Setup is simple with the continuous pole sleeves, patented pin-and-ring system, and Insta-Clip suspension. When it’s time to break it down, the tent easily packs up into its carry bag. The spacious 10′ x 10′ interior has room for 2 queen airbeds and a 6-ft center height, as well as interior storage pockets and an E-Port that lets you run power into the tent.
The peak height is 6’2”, which will allow most hikers to stand up without needing to crouch. In addition, this cabin-style tent has excellent verticality of the walls, so you shouldn’t need to crouch if you’re anywhere but in the direct center of the tent. This will most certainly be a tight squeeze for six people, but ozark trail 4 person dome tent it could more comfortably accommodate two parents and two children. In addition to the various capacities, Coleman also makes the unique and rather intriguing Dark Room Sundome. For one, it has serious potential appeal among late sleepers or parents that are hoping to enjoy an uninterrupted cup of coffee in the morning.
This is a great tent that will be easy to use and last you many years to come. Kristi Allen is a freelance journalist and travel writer from the US specializing in all things outdoors. She grew up hiking and backcountry skiing in the North East and has driven 15,000 miles across the US and Canada in an ongoing coleman 6 person tent quest to visit every national park. Kristi covered politics before moving abroad and lived in Peru, Italy, and China. She is currently exploring the US by van with plans to return to Asia in 2021. Make sure all the poles, stakes, clips, and zippers work correctly and that everything fits together well.
If there is one area where the Coleman Sundome 6 let us down the most, it certainly would be weather protection . The rainfly only extends about halfway down on all sides, leaving the lower portion of the tent body exposed, and you won’t find any sealed seams to help keep water out. While the tarp-like material on the bathtub floor didn’t allow water to soak through, the rest of the tent’s construction was a major let-down.
Put the kids to bed early or sleep in past sunrise with the Coleman Dark Room 6-Person Dome Camping Tent with Fast Pitch Setup. The Fast Pitch system sets up in minutes with preattached poles and hub, fast fit feet, and snag-free Insta-Clip suspension, so you can spend more time enjoying the great outdoors. The room-darkening technology blocks 90% of sunlight and reduces heat inside (vs. a comparable Coleman tent), so you can catch some sleep in comfort no matter the time of day. WeatherTec system keeps water out with patented welded floors and inverted seams. Our main issue with the integrated rainfly is that we lose all ventilation when there’s risk of rain, but there is a slight solution to this. For an additional $28, Coleman offers a secondary rainfly accessory made of Polyguard 2X that straps to the top and allows you to have open vents without getting your stuff soaked.
The floor size of 10 feet by 10 feet as well, tall campers should have plenty of sleeping space in this tent. The Instant Tent 6 is also lacking a couple of other features that would help it compete with several similar tents. For one, there are only two mesh storage pockets, which seemed to be a fairly large oversight; we would have hoped to find at least double that number .