I havent been camping in years and bought this to go camping with friends. I wanted an easy to put up tent and bought this one based on several reviews that I read about easy it was. Well, for me it was NOT. It took about an hour to get the thing up and even then the rainfly never went on properly. There were no pictures to show how it should go and instructions were sketchy at best. The fly has a LOT of long cords that got all tangled up and proved to be frustrating. As you can see in the photo, we never did get it on correctly. I did not like the screened porch (which I thought I would love) because its really low and even sitting on a chair you hit your head on the roof. The sleeping part was big and I put a queen size mattress in there comfortably. But the entire back side is an open window that does not have any kind of flap for coverage. Taking it down was another adventure. I got so mad at the fly that I just rolled it up in a ball. I barely was able to put the tent itself back into the carry case. Forget about putting the stakes, poles and fly in it. So after one use I am putting it up for sale and I bought instant cabin tent. Much easier.
I did NOT receive this on a discount. LOL (Im tired of reading all the reviews that say that), but this is my honest opinion. Quality wise I think the tent is well built. But it was just too difficult for this old gal to deal with. (In addition I had high altitude sickness so I was not feeling like having to mess with tent prep for an hour).
Surprised by how much I DISLIKED this tent.
I havent been camping in years and bought this to go camping with friends. I wanted an easy to put up tent and bought this one based on several reviews that I read about easy it was. Well, for me it was NOT. It took about an hour to get the thing up and even then the rainfly never went on properly. There were no pictures to show how it should go and instructions were sketchy at best. The fly has a LOT of long cords that got all tangled up and proved to be frustrating. As you can see in the photo, we never did get it on correctly. I did not like the screened porch (which I thought I would love) because its really low and even sitting on a chair you hit your head on the roof. The sleeping part was big and I put a queen size mattress in there comfortably. But the entire back side is an open window that does not have any kind of flap for coverage. Taking it down was another adventure. I got so mad at the fly that I just rolled it up in a ball. I barely was able to put the tent itself back into the carry case. Forget about putting the stakes, poles and fly in it. So after one use I am putting it up for sale and I bought instant cabin tent. Much easier. I did NOT receive this on a discount. LOL (Im tired of reading all the reviews that say that), but this is my honest opinion. Quality wise I think the tent is well built. But it was just too difficult for this old gal to deal with. (In addition I had high altitude sickness so I was not feeling like having to mess with tent prep for an hour).