Eureka Cop­per Canyon 1512 Tent Review

Eureka Eureka Cop­per Canyon 1512 Cabin 12 Per­son Tent

Size of Eureka Cop­per Canyon

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now or con­tinue with another fab­u­lous review. This is a very large tent. I get excited writ­ing fam­ily tent reviews for tents this huge. Mea­sur­ing 15 feet by 12 feet the Cooper Canyon is a great fam­ily tent that will hold just about every­thing you could dream to put in it (includ­ing some of the other campers tents). With nearly ver­ti­cal walls the square footage is true and not cheated with walls dart­ing in at sharp angles. Twelve grown peo­ple as adver­tised could fit eas­ily, but it might be a lit­tle tight. You could prob­a­bly fit an entire Scout troop in this thing. At over seven feet of height in the cen­ter you will never need to stoop or bend in this Eureka. As a mat­ter of fact shorter folks may want to bring a step lad­der if you plan on hang­ing a light or clos­ing the divider that sep­a­rates the tent into two rooms. The two doors are located so that each room has its own door, which is good if you have dif­fer­ent  sleep­ing habits than the peo­ple you are shar­ing the tent with.

Cop­per Canyon Dimensions

Height: over 7 feet

Length: 15 feet

Width: 12 feet

weight: 39 pounds

Weather Resis­tance of Cop­per Canyon

Camp­ing in the rain has never been more enjoy­able than with the Eureka Cop­per Canyon. We had sev­eral nights of rain, one of which was a rather heavy rain, with­out a drop mak­ing its way inside the tent. The fly is big enough over the end win­dows to allow you to open them some for ven­ti­la­tion even in hard rain. The top of the tent is mesh ant part of the rain fly is plas­tic allow­ing you to gaze at the stars or have a sky light if you wish and also aid­ing ven­ti­la­tion. Of Course you can zip shut the area where the see through pan­els are to keep out the light or add pri­vacy. We had some winds that I’d esti­mate in the 20– 25 mph range with­out any prob­lem from the tent.

Set Up of Eureka Cop­per Canyon

Set­ting up the tent is pretty easy, of course I have much expe­ri­ence with pre­vi­ous tents so my times may be bet­ter than a begin­ner tent erec­tor. Our first test run took a lit­tle over twenty min­utes. This included stretch­ing out the tent for set up and lay­ing every­thing out. The sec­ond time we got it up in 17 min­utes. Erect­ing this tent could pos­si­bly be done by a sin­gle per­son, but two or three makes it much sim­pler. The rain fly mat require two peo­ple to get it on properly.

Extra Fea­tures of the Cop­per Canyon

The Eureka Cop­per Canyon comes with a stor­age loft. Also two power ports near the doors allow you to run a power cord to the tent. You can close the ports with a zipped flap to keep out the rain.

Eureka Cop­per Canyon Cons

The stakes could be a lit­tle bet­ter. I’m find­ing this to be com­mon with most new tents, but stronger stake are avail­able. You should buy a tarp for under­neath the tent (this is always rec­om­mended with any tent though). One for inside may also be beneficial.

Sum­mary

When all is said and done the Eureka is one of the high­est qual­ity fam­ily tents and well worth the prices it often goes for . It is our cur­rent favorite here at Fam­ily Tent Review. That may be due to the size. Click here to see if Ama­zon still has 15% off for the Eureka Cop­per Canyon 1512 Cabin Tent!
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Colum­bia Cougar Flats II Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent

10 Per­son Tent

Colum­bia Cougar Flats II Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent

Size of Colum­bia Cougar Flats II

Mea­sur­ing 15 feet by 10 feet and over seven feet tall the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent has a vast cav­ernous inte­rior which is divid­able into two rooms so you can put those kids in a sep­a­rate room. Or you could use one room as a bed­room and the other like a liv­ing room. If you pre­fer you can zip up the room divider and just have one big room. The Colum­bia Cougar Flats eas­ily sleeps six peo­ple, and we even manged to squeeze in ten peo­ple one time though it was a lit­tle tight. This may be my favorite 10 per­son tent avail­able at the moment.  Some­one actu­ally fit an extra large cot, a nor­mal cot and two twin air mat­tresses inside of the Colum­bia Cougar Flats with some space remain­ing on the edges. With two entrance doors access to the tent should never get jammed. Also on the rain fly is an awning that is big enough to cover two or three seats. Weigh­ing in at 54 pounds this is not a tent for hik­ing. But the tote bag has wheels and this helps a lot with trans­port­ing the tent. In the Colom­bia Cougar space should never be an issue.

Cougar Flats Dimensions:

Width: 15 feet by 10

Height: over 7 feet

Colum­bia Cougar Flats II

Set Up

The Colum­bia Cougar Flats goes up rather eas­ily. The poles are color coded which makes things pretty easy yo fig­ure out. The instruc­tion man­ual is a lit­tle vague so the first setup took a lit­tle longer than the sec­ond. The first time took us 35 min­utes. The sec­ond only about 20 min­utes. It is pos­si­ble to setup with one per­son but 2 makes the process much eas­ier. Chances are if you are buy­ing a tent this big you will have some­one to help you. Tak­ing the tent down is a rather quick process. I found that it is very easy to col­lapse. Also the EZ Pak that comes with the tent is expand­able so no more strug­gling to stuff your tent back into the bag. This is actu­ally one of my favorite fea­tures of the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II.

Weather Resis­tance of Colum­bia Cougar flats

The Colum­bia Cougar Flats II is equipped with a rain­fly that has an 800 mm coat­ing, and although I’d usu­ally rec­om­mend an 1000mm coat­ing the Cougar held up just fine in stormy weather. The seams of the Cougar are fac­tory sealed but it is rec­om­mended that you use the Kenyon 3 sealer that comes with the tent as extra pre­cau­tion. We camped in the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II dur­ing mild storms with­out a leak or pud­dle. Although we did use a tarp under­neath the tent, which is always rec­om­mended. The Bay win­dow design allows you to keep your win­dows open dur­ing stormy weather. The Cyclone vent­ing sys­tem allows for greater air cir­cu­la­tion inside the tent allow­ing you to beat the heat. The roof is ven­ti­lated and has much mesh , so with the rain­fly removed you can get even bet­ter air flow and free light pro­vided by the sun. When we took our Colum­bia Cougar Flats II camp­ing on the beach it held up to the con­stant winds with­out a prob­lem. The upper poles being made of fiber­glass and the bot­tom ones of metal make for a sturdy hybrid pole system.

Addi­tional Features

The inte­rior of the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II includes sev­eral fea­tures to aide in orga­ni­za­tion. A loft for hid­ing gear and other items out of your way. I found the loft to be not only cool but also a handy fea­ture on this10 per­son  fam­ily tent. There are also stor­age lock­ers for plac­ing items in. The hang­ing cup hold­ers are a fea­ture that I truly love. Sev­eral inter­nal pock­ets are also located within the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II. This is one of the bet­ter orga­ni­za­tion aid­ing tents out there. There is also a Camp port for any cables that need to pass through the tent.

Colum­bia Cougar Flats Cons

There are only two cons I have found with the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II. The first is that both exter­nal doors enter the same room. This is only a con in some sit­u­a­tions. With small chil­dren this would be con­sid­ered a bonus. The sec­ond poten­tial neg­a­tive is that the place­ment of the awning isn’t over one of the two doors. But at least it has an awning.

Sum­mary

In sum­mary the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II is a great tent. In fact it is my favorite at the moment( I think its the hang­ing cup hold­ers). With its large size, good weather resis­tance, and great orga­ni­za­tional fea­tures camp­ing this sum­mer should be a breeze. Colum­bia has really out­done them­selves this time with another high qual­ity fam­ily size camp­ing tent.  This 10 per­son tent usu­ally ships with free ship­ping. Click Here to see if there is still an 18% dis­count on the Colum­bia Cougar Flats II Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent.

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Cole­man Red Canyon Tent Review

8 Per­son Dome Tent

 

Size of Cole­man Red Canyon

This Cole­man Red Canyon 17-Foot by 10-Foot 8-Person Mod­i­fied Dome Tent is a large fam­ily sized tent. Mea­sur­ing 17 by 10 feet it sleeps up to 8 peo­ple com­fort­ably. Although if your fam­ily or friends are large size 6 may be a more real­is­tic num­ber. With a 72 inch cen­ter height most peo­ple can maneu­ver within the tent with­out any prob­lems. With these large dimen­sions fit­ting the whole fam­ily in a sin­gle tent should be a breeze. It also fea­tures remov­able pri­vacy walls that allow you to choose whether you’d like 1 large space or 2 or 3 smaller spaces. This is great for sep­a­rat­ing mis­be­hav­ing chil­dren or just get­ting a lit­tle pri­vacy from your friends and family.

Red Canyon Dimensions:

Width: 17 by 10 feet

Height: 72 inches in center

Weather Resis­tance of Cole­man Red Canyon

red canyon-interior

The Cole­man Red Canyon is a weather resis­tant tent that fea­tures Coleman’s exclu­sive Weath­ertec Sys­tem and Leak-Free pro­tected seams. The Red Canyon is made of a Coated poly­ester fab­ric with anti-wicking thread for fur­ther rain pro­tec­tion. And if that wasn’t enough, a rain-fly to cover the tent is also included. The doors are also pro­tected from weather by the zip­per cuffs. With the wind strong frame that uses guy-out tri­an­gles you are not likely to have the tent blown away which is a pos­si­bil­ity with lesser tents in the wrong weather con­di­tions. This thing held up for me in 20 mph winds with­out any prob­lems. I’d bet it hold up in much heav­ier winds also. My favorite part of the weather resis­tance is the water-proof floor. Being pro­tected from the rain is great but not hav­ing to sleep in a pud­dle is even bet­ter. I love this tent on long camp­ing trips that make the weather harder to predict.

Set Up of the Red Canyon

Red Canyon

Set up of the Cole­man Red Canyon 8 Per­son Tent is rather easy. My first prac­tice run took my 30 min­utes by myself. With the help of my 2 nephews it took 15 min­utes. With a lit­tle prac­tice I sus­pect the time could be cut even more. Easy instruc­tions are sewn right onto the stor­age bag. The shock corded color coded poles made the assem­bly process headache free. Get­ting the rain tarp over alone can be tricky for a shorter per­son alone, but pos­si­ble. For taller peo­ple putting on the rain tarp should be no problem.

Addi­tional Features

Extra fea­tures of the Red Canyon include a Cool-Air port for adjust­ing ven­ti­la­tion or mov­ing your stuff through. I found this fea­ture a lit­tle odd look­ing but it did help cool off the tent which was greatly appre­ci­ated in the Texas heat on my last camp­ing trip to Lake Caddo. A wel­come mat comes with the tent help­ing to keep the floors clean. Inte­rior pock­ets also aide in keep­ing the place neat, clean, and orga­nized. Sep­a­rate stor­age bags for the tent and the poles help pre­vent dam­age to the tent and help with orga­ni­za­tion. The Red Canyon is a good tent for run­ning a clean camp.

Cole­man Red Canyon Cons

The only con to this tent is the height on the ends of the tent are shorter than the cen­ter. Some duck­ing may be required in the two end rooms.

Sum­mary

All in all the Cole­man Red Canyon fam­ily sized tent is highly rec­om­mended and is priced much lower than tents that offer sim­i­lar fea­tures. As a mat­ter of fact it is the low­est priced tent I’ve found of this size. Free ship­ping is likely avail­able. Click to see if the Cole­man Red Canyon 17-Foot by 10-Foot 8-Person Mod­i­fied Dome Tent is still 36% off the reg­u­lar price at Ama­zon and get your camp­ing trip started off the right way,that is, dry with room to stretch out.  And don’t for­get to read our other 8 Per­son Tent Reviews.

 

Cole­man Instant 8 Per­son Fam­ily Tent Review

 

 Set Up

The Cole­man Instant 8– Per­son Tent is the eas­i­est and quick­est tent assem­bly I have ever expe­ri­enced. I don’t believe that there is another tent on the mar­ket of this size that can be assem­bled with such ease and speed. This is a fea­ture I should always look for when I buy a tent. Many claim quick set-up but the Cole­man Instant deliv­ers in a way I never would have expected. The pole sys­tem comes pre-attached to the tent which is the key to the sim­plic­ity of it all. Once the tent is unfolded and spread you sim­ply extend the tent poles, snap them together, then lock them in.If your num­ber one buy­ing point is assem­bly ease then this tent will not dis­ap­point. Cole­man claims assem­bly and col­lapse is pos­si­ble in under a minute, but actu­ally spread­ing the tent out and setup took me about 5 min­utes the first cou­ple of times but was able to get the time down to about two and a half min­utes once I got used to it. I was able to set it up by myself. Since the frame and poles don’t come apart you also don’t have to worry about los­ing parts which can be a prob­lem for the absent minded among us (myself included). There is noth­ing worse than being in the process of set­ting up your tent at a site only to real­ize you are miss­ing pieces. That will never hap­pen with the Cole­man Instant 8 per­son Tent. This is among the many rea­sons I believe this is one of the best multi per­son tents avail­able at the moment.

Cole­man Instant Tent

 Size

The Cole­man Instant is a huge tent. Mea­sur­ing 14 by 10 feet at the base it will sleep 8 peo­ple com­fort­ably. The cen­ter height is 6 feet and 5 inches so hardly any­one will have to stoop while inside of the tent. The tent comes with one room divider mak­ing 2 rooms pos­si­ble and less­en­ing the chance of sleep­ing in the same room with the in-laws or the kids. The tent also has two doors for easy access. If the Cole­man Instant 8 Per­son Tent is too much for your need it is avail­able in a smaller size.

Tent Dimen­sions:

Width: 14 feet by 10 feet.

Height: 6 feet 5 inches

Weather Resis­tance of Instant Tent

The Cole­man Instant Tent has the Weath­erTec sys­tem and water­proof walls (made of coated poly­ester) to help keep you dry, but it does not include a sep­a­rate rain­fly. Unless its a severe thun­der­storm you’ll stay dry, but if your plan­ning on doing a lot of camp­ing or camp­ing in hot weather, buy­ing a uni­ver­sal rain­fly will allow you to keep the win­dows down for ven­ti­la­tion while rain­ing in windy con­di­tions. The tent has a welded water­proof floor so you will stay dry and pud­dle free, but adding a tarp under­neath is still a good idea for extra pro­tec­tion. Another weather fea­ture is the wind respon­sive frame which will keep you from blow­ing away dur­ing heavy winds. The tent has large win­dows, seven of them sur­round­ing it. They are great for keep­ing cool and ven­ti­lat­ing the tent with fresh air. The win­dows also pro­vide a view of all sides of the tent so you can keep an eye on the kids ‚the BBQ,and the camp­fire, or just for enjoy­ing the scenery.

Cole­man Instant tent interior

Addi­tional Features

Addi­tional fea­tures of the Cole­man Instant Tent include an inte­rior pocket for help­ing you stay orga­nized. Easy instruc­tions are sewn into the car­ry­ing bag. You prob­a­bly will only need these once but great to have handy.

Cons of the Cole­man Instant Tent

There are not many cons to this tent but there are a cou­ple minor ones. The pegs are not the best qual­ity. This is a com­mon issue with most tents avail­able these days. It is  always advis­able to buy some stur­dier pegs with any tent you pur­chase. Putting the tent back in the bag can be a prob­lem, but I seem to always have this prob­lem with big camp­ing tents (prob­a­bly due more to my impatience.)

Sum­mary

Over­all this is a great 8 per­son fam­ily tent. This is one of the best tents for sale in my opin­ion. The set up and dis­as­sem­bly couldn’t be any eas­ier and the weather resis­tance is above expectations. Free Ship­ping is avail­able at Ama­zon. Click Here to see if The Cole­man Instant 8 Per­son Tent is still 26% off the reg­u­lar price.

 

Fam­ily Tent Reviews

Here in Hous­ton see­ing some friends, about to got to the zoo. Went crab­bing down around Surf­side and at Choco­late Bayou. Thought about set­ting up the tent on the beach, but decided against it because I wasn’t prop­erly pre­pared. Too short of notice. Gonna swing by REI to see if there is any last items that are needed before next weeks trip to lake Same Ray­burn. Gonna try out a new tent there, but not sure which one yet. The last two tents I have tested and reviewed were both made by Cole­man. Per­haps next week I’ll test a dif­fer­ent manufacturer.