As far as fairweather shelters go, however, this one may be the best value in terms of livability for your money. The fly and the walls are a 68D coated polyester fabric. They do not provide waterproof rating but all reports confirm that this tent does not leak. The floor is a polyethylene so this is a highly waterproof material, and you have a 6 inches bathtub design. This Straight Wall Family Cabin Tent is exactly what its name says, a very typical cabin style structure with almost vertical walls.
Interior storage is a great example, as all those little mesh pockets help keep things organized and off the floor. Screen rooms, shade awnings, storage vestibules, and privacy dividers are also great examples of livability-added features. These features all work together to make a tent feel more like your home away from home and less like a makeshift shelter in the woods. Again, Ozark Trail tents are mainly fair weather camping tents (so you won’t be hiking into the backcountry with them) which means weight and packed size aren’t a big priority. With that being said, there are a few things you’ll want to know going into your purchase.
The tent is open at the top with a weather rain fly that fits over the dome. The fly is so small it allows rain to blow up under and then runs into the tent. I had bought this tent thinking it was going to be dry, man was I wrong. I will never buy an Ozark Trail tent in my life and I will tell everyone I know that if they buy one what to expect. And that is you will never be dry in one because they suck bad. The design change I want to comment on concerns the little “laundry room” that protrudes out the back of the tent.
Fire Treated Canvas – Fire treatment disallows the spread of an open flame. Required on all tents shipped to New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, California, Louisiana and Canada. This feature is highly recommended if you are using a stove within your tent. Upgrade your camping trip with this single layer luxury all-season 12X10ft Outfitter Wall Tent from Ozark Trail.
Your tents are not even good for more than two or three camping trips before the 10 has to be replaced because of your substandard zippers you put on the front door. Canvas wall tents are perfect for glamping because they provide the ultimate comfort as well as have lots of space to walk around and fit furniture. You will often see wood-burning stoves in one corner, a double bed at the end, and everything else you would expect in a hotel room in Southeast Asia or somewhere. Wall tents usually have an internal metal frame but occasionally have the frame on the outside, like the Kodiak or PROTA. The frame needs to be solid to support a heavy canvas’s weight and sustain strong winds without bending. The straight walls help with this so that most of the joints around the framework have 90-degree angles.
Back Door or Back Window – You get to choose between having another door, which mirrors the front, or a 30″ x 30″ screened back window. Steel ozark tent D-Rings Along Eaves – The d-rings are featured every 3′. This is a much stronger system than tents with metal grommets pressed into the eaves.