Bought this tent months ago for a camping trip with the family. Covid 19 happened and it never happened. My brand new Colman 8 person tent was sitting up in our closet collecting dust. Fast forward to August 27th 2020. Hurricane Laura tore through Southern Louisiana. We have been fortunate to not have too much damage. Our power is out however and will be out for weeks. Sooooo. We are camping in our back yard . The tent is great! Roomy. Big enough for our queen air mattress with headboard. Also the tent breaths really well. Even with this hot humid heat, we can relax inside with the widows open. We have to rainfly up due to the fact in the mornings the humidity is high and there is due everywhere. Also Louisiana thunderstorms are extremely unpredictable. It rained once sense we set it up and i have to say. None of our things inside the tent got a drop on them. However if your have things on the porch they will get wet.
One minor glitch however. (And its strictly on me for not preparing the area properly) but make sure to lay down a blanket and/or tarp before setting up your tent. I looked over the spot before I set up the tent for roots and twigs and stuff. The area seemed clear. However after the third night camping out, I noticed a small root wearing away the material where we walk in the tent. Its not a bad hole, but itll definitely need patching later.
All in all. We love this tent. Its a great place to have when you have to rough it after a hurricane ripped through your neighborhood. Turned our unfortunate disaster into an adventure for the family.
Our new home after hurricane Laura.
Bought this tent months ago for a camping trip with the family. Covid 19 happened and it never happened. My brand new Colman 8 person tent was sitting up in our closet collecting dust. Fast forward to August 27th 2020. Hurricane Laura tore through Southern Louisiana. We have been fortunate to not have too much damage. Our power is out however and will be out for weeks. Sooooo. We are camping in our back yard . The tent is great! Roomy. Big enough for our queen air mattress with headboard. Also the tent breaths really well. Even with this hot humid heat, we can relax inside with the widows open. We have to rainfly up due to the fact in the mornings the humidity is high and there is due everywhere. Also Louisiana thunderstorms are extremely unpredictable. It rained once sense we set it up and i have to say. None of our things inside the tent got a drop on them. However if your have things on the porch they will get wet. One minor glitch however. (And its strictly on me for not preparing the area properly) but make sure to lay down a blanket and/or tarp before setting up your tent. I looked over the spot before I set up the tent for roots and twigs and stuff. The area seemed clear. However after the third night camping out, I noticed a small root wearing away the material where we walk in the tent. Its not a bad hole, but itll definitely need patching later. All in all. We love this tent. Its a great place to have when you have to rough it after a hurricane ripped through your neighborhood. Turned our unfortunate disaster into an adventure for the family.