Best Family Tent – Coleman Montana 8
June 9th, 2010 | by admin |
Cheaper than most family tents, but actually keeps the rain out. I’m 30 minutes north of Seattle. Just unpacked and put up the tent this morning as soon as it arrived during an hour no rain break, then it started pooring. Eight hours of rain and it’s still bone dry inside out in my backyard. I can’t believe a 450mm shell/tent can do that. More than enough room for our whole family, me, wife, 13yr and 1yr old daughters. Two big foam beds and a play pen to boot. I searched reviews all over the net trying to find a decent family tent and hoped the reviews I read about his one were all true, and I am happy to say they are. Coleman FN rox. The rain fly that covers the outside of the door is part of the whole rain fly (all one piece), there is actually room for three chairs to stay dry under it (picture misleads that it is smaller). I was just out there smoking a cig thinking, America still has a few great companies left that mean well for their customers. The floor is not cheap tub tarp, it’s decent. But, I still got two 6 x 8 cheap carpets @ lowes. Lesson learned from years of camping if you want your tent to last. The front door is pure genius. The zippers are re-inforced and glide like butter. But, if you don’t want to add tons of wear on your zipper (and we all know a tent is useless when the door zipper breaks, unless of course it’s a coleman with this design), just don’t zip it, and let the hinge spring it lightly shut. And the factory well placed velcro hold it shut.
6 Responses to “Best Family Tent – Coleman Montana 8”
By digitalcleaner on Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
@AppleLeaf22 costco online only apple! They don’t sell this one in the store. So, if you have a costco account, go make an online one if you don’t and get the montana. The colemans they had instore are half screened in shelter (I believe in getting that seperate) due to bad experiences, and we need room for a baby pen.
By AppleLeaf22 on Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
@digitalcleaner WOw !
Great prices ! And I like that Hinged D door. I’ve debating on whether or not to get that same tent. I think you convinced me. ^__^ Thanks !!!
*runs off to Costco ..lol *
By digitalcleaner on Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
Oh, got both of these @ Costco, The Montana 8 16 x 7 was $99.00 costco online and the screened tent 11 x 11 was $70.00 at a Costco store, not online.
By digitalcleaner on Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
I’ve had this up for three days of non stop rain with storms and still no leaking!
By digitalcleaner on Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
The best big family tents I could find in my research were over seas, a company called gelert, then there was another company with exaclty the same design called “Outwell” but they are also over seas. When you look at the cost of a coleman montana and the cost of either of those we are talking hundreds of dollars difference. So for the price nothing beats the montana for a family tent in my opinion. Hope this helps someone out there.
By digitalcleaner on Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
I looked at many other tents, my only complaint is that they didn’t add some privacy walls, that would have made this tent perfect. One of the best designs I’ve seen was from CEC (Camping Equipment Company). They made exactly what I really want out of a tent layout, but, the reviews I found from REAL people were bad. Apparently (and I’m not abosutely sure on this as this was in a couple of reviews I found) the inside flooring is not a tub, it’s actually held in place by ties and bugs can get in.