We just returned from camping in this tent. First time out of the box I think we had the thing set up in under two minutes. It could easily be done in 60 seconds or less next time. It reminds me of setting up our graco pack and play. I LOVED the way it set up! I was really surprised that it comes down just as easy. Fitting it back in the original bag took a couple minutes, but not any more than other tents we've had.
However, I was surprised by a few things left off. There are only two little pockets inside the tent on the side walls. I expected to find a pocket in the roof too. So we had to crawl over each other if you wanted car keys early in the morning, etc. There were only two small roof vents. If you camp in summer I think this tent would get hot. In my opinion the biggest mistake was there is no way to tie the windows open. THe are made so you can kind of tuck them in themselves, but that didn't work even in our light breeze. We tried sleeping with the windows open but the unzipped windows were flapping right at face level (on air mattresses). We tried sleeping with them half open, but the constant flapping could drive you nuts. So we slept with the fully closed. This was fine because it was cool, but I would not recommend the tent for summer because of that. However, if you hate the set up and tear down, this tent is amazing.
We had one queen and two twin air mattresses. This tent was a tight squeeze for us, but we were able to fit. I think it is a little smaller than our last 6 person tent. We are going to return it for the 8 person so we won't be so squished next time. Also, the 8 person appears to have much longer windows. I think that they will be long enought to lay on the floor and then set a duffle or something on top of the window flap. THat should keep the windows from flapping in our face all night. Also, the bigger windows would help to keep the tent cooler for summer camping.
We had only a very light rain one morning and stayed dry. I have no idea how it would do in heavier rain.
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