I just had it in a 12 hour driving rainstorm in Florida, 28 degrees. It leaked very little considering the horizontal rain in 50 mph winds. I could still sleep in it that night and all my bedding and clothing were fine. It’s been very well tested over the years and I would buy another. The main thing to know going into an Ozark Trail purchase is that you need to do your due diligence not to overstress the materials because a heavy hand can absolutely damage them.
This is a picture of the ceiling mesh on the roof of the Ozark Trail 10-Person Cabin Tent. On top of that, there’s also no zip down the middle of the divider for easy access into either room. To get into coleman 6 person tent the other room, you’d have to remove the divider and then put it back up. What I don’t quite like about this divider is that it’s sheer, so not completely opaque, and also, it’s not exactly full length.
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First, although this is an instant tent, the unique layout and integrated awning make setup a little more involved than most. Second, the tall vertical walls and “L” shape make it about as far from aerodynamic as they come. Do NOT phone in the guyline portion of set-up or you’ll risk damaging the tent. Finally, the material ozark trail 4 person dome tent of this shelter is noticeably higher quality than many Ozark Trail tents, but the 68D polyester is still not as thick as we’d like. You’ll want to properly inspect the tent when you receive it to ensure it wasn’t damaged in transit , and take care not to overstress the material when pitching it and taking it back down.
Also, the zipper constantly caught on the overlapping zipper cover as it was being opened and closed. We bought the tent at Walmart because we decided that our old tent was too small. We used this tent over Memorial Day weekend 2004 and overall it held up very well. We had torrential downpours and only suffered a small amount of water which came through the rainfly and dropped down through the exposed ceiling. The zippers kept getting stuck and one of them finally got caught so bad in the yellow zipper covering that it ended up getting ripped.
The mesh doesn’t exactly feel soft and silky, and I’m pretty sure it’s not no-see-um mesh, though it’ll keep the bigger bugs out. There was quite a bit of this sort of inconsistent mesh in some places, so not very well put together. I found pretty large holes in the stitching of the Ozark Trail 10-Person Cabin Tent, especially where the guylines are stitched to the main tent body.
Also, I noticed that some water was already seeping through the blue fabric at the bottom of the tent, and the fabric is pretty much soaked. It rained for about an hour while I was using this Ozark Trail 10-Person Cabin Tent, with about 20 ozark trail 4 person dome tent minutes of moderate rainfall and about 40 minutes of pretty light rain. You can also leave the rainfly off, and stargaze at night when it’s not raining. There’s no dark room technology though, and it’s quite bright throughout the day.
Eventually the front door zipper failed and would not join the two sides, then the end zipper failed, all on the same camping trip. Take time to treat the entire tent with a DWR coating like Nikwax and never leave the house without a tent repair kit in case disaster strikes. Oddly enough, Ozark Trail’s most basic, base bones shelter takes the title of most durable. We chose the Ozark Trail Clip & Camp because unlike larger cabins with plastic hubs and countless poles, this traditional two-pole dome has the fewest number of parts that can potentially fail. The carry bag seems to be of okay quality, and it can be made bigger for easier packing up.