And seeing as this tent is actually kind of perfect for those sort of trips, it could be good value for you. You can take the savings you get from buying a tent without a rain fly to invest in other camping gear. The Sundome offers more storage pockets and a lighting loop that is great for holding a lantern. Deciding which factors are most important to you before making a purchase is important. As anyone who has ever gone camping knows, setting up a tent can be time-consuming and frustrating. There are endless poles to fumble with, and it always seems like half of them end up in the wrong place.
The CORE tent is comfortable, originally made to sleep 9 people, there is plenty of space for 8. The Ozark 8 Person Instant Tent is the best value for money out of the 4 tents we’re reviewing today. It could be just the thing for you and your family to increase the enjoyment of your excursion. Please note that Klarna does not verify whether the user has used or purchased the product. Thankfully, the package includes everything you need for a comfortable adventure. There is a carry bag as well, allowing you to transport the tent easily.
We’ll be taking another look at family-size tents next, as a few readers have noted some issues with our top pick’s window design that we’d like to follow up on. We’ll be testing tents that would be ideal for a family of four camping in all terrains and in three seasons. That mesh also keeps the tent feeling more airy and cool in hot climates.
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The picture below shows the tent from the back side and with the fly on, so you can see some interesting features in its design. As you realize, the fly is a partial-coverage type, but this is why you have those 3 nice screened windows on all the sides. They are the double-layer type with mesh and inner panels for protection and privacy. But when the porch is added, this screen room offers full protection from the rain, although not full protection from the groundwater, this is because of the mentioned floor mesh section.
The Marmot’s two brow poles create an especially effective awning over the tent door, so very little water gets in during a person’s entry and exit. And you can manipulate the vestibule flaps to act as wind shields or capture air for increased ventilation. The Mineral King 3 and the Tungsten 4 have similar tent-body profiles and are nearly identical in setup, except that the Tungsten 4 uses two brow poles instead of one to support its fly. Like the Mineral King 3, the Tungsten is a largely mesh dome tent with a tape-seamed polyester bathtub floor, which is highly water resistant.
It has a nice mesh roof, mesh walls in the first room, and small windows in the second room, making for great ventilation overall. With 7 mesh windows and a full mesh roof, the Ozark trail has great ventilation. With over 1,000 5-star reviews, you really can’t go wrong with the Coleman 8 man instant tent.
The tent is made from 150D polyester and you can see the seam seals all the way around. We haven’t had a chance to test it in the rain yet, but we’d expect it to hold up well initially and potentially not be the most durable tent over the years since the zippers and mesh don’t appear to be high quality. What we did like about this tent was the spacious footprint and coleman tents the two large doors that allowed for a refreshing cross breeze. This tent has an integrated rain fly, and could have been stuffy without a lot of thoughtful attention to ventilation. What’s more, the carrying bag split open the first time I zipped it shut and, from the looks of it, won’t last more than two or three camping trips before it needs to be replaced.
You secure the rain fly to the tent using velcro, although you also have to pull it tight and stake it. Assembling this tent is easy thanks to the pre-attached poles which click into place, forming the coleman tents cabin shape of the tent. The 4-Person model is better at dealing with wind because it has a smaller peak height and vertical walls. We used a Colman instant cabin before I bought the pop up camper.