Just got back from three nights at Silver Falls State Park and our Coleman tent completely failed during the rain on night two. Everything soaked. Wife was not happy (understatement). We're looking to upgrade before our next trip but don't want to spend $400+. Any recommendations for a solid family tent that won't betray us? We've got 4 kids so we need space.
Silver Falls is beautiful but also gets DUMPED on during rain season. Not your tent's fault tbh, that area just gets heavy moisture. What was the damage - just wet gear or structural failure?
This happened to us at Crater Lake and I learned a hard lesson: Coleman is entry-level and it shows. We upgraded to a Marmot and havent looked back. Better sealing, better material. Worth the investment if camping is a regular thing
Time to upgrade. REI has the return window - check if you're still in it. Their house brand tents (Kingdom) are solid mid-range. Better than Coleman, cheaper than the premium stuff
Why does camping always test the marriage lol. Our tent failure became a fight about 'you should've checked it beforehand' instead of just laughing about getting soaked
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F for that Coleman tent. Those things are fine for car camping but yeah the seams fail pretty quick. Did you salvage anything?
Did the Coleman still have the rain fly on? I ask because a lot of people don't realize you NEED the fly for actual rain, just the tent alone won't cut it in heavy weather