Freezing cold in 32 F temps, AND has holes in screened-in porch area for spiders and ants to get in
I do more camping than most, multiple times per year, for the past 20 years, and I also have 5 kiddos under the age of 9. I dont do pay sites, and I dont do RV camping. I do straight up real, primitive camping, in the mountains.
About rain getting through to the screened-in porch area, yes thats unfortunate. Just look at the weather beforehand, or if youre in an area like Yellowstone that can hail, rain, snow, and have burning sun in a matter of 15 mins, just tie tarps above it. Not a problem guys. Seriously. Real campers dont whine, we simply get creative. Plus, I always put tarps underneath my tents.
Anyways, the ventilation is SOOOO good that it doesnt cause any condensation. Condensation is when its cold outside (Maybe 40 degrees or below while inside your body heat warms up the tent, creating condensation on the INSIDE WALLS, exactly like a cold glass of water on a warm day creates condensation on the OUTSIDE WALLS of the glass (which is like the INSIDE WALLS of the tent, the warm side)). I had some tents without good ventilation where I had to use like half a roll of GOOD quality Bounty paper towel to clean up the nasty condensation EVERY MORNING when the temperature was cold outside during the night. When its like high 50s F outside at night (i.e. if you just camp in your back yard, or low elevation areas), condensation doesnt form inside because the temperature difference is not enough to cause condensation to form. In other words, on warm nights (or low altitudes like your backyard), the outside air isnt cold enough to cause the inside air with high humidity (or specifically the water molecules in the air) to lose their energy to the outside (as energy/heat transfers from a higher energy/heat area (inside) to the lower energy area (outside)), and thus higher energy gaseous water molecules in the air inside the tent loses their energy and then forms liquid water, on the sides of the cold tent walls. Its not because the rain came through guys... seriously, stop whining at the tent makers. Its called C O N D E N S A T I O N. Look it up. Thermodynamics 101 guys/girls. If you paid attention to basic Chemistry and Physics courses in high school, youd know this. But most of you failed!
ANYWAYS, the ventilation is so good (basically the entire back side is opened, with just a thin tent wall between you and the freezing air), that on cold nights, you will literally freeze to death, especially if you sleep your heads immediately underneath that back area. Good luck with the migraines. So how I solved this was I simply cut up two clear plastic trash bags (but you can use white, black etc.), and tied them up together at the edges to make it longer length wise, and then OUTSIDE the tent, I tied the two ends above the poles as high as possible. Tape didnt work with these clear plastic trash bags (although tape works great on black trash bags), so I got creative and poked a little hole near the corner of the trash bag corner tip, tied the corner of the trash bag around the tent pole, and then into the hole, knotted it, and got it to stay on that way. See pictures. By using this quick makeshift method, I basically prevented a big opening on the sides and bottom of the back end of the tent, thus preventing the cold air from freezing me and my family to death.
The only real con I didnt like were the two holes on either corner where the tent and the screened-in porch attaches. Im sure they did this to drain out water for those people who position the tent in such a way where the ground is not horizontal and water pools inside the tent. These holes unfortunately are so big that it allows nasty big spiders in, so I took pictures with a various objects to give you a general idea. I simply plugged them with toilet paper... Again, if you use a tarp above, or position your tent so the higher ground is on the back side with the opening on the lower ground, and/or use tarps above tied to trees etc., water pooling shouldnt be a problem.
Two OT QOMOTOP Ultra Thick Self-Inflating Camping Mattress, Ultra Comfortable Side Sleep Friendly 4 Inches Thick Sleeping Pad, 80×28(Single)/52(Double), Portable Roll-Up Floor Guest Bed, Blue/Gray fits in this tent.
Freezing cold in 32 F temps, AND has holes in screened-in porch area for spiders and ants to get in
I do more camping than most, multiple times per year, for the past 20 years, and I also have 5 kiddos under the age of 9. I dont do pay sites, and I dont do RV camping. I do straight up real, primitive camping, in the mountains. About rain getting through to the screened-in porch area, yes thats unfortunate. Just look at the weather beforehand, or if youre in an area like Yellowstone that can hail, rain, snow, and have burning sun in a matter of 15 mins, just tie tarps above it. Not a problem guys. Seriously. Real campers dont whine, we simply get creative. Plus, I always put tarps underneath my tents. Anyways, the ventilation is SOOOO good that it doesnt cause any condensation. Condensation is when its cold outside (Maybe 40 degrees or below while inside your body heat warms up the tent, creating condensation on the INSIDE WALLS, exactly like a cold glass of water on a warm day creates condensation on the OUTSIDE WALLS of the glass (which is like the INSIDE WALLS of the tent, the warm side)). I had some tents without good ventilation where I had to use like half a roll of GOOD quality Bounty paper towel to clean up the nasty condensation EVERY MORNING when the temperature was cold outside during the night. When its like high 50s F outside at night (i.e. if you just camp in your back yard, or low elevation areas), condensation doesnt form inside because the temperature difference is not enough to cause condensation to form. In other words, on warm nights (or low altitudes like your backyard), the outside air isnt cold enough to cause the inside air with high humidity (or specifically the water molecules in the air) to lose their energy to the outside (as energy/heat transfers from a higher energy/heat area (inside) to the lower energy area (outside)), and thus higher energy gaseous water molecules in the air inside the tent loses their energy and then forms liquid water, on the sides of the cold tent walls. Its not because the rain came through guys... seriously, stop whining at the tent makers. Its called C O N D E N S A T I O N. Look it up. Thermodynamics 101 guys/girls. If you paid attention to basic Chemistry and Physics courses in high school, youd know this. But most of you failed! ANYWAYS, the ventilation is so good (basically the entire back side is opened, with just a thin tent wall between you and the freezing air), that on cold nights, you will literally freeze to death, especially if you sleep your heads immediately underneath that back area. Good luck with the migraines. So how I solved this was I simply cut up two clear plastic trash bags (but you can use white, black etc.), and tied them up together at the edges to make it longer length wise, and then OUTSIDE the tent, I tied the two ends above the poles as high as possible. Tape didnt work with these clear plastic trash bags (although tape works great on black trash bags), so I got creative and poked a little hole near the corner of the trash bag corner tip, tied the corner of the trash bag around the tent pole, and then into the hole, knotted it, and got it to stay on that way. See pictures. By using this quick makeshift method, I basically prevented a big opening on the sides and bottom of the back end of the tent, thus preventing the cold air from freezing me and my family to death. The only real con I didnt like were the two holes on either corner where the tent and the screened-in porch attaches. Im sure they did this to drain out water for those people who position the tent in such a way where the ground is not horizontal and water pools inside the tent. These holes unfortunately are so big that it allows nasty big spiders in, so I took pictures with a various objects to give you a general idea. I simply plugged them with toilet paper... Again, if you use a tarp above, or position your tent so the higher ground is on the back side with the opening on the lower ground, and/or use tarps above tied to trees etc., water pooling shouldnt be a problem. Two OT QOMOTOP Ultra Thick Self-Inflating Camping Mattress, Ultra Comfortable Side Sleep Friendly 4 Inches Thick Sleeping Pad, 80×28(Single)/52(Double), Portable Roll-Up Floor Guest Bed, Blue/Gray fits in this tent.