Cole­man Sun­Dome 3-Person Dome Tent Review

 

The Cole­man Sun­Dome 3 per­son Tent is not a large tent. It mea­sures seven feet by seven feet and sleeps three peo­ple com­fort­ably. Not suit­able for a large fam­ily, but it is a great tent for three, although it will fit a queen sized air mat­tress. The cen­ter height is only a lit­tle over four feet so stand­ing is not an option with the Sun Dome. But one ben­e­fit of the the size is that it weighs in at just over eight pounds, so car­ry­ing it to a dis­tant camp­ing spot will be easy work, unlike some of the thirty and forty pound larger capac­ity fam­ily tents. The light weight makes it a good option for back­pack­ing. It also serves well in let­ting the chil­dren have their own tent.

Set up of the Cole­man Sun­Dome 7-Foot by 7-Foot 3-Person Dome Tent (Orange/Gray)is fast and easy and should take no more than ten min­utes to com­plete. It could take a few min­utes longer if you are new to tent assem­bly. Have a prac­tice run in the back yard before you get to the camp ground. Color coded poles and Insta­clip attach­ments, and the domed two pole design make are among the fea­tures that aide in a quick set up. Tak­ing the Sun­Dome down is also a very easy task.

The Cole­man Sun­Dome 3 per­son Tent comes with the Cole­man Weath­erTec Sys­tem which keeps out all the rain by using water resis­tant fab­ric, water proof floors,and zip­per pro­tec­tion. The wind strong frame and domed shape help stand up to very strong winds so that you are sure to not be blown away. Except maybe by the ven­ti­la­tion. With a Ground Vent and a Pri­vacy vent win­dow fresh air will find you even inside of the tent.

The Cole­man Sun­Dome is a great tent for those that don’t need a lot of indoor space. The size could be restric­tive for those who need more space, but if that’s the case you prob­a­bly wouldn’t be read­ing a review of a three per­son tent. The Weather Resis­tance is top notch. This is a solid tent that is a good deal for any camper. Free ship­ping is usu­ally avail­able. Click here to check pric­ing and avail­abil­ity at Amazon.

 

 

Spec­i­fi­ca­tions

• 75-denier poly­ester taffeta fly
• 68-denier poly­ester mesh inner tent
• 8.5-millimeter fiber­glass poles

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Cole­man Mon­tana 8 Per­son Tent Review

 

The Cole­man Mon­tana Eight Per­son Tent is a big tent but not too big, mea­sur­ing six­teen feet by seven feet, Cole­man claims it can sleep eight com­fort­ably. I have no rea­son to doubt that it can, but we only slept three in the Mon­tana but there was much room left over that if we had more campers on the trip they could have fit eas­ily. The cen­ter height is about six feet and two inches so there should be ample head­room for most peo­ple. The hinged door is a cool fea­ture that cuts down on the wear and tare on the zip­per. Often times the zip­per is the first thing to go on a tent basi­cally ren­der­ing the tent use­less. Not with a hinged door.

The Cole­man Mon­tana 8 Tent has all the weather resis­tant fea­tures you’ve come to expect from the Cole­man Weath­erTec Sys­tem. Leak Free Seams, weather resis­tant fabric,Waterproof floors, zip­per pro­tec­tion, and a wind strong frame all work together to make the Cole­man Mon­tana 8 Per­son  an excel­lent tent for stand­ing up to the worst of Mother Nature has to throw at you. The rain Fly cov­ers enough area in front of the tent door to allow for three chairs.

The set up of the Mon­tana 8 is pretty easy. Most peo­ple will have no prob­lem set­ting it up as the instruc­tions are straight for­ward and there are sev­eral fea­tures that help make sure you are putting the right piece in the right place. Two peo­ple may be required for assem­bly. It is rather dif­fi­cult alone but can be accom­plished if you have a long reach. There is a port for ven­ti­la­tion and pass­ing elec­tri­cal cords or smores through. The attached feet wip­ing mat is a nice bonus that helps to keep dirt where it belongs, out­side of the tent.

I really like the col­ors of this tent. The green earth tones are easy on the eyes in an out­door while in the out­doors It holds its on against the weather, and set-up is rel­a­tively sim­ple. The Cole­man Mon­tana 8 Tent is a really good tent that is usu­ally found at a low price. Free ship­ping is usu­ally avail­able. Click Here to see if it is still 27% off at Amazon!

Cole­man Mon­tana Weather Features

• Leak-free Seams: In addi­tion to fully-taped rain­fly seams, the rain­fly cov­ers doors and win­dows, and incor­po­rates easy-to-use Vel­cro frame attachments
• Weather-resistant Fab­ric: Coated poly­ester fab­ric com­bined with anti-wicking thread, web­bing, and zip­pers are designed to keep you dry
• Pro­tected Seams: Inverted floor seams dra­mat­i­cally increase weather resis­tance by hid­ing nee­dle holes inside the tent, away from the elements
• Water­proof Floors: Weld­ing tech­nol­ogy strength­ens the tent floor and elim­i­nates nee­dle holes
• Zip­per Pro­tec­tion: Zip­per cuff adds pro­tec­tion from the ele­ments to the door
• Wind Strong Frame: Engi­neered to be a stronger, more wind-responsive frame by using redesigned poles and guy-out tri­an­gles to anchor tents and increase performance

Cole­man Mon­tana Specifications

• 75-denier poly­ester taffeta fly
• 68-denier poly­ester mesh inner tent
• 1,000-denier poly­eth­yl­ene floor
• 11-millimeter fiber­glass poles

 

 

 

Cole­man Weath­er­Mas­ter Screened 6 Per­son Tent Review

 

Set Up of the  Cole­man WeatherMaster

Set­ting up the Cole­man Weath­er­Mas­ter Screened 6 Tent was quite an easy task com­pared to most 6 per­son tents, and I did it alone. A much shorter per­son could also set it up solo, although an extra set of hands would make the process a lit­tle quicker.  Color coded poles and the con­tin­u­ous pole sleeves are a cou­ple of rea­sons for the sim­plic­ity of the set up. The pin and ring design and the Insta-clip attach­ments also sim­plify the process. The instruc­tions, sewn into the carry bag, are as easy to fol­low as they could pos­si­bly be, but we here at Fam­ily Tent Reviews are  rather expe­ri­enced in tent assem­bly. Those inex­pe­ri­enced in tent set up should have few prac­tice runs in the back­yard to make sure things will go smoothly on camp­ing day.  Dis-assembly was sim­ple as well. The real shocker was how easy I got the tent back into the carry bag with­out even fold­ing it up very neatly.

Weather Resis­tance of the WeatherMaster

You can be assured with a name like Weath­er­mas­ter that this tent will hold up to the ele­ments. On a recent camp­ing trip I set this Cole­man up for some young rel­a­tives, it rained for nearly the whole week and not a drop made its way inside. I did use an extra tarp under the tent as I always do, although the water­proof floors prob­a­bly would have held up on their own. Made of weather resis­tant fab­ric coated with poly­ester and web­bing and zip­pers designed to keep water out you are sure to remain dry dur­ing rainy weather. The rain fly is large enough to  cover the doors and win­dows. The wind strong frame was engi­neered to  hold up to pretty strong winds. The screened room and all mesh ceil­ing greatly increase ven­ti­la­tion help­ing to cool down the tent,which are my favorite fea­tures while camp­ing in South Texas. An air flow port is also built into the tent, but most tents have these now days. There are lots of win­dows to help keep you cools as well.

Size of the  Weath­er­maser 6 Per­son Tent

The Cole­man Weath­er­mas­ter 6 is designed for sleep­ing six peo­ple. It can do this , but it will be rather tight. five will fit more com­fort­ably. When set up it mea­sures sev­en­teen feet by nine feet. At  36 pounds it is rather heavy if you plan on back­pack­ing it very far. The tent has two inte­rior rooms which is good for pri­vacy or hav­ing a recre­ation are for cards, eat­ing, etc. There is one out­side screened area that is great for get­ting away from the bugs or just get­ting some shade.there are two doors, one of which is actu­ally hinged. The ceil­ing is rather high at over 70 inches in center.

Addi­tional Features

The air cool port is a cool fea­ture for run­ning exten­sion cords or reach­ing out­side of the tent to reach the cooler.  The all mesh ceil­ing offers a nice view if you have the rain­fly off. There is a loop on the ceil­ing for hang­ing lights.

Cons of the Cole­man WeatherMaster

The stakes are not the best qual­ity. They never are any­more regard­less of which tent you buy. I always rec­om­mend buy­ing addi­tional stakes, prefer­ably some made of steel instead of plas­tic. Also the  rain­fly doesn’t cover all of the porch room. This isn’t really an issue unless you plan on sleep­ing in the screened porch room or stor­ing some­thing there that could be dam­age by the rain. Prob­a­bly shouldn’t store that kind of stuff in the screened room anyway.

Sum­mary

The Cole­man Weath­er­Mas­ter 6 Per­son Tent is one of the bet­ter weather resis­tant tents out there.  If you don’t like or need the screened porch fea­ture you could just pick up a Cole­man Weath­er­Mas­ter 8 which is basi­cally the same ten except with a closed in room where the screened room is on the weath­er­mas­ter 6 per­son. The screened porch is a great fea­ture in my opin­ion though, but I can under­stand why some might not want or need it. This is a good Fam­ily Tent. Click Cole­man Weath­er­Mas­ter Screened 6 Tent to check if it is still 36% off and to see if free ship­ping is still avail­able from Amazon.

 

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

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

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.

 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.

 

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.