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90 of 99 people found the following review helpful.
By KML
The set up and tear down is everything they advertise. Extremely easy, but watch for finger pinching! I was amazed at how quickly the tent went up putting it up by myself. Staked down, the tent is sturdy enough even in strong winds. However, mine leaked badly during a storm-water comes in the window zippers and top flaps, and I had a couple of good sized puddles under the cot legs in the morning and a steady drip on the middle of my sleeping bag. The door zipper closes at the bottom, and I found that the bottom portion of the tent bathtub floor rolled down when the door was unzipped, causing water to roll into the tent and drip down the door from there also.
The other issue is lack of privacy-I'm a Mom who camps with Boy Scouts and I'm sometimes the only woman present. With no rainfly to mask the windows, I could not open them at all while I slept. The tent is airless and stuffy with all the windows closed. The four person model is almost the perfect size for a single person with a cot and gear, but even at 5'2" I could not stand up straight anywhere in the tent. It's difficult to change clothes in. The cot barely fit into the back side of the tent, but an air mattress would fit better as the bottom floor is considerably wider than the sloped up sides.
Coleman has a home run here if they make a few modifications like adding a fly, ties for the window flaps, more headroom, widening the walls, and shoring up the floor area by the door.
51 of 54 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Saunders
This tent was packaged well. Easy to follow directions and was very simple to set up. I am an Eagle Scout and have been camping for over 35 years so the tent was pretty intuitive to set up. It says "Weathertec - guarenteed to keep you dry" on the outside. I read everything for sealing instructions prior to taking this to the woods. No requirements for sealing included and in fact it said all seams taped. I felt pretty confident. The weekend was calling for temps in the 50's and rain (not hard... just drizzle). I opened and tested the setup prior to camp. It was easy and seemed large enough. I took it out and had it set in approximately 30 seconds. The tent was spacious for two 6'2 guys and gear (cots) sleeping gear small packs and room to spare. It was shorter than expected and a bit smaller than I hoped... topping off about 5'5" at a guess and very tight with a cot (it touched the wall on both ends). The worst was the rain. It held up well to the first 1/2 hour or so but soon it was leaking. By 2am... it was damp... by morning there was about a cup of water in the floor. And the walls were soaked. The bathtub floor retained all the water. It leaked very badly. From seemingly every pore. The second night I spent alone in the dead center. Sleeping bag was soaked the tent was soaked and everything I had was damp even though it was in a chair or on a cot. It took over a day to dry the tent out to ship it back. All this from a light drizzle. Less than 1/2 inch of rain over two days. The firewood on the ground outside was dryer than the personals in my tent. On a scale of 1-10 Ease of set up 10, keeping out bugs 10, big windows 10... this could be a great shelter on a clear day but waterproof 1.
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
By lite camper
I got this tent due to the video where the ease of setup was demonstrated...it was wonderful to set up, and take down. This is not a backpacking tent, more of a family camping tent. My only complaint is the size. It is advertised as a 4 person tent, but with only two of us, it was tight with all our gear and a queen air mattress. I'll be getting the 6 person for the two of us soon and that will be good enough for me. It rained like crazy the second night out. Other than the condensation on the inside of the walls of the tent it was 99% dry. When we took out the mattress after the rain ended and packed to go home, the only wet spots on our sleeping bags were where it touched the walls, not a problem...I placed an old large towel by the door on the inside and used the towel to clean up when we entered and left and it was just fine. Great product for two kids, maybe three, but not for two adults in my opinion...I'll get the 6 person instant tent with no hesitation!!
