows leak-So many windows make this a great tent when it’s not raining, a nice breeze flows through.-It has a small screened in tent area – I used this to stage shoes, and to take of my leather track suit. I could fit two collapsible chairs inside this area.-You have to plan packing the tent back into the included bag by folding it in an organized fashion – otherwise it will not fit. The included tent bag is solid and includes wheels which makes it easier to move around, but for me I don’t find it heavy enough to have to wheel it around. However, this thing would be a chore for a long backpacking trip – it’s probably a good 30-40 lbs at least and 5 ft tall.-I’m 6′ tall and I can stand up in this thing – awesome.-The top of the tent is completely screen, you must put the rainfly on if you want to stay dry.-The pockets along the edge of this tent are perfect for phones, wallets, keys, etc.-There is a side door but the door on the end of this tent is easier to egress/ingress from.-The large door has both a solid zip door and an inner screen door.ConclusionBesides the small dripping that occurs in heavy rain through the window, still woke up dry…this is a great value and my friends loved it. Before I had this I would sleep in the back of my truck or in sleeping bag somewhere. I’ve included some pictures and as you can see it makes a solid base camp for us every time we use. We aren’t fortunate enough to have a Toy Hauler/RV like you see in the background (one day..) but we sure aren’t spending as much money as them to have some comfort away from home.PS. I’ve included some pictures of it assembled.

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Awesome tent!!

My husband and I have purchased many tents over the past 20 years, but this one is the best!! We would highly recommend this to anyone.

Didn’t like it at first, it has grown on my, and now I’m pretty happy with it.

I didn’t like how big it was, but now I’m fine with it.The door is amazing.Last camping trip, we had an epic storm. Insanely crazy. The tent held up nicely. All I did was put the fabric treatment on the rain fly a few months prior

Seal the seams… otherwise good tent.

We got rain the first time out and a few of the seams leaked so I will need to seal them. Otherwise the size was perfect for 2 of us on air mattresses. Ceiling height gave my 6’1″ husband plenty of room to fully stand and we really liked having the screen room…. especially as protection during the rain. I would recommend it…. just make sure you seal it.

Works great, material a little cheaper than I expected

We bought this tent because we now have a daughter and needed more spaced than our Coleman Dome Tent could provide. We used it for a week long camping excursion at a campground. We didn’t have time to do a set up run thru prior to going, if you going to be setting this up in the dark or want to get it done in a hurry be sure to do a run thru. We didn’t have any problems, it did take a bit longer but the next time we use it I think it will be much faster.This tent is very roomy and fit a queen sized air mattress on one side of the room divider and my daughters pack n play on the other side along with all our gear. There was plenty of room to move around and the ability to fully stand up while getting dressed was awesome. The room divider was helpful because my daughter, who is almost 1, can get distracted from sleeping if she can see us. The only issue is that it crinkles loudly and can be an a bit of noise maker if you are trying to maneuver quietly. Not sure if will use it next time camping. My husband tripped on it and tore one of the connectors off, its can be sewn back on. Since it was our fault I am not taking that into account of this review. Simple accident.We used the screened area for a play yard for our daughter. It doesn’t have a bottom in the screened section so we bought an outdoor mat to put down. It worked perfectly. She had plenty of space to crawl around and play with her toys while mostly staying out of the bugs and dirt. Bugs do get underneath the screen, those that crawl and don’t fly, it wasn’t too bad but something to watch out for. The only bad thing is you are supposed to stake down the screened area in two spots next the zipper. It makes entering and exiting difficult. If you remove one of the stakes it is easier and works much better.Lastly, the only thing I was disappointed in and the reason I only gave it 4 out of 5 stars was the quality of the materials wasn’t what I have come to expect with Coleman. Our dome tent which was purchased years ago has strong materials. I felt this material was thinner and the screened material seemed a lot cheaper than what was in our old tent. My only worry is that I am not sure how long this tent will last. We will be using it again in a few weeks. We take good care of our camping equipment and I think if we are careful we will be ok, but with young children that might be difficult. I will be sure to update this post if anything changes.

This tent is a very good model tent for our intentions to use a tent

I have had a 5 Star experience with both this product and Amazon Customer Service agent named Andrew. I purchased a WeatherMaster tent 3 years ago. I reside in Utah. I bought thi….it doesn’t matter why I bought it, I just did. This tent is a very good model tent for our intentions to use a tent. The swinging door that closes and uses Velcro is grand idea. Fairly easy to set up but it does take two people, three if two little kids are assisting you. I would get more robust tent stakes too. The small ones that are included aren’t the best. There is instructions on how to set the tent up sewn into the bag that contains the tent. If you want to store the tent exactly how you unwrapped it, then take step by step pics when you unwrapped the tent. The floor is a very good floor. The average person who understands that this is for general purposes and general conditions camping. Every person may have a different experience using this tent. Different weather may affect the tent differently. Water is probably going to get in but even IF, you will still be dry and comfortable in this tent. With out going into too much boring detail. you should be very pleased with this tent. Your first and even second or third time out if it doesn’t suit you, modify what you bring and see how to make it comfortable.Second issue. Customer service was beyond what I expected. I am a prime memeber. I bought this tent couple years ago and went camping. A strong wind cane up, very strong. During the wind storm two of the elastic cords snapped in the fly covering the tent. While on the trip still, in a deep canyon, I did get through to amazon. Told them my problem and what could I do to get it repaired or whatever. The agent expressed feelings of understanding. Belayed my concerns and said, I have just place an order and sent it. I had to return damaged tent to. Free shipping back. I totally didn’t expect that.Went camping this past week with this tent which is a champion. Set the tent up in the dark to see next morning there was a hole near the bottom of the tent triangular in shape, inch long by one and a half inch. We dealt with it till home. Call amazon to see what might be done, hoping they might indicate what warrantly might be available or coleman repair possibility and the agent named above after checking the information said almost without blink of an eye that he would again replace the tent. We just need to be sure to return the damaged one.We are long time amazon users. Go for prime membership. Track your purchases. The service is great.

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It’s all about the hinged door for the kids

I have camped in the Coleman Weathermaster 10-person tent 2 times now. I assembled the tent with the help of my wife upon arrival and inspected it for defects. No issues to report. It was bigger than I expected, and went up easier than expected despite the assembly instructions being absolutely useless for me. Everything was accounted for in the box and shipping was quick from Amazon.We are a family of 6 (2 adults + 4 kids 13 and under), and put 2 queen inflatable mattresses down plus 1 twin mattress down with room enough for everyone’s bags and room to walk.It was a toss between this tent and a CORE tent. I chose this one because of the swinging door. While not perfect, it makes the experience a lot better when the kids are going in and out. The door does not seal perfectly, but it is definitely do-able for areas that aren’t super buggy. We didn’t have any rain either trip, but the rainfly goes up easily and stakes down nice and tight. There is adequate velcro to attach the fly to the poles as well so it really doesn’t move around. We had a few days of fairly gusty wind 25mph and the tent stood firm and solid while some of the neighboring tents were swaying pretty dramatically. The out of the box plastic stakes are good for 1 time use for us in the mountains as they twist up real bad, and the steel stakes are the skinny small skewer type. I bought a set of steel stakes (I think it was 16 total) and would recommend the same to anyone else. As long as you don’t hit a root or large rock they will last. Packing the tent up is fairly simple. We folded it into thirds with a slight overlap (length wise) then rolled it up with pole and stake bags in the center of the roll. Bust the expansion seam out of the bag and lay on it to get the air out – done.This tent is great for our family. I am not disappointed with the build quality or design. If I could change anything, it would be to have 1 screened window on the lower section of each end of the tent to allow for better airflow during warm days. Otherwise I am glad I chose this tent.

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1 foot from being and RV

First off, it has been a while since I went camping – in my high school years. Now I am a father of a 9 year old who had never experienced sleeping in the outdoors. After planning a quick impromptu outing with my neighbor and his older son, I purchase the Coleman WeatherMaster Screened 6 Tent. I figured it was more than what I needed, but would give us room to grow (bigger is always better, right).Went on our trip to Ape Caves near MT Saint Helens and the tent was awesome. Everyone could have slept in our tent, but it was only just me and my son. We had Coleman’s twin air mattresses zipped together making it a King size mattress and still could have fit another twin mattress with plenty more room for storage and movement. Headroom is tremendous, not an issue. The screened in area is a bonus and will be great for my wife who doesn’t always enjoy eating where flying bugs can be a problem (maybe a place to appease her). The side door, which is stiffened with the insertion of two fiberglass poles, is a great addition making entering and exiting the tent a breeze. It closes and is held by hook and loop fasteners and can also be zipped completely up.Set-up was not too difficult by myself. I did practice in my backyard prior to leaving and took the opportunity to let my son sleep in it before the trip. It definitely takes longer than your typical dome style tent (which is what my neighbors had on our trip). They pitched their tents and started eating before I could finish setting up mine with my son. Granted, based on the size and style of this tent, extra time for set-up is a given. Not as quick and easy as a dome tent, but definitely not difficult to accomplish even with minimal assistance from a 9 year old.Size can be an issue if you are not careful. This thing is just 1 foot away from being classified as an RV (not to mention needing a motor and wheels). I knew the dimensions when I purchased the tent, but be careful when selecting your camping sites, so that ample room is available for this behemoth.In conclusion, it is definitely not an over-night, backpacking tent which is obvious by reading the specs and looking at the pictures of the tent (and no one said it was). But, for it’s intended purpose, it is a great tent. No workmanship issues were noted when setting it up and using for a few days. Great amount of room and other features. I will get some great use out of this tent and it should last me for several years to come.Happy camping to you all.Calvin

Writing this review under a poncho inside my wet tent.

I’ve used this tent maybe 10 times in the 7 years I’ve owned it. In the louisiana heat it does a good job staying nice and ventilated. Right now, however, I have two ponchos across my bed keeping me dry-ish while it rains inside my tent. I haven’t used the tent in the rain before, and honestly it’s not raining that hard. But the rainfly is A JOKE. Everything is soaking wet. I’m tired and wet and gross. This is a bummer.

Spacious tent

This tent is actually the second one of this one I have owned. Since my first one, there were some upgrades that were made, but nothing too crazy. the poles and where they go are color-coded for easy use. I did purchase other stakes and did spray the tent and the rain fly with the scotch waterproofing spray before camping just to give it some extra protection. Glad we did– it rained a lot when we went camping. it held up nicely with all the wind (tornado watches most of the weekend, of course).the windows allow for good air flow inside. We could fit a twin air mattress and a queen air mattress inside with a little space around the sides. During the day, we stacked the twin mattress on top of the other to have some more space. I really enjoy the D door set-up and velcro option for quick in and out moments without fiddling with the zipper each time.Overall, I really like this tent. I think it’s great for two people or three people if you are using air mattresses. You can stand up comfortably, too. My partner is 6 feet tall and I am 5’6” and we can move around with a lot of comfort. I am definitely a glamper, so this is great.I also purchased new stakes for the tent as well as a tarp to go underneath the tent.

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Love the hinged door and size of the tent!

Took this tent on a five night camping trip. It was nice and spacious for our family of four which we were looking for. We usually camp in a four person tent with sleep pads, but looking for a “glamping” tent. Our last night it poured and we stayed dry. The door was probably the best feature of the tent, and worth paying a bit more for it. The one thing I wish this tent did have was more easily accessible net pockets inside the tent. There are four in each corner, but they are a bit high and our air mattresses were in the way of them being easily reached. Overall, I would recommend this tent.

Great tent!

In the picture I posted it’s the tan tent on the left. This tent is great, I would definitely recommend it to any and everyone. We used it and it stormed twice, once pretty bad. Not a drop of water got inside. Not one. It’s roomy and there’s great ventilation. It looked hard to put up when we opened it but once I realized their system it was easy peasy. The screen room was a very nice option to have also. Aaaand, it fit fairly easily back into it’s carrying Bagby! Buy this tent. You won’t regret it!

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Great Tent

This is a spacious tent that has extra space for a family of four to spend a week in and not feel crowded. Setup takes time to master. The hinged door is the best feature. The windows on the end that angle inward so they can be open in the rain is also very nice. This is the second time I bought this tent. The first one got used up. I tried two other smaller tents since. When they wore out we decided to go back to this one. She’s big and bulky, hard to manage at first, but she gives your space to do your things and keeps you dry.