Wen­zel Klondike Eight-Person Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent Review

 

The Wen­zel Klondike Eight Per­son Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent is room enough to live up to its title and put up eight peo­ple for the night. Although it will be a tight fit, unless some of the campers are chil­dren. Mea­sur­ing six­teen feet by eleven feet there is even space to store your acces­sories and lug­gage. The ceil­ing height is six and a half feet in the cen­ter and being a dome tent the height tapers towards the edges but is still near six feet on the edge. Most peo­ple will be able to walk around the Wen­zel Klondike with­out bend­ing or bump­ing your head. There is over 158 square feet of floor space includ­ing the sun room. The sun rooms mesh  walls can close giv­ing you more space. At 27 pounds the Klondike is too heavy for hik­ing and back­pack­ing, which is expected for fam­ily camp­ing tents.

Rais­ing the Klondike took less than twenty min­utes the first time. We now are able to get it up in around fif­teen min­utes. Set­ting it up does require two peo­ple due to the large size. The rain fly reminds me of  a base­ball cap the way it fits over the dome and then gets flat. It was easy to put on as well, but also took two peo­ple to get it right. The poles are shock corded which makes assem­bly go a lit­tle smoother.

The Wen­zel Klondike has all the weather fea­tures we’ve come to expect in mod­ern tent and then some. The Weather Armor poly­ester fab­ric repels water. It hasa polyurethane coat­ing that not only helps keep rain out but it helps keep in the warm air if you have all the screened areas closed up.  the seams are dou­ble stitches for extra water pro­tec­tion. The tent is designed with power cor­ners that help keep it upright dur­ing heavy winds. The dome tent shape also helps with the wind. With the rain fly removed  the roof is all mesh not only giv­ing you great views of the night sky but allow­ing for extra air flow on hot nights. There is a rear vent near the floor that allows a ground  breeze so stay­ing cool should never be  a problem.

The Wen­zel Klondike comes with a screen room in the front is a great place to get some shade. We like eat­ing our meals here to keep the flys off of our food. the screens close allow­ing for extra sleep­ing space, stor­age area, or just a place to kick off your shoes before enter­ing the main tent. there are two pock­ets that hang to give you some extra stor­age space, and we all need that.
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Eureka Cop­per Canyon 1512 Tent Review

 

 

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

 

 

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

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.