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.
For pros, the Ozark Trail 10-Person Cabin Tent is very, very inexpensive, and is by far my least expensive tent for the size. This Ozark Trail 10-Person Tent has a packed size of 29 by 18 by 13 inches. For a size comparison, here’s what it looks like beside a Coleman 2-Person Sundome Tent, as well as a 32-ounce Nalgene bottle, and it weighs about 30 pounds for everything. There was no info provided by Ozark Trail on the material of the flooring, but it feels like your regular polyethylene bathtub flooring, and doesn’t seem very thick. I forgot to measure the height of the bathtub flooring, but I think it’s about 5 inches.
This tent features two doors, two rooms with a divider curtain, and a screened in porch. For a tent of this size to work, the wall material needs to be heavier and the flooring needs to be much heavier material. Also, this size of tent requires a metal or a similar zipper material. We have used the tent six times and to this point, two zippers are damaged beyond repair; three patches glued to the floor and the corner joints are separating. This rated 20′ x 14′ family tent is not one that I would recommend to anyone; especially as a family tent. Firstly, even though I took every precaution possible to seal each and every seam in the tent, it still leaked during two medium rains.
These are my opinions and are not representative of the companies that create these products. I never recommend poor quality products, or create false reviews to make sales. It is my intention to explain products so you can make an informed decisions on which ones suit your needs best. Electrical Cord Port — Electrical access port lets you run a cord from your device in the camping tent to an outside power source. The bottom of the front door zipper broke on the first day of camping.
You’ll want to give the entire tent a thorough Nikwax treatment before taking it on the road. Second, the fabric feels thin, and a few users have reported ripping it during setup, so you’ll need to take your time both setting up and taking down this tent. There’s a lot to love here, but as the Ozark Trail Three Room Instant Cabin is still a budget department store tent, you’ll want to be aware of a few shortcomings.
For ventilation, this Ozark Trail 10-Person Tent has a lot of mesh on the roof of the tent. This is a picture of 10 pads in the Ozark Trail 10-Person Family Cabin Tent. There’s a mix of 2 single sleeping pads, 3 double pads, and 1 full-sized mattress. ozark trail 4 person dome tent But unfortunately, because I’m not tall (I’m 5’3″), I couldn’t get the rainfly up on my own, and that’s where I got stuck. Finally, attach all the pole clips, place the rainfly over the Ozark Trail tent, secure it, and stake out the entire tent.
The mattresses that I used in the picture above are slightly smaller than queen size, but almost queen-sized, give or take a couple of inches. These 4 mattresses take up the entire tent, and there’s hardly any space leftover for camping gear. Now that we’ve taken a closer look at the features of this tent, it’s time to provide a rating. It is an excellent value for the price and offers plenty of space for larger families or groups. The only drawback is that it does not have a built-in rainfly, so you will need to purchase one separately if you want to use this tent in inclement weather.
Both ends of the tent are too low to stand up in but there is no need to stand up there if you place your mattresses on the ends. The tent has a small E Port for power cord access without interfering with the zipper door. This is a picture of the Ozark Trail 10-Person Cabin Tent beside a Coleman 2-Person Sundome Tent and a 32-ounce Nalgene bottle , for a size comparison. I noticed some black spots on my hand when I touched the tent body out of the box.
So if you do not want to spend much and still have a huge tent for your family for occasional mild weather camping adventures, this is it. The packed size is great and the tent is moderately light, the area organization is very good, it is tall and pleasant. Side view with the fly.The tent is non-freestanding, and it is quite tall, the peak height in the central part is 80 inches .
These panels covered the mesh on the ceiling to prevent heat from escaping out the top of this Ozark Trail family tent. This Ozark Trail family camping accommodation is best suited to mild summer conditions. The rain fly also has a total of six guy lines to help provide extra stability if you’re expecting high winds overnight. So this is an area that is only partly protected from the rain, but you have a full protection from flying insects. Dependent on the position of the sun, you can also have some shade here. The Ozark Trail 10-Person Family Camping Tent with 3 Rooms and Screen Porch is an incredibly affordable large but compact when packed summer camping tent for families and groups.