Side by Side Comparison of: Coleman vs DRY TOP

We purchased this product, specifically looking for a decent sized tent. We watched the 60 second set up video and were pretty ecstatic about the thought of setting up a tent quickly. When we finally received our product and it was time to use it, we were VERY pleased with the amount of time it took to set up. Our first time setting up, it took two of us about 2 minutes in total. We were flabbergasted! It seemed a little trickier to take down, but even with just reversing our steps... I think it was down and back in the bag (that grows so you don't have to cram it in there) in about 5 minutes... My sister and brother-in-law borrowed it and were very pleased as well. Another plus of this tent is it was big enough for our queen size air mattress and all of our gear with a ton of extra room. When my sister used the tent, she had the queen size bed with 2 pack-in-plays for her small children. She was beyond impressed being able to fit all that, in addition to her belongings. I highly recommend this product!

Held up to scorching sun, moderate wind, and rain. The large mesh panels are great for hot weather and it didn't leak a drop even in a moderately heavy rain. Got the matching rainfly for it which had the added bonus of allowing me to leave the tops of the windows slightly open for airflow without rain getting in much like the panels in the porch area. As usualy its hard to get back in the bag after you open it the first time and apparently you can manage to rotate the poles inside one another (no idea how) if you let someone who thinks they know more about camping then they do help fold it up but its held up great nonetheless. Not too bad to set up alone and a breeze if you have 2 people, especially if they both know how to set up a tent, lol.

I waited until we had a good rain to do my review of the Coleman instant 8 person tent. It sets up very easily - one athletic person could do it by themselves. My daughter and I had it up in under 2 minutes. The tie downs are fine - we used regular old tent stakes. We set it up in our back yard a day before rain was predicted because we wanted to test out how waterproof it is.Last evening and through the night we had a steady, soaking rain (about 14 hours total). Not a drop of rain made it into the tent. My daughter slept in it. She reported that she noticed a little condensation on the ceiling but that was from her breath. When she cracked open a window to vent it, the condensation stopped. No water on the floor, none came in the windows. We purchased the rain fly, but didn't need it.I don't know how it would hold up in winds. There were light breezes last night and it was fine. It's well made with attention to details like fabric folds to cover the zippers for waterproofing. It's HUGE. We could easily fit four full-size air mattresses in the two rooms, with room left for gear. Tall enough for us to stand upright.When we set it up, we also checked to see how easy it comes down. It's a snap, but it's a small challenge to get it back into the bag. What worked was one of us holding the bag while the other one set one end into the bag, then shimmying the bag up like a pillow case, while we pulled up the bag whenever it got stuck.For watertight shelter while camping this tent gets a solid five stars. If that changes in the future, I will update my review.

Coleman Instant Tents Mean Instant Outdoor Funhttps://youtu.be/xlFEQg90GWgScouting has many joys and challenges particularly camping. For new scouts and their families attempting the great outdoors for the first time is daunting and find the right outdoor gear is critical. In particular, selecting and setting up a tent is a hurdle and if the parents buy the wrong tent it compounds the difficulties to where they might leave scouting. The leaders have the same need for quality camping equipment as they face many pressing needs which include helping new families unload and setup their tents to facilitate an easier and painless transition to scouting.Sure, I love Scouting and as a graying Boy Scout I am painfully aware that in Cub Scouts we don’t tackle Philmont or cool high adventure like white water rafting – we lack many of the sorts of exhilarating outdoor challenges my 14 year old Star Scout yearns for and experiences in Boy Scouts (Read: Envy).However, as I am the Cubmaster managing over 60 boys plus another 30 or so siblings ranging from ages 3 to 14, all of the parents and some grandparents during a campout for roughly 36 hours presents plenty of not so cool peril. Consider my camping history that includes a cub scout finding a coral snake, another time a copperhead and then yet again a water moccasin and then the grand prize: a scout suffering a second degree burn. These constant possibilities dictate an urgent need for constant supervision which forbids wasting precious minutes setting up a tent.Enter the Coleman Instant TentWhereas my first tent sans canvas as an adult was a four man dome tent that required at least thirty minutes for one adult and one squirrely Bear Cub (I don’t think I ever got the fly on correctly) - I was thrilled to discover I could set up my first Coleman 8-Person Instant Tent ALONE in under 10 minutes and my new Coleman Instant in 4 minutes!Pipe in the words to the song: FREEDOM!Not only can you set it up in mere minutes but then you actually enter the tent and find yourself awestruck by the seemingly palatial dimensions. My first memory of the Coleman 8-Person tent is still with me from Camp Everglades: I marveled at the size, trying to acclimate to the idea of two rooms, a 360 degree view and that stunning sensation of air moving in a tent. How can this be???Consider the irony that for the entire history of camping people would seek to travel to scenic places to spend at least half of their time in a tent with a fly covering every possible view. The Coleman Instant Tent pioneered an overdue revolution without my having to repeat the frequent risk of the no fly which periodically found me awake in a rainstorm. It took me a while to also ascertain that I could walk around without crouching! What a wonder!However, as we like to say in technology, the true test of quality comes on how a vendor responds to a problem. My first Coleman Instant Tent didn’t survive the harsh and constant winds we suffered on Camp Sawyer on Scout Key in the Florida Keys. Let me point out that there were easily another half dozen or so of the exact tents that had no issues and still have not to this day so my tent malfunction looks to have been an isolated experience.One of the tents corner legs became frozen and would not retract into the assembly. A single phone call to Coleman and then a minor process with an e-mail with some photographs and I had a new one inside of a week. Talk about making raving fans out of your customers – move over Rack Space – Coleman has it going on!Flash forward three years after buying my first Coleman Instant Tent I found myself with a Webelo Scout graduating to camping with his fellow Webelos (Coleman Dome Tents – future blog). Abandoned now for the second time I entered the lonely parental twilight existence of a camping empty nester and reluctantly accepting my fate I moved forward to downsize.I swear I tried, I did – I still have that claustrophobic one person coffin tent I am trying to give away.After two campouts I couldn’t do it anymore:• I missed the splendor of the vaulted ceilings• I missed the ability to stand up straight• I missed being able to have a cot• I couldn’t stand having my backpack in a foyer!• I got tired of banging my head against the hanging light from the ceilingThe Siren call of Coleman won out and I went back to the nearest retailer excitedly running my fingers over the many Instant Tents seeing that the selection had expanded and more choices presented themselves.A few minutes later I found myself the beaming owner of a significantly reduced, much smaller, humbler, empty nester, downgraded and Spartan Coleman Instant Dome 7.Hold it - I know what you are thinking but seven is much smaller than eight!! Plus my wife might come and what if my son was sick or my cousin came into town or my brother or sister or…I had to buy that tent! I mean…what if???Seriously, the Instant Tent is analogous to seat belts in cars – why on Earth didn’t we have them sooner and thank God and Coleman we finally do.Go buy one immediately here:Then: Dispose of your old tent through a donation to that family you don’t like or the leader you want to see less of. Ensure those ridiculous tents with the color coded poles are gotten rid of and just for fun get a sharpie and color over some of the poles to watch the hour long process take two to three times as long.Enjoy your camping time with your kids – it is truly a blessing.All for now - Yours in Scouting and Parenting,Cubmaster Augusttarbubbles.com

Could not be more happy with this purchase! I had originally ordered the Coleman Montana 8 tent but it came "new" with a patch in the floor, and in the meantime I decided the extra $50 was worth the convenience of the instant tent.Setup was extremely simple as long as you follow directions and go in the correct order, everything seems very solidly built. Of course, it poured all night and into the morning with 15-20mph winds, and we awoke to being perfectly dry besides the typical "dew" feeling you can't avoid anyways. The seams look pre-sealed with like a clear plastic tape-like stuff, seems to have worked great! Did not have the rain-fly installed and I do not know why you would ever even need it with this tent.Taking the tent down was as simple as putting it up, and once you rip out the stitches on the bottom of the bag to extend it, it's no problem to get the tent to fit right back in there. Had to pack it up wet, but no sweat because it took 3 minutes to set back up the next morning to dry out and put away properly.***Update after close to two years- I have used this tent roughly 15 times, and after wiping down the outside with soap/water and sweeping out the interior, this thing is like brand new! I love to brag about this tent, people are always asking me about it and scoping it out, and it has performed flawlessly. The only issue I have right now is with the storage bag, one of the corners of it blew out. I'm either going to try stitching it or using fabric glue.

This tent really does setup quickly and tear down is as equally as fast. Watched the video a couple of times and it was as easy as it looks on the video. the space was great and seemed to have lots of room. Haven't used it yet for camping (bought it for camping trip in August 2013) but i think it will be great.Review Update (Tent Test)We did take it on a one day trial to The Valley of Fire in Moapa Nevada. OMG it was soooo windy when we got there we almost went back home. We decided though to stick it out. We put the tent up fairly easy even though it was super windy. Thank goodness we bought some new tent stakes that were way larger and much more sturdier. The ones that come with the tent just got pulled out by the wind. It was so windy that we had to put large rocks on the larger stakes to ensure they stayed in. Now I bought the tent used from amazon, and after we got it up and went to zip up for the night, I noticed that the zipper on the "D" door on the bottom was broke. Now to be fair I don't know if it came broken or if we broke it in the wind(I have since fix that with heavy duty Velcro on the bottom, which I actually think works better. But luckily it has two doors)Anyway it was hot and windy the whole night but the tent stayed up the whole time. It was so windy we left the windows down that way the wind would just go thorough the tent and not knock it over it was hot so all in all I think the tent did well in these extreme conditions. Oh and the windows did flap around in the wind as others has stated, but it didn't bother me as much as when the heavy winds gusted and made the tent shake like it was going to blow away :) thankfully it never did.Going to Pismo beach California at the end of this month (Aug 2013) and we will see how it does there.

I'm glad I bought this set. Every tent comes with its own metal nails but they are so crapy. They go in and half way down they bend, but this ones don't. They were amazing and I wish I would have bought more. They do sale them separately for less than a $1 each at home depot so I'm definitely going to buy like 20 more before our next camping trip. They go down very easily but you definitely need the back of the hammer to get them back out. The extra piece is probably to dig them back out but we couldn't find ours. They are strong!!!!The little broom with tiny dust pan came in handy inside the tent because overtime the names came in they dragged some dirt inside with them.

I got this kit to supplement my Coleman Sundome tent and I'm glad I did. The stakes that come with this are superior and held up great. The stake puller is a nice tool and it makes it way easier to pull up the stakes. The dust pan and broom make cleaning up easy. I think it's a great kit to have handy.

This kit is worth it alone just for the little brush/dustpan and the hook to pull out stakes! Sure you can use other tools but why not have a separate kit and throw it with you tent so you don't have to think about finding tools out of your tool box everytime you go camping? The extra stakes were nice too vs. the thin/shorter stakes that come with most tents. I dunno why Coleman doesn't include those as standard. We set our tent on a somewhat sandy area and those other stakes kept coming out. These stakes held in nicely. All in all, very good, useful purchase.

I absolutely loved having this handy kit with my Coleman tent. The stakes in it are amazing and worked so much better than the ones provided with my tent. The mallet makes putting them into the sand a breeze!! I think we used the broom everyday to wipe of he tent throughout the day and also before packing it up. And again, the other thing to remove the stakes made his assembly and disabbemly a dream. I highly recommend it.

All in one kit I would recommend definitely for any first time campers. Also if it's your first time camping, play that card out so your friends will put your tent up for you. Then crack open a beer and laugh at those suckers.

Need this for the beach tents! Can't wait to try it out.....UpdateWe have used this kit for our beach shelters and it works great. I dont know about using these items on a tent in the woods but on the beach it keeps our shelters in place. I plan on buying another because we usually bring to tents and this kit came with just 4 stakes. The broom is great for removing beach sand.

I recently purchased a used Coleman Instant Tent. It was advertised as 10x14, but when I got it home I discovered it was only the 8x14 model.I had already put in an Amazon order for a 10x14 rainfly.Just got back from a camping trip where we had quite a bit of rain.Having the rainfly being the wrong size actually worked out to be an advantage.It fit well length wise and the additional width let it hang down far enough on the sides to allow the side windows to remain fully open without letting any water in.The windows on the end and the doors had to remain closed.All in all this mistaken order worked out well and may be something to consider if you are lookin for a rainfly.I liked how the rainfly snapped right to the poles. It held well without staking out the lines.

A friend had given me a Coleman 10x14 instant tent...Coleman Model# 2000008495. The tent was in great shape but needed a minor repair to the hub assembly but I was able to source the repair part online. However, the larger concern was that most of these larger instant-up tents seem to be sold by Coleman without a rain fly (what's up with that, Coleman?). Anyway, this rainfly fits my tent PERFECTLY and not only adds rain protection to the tent, it makes the tent much more stable once it's installed. Would definitely buy this again...but wish Coleman had included it in the tent package to begin with. Just sayin...

Delivered as promised . Even though it says waterproof I used seam sealer and spray waterproof before install . Rained like crazy 2 days after I put it on , not a drop of water got in works and looks perfect .

This Coleman Rainfly is a must for Florida. While I have not used it yet, I will be next month. But, we have used the tent without it and it would let rain in during the storm. It took a whole 15 mins to install with just my wife and myself, this included the tent. I used a hose to spray it and there was not leaking. Plus, this should help with protecting the tent from the sun. The color matches the tent perfectly, the only negative thing I would say would be there should be something to help with the opening. The way it is setup if it is raining the water falls equally on all sides including the 2 sides with the doors to enter and exit. They should have installed something to help out with this, it probably would not cost much. Even with that being said, I still give this a 5 stars cause of everything else.Pros:Good PriceEasy to InstallEasy to take off and StoreWorks perfectlyLooks greatSuper Fast Shipping (Amazon Prime)Cons:Could Use Something To Protect The Entrance From RainOverall I would recommend this to anyone who has the Colemans' Tent (measurements 14'X10')

I was a little skeptical about buying an "Instant Tent", but I wanted something easy to set up, with plenty of room for a queen size air mattress. I'm glad I decided to go with this one. It really was very easy to set up, and it had room for our air bed and all our gear with plenty of space to spare. I'm 6'4" tall and I could stand up and walk around inside without a problem. I was concerned about taking it down and getting it to fit in the supplied bag, but that was almost just as easy as setting it up! The only thing I would say is disappointing is that it doesn't come with a rain fly. I had to order it separately. All in all though, I would recommend this tent.

Easily attaches to our tent. Would add this before extending tent legs unless you are tall.

I like how spacious this tent is and my husbands favorite part is that he can walk around inside without ducking around the whole time. I love that you can open all the windows and get a great airflow going. However that is not the case if it's raining. We have recently used this tent while camping on the beach. It was great until it started raining at 4 am and rain started coming in the windows. I had to quickly zip up all the windows and it got warm inside. I wish it came with the rainfly but I will be ordering one for the next time we go camping. We did not have any issues with leaking. We did have light-moderate winds and had no issues with the tent caving. The setup and break down took a couple times to get used to but now I can do it by myself fast. It is a bit of a "Glamping" tent but it's great for families and people who over pack and love having more space like me. I was able to set up two queen beds side by side in one half and had the other half to set up another seating area and put all of our stuff.

This fly is good, and fits the 14x10 ft tent. Be careful, there is also one for the 14x8 ft tent, and other reviewers have experienced confusion.This Coleman® tent is of good quality, feels substantial and not paper-thin like many of the cheaper tents (and their flies) do. Yet Coleman seems to pull this off without charging very much more than many of those cheaper tents. Seams and zippers are nice, and the zippers fit well. Most operate without getting stuck in the tent's own adjacent fabric, but the door on the side with the bigger screens is an exception. Care must be taken there for the adjacent fabric not to foul the zipper, but if using care, it can be operated without too much trouble. Fit is excellent, and the integrated pole design is about the best thing since sliced bread. This is the first "8-man" tent I have ever put up by myself, with ease, and almost as fast as advertised. (To be fair, the "one minute" erection claim did show 2 people setting it up.) Upon takedown, the tent fit back into its carrier bag without having to burst out the "expansion seam" provided. My only dislike is that it is rather heavy and bulky, which is to be expected for such a large tent--and that is not the dislike. The dislike is that it would be difficult to pack in and out of somewhere because of its bag's "gym bag" strap design. I would much prefer an adjustable shoulder strap design that could be worn like a backpack.Once up, the design of the tent is quite good. An internal divider provides for 2-room privacy, and both chambers have their own door, so no one has to go out through someone else's bedroom. Once divided, one room has smaller screened windows for more privacy, while the other one has much wider screens--nearly ceiling-to-floor--for excellent ventilation. With everything opened up, the tent has excellent cross ventilation no matter from which direction the wind comes.Coleman's integrated ropes for tie-downs each include a small plastic tension adjuster making tightening the rope a SNAP, and for novices it would be easy to figure out which loop to pull to get it to stay. The included stakes seem flimsy (part of the reason for no 5th star) and if not carefully inserted into the ground will be easily bent. However, they ARE very easy to slip into all but the hardest of soils without any tools, and if inserted at the proper angle, they hold the lines well, even in decent wind. (Fortunately I have yet to have it up during HIGH wind or storms.)The optional fly, if purchased, provides shade and a level of cooling, by leaving a nice space between the shade of the fly and the tent's roof. However, this tent's roof is complete as-is, and the fly designed for the tent is _purely_ optional. It will perform fine without a fly. However, I did purchase its fly, expecting that it will protect the tent's roof from the UV degradation that it would naturally otherwise experience from being exposed to the sun without it. I haven't had it out in the rain yet, but as soon as I do I will let you know how it turned out. (If I get busy and don't get back for a while, assume that "no news is good news.") I will SURELY be on here griping if it doesn't perform well! ;)Bottom line: I would buy this tent again, and in fact I like it enough so far that I will shop Coleman first, if I am in the market again any time soon.

This tent was purchased to replace an older dome tent. We are a family of four with a dog. We like the separate room idea for a little more privacy when changing clothes with growing kids, and a great spot to keep dog crate and gear separate from beds.I (5'8" woman with no upper body strength) just got back from spending a few nights in an Oregon state park using our new tent with my kids for the first time. A friend helped set up, and it went up quick. Even so, I was able to do it myself in the back yard for a test run before we left. It just took longer :) The tent is h-e-a-v-y, and definitely recommended for a short walk from vehicle to tent spot.It rained for two days during our trip. The inside stayed dry with no rainfly. Though the tent didn't leak, I noticed items against the sides of the tent, above the height of the waterproof flooring (which comes up several inches), absorbed moisture through the tent walls. I pulled everything away from the walls and had no more issues.We had a queen air mattress and single camp pad at the foot of the bed in the "back", and our gear in the "front porch". There are two small gear pockets in the "back" of the tent. I think some of the reviewer pictures must be from the instant cabins - or maybe a newer/different model of the tent - the interior looks different, and we don't have a place to hang a lantern. The room divider hangs from the ceiling and attaches in three spots on each side of the interior, zipping up the middle to split the tent in half. When fully zipped, the divider gaped at the sides. It does not provide a full barrier, but enough for the added privacy I wanted.It does take time to roll back up (at least that was my experience). In a hurry to get out of the downpour, instead of zipping, I just clipped the straps around the bulging tent that was only part way in the bag. After unpacking the car at home I saw the label indicating the carrying bag could be expanded by cutting a seam on the side. Haha! That will help next time!Cons so far:1. The zipper on the "front porch" of the tent stuck in the same spot consistently, about 8 inches from the ground. Otherwise smooth.2. Where the zippers meet at the bottom of both doors there is a gap almost big enough for me to stick a thumb though - plenty big enough for bugs.For a first run I'm generally impressed. Our next trip is to a drier, more remote area. Should be a totally different experience, and I'm excited to try it out and take advantage of the 360-degree views!

I have timed myself setting this up by myself in 30 seconds,legit. Fully set-up one person 30 seconds. Once set-up this tent is MASSIVELY HUGE, and AWESOME. The two rooms are plenty spacious, I usually set up a queen sized air mattress in each area and still have plenty of space for all of the other gear including chairs etc. It's true luxury camping and you'll be the envy of those you're with. Set up a pop-up pavilian in front, with a table under it, and some tiki torches and all set.Downside, this thing is HEAVY, we're talking you're not going far from the car with it over your shoulder in the duffle bag heavy. While this doesn't pose an issue initially, by the 10th time or so that you take this thing out of thebasement lug it to your car and bring it camping you'll start to envy your buddies who have a light weight small tent.Other downside THE TENT BROKE within 2 years :*( I was devastatingly disappointing as I did not do anything unusual to the tent, had simply been taking it down as normal and folding the legs in without any extra pressure when SNAP a pole cracked apart that was connected to the center, I did not put torq on it. Initially had hopes it could either be repaired or maybe had a warranty... no such luck, had to toss it at $200 was expecting this tank hotel of a tent to last me easily through a good half dozen seasons at-least.This tent otherwise would have 5+ stars as I loved it, but durability is a major factor, and at $200 I'm really dissapointed and sad. Looking around at the options, I have a $30 walmart tent which has lasted 4 years and is still in perfect shape might stick with that for a while I guess... kind of liked the tremendous space that this Coleman tent provided for longer trips (5 days/nights in a row camping)

I bought this because I was looking for something I could put up myself. It's as easy to put up as the youtube videos indicate. I didn't give it 5 stars because there are no roof vents like the ones offered on the 14' x 8' tent. I also dinged the tent because it doesn't come with a rain-fly. So, when its raining, I'd have to keep the screen covers zipped up and there would be no ventilation. Fortunately, I bought the rain-fly separately. According to Coleman the fly does come over tent enough that some of the screens can be exposed a bit to let air in, but not rain. I think Coleman should have anticipated the needs of the camper when it rained...they've only been making tents for decades.Now, the above paragraph was not enough to warrant dinging the tent beyond one star. It has advantages that outweigh those issues:1) Easy to put up. I put it up in about 3 minutes the first time. I did not stake it into the ground or tie off the strings but I imagine you're looking at another 10 minutes or so.2) It has lots of screens that when not raining, will provide maximum ventilation.3) It's spacious4) the floor material comes up around the perimeter of the tent to ensure water doesn't come in.5) There is a zippered divider that separates the screened in part of the tent from the back.6) You can stand up in this tent. It has a center height of 6'5.7) I was able to get the whole tent put back in the bag without utilizing the expandable feature of the bag (there's a strip on the underside of the bag and if you cut it, there's additional fabric that will expand so as to make the bag bigger and thus easier to stuff the tent back. Note, the bag is big as it is. Once you cut that piece of fabric that holds the additional fabric from expanding, you can't undo it. The bag will be even bigger.)

We bought this tent in July in anticipation of our first camping trip in 5 years. To say my spouse is a reluctant camper is an understatement, so I did whatever I could think of (short of renting a furnished cottage) to make our week on the coast of Maine comfortable. I had been reading the comments about this tent for about a year before we decided for sure that we'd be camping this summer. Wish I'd gone for it in early summer, when Coleman was running a $20 rebate program! Oh, well.We practiced raising the tent one time before leaving home. In the hot sun, it took us a few minutes of frustration to figure out how to get all the arms extended, but really it wasn't too bad. Knocking it down wasn't bad either -- we managed to get it back into the case without opening up the gusset for extra space. Fast forward a week -- we sure were glad we had done a dry run as we raced the sunset to arrive at the campground. Setup went very fast. We used a tarp underneath (smaller than the footprint of the tent, as recommended by some of the commenters here), but that was it -- no seam-sealing or other prep.Someone else posted this week about using the tent for 2 people -- honestly, we were happy to have all that space for just the two of us, and couldn't imagine sharing it! It's spacious, but we liked the elbow room. To give an idea of how much room there was, we used a double-high, queen-size air mattress, and had plenty of room to walk on either side. I had little nightstands on either side of the bed as well. I also had a 4'x6' rug (from Ikea, in case you're interested) in the front area of the tent. I'll see if I can post a photo.We had only one day of rain that week, but it was torrential. Storms kept blowing through the area, so it rained hard, on and off, for hours. We had been out all day -- when we got back, we noticed that there had been a small leak. The vulnerable spot seemed to be where the curtain/room divider was sewn into the roof of the tent. We didn't have a fly, but we had staked the tent out as taut as we could, and that was the only moisture issue we experienced. Never noticed condensation inside the tent, even though we were by the coast and mornings could be damp. We were among pine trees, so it was easy to put the stakes in, but I was glad that we at least had a few longer spikes for the four corners of the tent, and a mallet. That kit that Coleman sells is actually kind of nice -- we asked for it in our wedding registry. It comes with four of the sturdier stakes, the mallet and a stake puller, plus a cute broom and dustpan. It all came in handy. Coleman Tent KitOne result of all that rain -- even though the tarp was much smaller than the footprint of the tent, a lot of water got trapped between the tarp that the underside of the tent. We discovered it at the end of the week, when we were dismantling the tent. But we never had any moisture underfoot, inside the tent. The bottom material must have been very well coated.The person who commented about needing both hands free to get in and out of the tent -- we experienced that as one of the major annoyances of the tent. It's the reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5. We wanted to keep it zipped, to keep out the mosquitoes, but every time we wanted to bring something into or out of the tent, it was hard to juggle it while holding onto the bottom of the zipper with one hand and raising the zipper tab with the other. Quite a pain, as our daily routine required many entrances and exits. Maybe next time we'll be a little less obsessive about keeping it sealed, since the zipper is protected by a nice, heavy flap with a few sturdy patches of Velcro along its length.Putting the tent back into the bag, with the bottom all wet and muddy, was a lot harder than when we did it the first time, when all was clean and dry. We didn't want to touch it and get our clothes all dirty, but you do have to kind of get down to roll it, and show it who's boss. It's a lot of work, IMO. That was where my "glamping" concept got a reality check!Looking forward to using it again, and I hope I won't have to wait 5 years! Also hope we don't experience the parts failures that others have described, or at least that Coleman will have come up with a suitable fix by then. It's worrisome to hear that these things can break, apparently for no good reason.

Good for the price. I really wanted the handheld stake puller and mini dustpan. While the handle on the puller is a bit flimsy but I am relieved not to have to worry about another puller coming off a mallet, and the dustpan is very small, not the best quality, but it gets the job done. The mallet is a basic mallet, hard to go wrong there, and the stakes are good and solid. I love there is a carry bag for them as well.

I like the rubber mallet but not sure what to think of the tent spikes. For my tent a 4 person seemed a little excessive. The broom seemed do an ok job. To finish clean up I got the vacuum. So that is why it is a 4 do to the broom. I think however the spikes will do better for a bigger tent.

Mallet and stakes seem very sturdy and robust. I'm not sure if the brush and pan will be much use as they are pretty small. I'm also not sure how folks reported they bent the stake puller as I tried to mess it up and couldn't. Basically, the whole kit is a little cheaper than just buying four stakes and a mallet so it is a pretty good bargain.

Good kit, but the stakes will come out of the ground easily since they are a simple shaft. However, the mallet and camp dust pan are fantastic and at a cheaper price than if you purchased them separately. Over all its a good buy as long as you are using the stakes as an extra bonus feature.

I bought this to upgrade my tent stakes, as well as for the stake puller. I just used this kit for the first time on a recent camping trip. I was impressed by the stakes and stake puller. Both were invaluable. The stakes are easy to hammer into the ground with the flat nail like head. The mallet failed horribly. I had hammered 3 out of 4 stakes successfully. As I was hammering the last one in, the mallet head came completely off the handle! I saw that it had only been glued onto the handle. I was disappointed. Thankfully I had already staked my tent because I didn't bring a backup hammer or mallet.The hand broom worked great for cleaning my tent floor. And the stake puller worked perfectly when it was time to leave.

It is a handy little kit to have if you tent camp. We used everything in the kit on our last trip and everything worked as intended. If you use the bigger 10 inch tent spikes, the puller that comes with this kit is really handy. I leave the spikes in the bag as spares after losing a couple on a buried tree stump. The spikes got stuck about halfway and when I pulled them they were stuck so bad they bent. So you never know what you will encounter out there buried beneath the ground and having spares is nice.

This is a very nice rain fly. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the fact that it doesn't extend over the doorways far enough. Seems to be made well and I expect I will get many years of use from this product.

Easy set up and had a hard time to put it back! Wish there is clear instruction on how to close and package easily! One post snapped and I was given a replacement before I returned my in exchange! Truly appreciate the customer service part of it!The best featur is that you could have privacy in this tent! It has a divider inside so could allow 2 queen mattresses without issue!

I like this tent. It is a nice size and has a lot of openings and pouches. My only criticism is that the door zipper is a single zipper so you have to open and close it from the bottom and that is annoying. It is very easy to set up. Harder to get into the bag, but that is to be expected.

I like this tent, it is huge however. A couple of things to keep in mind.1. you need to seam seal the tent in order for it to keep water out. I spent an additional $100 on seam sealer. I will say this however, it held up to very high winds and rain in the Grand Tetons and various spots over a 3 week period.2. the rainfly in not ideal for really rainy conditions, it is like a small hat on the tent.Overall a decent purchase, but like I said be prepared to do extra work to make it more usable by a family in a rainy situation.

while the rainfly fits perfectly on the tent and it looks really nice. It does hold the rain right over the door so when you exit the tent you get all the pooled water splashing down on you. Thought maybe we put it on wrong, but no matter how we put it on it did the same thing, now we just push up on the ceiling before leaving the tent. I give it a 4 as it does keep the tent from leaking. I don't like that we had to buy this extra and feel that it should have come with the tent but oh well, it was not that expensive. If it were not for the pooling water I would give a 5 rating

You really do need the rain fly for this tent. The tent says it is water tight but it isn't. Of course most tents need a rain fly so I bought this even though it said it wasn't necessary. Boy was I glad because it rained a lot on our last trip and the rain fly kept us and our stuff nice and dry. Don't try to do without it.

I haven't used the tent outdoors yet. However, I always do a dry run before I actually need to set it up in less comfortable conditions. My main complaint is that 2 of 4 top bars were installed upside down. The bars are rounded on top and flat on the bottom. Due to being installed upside down, the poles would not extend. I had to unscrew the bars from the corner knuckle and from the point the bar telescopes. Then I had to man handle the coupler to flip it.I've seen other people post the same issue. For Coleman: It's not that much more expensive to add a QC person in Bangladesh. Just think how much this post, and other posts, are costing if it steers away a small percentage of possible customers?

This is huge, it's a two person setup if there is any wind over 5mph. The plain tent pegs tend to move and rotate in windy conditions with the tent poles becoming free unless your gear/people are anchoring it down.The locks on the extended pole feel cheap, I bet it will not last more than 3 to 5 outings.If I thought Amazon would accept it as a return I will return it (clean but used).

My first attempt to set it up took about an hour, and I finally had to ask for an extra hand, because it's really a 2 person job. Once up, the tent is nice and roomy, and has adequate features. I noticed that the two side poles didn't touch the ground, but I put it up in my driveway, and staking the tent would have probably solved that issue.My second attempt took only 20 minutes, and I did it single-handed. Once again in my driveway. While the tent seems heavy when it is down, it is light as a feather when it is up. It also functions as a sail, as a minor gust of wind picked it up, flipped it over, and sailed it across the driveway. I have my first hole in my tent already.It appears that I can get the setup time down toward the 10 minute range, or maybe faster if there are two of us. I sprayed the locks on the sliding poles with silicone spray, and that made them easier to lock in position. I'm looking forward to taking it camping (and staking it down), and it will be interesting to see if it survives in the rain with no fly. I'll report back when I have some camping under my belt.

I just put it together today and was pretty disappointed in it.Turns out that it was not made in the USA as advertised. It was made in Bangladesh.But that wouldn't be that big of a deal if it was put together correctly. Two of the four extending poles were installed backwards and made extending the top very difficult. This is easily remedied by unscrewing the joint poles and spinning around and putting them in the correct direction. But, the screws were stripped and bent from the incorrect factory installation. The poles also had minor scratches on them from being forced in backwards.I plan to return.Edit: I contacted Colman and they resolved my Issue to my satisfaction. My review has been increased because of their good customer service.

It's a great tent but wish a rain fly automatically came with it!!! To me it's coleman's way to nickel and dime you. It's a necessary thing so include it!Weather is unpredictable as we just found out. We went camping and saw it was 80% chance of rain, couldn't get rain fly delivered in time so got a hotel for night 1. Night 1 ended up with no rain and night 2 that was supposed to be great was raining from 5pm till 7am. We had to leave at 9pm since in less than 2 hours you could see the rain drops coming in (like having a slow drip to torment you all night hitting your face- it was sporadically all over). Then by 7pm we had pools of water at entrances and sides. Hubby thought he'd go towel it up but was way too much for even 4 towels to handle. I'm really hoping the rain fly will take care of future issues!

This tent seems pretty well made and is easy to set up and take down. Has plenty of headroom and is very well ventilated. Just a couple of caveats: (1) The vertical zipper leaves a "flap" at the bottom rather than intersecting at the two horizontal zippers, so there's really no seal. The rainfly, sold separately, does not stick out far enough to permit the rain to run off past the bottom of the tent. so the rain drips onto the lower part of the tent, and if the little zipper flap is left to the inside of the horizontal lower zippers, rain runs right into the tent. Even if the flap is left on the outside of the other zippers, there is no reliable impediment for the entry of insects. (2) This is the worst part of the tent, and it might seem minor to some people but it's a huge issue for me, which is that the bag is too small to get the tent back into. I could tell when I first took the tent out that there seemed to not be one square millimeter of vacant space in the bag, and you can tell it when you try to get it back in. As far as I'm concerned, the aggravation factor alone is reason enough not to buy this tent if there were no alternatives, but thankfully my local sporting goods store had a big canvas duffel that the tent could be stored in, so that's my solution. Hey Coleman: add about .25 worth of extra fabric to your tent bags and make your customers' lives a lot less frustrating.

I'll probably keep it but the hammer smells awful. The rubber part emits a strong unpleasant odor. I'm a bit concerned about packing it and having it transfer the smell to other items. I pack it in a ziplock baggie on trips. I'm hoping it finishes off gassing at some point. Also a mesh bag isn't a great choice for carrying stakes because they'll stick through. However when they ship it, the stakes have little ends on them that keep them from sticking out. But if you plan to use the stakes that's a fussy detail to keep up with. Maybe they can be used as nose plugs for the hammer.

I haven't used the items included in the kit yet but wanted to point out that the mallet stinks, literally. It smells so bad I had to put it outside. I'm hoping it off-gases so I can stand having it in my vehicle. Right now, it's intolerable.

This kit is convenient up to a point. The mallet and dustpan/brush are durable and useful.The carry bag is handy and allows for quick storage in a small space/area.The tent pegs are good as far as holding lines and being driven into the ground. But the plastic heads don't hold up to multiple uses (learned this after multiple camping trips this summer).On the first trip, the stake rod puller worked decently. On the last trip, it bent and warped to the point of being unusable.I honestly think that you can get better for the money at Walmart or a sporting goods store (or just spend more, which is what I should have done)I kept the mallet and the dustpan/brush, which is why I still give it a 3 star rating as those items are still useful to me.

This set has everything you need, which is nice. That being said the quality is suspect. On there second use, the plastic piece on the end of the stakes broke while trying to use the stake remover to pull it out. The stake remover is also really flimsy. My least favorite part of this is the bag though. It's mesh but the pointed spikes stick through the holes and cause it to rip and snag. The one thing that's performed so far has been the rubber mallet. It's worked like a charm and came in very handy. Everything else has been mediocre at best.

The mallet is great but I was a bit disappointed in the stakes. One of them bent while we were pulling it out. They also have plastic caps on top of them that you use when pulling the stakes back out of the ground--they bend and we even had one break. The bag is a bit small so you have to take everything out to rearrange it and put it back in when you get it out. However, I gave the product three stars because of the mallet and it is better than the alternative (regular tent stakes and a hammer....

I wanted to rate this 3.5 stars but 3 it is and here's why. The tent stakes are virtually impossible to accidentally bend unlike the chintzy stakes that come with a lot of tents and unlike the plastic heavy duty stakes, these don't break if you hit the stake on the head. The broom and dustpan are okay as well as the bag, nothing special.I was incredibly peeved when the rubber mallet head flew off just minutes after using it for the first time. I even tried to gorilla glue it back on but the rubber doesn't stick well to gg so that didn't work. Basically the mallet is trash and I can't return it now. HOWEVER, the real GEM of this pack is the tent stake puller. I have no idea why I've gone so long without one of these. This one doohickey makes the purchase price completely worth it.

As described

The tent had several places leaked in the first time camping (it was a a lot rain), not returned, self sealed later, will see how it be like next time.

It does go up easily. But putting it away sucks. Its a big tent and I wanted a big tent I just didn't think it would be such a nightmare trying to make it small enough to fit back in the bag. Also, the bag it comes with is terrible. The fabric is unnecessarily pinched up and stitched smaller than it should be on one side. WTF coleman?Honestly, putting up and taking down my standard tent with the two collapsible cross poles is much easier than this thing and that other tent is also easier to store.

exactly as described

I bought this tent in September 2012. I was able to use it a sum total of 6 times before it became unusable. The first time we went camping one of the corner straps tore off, so it was difficult to secure that corner. It also rained quite a bit that weekend. While the water fly covers the tent well, we had water leakage coming in from the bottom of the doors from both the front and back. The third time I used the tent one of the center retracting poles broke at the joint on the edge of the roofline - the L-shaped plastic on the corner with a pin holding it to the pole. The metal pin that held the pole on worked its way out. I was able to get the pin back in and tie some paracord around the corner to secure that pole, which of course I had to do again the remaining times I used the tent. The last time I used the tent two more of the retracting poles broke in the same manner rending the tent useless. While the tent itself was pretty easy to set up, I was extremely disappointed in the quality of construction. The poles should not have broken in that manner after so few uses. I'm much happier with the NTK tent I bought for 1/2 the price.

This tent fell short of my high expectations. I previously owned a Coleman Instant Tent and it was the best tent I have ever owned, it was so easy and quick to set up, the fabric was durable, and it was easy to get back into the bag. When I finally gave in and replaced it (after so many years it did start to leak) I bought this Coleman Instant 8 Person Tent in blue and I knew instantly upon removing it from the bag the quality had changed for the worse. The fabric and screening is much thinner and I do not believe it will hold up for years like my other tent. It has room divider than cannot be removed and when rolled up it;s still in the way. I like the fact you can exit from either end of this tent - that's a huge plus - but it just feels cheap, not durable. When I went to set it up for the first time, two poles were badly jammed, they would not extend. One I was able to get to release and the other was hopeless. It must be defective or have been bent somewhere between the factory and arriving at my house. Will be returning this tent.

I loved this tent until a storm came an one of the top joints piped. This is not covered in the warranty. The person I dealt with at Voleman could tell me if the piece I ordered would be the right piece. Then I was told this is not covered by the 1 year coverage. Cost to mail this 2.99 piece was 5.99. As a Longtime customer if their products I am very disappointed that the charged me for a piece that should have been under warranty. I will think twice when time to buy more equipment. Very unhappy - at least train your customer service folks which parts are which.

One of the connector pole bases was broken out of the box, but still set up. I had previously read reviews that said to get strong stakes, so I came prepared and just staked it down and had no problems, so I haven't sent it back. If it gets worse next time I use it, I'm going to have to return it or get it fixed, but it's winter. Definitely get strong stakes of you get this tent.***Update***i used this tent for the second time this weekend. FAIL. Another base broke off and two of the rooftop poles would not extend. We finally tied the thing up to a tree and a trailer to keep it up. 60-second set-up? More like 60-min. By now, the only positives I have for this thing is it's size.

Set up at home once and had a bit of difficulty getting back into carrying bag. Took on one camping trip and enjoyed the item but not very pleased with set up and tear down.My previous 10x10 Coleman had an electric port specifically designed for cord. The Instant 8 does not.The 10x10 came with rain fly. The Instant 8 does not. Also, the separate rain fly is optional but a bit pricey.Ventilation was OK. The double door zipper system down to the floor is concerning if there is rain. I didn't experience rain and did not want to.I am always very happy with my Amazon purchasing experience. My products arrive on time and in great condition.The reason I rate this tent with 2 stars is because of the tear down process. I've watched numerous videos and read reviews because most tents don't completely go back in as packed. As I mentioned, my trial set up and tear down at home was tricky to get back into case. Never completely got it all the way back into case. After tear down during one use, I was not able to get it into case at all. Thanks Amazon for a great shopping experience and option to return. This item will not be good for my use. I think it may be best set up and taken down by two or more people in order to properly pack away.

I have now purchased 2 of these tents. They are great for about 4-5 uses, and then the springs in the extendable poles start to break. Of the 6-7 poles attached to this tent, I had 3 break on one and 4 break on the other. When the springs fail, the tent will not stay all the way extended/open to its max distance. If it's not extended all the way "open", then the tent will collapse on itself. I tried to find additional poles for it, but the 3 yr old model I had, I was unable to find replacement parts for it from Coleman or any other distributor.I love the "instant tent" functionality but after spending close to $400 for 2 tents, I will not purchase this model again.I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TENT.

It is everything it says...but they smell super plastic-ish to me. I couldn't be in the car with them on the way to camping, so they are still airing out in a shed out back.

As long as you don't intend to remove the pegs. They are strong and go in easily but getting them out is really hard. The green ends rotate and are not at all substantial. Pulling then out "using the supplied tool" simply bend the plastic end. Useless

Just took this tent kit on it's first camping trip and I'm pretty disappointed with it. The rubber mallet head came off the wooden handle on the third stake that I was putting in the ground and the stake puller was also useless for getting the stakes out of the ground, it just doesn't give you the right leverage without bending up the plastic on the stake. The broom and dust pan performed pretty flawlessly though and the bag did a good job of holding its' items.

Waste of money.The mallet is okay, but nothing special.The dust pan and brush are okay, but excessiveThe stake puller bent on the very first use. It's the most ridiculous stake puller I've ever seen.The stakes are sturdy, but the little green plastic bit at the top breaks easy and is useless for pulling out the stakes.The bag is cheap and the fact that it's mesh means that putting stakes into it is tricky at best.

First camping trip just over one month after purchasing tent 1 pole broke and seam ripped out. Hopefully they will do something by the manufacturer. So if you are in a high wind area. Like 10-20 mph. Get a smaller tent.

Rubber mallet, cheaply made in contrast to what you might find at a hardware store but it does the job.Stakes; sharp, plastic hooks have survived their first camping trip, not enough of them.Dust Pan; too small for the tent size. . . . my badHand Broom; too small for the tent size.Overall, for the price you are getting what you pay for. I will likely just go to the hardware store for a regular size dust pan and hand broom.Best part of the deal is the mesh bag. . . . . .which you can also get at the hardware store.

-Not waterproof-Poles assembled incorrectly-Pole bent after first use during break downI had two of these, the first one had poles assembled incorrectly, and so did the second one. I should have known then but I decided to just fix it myself this time.At the campsite the rain was decently heavy, and you could feel the spray in the tent.I set it up to dry in the garage when we got home, at some point on of the side poles bent.I don't think I'm ever getting another Coleman. Their quality seems to have greatly suffered.

In the end, I've been disappointed. We've used the tent twice over the last six months, and the buttons that click in place to hold poles have already broken out in two places making the tent unusable. I love the concept of an instant tent, but this one just didn't last long enough for me to feel it was worth the money.

We have received this item to our hotel while travelling, and had to use it the same night. I was very disappointed and aggravated to find the tent was not in good condition. One of the corners was seamless!!! No stitch whatsoever! So it was open and mosquitoes kept coming in! Also, one of the doors net had a hole. We couldn't even return it, as we have already made reservations to a camping site, and were on our way. We had no choice but to use it. I would expect a better inspection of a product before it is shipped to a client! This is really not OK. Therefor, I do not recommend.

This tent was supposed to be instant and not difficult to set up. It broke on the top when we opened it, it took 3 people to set up, and the bars didn't 't want to unlock when trying to put back in package. Then I had to pay for packaging to send back because it wouldn't fit in the original package because the bars wouldn't fold and were stuck. Now I have to wait for an approval for a refund. This was all on the first use. It's been a waste of time and money. :'( I've had a bad year and I thought getting out and buying a instant tent would help me see that life could be good again. However I got stuck in the freezing mountains with a tent I couldn't use.

Conducted a test run on the coleman test to make sure things were working prior to my camping trip. In 76 degree weather, it did pretty well. I didn't need to use the stakes and it pretty much stood on its own.After reading the directions for disassembly, I was pretty confident in what I was doing. Wrong! One of the arms broke. According to the instructions, you need to fold the arms (diagram is included for visual learners). After examining the damage, it looks like the pole was incorrectly assembled to the tent. Extremely disappointed, especially since I can not return it.I love coleman. I have a coleman sleeping bag, coleman grill, and coleman canopy. But....this was embarrassing.

DISASTER!!! On the third use FAILURE. One of the leg hinges broke for NO GOOD REASON. I never beat it up, threw it around, or forced anything. And there was no good way to rig it. I ended up hanging the broken leg over the frame of someone else's tent just to be able to use the tent for the weekend (since I was 6 hours from home). DISASTER!!!! Also, in the rain, when you unzip the doors, water floods in, even with the rain fly. It is because the walls of the tent lean in from bottom to top. So as water sheds, if your door is open, it sheds inside. Big design flaw. Returning to Coleman.

This kit is a joke.The hammer is made of soft rubber and it is very light-weight.The broom and pan is miniature.The extra pegs are nice to have but they cost 99 cents at any hardware store.

This product is a great idea, however after one use - 2 of the stakes are bent, the pounding mallet doesn't hit hard enough to drive in the stakes, and the tool used to pull them out has bent beyond being useful!! And this was all done by a 10 and a 13 year old... these tools are simply not practical for actual use

The maillot got chewed up by the pegs the first time I used it. The broom is way to small to be practical. The steaks were good, but I expected a much higher quality from Coleman for everything else.

I bought this set two years ago but am only now getting around to reviewing it.The mallet head broke off the handle the first time we used it. The stake remover bent out of shape quickly and was largely useless. No complaints about the stakes or the broom, but I ended up hammering stakes into hard ground with a rock which was less than pleasant.

Not really worth it. I purchases it with tent. Disappointed with quality. cheap version of components. I live in Florida. Stakes won't work well in soft sand. will work in the keys (coral, very hard). On my last trip to the keys just went to hardware store and got biggest nails I could find, worked great. These stakes are just big nails with plastic heads. Again useless in sand or soft ground.Mainly thought the bag would make set worthwhile, not, useless. If I can find a better broom / dustpan combo and better rubber mallet for round same price this stuff is going back. Steak puller is a joke, bag would throw away anyway. l'm mad for buying this, foe the quality should have been thrown in for free with tent.

This item is junk. The tent stakes are nice and the broom could be useful if it wasn't so small. The stake puller is made of cheap steel, and a complete waste of time and money. I broke the plastic pieces off of five of the stakes trying to pull them, and bent the puller itself. I would have to reshape every time I wanted to try to pull another stake. And the rubber mallet is not of good quality. After staking down my tent into sand the handle has come loose from the head and the rubber has started chipping away, probably from hitting metal with rubber. Go figure. It was near impossible to get about a dozen other stakes out of the ground, luckily the office had a claw hammer to get the rest out. So do yourself a favor. Go by a broom with a dust pan and a real claw hammer and save yourself the headache and the backache.

it was not what i expected

This product is highly anticipated arrived Sergtm Pelosi and Nspettm Ali's tent, and when I bought it and I've found the top of the tent What benefited them and the tent Raseltkm not exist until I return you to say to me, not interests you

This is not what I wanted and now can not return due to 3 days out of return window. I was expecting a tent but orders a cover instead which is useless. Just received package after away from work from the last month and now can't return. Very mis pleased and not shopping on Amazon again. Recommending everyone to do the same after this issue.

I purchased by mistake, it took forever to arrive and I have to pay a hefty sum to return it. Make sure you understand the tent is 200 dollars, this is only the rain fly. I am being charged way too much to return this ended up to be both a waste of time and money, plus why don't they make the tent waterproof? For the price of the tent you would assume it would be able to hold up in the rain? I guess not consider spending your money on something that is meant to be outside this seems more decorative than functional.

Had spoke with someone in referrence to this product.I was returning it.just getting around to returning product (sorry for the delay) had to move due to reconstruction of bldg. Product should be returned shortly THANKS for understanding

tent fly- NOT TentPictured as a TENT TENT TENT Have to interpret the ACCY as accessory evidently and then RAINFLY and thenrealize the rainfly is 30 bucks!!!! Maybe I am old or expect too much but seems like RAINFLY used to be included with a TENT!!!And PHOTO was a Photo of actual item ordering......not impressed