Best Family Camping Tents "Coleman Bayside 6 Person Family Tent Orange" 8.7 out of 10. based on 189 ratings
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Roomy but windows are covered
By Sweet pea
Bought this tent and set it up in the backyard, then returned it, so we didn't actually use it. Setup was fairly easy - the directions' color-coding didn't correspond with what our tent had, so it was easier to just follow the directions in general, but just wing it otherwise. The tent was roomy enough with straight-up sides, not sloping, for more usable floor space. The closet looked like a nice feature, with kind of flimsy looking shelves. That would have been nice to hold lightweight items only. It had no place on the ceiling to clip an item like a light or fan. The hinged, rigid-frame door was nice.
We ended up not keeping it because of lack of air flow and circulation, and the lack of windows. The "windows" are only on the top half of the door - otherwise no windows at all in the tent. You can't see outside except thru the door windows (which caused my husband to be a bit claustrophobic). The top of the tent is screened but that is completely covered by
the rainfly. Not too practical in our southern heat - we needed more airflow and windows to see and breathe out of.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Great tent for the money.
By M. Lees
Found this to be an awesome tent. Sure the windows are covered but tents are made just for sleeping. We weathered some serious New Hampshire rain in this tent and stayed dry the whole time. On some of the nights when rain was not a threat we just removed the fly and had an amazing view of the entire mountain night sky as the whole top half of the dome of the tent is open screened was very cool. All in all its a great car camp tent for sure. We had no problem with it and will enjoy it immensely in the future. It was good for the money and a great space for myself, my wife an our australian shepherd. If your worried about rain and having to be inside (besides for sleeping at night) I would suggest a dining canopy?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Nice family tent
By Amazon Customer
I used this tent for a late Fall (cold) camping trip in Texas.
The good:
-The closet is the perfect width to put a rubber tub to keep it out of the way and use as a night stand.
-It was warm enough at night
-I love the awning at the front door that can help when you're getting in and out if it's raining (it didn't rain for us)
The not-so-good
-Our queen air mattress came right to the door, which made it hard to step into the tent
-It will be great to use in the Summer without the rainfly... if it's not raining and there's nobody around to need privacy from while changing
-It does not have a swing-open door that I wanted. I probably read about that feature on the same tent in the 8-Person size.
The tent did get a tiny hole in the floor from a root underneath that we didn't see when setting up. Thank God I had a tarp there or it would have been awful! I'm hoping I can patch it and use this tent for a long time.