Moun­tain Trails Grand Pass 2-Room 7 Per­son Fam­ily Dome Tent Review

The Moun­tain Trails Grand Pass is one of the cheap­est fam­ily sized tents I’ve seen lately. But I’m talk­ing about the price, not the qual­ity. You can eas­ily find bet­ter  large tents, but you will rarely find one at such a low price. The only other qual­ity tent for this cheap that I can think of is the Cole­man Red Canyon.

Size

The Grand Pass is large enough to accom­mo­date up to seven peo­ple. Six is a more comfy fit. It mea­sures to eigh­teen feet of length by ten feet of width. The cen­ter height is 76 inches, so stand­ing in the tent is pos­si­ble, but there is a dome shape so only the cen­ter area is tall enough to stand. I don’t do much stand­ing in tents any­way, I pre­fer to just use them for sleep­ing. There is a divider cur­tain that can sep­a­rate the tent into two rooms. This is always a wel­come fea­ture on tents of this size.

 

 Set Up

The set up dif­fi­culty for the Moun­tain Trails Grand Pass is about aver­age for a tent of this size. A sin­gle long per­son can get it done with a lit­tle time, but two peo­ple make it a lot eas­ier. It took me approx­i­mately 25 min­utes to get it up alone. There is a pin and ring sys­tem that you see on many tents these days,  to help sim­plify the set up process. One of the best fea­tures of the Grand Pass is how it fits into its duf­fel bag. Once the tent is rolled up, you sim­ply wrap the duf­fel around the tent, as opposed to try­ing to squeeze a loose tent back into a tight bag. This can save a few nightmares.

Weather

The rain fly seems to do a good job keep­ing the place dry in light rains. The floors didn’t seep either, but we had a heavy duty tarp under­neath the tent. I haven’t seen the Grand Pass tested in hard rains. I have heard from fel­low campers that the tent has stood up in 25 mph winds, but have also heard a com­plaint that the cen­ter pole gave in dur­ing 25 mph winds. I have seen it with­stand 15 mph, but haven’t seen a Grand Pass in more severe weather. A mesh ceil­ing and end win­dows seem to offer enough ven­ti­la­tion to avoid stale air, while offer­ing good views of what’s hap­pen­ing out­side of the tent.

Other Fea­tures

The Moun­tain Trails Grand Pass has two D shaped doors that make access in and out of the tent easy. No crawl­ing in is nec­es­sary. Each door also has its own door mat to help keep mud and dirt where it belongs, out­side of the tent.

Over­all

The Grand Pass doesn’t have all the fea­tures avail­able on mod­ern tents, nor is it made of the high­est qual­ity mate­ri­als. It is what it is , a decent tent that is avail­able at a great price. Pick up a Moun­tain Trails Grand Pass Fam­ily Tent from Ama­zon today! Free ship­ping is available!

 

Wen­zel Alpine  Dome 3-Person Tent Review

 

 

The Wen­zel Alpine three per­son dome tent is a nice tent for its price range. There are bet­ter three per­son tents avail­able but they will cost nearly three times as much as the Alpine.

Get­ting the Wen­zel Alpine set up and ready to go can be accom­plished rather quickly. With only three poles to work with, no won­der it is so easy. In fact, if you’ve ever set up a tent before, you can prob­a­bly get this one up with­out even read­ing the direc­tions. Of course read­ing the direc­tions first is always advis­able. Plus the pole pock­ets sim­plify the whole process. Tak­ing the Alpine down is easy as well. One per­son is all that is needed. The rain fly is pretty small so putting it on is a snap also.

The Wen­zel Alpine does pretty good in light rain and maybe some light wind. This tents’ fab­ric is the typ­i­cal weather armor with rein­forced floor and strong seams and all those good mar­ket­ing terms that make tents sound like they could with­stand a hur­ri­cane. The truth is, this tent will with­stand light rain just fine, but the rain fly is so small that it does not cover the win­dows, mean­ing you can’t open them for good ven­ti­la­tion dur­ing the rain. Of course in dry weather, this isn’t a prob­lem at all. I do like the attached floor mat with drainage that helps to keep the inside of the tent clean.

The Wen­zel Alpine is touted as eight feet by eight and a half feet, but with its pen­ta­gon shape, these dimen­sions are from the longest points and no sin­gle wall actu­ally mea­sures this long. This could cause a prob­lem if try­ing to sleep a tall per­son or even three adults. One adult with a cou­ple of chil­dren or three chil­dren will fit fine. Two adults will fit as long as the adults aren’t both over six feet tall. If you must sleep three adults, I would say that the Wen­zel Alpine is not for you unless you are much shorter than aver­age people.

The large D shaped door is a nice touch. The zip­per also runs smoothly with­out snag­ging, which is uncom­mon in tents that are this rea­son­ably priced. There is a small loft that is great for plac­ing per­sonal items like wal­lets or cell phones. The Wen­zel Alpine is very light-weight; about eight pounds, mak­ing it ideal for bik­ing, hik­ing, or motor­cy­cle trips. It would also make a good tent for music fes­ti­vals and the like.

The Wen­zel Alpine Dome Tent, while hav­ing a few flaws is a great tent for the kids. They will find it sim­ple to set up and carry them­selves, also will be able to fit in it with­out trou­ble. Order your Wen­zel Alpine Dome Tent from Ama­zon Today while it is dis­counted and avail­able with free shipping!

 

 

Pre­mier 4 Per­son Dome Tent Review

Worst camp­ing tent Ever?

 

Where to begin?  How about at Don’t Buy This Tent if you want a tent  that will be used more than once. This is pos­si­bly the worst tent I have had the dis­plea­sure to stay in. This tent is very afford­able though, but it is very poorly made.

The zip­pers break very eas­ily. You could find your­self  exposed dur­ing your camp­ing trip. The poles are also del­i­cate and break rather eas­ily. There is prac­ti­cally no weather resis­tance to speak of in the Pre­mier 4 Per­son Dome Tent . If it sprin­kles while you are in the tent, plan on get­ting wet. If there is a light breeze, plan on going fro a ride. The black strip at the bot­tom of the tent is to deceive you into believ­ing there is a proper tub floor.

On the bright side the set up was pretty easy, as was  tak­ing the tent down. The stakes are made of metal, sur­pris­ingly. Four peo­ple did fit inside with­out much com­plaint. The ven­ti­la­tion was ade­quate. This tent often sells for quite cheap so if you are look­ing for a movie prop to be destroyed are just need a cheap tent for one time use this is the tent for you.

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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Wen­zel Ridge­line 7 X 7-Feet Three-Person Dome Tent Review

 

Wen­zel Ridge­line Size

The Wen­zel Ridge­line Three Per­son dome Tent is one of our favorite small tents. It is big enough to sleep three com­fort­ably, but weigh­ing in at under seven pounds it is light enough to carry with you while hik­ing, bik­ing, or boat­ing. The light weight allows you to ven­ture fur­ther before set­ting up camp. If you desire a sep­a­rate tent for the chil­dren the Ridge­line is per­fect for that. The kids like hav­ing their own tent and the adults get some pri­vacy, which can be scarce on camp­ing trips with the fam­ily. The Ridge­line while designed for three peo­ple is also good for one or two peo­ple that just need a lit­tle extra space for stor­age or a pet. It is a dome tent that is just a lit­tle over four feet tall so stand­ing will not be an option for most of us. the base mea­sures seven by seven feet, pro­vid­ing forty nine square feet, mak­ing for a rather small footprint.

 

Wen­zel Ridge­line Weather

Most mod­ern tents offer pretty good weather pro­tec­tion and the Wen­zel Ridge­line is no dif­fer­ent. The fab­ric is coated and the seams are rein­forced so leak­ing should not be an issue. The threads are also made to keep out the water. The rain fly cov­ers the roof vents and works well. The extra strong tub floor keeps out the ground water. The Ridge­line has a low enough pro­file that wind is unlikely to blow it over. The screened door and win­dow com­bined with the screened roof pro­vide ample ven­ti­la­tion and airflow.

 Wen­zel Ridge­line Set Up

Set­ting up the Wen­zel Ridge­line is a very sim­ple t task. This is another rea­son this is a good tent for the chil­dren. They can set it up them­selves. It is basi­cally just two poles. The shock corded fiber­glass frame along with the pin and ring sys­tem are the main rea­sons for the easy set up. there is no rea­son the Ridge­line should take more than ten min­utes to erect. It can be done by a sin­gle per­son as well.

Ridge­line  Other Features

The D style door is nice and makes enter­ing the tent a lit­tle less of a has­sle com­pared to nor­mal tent door­ways. The zip­pers are strong and don’t break eas­ily. There is a gear loft and some pock­ets that are great for stor­age of your camp­ing  acces­sories. We also like that the rain fly makes a small awning pro­vid­ing a lit­tle extra shade. I found the tent east to get back into its stor­age bag once we took it down.

 

If you are look­ing for a tent to keep you dry while remain­ing sim­ple to assem­ble and light to carry you should check out Ama­zon for cur­rent pric­ing on the Wen­zel Ridge­line 7 X 7-Feet Three-Person Dome Tent . Free Ship­ping is usu­ally avail­able for this item also, so check it soon to make sure it is still avail­able. This is a per­fect tent for solo, cou­ples, or the children.