Note that these tents are strictly meant for car camping; the Base Camp 4 and the Base Camp 6 weigh 16 and 21 pounds, respectively, so you won’t want to carry either one very far. That’s especially true of the 2018 redesigns because you can no longer wear either tent’s storage sack like a backpack—you now have to sling it over one shoulder. Like almost all of the tent companies we asked, Eureka recommends that campers use a tarp or ground cloth for added protection.
What more descriptions do you need, my finger went on handle pulled it down it broke. The people who make your zippers should quit and get another profession. Your zippers are the worst in all camping gears I have bought. Overall this is a wonderful tent that has held up well to many years of family camping. The only drawbacks to this tent are that there is a weather protecting flap over the door zipper that is kept in place by an elastic band which causes the flap to pull in toward the zipper and snag occasionally.
Both doors zip open to the side that’s color-coded blue, as opposed to zipping open to opposite sides. This means the vestibules equally protect the doors, rather than providing opposite entries and exits—the latter creates ozark trail tents a situation where, in stormy weather, one side of the tent is always more exposed to blustering wind or rain. In other words, one partner—or one partner’s gear—is always going to get a dose of weather when they head out.
This tent is incredibly comfortable, and with a log stove burning in winter, it keeps you nice and warm and allows you to dry out your clothes daily. The tent comes in 3 different sizes and has options like the bug netting front screen and an additional awning that attaches to the front. We would definitely recommend the bug screen, although the awning is more of a luxury. The Elk Mountain Tents Large Canvas Waterproof Wall Tent would be further up the list if it weren’t for one thing – they don’t include the poles, you have to make them yourself. To me, this is crazy and such an unnecessary hassle for the person buying the tent.
The tent itself is nice and roomy, and boasts a 6-foot peak height to make changing clothes a drama-free endeavor. Layout wise is virtually identical to the Core Instant Cabin we evaluated for our 10 person tent roundup, but delivers those same massive interior dimensions for about $100 less. Cabin-style construction means vertical walls and ozark trail tents impressively high ceilings (they’re over 7 feet) span the length of the tent, so you’ll have plenty of room to spread out even with two queen-sized mattresses inside. I am preparing for a camping trip of 10 days and nights down in Florida where it rains a lot and the wind sometimes is pretty strong so I am wondering if the fly will stay put.
The tent has two small, internal pockets—fewer than on any of our other picks—and a loop at the ceiling center to hang a small, lightweight lantern or other light. The tent weighs just 16 pounds, less than any other family tent we tested for this guide. Most of the tents we tested were roughly equally comfortable to sleep in. However, those that provided the best night’s sleep all seemed to have some features in common, namely accessible gear pouches and plenty of carabiner loops in the ceiling. And we found ourselves feeling rather affectionate toward models with zippers that didn’t snag when we tried to open them, probably because so many of the cheaper tents failed this simple test.