Also, my Coleman Instant Tent came with a defective pole that was attached the wrong way, and could not extend and retract properly. The poles and pole clips of this Coleman 10-Person Instant Tent are all pre-attached, so that was really convenient for putting it up and taking it down. The carry bag is black, and the bottom can be expanded for an easier pack up.
The hinged D-door measures about 50 by 34 inches in dimensions, and is only about 47 inches from the ground to the top of the door, because the side walls aren’t really that vertical. If there’s no rain, you you can unzip the windows for more ventilation, and there’s a bug net to prevent larger bugs from getting in. Also, the side walls aren’t as vertical as I expected them to be. Next, pull the tent out tight and drape the rainfly over the tent. The green side of the rainfly is the right side up, and the underside of the rainfly is black. Trailspace’s community of gear reviewers has field-tested and rated the top three-season tents.
The main structure isn’t the worst, with the entire tent made of 150D polyester and all seams sealed. However, the zippers and the mesh netting are poorly made, and the bag will not last more than a season before it rips or springs a leak. The poles are made from aluminum, but many moving plastic pieces hold them together. Not much to say here — this is an instant setup tent, after all. Once out of the bag, simply lift each side of the tent until you hear a “click,” and you’re done. The hardest part of the setup is putting the stakes and guyline in.
See for example this Coleman Queen size camping bed, a tool from the same brand. This tent pops into shape in under five minutes and only needs one person to set it up. What’s more, it offers two storage pockets that are roomy enough to fit a wallet, a phone, an e-reader, a couple of headlamps, and even a mini children’s audio player and headphones. In addition to stale air, the sealed tent holds moisture in like a sponge.
Just remember to press on the silver lock button on all the telescoping poles and push on them until they cannot be retracted further. It’ll take about ~7.5 minutes for 2 people to set up this Coleman 10-Person Instant Tent. After the roof poles, pull apart or extend the 6 telescoping wall poles as well. All the telescoping poles (both roof and wall poles) have silver lock buttons that click into place when fully extended.
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Even so, these 4 mattresses take up almost the entire tent, with barely any space leftover for camping gear. To accommodate 10 people in this tent, it’s almost shoulder-to-shoulder sleeping, although there’s some space down the middle for a little bit of camping gear. Inside the Coleman Instant Tent package, I got the carry bag (black with red handles), tent body (grayish black), a room divider (blue & black), and the rainfly (green).
Unfold the bundle of nylon and interlinked poles from its duffel bag and the shelter almost pops to its shape. After about 3 hours of light rain, all the fabric of the main tent body (both the blue and black coleman instant tent fabric) was still dry, which was great. Weight and packed size for the Instant Tent 6 are 24.9lb and 48”x9”x9”, so it’s certainly a hefty tent that will take up a decent amount of space in your trunk.
A subreddit for campers concerned more about the act of camping and less concerned about hiking long distances or light gear. Illumiline™ reflective guy lines are more visible so you don’t get tripped up if you need to take a walk at night. Inside, there’s enough room to stretch out on a queen-sized airbed. I tried to make sure that the zippers were protected by this yellow rain cover thing on the outside, but it seems to be soaked with water, and made the leaking worse. For weather resistance, I looked at rain and wind protection. The divider extends all the way to the floor, but there are pretty big gaps at the sides of the divider.