Coleman Dark Room Sundome Camping Tent, 4/6 Person

Love the blackout feature. It definitely keeps it cooler and minimal light gets in, so you can sleep in no problem. The rest of the features are like any other tent.

It hasn’t rained on me yet, but I applied seam waterproofing to the seams on the fly .

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O71L6Q?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_title

Fantastic tent. Easy to use

Bought this for a trip up to Vancouver Island and was not disappointed. Setup was very simple, as was take-down and packing up. “Darkroom” fabric worked pretty well, we were definitely able to sleep later in the morning. Tent size was nice and roomy for 2 people car camping. Only two small storage pockets so don’t count on much storage.
Build quality seems to be ok but I did notice a few small defects, and the poles don’t seem all that strong. Hence taking a star off my review.

Big caveat: We’ve only used this tent in good weather, so I have no idea how it holds up in heavy rain. I’ll update my review if needed. So far, a good value for just over 100 bucks!

This is the 4-person dark room version. It is very cool looking and can be set up/taken down by one person relatively easily. It really does fit back into its bag (with a little squishing effort), along with all the parts. The materials are typical quality for a tent at this price point. Expect to seal the seams if you use in wet environment. The corner zippered opening for a power cord was one of the selling features for me, but if nothing else gets seam-sealed, THIS spot should. Everyone who has mentioned this feature has said it leaks in the rain. Caveat emptor. Also, the vent pictured on the bottom rear for some versions is not present in the dark room version. Some have complained about that vent being a source for water getting into tent; others like the air it provides. YMMV. But if you like it really dark when you sleep, this is the tent for you.

The walls and underside of the rainfly are very opaque, and the rainfly extends a tad lower on this model than the other ones–another selling point for me. Should you sleep with the rainfly off, it’s very open and airy, but when buttoned up, it’s extremely dark. I should mention that below where the tent wall and the bathtub-type floor meet, the flooring material that curves up is not as light occluding as the other material. So, in the day time, there’s a band of light around the bottom (see picture). Could be a potential future modification with duct tape, but air mattress(es) would likely cover most of that. However, that raises another issue.

As other reviewers have mentioned, this is NOT a tent for 4 people. Only 2 adults max, and they would have to be pretty friendly. In the picture of the inside, there’s a 3X6 foot pad on the floor that takes up a bit less than half the 9X7 foot floor space. Another pad/air mattress will fit with a bit of room in between them, but whoever is sleeping on the right side will be partially blocking the zipper for the D-door. So, you cannot fit 2 high air mattresses or cot beds and still have access to the door. You’ll also be touching the tent walls while lying down this way on any pad or mattress higher than about 4-6 inches. A solo camper or a couple could put their *one* larger bed sideways and still fit in the tent, but for a couple, the person sleeping on the back side will likely disturb their partner to get out of tent. For these reasons, for 2 adults the 6-person or larger tent is probably a better option.

This handy 106″ X 83″ footprint tarp is the best fit for a ground cloth for the 4-person tent (which should not extend beyond the edges of your tent–a common camper mistake): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JGC66XL/ref=asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It even comes in its own stuff sack, which you can stuff into the tent bag.

UPDATE: Have now camped out in this tent, and the very first night it rained off and on all night. Not a drop in the tent, though, even with a power cord coming through the zippered access point for it (albeit, with it zipped snugly against the cord, not left wide open). The tent fabric is also so dark that you can hardly see a lamp on inside the tent from outside. The privacy that affords is appreciated.

Update #2 (7/2019): Have camped out in this tent several times now and it continues to perform well. It does flex a lot under windy conditions, but it held up fine. Make sure you properly stake out ALL the guy lines. One odd thing we noticed was that the lime-green rainfly seemed to attract a lot of small flying bugs! They just hung out on it, but did not get into tent, so no big deal.

Das Zelt hat dem Wind über 35 km/h, wie es in der Beschreibung stand nicht standgehalten. Leider sind die 30 Tage Rückgabe schon vorbei. Ersatzstangen bräuchte man.

Okay, we’ve used this tent a few times now, including during a torrential downpour and some steady rains, and it has performed flawlessly. I even left the window open during the downpour and it stayed dry. The darkening effect is good; in the evening/dawn and nighttime, it’s absolutely pitch black, and during the daytime it’s about 90% dark. So dark that it makes it difficult to get the inside set up even with the door and the back window open, so my only suggested improvement would be one or two more windows to add more light when needed. I suppose one could hold off on putting up the rain fly until that was done, but I’m not likely to ever remember to do it that way. I’m able to set it up on my own in under 10 minutes – a few poles, a few clips, voila! – and with some finesse get it to fit back into the bag afterward. The 6-person is large enough for my family of four to sleep side-by-side on our average-sized sleeping pads and keep most of our gear at our feet (a large dog would also fit at our feet).