Montana Camping Tent, 6/8 Person Family Tent with Included Rainfly, Carry Bag, and Spacious Interior, Fits Multiple Queen Airbeds and Sets Up in 15 Minutes

As an adult who has just recently returned to the world of camping (I am a leader in my son's cub scout pack), I looked at LOTS of tent options before choosing the Coleman Montana 8 person tent. I checked out reviews on Amazon and CampMor, and talked to as many camping enthusiast friends as I could. My first year in scouting, I borrowed a Eureka 2-person tent from our local boy scout troop, which came up to (maybe) my waist, and just barely fit my full-sized air mattress. After struggling to change clothing while lying down (I could barely kneel, let alone stand), and suffering through a fairly sleepless/stuffy night in the Eureka tent, I decided that the following features were necessary for comfortable camping: 1. The ability to stand up fully. This meant that any tent I chose had to have a center height of at least 72", preferably more (my husband is 6 feet tall, and if I ever want him to join us camping, the tent needs to work for him too. The Montana 8 has a center height of 84" (7 feet). 2. Room for gear and at least two full/queen sized air mattresses. Although the Montana 8 states that there's room for 8 people, the diagram shows these 8 people sleeping in mummy bags very close together. From a comfort perspective, this tent will hold 4-5 people (and their gear) at a maximum, without feeling overly crowded. For the three of us, this fits the bill nicely. 3. Intuitive and easy to set up and take down. While I like camping, I am not an avid camper. Finding a tent that can be set up (and taken down) with only help from a 9 year old was key, and this fits the bill nicely. 4. Good cross-ventilation. After sleeping in a stuffy tent once, I didn't want to repeat the experience. Three windows (the two side windows and the door window) can be rolled down to allow for good air flow and ventilation. We rolled the windows down 1/3 of the way, which provided a very comfortable cross-breeze while sleeping. 5. Waterproof with a bathtub floor. Many of the reviewers stated that they had no problems with leaks along the seams without using any waterproofing sealant. After talking with others and reading some recommendations, I used the Kiwi Camp Dry Heavy Duty Water Repellent to spray the seams prior to our first use, as added protection. We had some light rain during the evening, and much heavier rain the next morning, and the inside of the tent stayed bone dry. 6. Quality. I wanted a tent that would stand up to occasional car camping trips, without having to be replaced on a regular basis. Coleman is a recognized brand, and after talking with folks who own Coleman tents and reading the reviews, I was convinced that this tent would be a good one for our family. So far, I'm pleased! 6. Price. Given that we don't do a lot of camping, I didn't want to spend hundreds on a tent. I purchased the Montana 8 in Blue (not the Elite) from Amazon in mid-May 2015, and paid $136.48; a surprisingly low price for this particular tent model/size. Some nice features that this tent offers (that weren't on my list of must-haves): 1. A port for electrical/extension cords. While this tent does not have electricity, it does include a port near the door that allows campers to run an extension cord into the tent (for use with lanterns, fans, etc.) 2. A covered entry area. I looked at tents that had screened in areas, but opted for this one instead, choosing to have the extra room inside the tent rather than in a screened area. I had two camp chairs outside - in the evening, when it started to rain, I placed the camp chairs under the front rain fly "awning", on either side of the door. Despite the rain, the chairs stayed mostly dry, with only a few drops of water on them. 3. A "D door". This door has a pole that threads around the D curve, and another one at the hinge axis, which means that the door can function as a real door in terms of opening/closing, rather than a door that must be zipped open and closed. While there are Velcro closures around the D curve, we found that to keep insects from getting in we still had to zip it shut. However, we liked the easy entry! All in all, my family and I are very pleased with our new tent, and look forward to many years of use!

lasts the test of time (7 years now) and is easy to set up. pretty roomy and tall enough for my 6' partner. good buy, good tent.

We needed to upgrade from our previous tent and go this one. It's a big tent! We are a family of 5 and a dog. We used 4 Cots and a pack n play so we could stash our gear under them, but I wouldn't put more than 5 people in this tent with any more gear. It's really nice to be able to stand up straight in the tent and the hinged door is a great bonus. Only negative thing I currently have about the door is that it is a big step to get over the side of the tent to get in. So if you have little kids or mobility issues, it will be a struggle until the kids get bigger. But it wasn't really that big of a deal for us. I have set this up 3 times. Once with another person and Twice on my own. Easily doable on your own. Doesn't take that much more time either. I looked at the elite version for a long time before purchasing this tent. I didn't think the extras were worth the cost. We purchased our own lamp that we hung in the middle of the tent on the hook and it worked just fine. And the windows are so small, the self rolling feature wouldn't have made much of a difference. We camped when it was dry so I have nothing to add about waterproofing except I bought some water guard and seam sealer. Will update in the future if we camp during the rainy season.

After a whole lot of review comparisons, of various brands and sizes of cabin-style tents, I settled on the Coleman Montana 8 person tent. I didn't need self-rolling windows or yet another lamp, so I went with the standard, "non-Elite" version. We got the Blue/White/Black coloured tent, as opposed to the "sea-foam"-ish green tent which seems to be in greater supply. At the time we purchased it, the price was the same as for the green version. We are a family of three, and we wanted a lot of extra room to move around without having anything too cumbersome. The size of this tent was perfect for placing our queen-size air mattress on one end, and our gear and clothes on the other, while having a nice wide area in the middle in which to stand, change clothes, and move around each other while entering/exiting the tent. The centre height was perfect for me to stand stand up straight, with room to spare beneath the webbing, but I'm only 5'9'. the Elite version of the tent seems to list a higher centre height despite that the tent looks almost identical in the photos. The two end windows are angled outward so that in a light rain it is possible to keep them open without the rain coming through the windows. The front awning is certainly large enough that the front window can be left open in slightly heavier rain without a problem, but wind will be something to factor in. As others have noted, the tent comes packaged in a conveniently sized carry bag (27" x 8" x 8"), with separate bags for stakes and poles. The poles are sort of colour-coded to the sleeves the go into on the tent body and the rain-fly awning. one of the black poles has red swatches indicating it is for the awning. The two black poles and the grey poles support the tent body. Two very thin poles act as the door hinge and flap support. The entry matt is a separate piece with its own pair of stakes. After reading numerous reviews that praised this tent for being waterproof out of the box, I decided to trust the reviewers, and the manufacturer's factory seam taping, and pitch it as it was. 17 stakes in the ground, 7 poles, 8 guy lines, and a half-hour later, the tent was up and looking quite nice. Everything was wonderful, until it started raining our second night out. We had steady, light rain, and only a few hours after it began the inside of the rain-fly began beading with water droplets. Luckily, we had a plastic painting tarp that we were able to throw over the rain-fly and tie down. After shaking off the water build-up on the outside of the rain-fly and quickly positioning and tying down the tarp, we dried off the inner surface of the rain-fly, and things help up fine. We were also lucky that there was very little wind, so our tarp stayed in place. Lesson learned: ALWAYS seam seal and waterproof your rain-fly, regardless of what the reviewers tell you. The "bathtub", or floor of the tent, stayed perfectly dry despite water pooling on the tarp we put underneath the tent as a footprint. It was just the rain-fly that was not up to its task. We also had some slight trouble with the hinged door, which has a pole that supports the edge, and another that acts as the hinge. It also has several swatches of Velcro along the edge that are supposed to catch as the door swings closed, preventing the need to always zipper it shut. The door was a pain in the arse. The Velcro never lined up correctly, nor held properly. And the pole supporting the edge made zipping the door open and shut very difficult. We ended up simply removing the pole that supports the edge, and zipping the thing each time we passed through. Even without the door pole, it was necessary to pinch the tent above the door in order to get the zipper past a certain catch point that seems to result from the way the front of the tent hangs from the structural rods. I couldn't figure a way to tighten the guy lines to pull the poles in a way to prevent this. But, in all, the door operated far more easily as a regular tent door, than the "hinged door" it was designed to be. There is a small ring attached to a fabric tab at the apex of the tent which can hold a lamp hanging on a carabiner, but I sort of wish this tent had a mesh shelf handing there, instead. There are two mesh bags hanging on the walls, one at each end, on opposing walls. Despite the failed factory taping on the rain-fly, and poorly engineered "hinged door", we really enjoyed this tent, and would certainly recommend it to anyone looking for a cabin style tent as many as four or five people.

It was easy to setup but an official step by step guide should be there. First set main tent, second rain shelter on top and then tighten up all strings. Pretty spacious for a family of 5.

Muy buena compra, la he utilizado para camping en playa y bosque, viene muy completa con las cintas de sujeción a la superficie se plantan bastante bien, es muy espaciosa por dentro y resistente a vientos relativamente fuertes; las costuras siguen intactas (no se han abierto).

كبيرة جدا وخامتها جيدة وسعرها مع العرض الأقوى لايتفوت وصلت الى 380 ﷼ مع عرض برايم لكن للأسف لم أستفد منه وتركيبها سهل يحتاج فقط تكون فاهم لطريقة التركيب يوجج مقاطع على يوتيوب للتعليم الأوتاد صغيرة تصلح للأماكن الزراعية أما البرية فيحتاج أوتاد أطول لرخاوة ظاهر التربة

I like this one and I am gifting to my sister

いくつかのテントを使用してますが 青色が気に入り購入 この台風10号の三日間の風雨に耐えられました コールマンジャパンものではありませんが 夏場の風通りも良く快適でした。 なんと言っても入り口ドアが勝手良く 何で日本向けには使用しないのか 不思議ですね コスパは良いと思います