Coleman Waterfall 5 Family Tent | 5 Man Dome-Tunnel Hybrid Tent with Separate Living And Sleeping Area | Easy To Pitch | 5 Person Camping Tent | 3000mm Waterproof | with Sewn-in Groundsheet

Purchased this tent about 4 years ago from Amazon and have used it once or twice a year since then and are very happy with it. As usual with tents they claim you can fit many more people in than is really practical. This tent claims to be for 5 people and of course you can fit five people in as long as they are 1) not all full grown adults and 2) dont mind being very close to one another. In practice this is an excellent two or three person tent. You can just fit 1 double and 1 single inflatable mattresses in or two single inflatable mattresses with space left over for luggage. The best things about this tent are the porch area and the easy construction. You can put this tent up by yourself BUT its really easy with two of you. Once done a few times expect it to be up in under twenty minutes. You put the outer part up first so the inner sleeping compartment is done last. Great if its raining. Also you can leave the inner tent unused and use the whole area as a large under cover communal space if camping in a bigger group who nave tents to sleep in. The ceiling of the main porch area stands high enough that most people do not have to stoop once inside. There is also room for a decent 4 person camping table and chairs to sit at once the evening gets too cold to be outside. The bag it comes in is not that easy to carry around and one person would not want to carry it more than a few hundred yards on their own. But perfect if you are camping with a car and can park closeish to the pitch.

I bought this Coleman Waterfall Five Man Tent for "camping from the car". It is not for carrying on your back on a hiking holiday. First, the negatives (which are not as bad as the number would suggest - they are all minor, some very minor): (1) The instructions are very poor. However, once you've put the tent up once and taken it down again once, you'll be fine afterwards (especially if you pay attention to how the guy ropes were tied using slip knots when you first put it up, so that you can reproduce those knots when you put it away again - you'll be glad you did the next time you put it up). Make sure you put it up and down at least once before you go away. (2) The tent arrived nicely packaged in its bag, but tied using what looked like an offcut of material, which really didn't inspire confidence. Thankfully, things were better after that. (3) The first few times you put the tent up or take it down, use gloves where possible. I didn't, and ended up feeling like I had tiny nylon fibres buried in the skin of my hands - the nylon equivalent of using wire wool without gloves. (4) It is not obvious from the instructions that the tent is asymmetrical. Only one side has windows and guy ropes on the door. The first time I put the tent up, I ended up with the windows pointing the opposite direction from where I wanted them, as I had expected them to exist on both sides. You'll only get that wrong once. (5) The dome shape (and this presumably will be true of all dome-shaped tents) means that when you open the door in the morning after rain or heavy dew, water from the outside of the door is very likely to fall inside the dome. (6) The metal pegs bend very easily. I'd suggest buying some heavy duty ones. (7) The guy ropes are reasonably visible, but against green grass they do tend to disappear. I'd have preferred hi-viz orange to make things a bit safer. (8) Could do with a hanging point for a light in the middle of the ceiling. (9) Even in the sleeping "pod", which is essentially a dark bubble inside the tent itself, there is a reasonable amount of light, so make sure that you take an eye mask with you if you have trouble sleeping in light conditions. Now for the positives, which certainly outweigh the negatives: (1) The height in the dome is excellent, Both myself and my wife (over 6ft) can stand up easily in there without feeling claustrophobic. (2) Very spacious, although it would be snug to have five adults sleeping in it. For a couple, there is plenty of space for both sleeping and all your stuff. (3) The sleeping "pod" is excellent, with doors made up of two layers, one mesh to stop insects, and a second solid to block light when sleeping. (4) Good ventilation at the sleeping end, with a flap that can be held open or closed using guy ropes. (5) A few useful pockets. (6) The doors zip all the way around, although from other reviews and from the arrangement of the zips, it does look like this has been changed by Coleman as an afterthought. (7) Useful hole (zipped) for feeding an electrical connection through. It's not a difficult tent to put up or take down, but it's time consuming if you do it on your own. The first time, it took me an hour to put it up on my own, and nearly as long to take it down and pack it away. With practice it does get quicker, but I cannot imagine ever matching the 10 minutes mentioned in another review - maybe with another person helping, but not on my own. To summarise, a number of minor issues, but the plus points far outweigh them. I'd recommend this tent, but with one caveat - I've been exceptionally lucky with the weather when I've used this tent, so I cannot vouch for how well it stands up to gale force winds and torrential rain - the worst I have experienced so far has been a light shower.

Amazing size great for family of 4 plenty of space. Great Quality and robust, waterproof The tent’s sewed in ground sheet perfect design, keeping out rain, wind and insects. It’s definitely warm insulated for the swinger rainy days. The bedroom compartment was easy to install only took 2mins has 6 buckle clips on the base & eye tap for the top. Best feature was the canopy doors option for 2 doors opened on hot days plus rain guards stopping water entering the tent. Value for money at full price but get a deal and you’re on a winner tent 5* star

This tent was bought as an investment for a family holiday in July (Latitude Festival). The only decent thing I have to say about it was that it was easy to put up on my own. 1) The square of material covering the ventilation area is only held down by velcro, which came off twice during a bit of wind and rain causing the rain to pour in during the night. 2) Even with all the guy ropes pegged out, the wind blew through and under the tent causing one side of it (the non-bedroom side) to completely collapse. There weren't actually any guy ropes on that side at all, or even a loop to peg the ground sheet part into the earth. Simply the two corner pegs - that's it! 3) The two doors didn't zip along the bottom meaning even in July, the night air was circulating, and the rain coming in unless the doors were pegged and angled away by reaching through from the inside. 4) With the doorways angles the way they were, even a slight bit of rain means that the whole 'living' area is completely soaked. 5) Zips were very tough and kept catching on the material. IMPOSSIBLE to zip and unzip quickly. Both hands required to constantly pull material out of the zip. 6) The doorway porch flap had to heavily angled with the poles to stay open. There's NO WAY it would stay open as an entrance way like in the image here! 7) There is absolutely no way in a million years that this tent could ever fit back in the bag it came in. I am a scout leader, and was very particular about folding it in the exact way it came out of the bag. The only way it fits back in is straight from the production line. I'll be seeing a refund.

We had one of these tents for over 10 years and the waterproofing has started to go so very pleased to see they are still being made. Arrived quickly. Great price too

Looks bigger in the picture than reality. Max headroom is in the center of the tent and only for one person to stand at once. Overall OK - however not optimal if you are looking for a tent to stand in and move around

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This tent is truly AWESOME!

Il est nécessaire de prévoir un peux plus de temps lors du premier montage. Il y a beaucoup de file à tendre. Elle est très spacieuse, il est possible de séparer la chambre en deux avec un tissus. Le séjour est grand, en plus on tient debout. Il y a un sol en plastique même sur la partie séjour, ce qui est très pratique. Résiste très bien au forte pluie.

Questa tenda è con noi già da diversi anni, se penso a lei mi vengono in mente immagini di vacanze bellissime, é spaziosissima, facile da montare e ben rifinita, inoltre ci ha sempre protetti perfettamente dalle intemperie. Servizio Amazon impeccabile