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.