If you’re ready to take an outdoorsy getaway with your clan, a sturdy tent is a must for any family camping trip. The mesh roof and mesh windows offer ventilation during hot dry trips, and giant zippers make it easy to enter or exit quickly without letting the mosquitoes in. If you’re looking for a small, three-person pop-out tent or a four-person instant dome tent, then there are many high-quality options available between $80 and $150. You should be able to set up an instant tent in less than three minutes. Many instant tents boast that assembly takes less than one minute. It also has the bonus of being very lightweight for its size due to its fiberglass tent poles.
This tent pops into shape in under five minutes and only needs one person to set it up. What’s more, it offers two storage pockets that are roomy enough to fit a wallet, a phone, an e-reader, a couple of headlamps, and even a mini children’s audio player and headphones. The price of an instant tent can vary widely depending on the size and design. If you plan to camp in bad weather, I recommend adding an extra layer of protection by ordering their partial coverage rainfly too.
The Instant Tent 6 is also lacking a couple of other features that would help it compete with several similar tents. There’s also no room divider, but this was less of a priority given the lack of entryways. Our other main issue was the lack of a vestibule, which means that in the case of a sudden rainstorm, there will be no dry area to store your wet clothes before entering the tent. And although we did like the two deployable vents on the roof, you’ll want to make sure to keep those closed if the weather is at all questionable since they are liable to let rain into the tent. When people ask me what affordable instant tent they can buy for small weekend outings I always suggest the Coleman pop up tents.
There are two vents on the roof, but they too must be closed in the case of rain. You may also be interested in our Coleman Montana 6 person tent review and our Coleman Elite Weathermaster 6 person tent review. This 6 person tent is more deluxe than the original product and its alternatives, coleman instant tent but customers feel it’s a worthy investment for camping-lovers. Even the rain fly is harder to attach due to the height, we still think putting the rain fly on is super simple. You secure the rain fly to the tent using velcro, although you also have to pull it tight and stake it.
Should the weather turn hot, the large windows on both sides of the tent and door paired with the two top vents allow plenty of air to run through. Because there is no wind/rain cover the Abco Tech pop up tent is not as waterproof as the Coleman and is better coleman screen tent for fair weather weekend camping. Your average instant camping tent and pop-up tent will have fiberglass tent poles. Quick setup tents, often referred to simply as “instant tents” or sometimes “rapid tents,” come with poles that are already attached.
Inverted floor seams boost weather-proofing by concealing needle holes inside the 8. All materials used here are very durable, this is the reason for its weight. So the fabric is 150D; not many tents are with such durable materials. Compare this with Eureka Sunrise EX 6 tent where you have 63D. This tent is a single-layer type and this is the only similarity with winter tents which are usually (but not always) single-layer structures. But do not even think of using this tent in a winter environment; this is a tool for very mild weather conditions and for summer mainly.