Coleman 4/6/8/10 Person Skydome Dark Room Tent with Rainfly, 5 Minute Setup, Blocks 90% of Sunlight, 20% More Headroom Than Traditional Tents

First time we used this was an incredibly rainy weekend and it had zero leaks. Very pleased with it performance, size and ease of set up!

Held up fine in a storm besides the rainfly coming undone constantly lol

Quality tent, easy to setup solo, ultra dark inside with the rain fly on. Nice and ventilated as well. Perfect for music festival camping

I literally hate tent camping. For so many reasons. One, I used to have a VW camper & set up was so easy, then when it finally died I got a great SUV but had to resort to tent camping to keep my outdoor life alive. Coming from vanlife. I just hated everything about tent camping. I made a bed in my SUV & said goodbye to tent camping. Two, last time I went camping, I slept in the SUV & my friend slept in a tent. She was hot, had to wake up at the crack dawn because of sun beating on tent. And the tent setup was so frustrating, I just about threw the thing into the fire. Well, we are back to wanting to get out in nature after the pandemic & tent camping is back on the table. So, I researched tents with the necessary criteria being: the tent has to be blackout, I have to be able to stand up in it, and the set up has to be such that I don't blow a fuse doing it. And the tent can't weigh 400lbs & be so large in the folded up state that I need a trailer to accommodate it. I ordered & sent back several tents before I got this one. And this is what I discovered through the process: one, a tent weighing upwards of 20 lbs or more is just too friggin' heavy, believe me. Unless you like shlepping the equivalent of a bag of sand in and out of your car every time you set up camp. This tent is mid teens which is probably the heaviest tent I've ever owned, but it's maneagable & the pack down size is reasonable. It fits in the trunk of my sedan with all of my other camping gear. Supposedly the set up is 5 min. I didn't believe that for a second. But it was surprisingly easy. It took 2 of us about 15 min. Pack down was about double that in trying to fit the attached poles inside the folded tent in such a way so as the whole package fits back into the provided bag. Had to fold it twice to get it to fit. Learning process, and I'm sure it'll be easier next time. Next, the blackout. It's significant. I think it's definitely going allow us to sleep past sunrise. And it's very roomy inside, I can stand up fully. I haven't camped in it yet so I don't fully know what issues might arise, if any, but I will report back. But for the absolutely necessary requirements, ease of set up, being able to stand up, and the black out technology, I'm completely pleased.

Took it camping this weekend. Easy set up! No joke about the dark room technology, woke up near 11am. Only thing I was a tad disappointed in was the size. It said it can hold 2 queen-size air mattresses but realistically I would say only 1 if you want to have any sort of room for anything else.

Update:I wrote the original review after setting up the tent in the back yard and getting initial impressions. I've owned and/or slept in many tents before from both the low and high end of the price spectrum and went off my past experiences as to how I figured this tent would perform. Well, after my first trip I can tell you I was very wrong and will be returning this tent:1. There is a defect in one of the poles. I knew about ths when I wrote the initial review and figured that it wasn't a huge deal because coleman was more than willing to send me a replacement pole. But along with the other defects it points to some major quality control issues2. The seam between the back floor and the wall was never completely stitched. There is about a one inch gap without any stitching in the back corner between the floor tarp and the wall.. This caused me to cut short my 3 day camping trip to 2 days as there was rain in the forecast on the final day .3. The door zippers on this tent are just terrible. They catch fabric about 90% of the time unless you zip/unzip with two hands to prevent it from happening. This is a pain in the rear end to do every single time. Got a flashlight or a water bottle in your hand? You have to put it down to open the tent. The more the zippers catch on the fabric the quicker they will start taking water.On top of all of that, I have decided the darkroom aspect of this tent is just not for me. I can say that for the most part it does work as advertised except that light easily penetrates the floor tarp material. However that would not bother me much if I was trying to take a nap. And I did like that it allows you to sleep in longer in the morning. This is an undeniable plus. But Coleman also advertises that the dark coating keeps the tent cooler, and that is not what I found. During the middle of the day it was high 70s outside and pushing what felt like 100 degrees in the tent with the door closed. If I open the door then it is no longer dark, and with the tarp on you can't really get good airflow with only one window. Besides, I found during the day I don't want to have it dark inside the tent. It really helps to have light in there when you want to tidy up, look for a change of clothes, find your toothbrush, etc.And finally, after further consideration I think the rainfly is probably inadequate. It is not a full coverage rainfly and after a few uses water will probably seep in around the tent seams. I could in good conscience only recommend this tent to someone who either a) cannot afford to spend more or b) uses a tent rarely and never in wet weather or c) someone who really really likes it dark in their tentOriginal Review:I think for the money this tent is good value. I have owned many tents over the years, both backpacking and car camping style. This tent is pefectly fine, good even. While you could technically sleep 6, you probably wouldn't want to, and some of your gear would have to be stored outside. But every manufacturer sizes their tent this way. The dark room feature does block out a lot of light, but it's not perfect. As other reviews have mentioned the floor lets in a decent amount of light. It still helps some, though. The tent comes with a few extras I wasn't expecting-- a gear loft and a matt for your shoes outside. The rain fly does not have edge to edge coverage, and I wouldn't expect this thing to perform all that great in a strong storm, but for light rain it will probably be serviceable for a few seasons. One thing I like about these coleman tents is the bathtub tarp floors. They're pretty durable and waterproof. You just have to be careful that there are no pointy rocks where you pitch your tent that could poke pinholes.My tent came with one defect-- one of the main poles was missing a rubber ball on the end. The tent was still usable, but over the exposed pole edge would probably cut into the fabric. I called up coleman, and customer service was actually pleasant to deal with. They sent me a replacement part without any hassle, which meant I didn't have to deal with a return. That's a win for both Coleman and myself. There is a loop for a lantern at the top and a few pockets, but more storage pockets are always better. I'm also not sure if the mesh is fine enough to keep no see ums out, but that isn't a problem where I live.