The case is a modestly-sized, rugged, rectangular zippered affair with two handles and a lovely expandable section you can unzip on the bottom to make more room. Because, just like you’ll never get any foldable clothing item back into its tidy package, you’ll never really get this tent (or any other) back to its original factory-packed size. For a six-person tent, this actually packs down pretty well and tosses in the trunk easily. As noted, the fly has an additional pole that takes mere seconds to deploy and which runs front to back to help create a very small overhang to help repel rain if/when you’re trying to get in and out.
Being easy to set up, it’s an amazing choice for first-timers and those who don’t want to spend hours trying to figure out how to put the tent together. We should also add that this is a great let-the-light-and-breeze-in tent. There’s plenty of mesh packed into the tent body, offering wide and tall views along with luscious breezes when the fly is removed. So this isn’t just a one-trick pony by any means; it stacks up more than adequately as an option for those who are on child, bird, surf, star — or UFO — watch. This big cabin style tent with screen room scores the highest of the two room tents. You can easily fit two queen-sized beds and still have space to move around.
This also helps you know how to orient the fly so there won’t be any ring-around-the-rosie trying to get it properly squared up. Without reading the instructions or limbering up ahead of time, a single person can set up the Sundome in about six minutes. Because the connectors where the pole sections go together are a bit chunky, they can get snagged going into the sleeves and slow the setup, but only coleman 6 person tent slightly. It feels and appears dubious as sometimes the pin slips out while you’re struggling to bend the pole into place to attach it, but if you get the pin most of the way in, it will eventually hold just fine. Note that most other modern tents have gone to more secure interfaces, often where you insert the metal-tipped end of the pole into an eyelet where it securely “clicks” into place.
You have a full protection with their WeatherTec Plus system, and waterproof rating of 2000 mm. All seams are taped, and the floor is a bathtub style so you are coleman sundome safe from splashes. This Montana 6 tent is yet another of their most popular tents. It has been on the market for many years and it is built for the US market.
This tent has Coleman’s Fast Pitch technology, which just means there are two hubs for the poles. The first hub goes at the apex of the tent and color-coded poles attach to the hub and the corners of the tent. It doesn’t fully cover the sides of the tent, so you’ll have to be cautious and find a level high spot that won’t fill with water. The Coleman Carlsbad 6-Person has protected seams and an attached floor to help keep the rain out. While this tent has Coleman’s Dark Room features, it still has big screens to let air move through the space.