And when you want a nice breeze or you’re camping with beautiful views, unzip the windows on every wall. Most importantly, the Ozark Trail Dark Rest Instant Cabin Tent is very quick to set up. It assembles in under 60 seconds, so you’ll have more time to chill and enjoy the festivities. You simply need to open the carry bag and the tent will pop out on its own–like the Ayamaya Pop-Up Tent. Screen porch rooms are a helpful feature, especially on large tents because they provide a place to leave shoes where they won’t get wet.
Its screen room is large enough to fit several chairs, and the rain fly extends over it so you can enjoy the scenery and stay dry. The Core 10-Person Instant Cabin With Screen Room is an excellent instant setup tent with an indoor space for relaxing while still in nature. Even when you’re car camping or heading off to summer camp, cutting out extra pounds makes for a more hassle-free camping experience and saves your shoulders from unneeded strain. This model is a dark room camping tent, meaning it has blackout walls that provide UV protection inside the tent. This cabin tent has two rooms separated by a mesh room divider and a center height inside the tent of 74″. Outdoor Products 8-Person Instant Cabin Tent is a super spacious multi-room camping tent with a two-minute setup.
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, 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.
I had one joint break which happened to be a corner joint and no parts were available and that they would be back orders for over a month. Great tent, easy to put up, but the only problem is the plastic joints break and are hard to replace. The graph below demonstrates the impact these tents have caused. By the spring of 2014 we see interest in Instant tents start to equal that of the immensely popular Dome tent that is now starting to decline in popularity. The tent has the Coleman WeatherTec system in place but upon further review of it, it doesn’t seem to work that well on this one.
The Skydome won’t be everyone’s first pick though, which is why we’ve also listed the best models out there for every sort of camper in the outdoors from large family gatherings to solo backpackers. If you are looking for a quick overnighter or simply hate complicated coleman screen tent setups, I guess the Coleman 6-Person Instant Tent is the right choice. However, you won’t be fully protected from the rain if you don’t leave the rainfly on. If this is a concern to you, the Coleman 6 Person Instant Tent would be the better choice.
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 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.
The nature of these flaps also makes it easy to dial in the precise amount of airflow for your situation. Fiberglass is not only lightweight, but also flexible, which is an imperative characteristic for a dome tent frame to possess. As for the fabrics, Coleman uses a few different types in its construction. This tent has 70 square feet of space that can be used however you choose. It also gives you a height of 64 inches at the dome’s peak.
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.
Ozark Trail is another brand that offers a wide range of well-crafted, large-capacity quick tents. These tents should have the ability to be pitched in a fraction of the time of a regular tent. Although you can usually pitch them alone, this type of tent is easier to assemble when there’s more than one set of hands. So, I like to make sure that any tent I’m buying will be able to keep me dry whatever the weather decides to do.
The Coleman 6 person instant cabin tent is incredibly easy to carry. The Coleman’s lightning-fast setup time is really its only party piece. Besides this, it’s very much a bare-bones tent at an attractive price point. They’ve even included used a heavy duty fabric for the flooring to help reduce ground water moisture from seeping in.