ColemanWeatherMaster 10-Person Tent

Well this is my initial review. I plan to come back and do another review after we have used it more than once.First off photo 1 shown on amazon is the front of the tent. The door shown in this first photo is the front door that is hinged. The second photo is of the backside of the same tent but the back door is just zippered. Photo 2 also shows the little diagonal light color tent material close to the bottom on the left that conceals the little zipper to allow cords to run in and out of the tent. The tent I received did not have the little dog door show in photo 3 on the amazon page. Photo 4 is pretty accurate of what it looks like all set up. In my opinion photo 4 shows the fabric more realistically. It is thin shinny tent material not flat thick material the way it appears to me in the other photos. Now that we got that out of the way on to my experience of setting it up and using it.I ordered this for a Cub Scout campout. I went (5'4 female 30's) with two kids under 10. My husband had to work. The tent arrived on Friday thanks to awesome Amazon Prime shipping. We were leaving Saturday for the campout. I opened the box and went right to work. I set it up in the backyard all on my own (with help with one step from a 5 year old). The instructions were pretty clear. They are included on one white sheet of some sort of waterproof paper or material permanently attached to the tent bag. It was a windy day not heavy winds but gusty. It took me about an hour to unpack it for the first time, read the directions, watch a few seconds of a you tube video (while I was stuck), and set it up. Actual work time could have been greatly reduced but I made on error and it ate up a LOT of my time. So here is the error.On the instruction sheet it clearly says to put the pole marked with the red tape in the slot on the tent that is sewn in red...easy. Next put the remaining poles in the other slots at the top of the tent. Well here is where I had trouble. The tent was laying on the ground staked out at the corners but the bulk of the tent fabric was all piled up in the middle. I found another slot that looked just like the red one but it was sewn in black and put in the tent pole in and connected all of the pieces and tried to stand it up. No luck it would not stand up and fit in the pin-and-ring thing AT ALL it was like the fabric was two small or tight. I worked and worked and worked with it before I figured out that there was one slot sewn with red, two with black, and two with silver/gray (harder to see in the piled up mess of tent material). That important bit of information (that there were two other sets of slots and not just one) was not in my instructions so basically once I realized there was another choice it went right up. The black slots are not for the metal poles at all but are used later for black fiberglass shock poles. So that was my error and maybe it will save someone else some trouble for me to admit my silly mistake.Once the tent was standing I finished up the last bits of initial set up and it was done. Now I wanted to try to put of the rain fly myself. Remember I am going with just the two kids no hubby this time. The tent is very tall and I am not very tall. So I tried and tried to put the rain fly on but with the wind gusts it just kept blowing off before I could get it all the way on the tent. So here is were I used the 5 year old. She is very helpful but not very tall and we were able to get it on with only a few attempts working together. After it was "on" I still had to stake it out. Then it was done!! It is very nice and big!! So my intention was to go ahead and apply to Camp Dry and Seam Grip that I purchased. Because we were expecting rain. Well once I read the can it said it took 24-48 hours to dry WHAT? Oh not I didn't have that much time. I called Kiwi (SC Johnson) to ask them if I should spray or not spray and we decided together not to risk it not being dry in time. So off I went to camp without camp dry in the rain. Now I have to tell you that last Cub Scout campout we barrowed a tent and it rained a LOT and we got wet. So knowing it was going to rain again and I was going to be in a new untested tent with two kids this time not just one was stressful. I took the tent down packed it up with a tiny bit of help from hubby (not needed just nice to have :)). The next morning we headed to camp.Once we arrived we found a spot with the least rocks, put down the tarp, and set up the tent. I had a little help from some of our Scout family and we got it up pretty quick (wish I would have timed it). In the night there was wind in gusts and some rain and we stayed dry and the tent held up great! Now this was light rain and not sustained. I was pleased. I took down the tent (again with scout family help) packed it up wet in the mild rain and headed home. We set it up in the backyard with the intention of cleaning it and then applying the Camp Dry and Seam Grip. I was able to clean it but the next few days were VERY windy so I couldn't spray the tent. We did get to see how it held up to more rain (harder rain this time) and pretty beating winds. We finally took it down early on day three of it being up in the yard. I wish we would have taken it down earlier because I am sure all of that wind was not good for it. It took a beating and was still in good condition. I gave it the once over and found one small spot I would call a stretch mark that might leak at one of the tent bottom corners that attaches to the ring for the stake. I will be sure to apply Seam Grip there.We are planning to put it up again when it is not so windy to apply the Camp Dry and Seam Grip. I will update this review when we try it again.I just wanted to mention one more thing. I went to Home Depot and got some free sample squares of carpet (they were discontinuing this carpet) to put under the bottom of each camp cot leg. I plan to really protect the bottom to try and keep it in good condition. I do not want to get wet again like I did in the barrowed tent. No shoes and something under heavy objects. Hoping that helps.Update May 2016 we have been camping many times and this tent has held up so well. We have not had a really good hard rain yet to review the tent in hard rain.

We are avid campers and have had probably a dozen tents over the years. Everything from $30 pup tents to $400 all-season backpacking tents for winter excursions. This tent is everything I expected and more, but make sure you understand it's purpose and limitations before buying.I never intended to use this tent in heavy rain, nor would I expect it to be waterproof like my more expensive backpacking tents. This is a late spring to early fall, family camping tent and it serves this purpose beautifully. It will keep you dry through a northwest drizzle, but more than that and I would not be surprised to wake up in a puddle. Luckily, I haven't tested it's monsoon-withstanding abilities yet.Design:I'm really happy with the design and layout of the tent. It offers tons of space and head room. I am 6'1" and I'm comfortable standing in it, even when not directly in the center peak. We put 2 king foam mattresses in it and still have a big space in the middle for gear and getting dressed. We like to sleep width wise and it's plenty wide to feel comfortable laying that direction. With the sloped sides, it can feel a bit tight if you are in the extreme edges of the tent, but with only 4 people, that's not a problem for us. And the sloped sides have other advantages such as withstanding wind better and being more structurally rigid than a straight-walled tent.Features:The most unique feature is the door. This is a huge bonus if you have kids because they can easily open and close it with catching the material in the zipper. It makes those late-night potty trips less disturbing to the rest of the family. It also makes it so much easier to bring gear in and out of the tent without letting all the bugs in during the process. We like to set it up in the back yard on nice weekends and let the kids use it like a giant play house. The swinging door makes it much more fun to run in and out of it. It's a slight challenge to get the poles zipped into the door perimeter, but after the first couple of times it's really easy.I also like the power cord inlet. It makes it easy to bring a power cord in without worrying about bug or water intrusion or creating a trip hazard running it through the entry door.The room divider works great, but it's not something we have ever needed so it stays in the bag most of the time.I wish it had a few storage pockets like all of my other tents have. Especially for glasses, cell phones and flash lights so they are easy to find without risk of being stepped on. This seems easy to add so I'm not sure why they were left out.Set-up:Me and my 8 year old can set this up in about 15 minutes. With my wife's help, 10 minutes. By myself it takes 20ish minutes though I've only done it once and could probably get faster with practice. There is very little that you can do incorrectly thanks to color coded poles and intuitive design. Just make sure to take your time and read through the instructions the first couple times and you'll have it figured out. Some may find folding it back up and getting it in the bag tricky. I think the bag is adequately large to accommodate a less-than-perfect folding job. Just make sure you use the bag length as a guide to fold the tent the correct width before rolling. Too narrow and your roll will be too fat, to wide and you'll be stuffing the corners into the bag. I find it easier to roll with the bottom tarp side out and the tenting tucked in.Overall:Great family tent for fair weather campers. You'll love the space, the ease of setup and the swinging door. As long as you don't expect it to be waterproof and you take care setting up and tearing down, you'll be really happy with your purchase.