I wanted to love this tent but could only give it four stars. I knew the roof wasnt going to cover the entire front porch (from photos and other reviews) so I knew it would get wet if it rained. I was prepared for that and didnt leave anything on the porch I didnt want to get wet (we got rain when we camped and the front porch did get wet).
The annoying part with this tent is with the slant of the front screened area, it is very difficult to reach the zippers at the bottom (from the inside going out; coming in from outside was not a problem). And when you come in for the night you definitely want to make sure the zippers are all fully closed, nice and tight. Again, very difficult to reach. And if it has rained and the screen is wet, you are going to get wet when you reach down to get the zippers (when you are inside) because you have to lean up against the screen to reach the zippers. If bugs are not a concern and you can leave the front porch unzipped, they have nice toggle straps so you can roll back the doors and leave them open. Then the porch is nice. But we could only do that one night; because of bugs we had to keep the front zipped the rest of the time we were camping.
A couple things to note, the top half of the back of the tent is a screen with no window covering other than the rain-fly, so if you use the tent without the rain-fly you will not have much privacy. And the door going into the tent is a single D-style door, opening on the right-side...the entire front part is not a door.
Other than that, this is nice and roomy inside (perfect for 2 adults with lots of gear...we didnt have to worry about anything touching the sides of the tent), it is sturdy and we stayed dry when it rained.
I wanted to love it more than I do
I wanted to love this tent but could only give it four stars. I knew the roof wasnt going to cover the entire front porch (from photos and other reviews) so I knew it would get wet if it rained. I was prepared for that and didnt leave anything on the porch I didnt want to get wet (we got rain when we camped and the front porch did get wet). The annoying part with this tent is with the slant of the front screened area, it is very difficult to reach the zippers at the bottom (from the inside going out; coming in from outside was not a problem). And when you come in for the night you definitely want to make sure the zippers are all fully closed, nice and tight. Again, very difficult to reach. And if it has rained and the screen is wet, you are going to get wet when you reach down to get the zippers (when you are inside) because you have to lean up against the screen to reach the zippers. If bugs are not a concern and you can leave the front porch unzipped, they have nice toggle straps so you can roll back the doors and leave them open. Then the porch is nice. But we could only do that one night; because of bugs we had to keep the front zipped the rest of the time we were camping. A couple things to note, the top half of the back of the tent is a screen with no window covering other than the rain-fly, so if you use the tent without the rain-fly you will not have much privacy. And the door going into the tent is a single D-style door, opening on the right-side...the entire front part is not a door. Other than that, this is nice and roomy inside (perfect for 2 adults with lots of gear...we didnt have to worry about anything touching the sides of the tent), it is sturdy and we stayed dry when it rained.