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It doesn't seem to matter what brand of tent you buy, the zippers are going to be the thing that eventually fails.
Last winter the Cabela's four man tent that I used for quite a few seasons finally gave up the ghost and I needed to get a replacement. Since there where few affordable choices available within a reasonable distance of where I was when that happened I decided that a $40 Walmart four man tent would be "good enough" until it too finally crapped out, previous experience told me it would hold up for 3-4 months.
Sure enough over the weekend that one bit the dust. Target was running a sale on the six man Coleman Flatwoods II for only $68 so I pulled the trigger.
The Walmart four man tent measures 8x8 at ground level with that size getting progressively getting smaller as you come upward due to the slope of the walls. By the time you inflate an air mattress to it's height of 8" there's barely enough room to lay down without touching the sides. Not great but it gets the job done.
Set up the replacement 10x10 yesterday evening and holy crap, WAY more tent than I really needed! Heck, this thing is tall enough for even ME at 6'4" to stand up in. I haven't actually pulled out a tape to do any measuring but my guess is someone needs to check their ruler, this thing is colossal and for only $28 more than the Walmart version I can tell the zippers are of a much higher quality. We'll see how small I can pack this thing back down when I leave in a couple of weeks, like I said, more tent than I really need.
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Last winter the Cabela's four man tent that I used for quite a few seasons finally gave up the ghost and I needed to get a replacement. Since there where few affordable choices available within a reasonable distance of where I was when that happened I decided that a $40 Walmart four man tent would be "good enough" until it too finally crapped out, previous experience told me it would hold up for 3-4 months.
Sure enough over the weekend that one bit the dust. Target was running a sale on the six man Coleman Flatwoods II for only $68 so I pulled the trigger.
The Walmart four man tent measures 8x8 at ground level with that size getting progressively getting smaller as you come upward due to the slope of the walls. By the time you inflate an air mattress to it's height of 8" there's barely enough room to lay down without touching the sides. Not great but it gets the job done.
Set up the replacement 10x10 yesterday evening and holy crap, WAY more tent than I really needed! Heck, this thing is tall enough for even ME at 6'4" to stand up in. I haven't actually pulled out a tape to do any measuring but my guess is someone needs to check their ruler, this thing is colossal and for only $28 more than the Walmart version I can tell the zippers are of a much higher quality. We'll see how small I can pack this thing back down when I leave in a couple of weeks, like I said, more tent than I really need.
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