Coleman Tenaya Lake 8-Person Cabin Tent with Built-in Closet, Fast-Pitch Tent Sets Up in Under 10 Mins, Family Tent with Rainfly & Wheeled Carry Bag

After having a large Coleman tent for years, I was in the market for a new one. I wasn’t necessarily set on getting another Coleman, but after doing some research, I found that this brand had great reviews for water resistance, so I decided to go with it.One feature I love is the swinging door—it’s a must-have for me! It makes getting in and out so much easier. The door doesn’t need to be zipped to stay closed; it just rests shut. There are Velcro strips along the edge of the door, but they don’t line up perfectly, so you have to pull on it to get them to stick. I plan to add some extra adhesive Velcro to fix this issue.The tent height is great—my 5'10" husband can easily stand up inside. We have a family of four and a dog, and there was more than enough space for all of us and our things, with room to spare. The closet is a nice touch, but you’ll need to bring your own hangers. While we don’t use the hanging bar much, it’s useful to have the extra floor space for our bags. We can fit two bags comfortably in that area.The first time we used the tent, we had a windy weekend. The poles had some trouble staying staked down in the wind, and we had to adjust them a couple of times. The wind also stretched the seams quite a bit, which led me to buy some tent repair tape to reseal one of the seams.As a precaution, we sprayed the tent with waterproofing spray, and when it did rain, we had no issues with water seeping in. The windows provide nice airflow, and the entire roof is mesh, which helps with ventilation. It does get hot during the day when the sun’s out, but honestly, I’ve never had a tent that didn’t.I’m happy with my purchase and can see my family using this tent until the kids move out and it becomes too big for us. It was simple to set up (three of us did it the first time, but two can handle it just as well). The directions were mostly clear, and the poles and holes were color-coded, making it easy to figure out where everything goes.In the past, I’ve had tents that didn’t need tie-downs to stay up, even on calm days. However, this tent does require the tie-downs to stay upright, so you definitely need to use the rainfly.All in all, it’s a great tent, and I’m looking forward to many more camping trips with it!Overall, this tent is spacious, functional, and perfect for family camping trips. I’m really happy with this purchase!

This tent is amazing! There is so much room. Joe is 6' and could stand with room to spare. It's nice to get dressed without having to stoop like in our dome tent.We fit the Intex Dura-Beam Standard Series Deluxe Pillow Rest Raised Airbed w/ Soft Flocked Top for Comfort, Built-in Pillow & Electric Pump, Bed Height 16.5", Queen, our large gym bag type suitcase, on one side of the divider with room to spare, our 3 boys in sleeping bags and the Coleman 50 Quart Performance Cooler with lots of room to walk around in. The closet held their 3 and our 2 backpacks, shoes, and the closet bar was sturdy enough for me to hang grocery bags that held games and coloring things for the boys in easy reach. We didn't try out the mesh netting simply because we didn't need it.When it rained in the morning, we picked up the boys' sleeping bags and brought our 2 Coleman Oversized Quad Chair with Cooler inside and hung out until it stopped.The tent stayed dry even with the windows down in the light rain. I'm sure had it been a harder, more sideways rain we would have needed to put the windows up. The fly hangs over enough to keep the rain from dripping in to the windows. The sides are slightly angled to help with this but that doesn't take away from how much room there is. There are so many windows. The top is almost completely netting and had rain not been in the forecast for the next day we would have left off the rain fly. No leakage through the fly or walls.And like most of the Coleman tents this had the tub bottom which helps keep standing water out. Just make sure you pick up your feet. All of us forgot and there was a little bit of tripping happening. Thankfully, no one was hurt.There is a detachable divider with a mesh top and solid bottom portion that zips up or you can tie back for privacy to change or for sleeping. The only problem with this is that the plastic ring in the middle that the divider attaches to can't easily be used to hang tent lights without a little modification. We got around this by using some 550 cord to loop up our light to keep it out of the way of the zipper. Our light is pretty light (ha). I wouldn't recommend using a D-cell lantern. The closet also has a "door" that velcros together, but we just kept it tied back.The door system is nice. There are poles to slide into the on the hinge side and the opening so that you can swing it open and it will shut behind you. Great if you have kids so they aren't messing with the zipper constantly while they're going in and out. Just a little tip, there's an extra zipper on the opening side so you can more easily slide in the arching pole.We set up the tent for the 1st time at the campsite in about 15 minutes. The next time, it should take about 1/2 the time, since we now know how to do it. The directions aren't the most well written, but since all the poles are attached so they snap together and are color coordinated it's relatively simple. 2 people are definitely better than 1. Attach the top hub portion (looks a bit like a spider) and clip in the tops. Attach the colored taped poles to the pvc elbow tubes. Then on either long side, pick the larger poles and attach to the pins on the bottom. Pull taught and put in the stakes. I don't think we had the closet quite right, but the poles to hold it up go on the outside of the tent, and the very short pole goes in the clips on the inside.The rain fly attaches both by velcro wraps around the wall and roof poles, and with plastic hooks that clip to metal triangle rings on the poles. These were enough that we didn't need to stake down the guy lines that are attached to it. Had there been a stronger wind we again would have and I have no doubt they would have held up well like our Coleman dome tent.We will be getting some seam sealer and spray water sealer just to be doubly sure that there won't be any leaks, just like all our tents in the past. But I have all confidence that even if we didn't it would stay leak free.We had no issues getting the tent, poles, stakes, fly, divider, and mesh shelves to fit back into the rolling storage case that it comes in, but that might be from years of practice rolling up our dome tent to fit in the bag. We did probably mix up which poles when in which bag, but that's not a big deal. It's not a light tent but we didn't have any problems lugging it around, and the wheels help.This tent will be with us for a long time, lots of room to grow, and when the kids want to use their own tent, we'll still be using this for all the room to keep gear in.