I bought this tent because I wanted a tent large enough to stand in that I could set up alone.
Plus: I can set this up by myself without much difficulty. The center is tall enough for me to stand up (Im 55). The tub style floor does not leak as water spatters on the sides, which was an issue with tents that have seams where floor met sides. Theres plenty of room for one or two people plus stuff.
Con 1: The screen section is useless for keeping anything dry in the rain because the screens are very slanted and obviously let water through. Pictures show the slant, so I expected this, but the issue is the screen section caused by the floor. The descriotion says the floor drains, and there is a mesh drain at the floor front, but water collects anyway. In a heavy downpour where rain was coming down so fast it couldnt flow away fast enough the water backed up, and I ended up with mud in the screen area. That was a major pain to clean up. (Thanks to the tub floor of the cabin section, none got into the tent.) Also, on the first use the floor of the screen area started to tear away from the tent body. I think that was caused by unlevel ground, but not many campsites have perfectly level ground. In short, I think the screen helps keep bugs out of the main tent but is otherwise pretty disappointing. Its a poor design, and weve had similar sized tents with much better screen areas. We have a good screen house, so I think we might have been better off without the tent screen section at all.
Con 2: The dome poles dont fit quite where theyre supposed to. Minor but annoying.
Con 3: While the tub floor in the cabin section is good for preventing leaks, the floor doesnt want to lie flat especially along the edges. I suspect this is inherent in tub style floors since they lack staking loops.
All things considered, Im not sure we would buy this tent again. I would certainly shop for something with a more practical screen area or none at all. As it is, I decided to go back to using my 20 year old 5x7 dome tent for weekend trips by myself and use this only for longer trips or when my spouse is along.
OK but Ive had better tents
I bought this tent because I wanted a tent large enough to stand in that I could set up alone. Plus: I can set this up by myself without much difficulty. The center is tall enough for me to stand up (Im 55). The tub style floor does not leak as water spatters on the sides, which was an issue with tents that have seams where floor met sides. Theres plenty of room for one or two people plus stuff. Con 1: The screen section is useless for keeping anything dry in the rain because the screens are very slanted and obviously let water through. Pictures show the slant, so I expected this, but the issue is the screen section caused by the floor. The descriotion says the floor drains, and there is a mesh drain at the floor front, but water collects anyway. In a heavy downpour where rain was coming down so fast it couldnt flow away fast enough the water backed up, and I ended up with mud in the screen area. That was a major pain to clean up. (Thanks to the tub floor of the cabin section, none got into the tent.) Also, on the first use the floor of the screen area started to tear away from the tent body. I think that was caused by unlevel ground, but not many campsites have perfectly level ground. In short, I think the screen helps keep bugs out of the main tent but is otherwise pretty disappointing. Its a poor design, and weve had similar sized tents with much better screen areas. We have a good screen house, so I think we might have been better off without the tent screen section at all. Con 2: The dome poles dont fit quite where theyre supposed to. Minor but annoying. Con 3: While the tub floor in the cabin section is good for preventing leaks, the floor doesnt want to lie flat especially along the edges. I suspect this is inherent in tub style floors since they lack staking loops. All things considered, Im not sure we would buy this tent again. I would certainly shop for something with a more practical screen area or none at all. As it is, I decided to go back to using my 20 year old 5x7 dome tent for weekend trips by myself and use this only for longer trips or when my spouse is along.