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.
It boasts a total of 140 square feet of floor space and a peak height of 78 inches (6.5 feet). Because it’s a family cabin the walls are nearly vertical – providing additional interior space. Unlike most tents with this much space, the floor features a catenary cut instead of a bathtub design.
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, 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 ozark trail 10 person tent 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.
If you plan on camping in the summer, be sure to use plenty of fans to circulate the air inside. Overall, we think this is a great product for any camping trip. Will using this ozark dark rest tent every day be simple for me? It probably isn’t worth buying if it will take a lot of time and effort just to start using my new item.
It is also ideal for two couples who could share the central living room and have sleeping rooms that are physically separated. It is a bit different with the floor vents, there aren’t any around. The tent would be much better with them for situations when you have to keep the windows closed. Side view with the fly rolled up on the sides.Below you see how it looks when the fly is deployed. So it covers only the roof and you have views through its two side windows.
With room for 12 and nearly seven-foot ceilings, it checks all our boxes for a big family tent, but even as cabin shelters go, this one is special. We’ve also put together a handy buyer’s guide down at the bottom as a resource for shoppers who are new to the Ozark Trail brand, so make sure to check it out. There you’ll find all the info you could ever want on the materials, build quality, and weather-worthiness of these affordable tents. Our favorite Ozark Trail tent currently is the Ozark Trail Three Room Instant Cabin. The screen door zips up easily and the outer door can also be put up with two poles like a small shelter.