Coleman Sundome 4-Person Tent with Rainfly, Weatherproof Tent Sets Up in 10 Mins

Worth it for the price
Setup is easy, a kid could probably do it if they had to. It feels pretty sturdy, the poles don’t feel like they’ll snap in windy conditions and the mesh hasn’t ripped. I’ve always been a firm believer that a 1 person tent is useless, so I always buy a 2 person tent for solo camping. This fits me and my gear quite comfortably. My sleeping pad fits and my backpack has a spot in the corner. You might have issues if you’re tall though. I like the 2 pockets to hold things. I have a light in 1 and my wallet, keys and other things in the other. It’s been pretty wet for my entire trip and I haven’t had any water get inside. My only legit complaint is that it is currently 23° outside and it feels like that inside too. If you don’t have a good sleeping bag, be prepared to be cold. For the price, this is absolutely worth it if you aren’t going camping all the time. I’ve only used it on 1 trip, so I can’t speak for the long term durability, but tents are usually expensive for a reason.

Nice tent – with some qualifications
My new tent arrived yesterday. I’m taking it camping for the first time soon. So today, I set it up in my backyard to examine it, practice set up and also to spray it down with a water repellant. It arrived in the usual rectangular coleman zippered package (that I find useless for re-packing) and all parts were included: green/white/gray tent, green/white rain-fly, 2 long fiberglass poles whose pieces are connected by a stretchy thick string (for the tent), 1 medium length fiberglass pole with pieces connected by stretchy thick string (for the rain-fly) and 9 medium grade steel stakes about 7″ long with the classic L shape on top (no plastic on stakes). I haven’t set up a tent like this in several years and I tackled this project alone fairly easily in just a few minutes.First, I hung the rainfly on an outdoor clothesline and lightly sprayed the inside of the rainfly with Kiwi Heavy Duty Water Repellant. While that was drying, I set up the tent. It took me maybe 5 to 7 minutes, alone, to set it up. There was a little wind blowing, so that made it slightly interesting, but I just used common sense and got it up pretty easily. After I’d initially set-up the tent, I returned to the rainfly, flipped it and sprayed the outside material with a good, heavier coat of the Kiwi product, paying special attention to the seams again.Then I returned to inspect the tent while the rainfly was drying.The gray material sewn into the bottom of the tent is a very cheap grade tarp material. I doubt it would stand up to heavy abuse but should be fine for my purposes – I’ll be sure to put a heavy duty tarp under the tent (called a footprint) to protect it from damage from rocks or such. I’ll also use a lightweight floor cover of some kind inside to help prevent any nicks to the tarp material (it really is very thin).The rest of the tent material is very thin, standard tent material with double stitching on the seams.On two sides of the tent, the see-thru mesh is expansive covering most of the side and there is no option for covering this mesh (other than attaching the rainfly). The door and the rear window both have zippers to raise tent material over mesh material for privacy and rain protection. Those zippers can let down the tent material to allow air to breathe through the mesh. The door & window have a zipper inside. There are two small mesh “pocket pouches” on the inside for storing stuff. These are about 8″ x 8″, roughly I’d guess (didn’t measure, but they’re fairly small). They’re sewn into the mesh sidings and hang on the inside. On the front, left bottom of the tent, where the gray tarp material meets the tent material, there is a small opening/port to run an electrical cord. There is a small loop at the top of the tent to hang a lightweight light. I’m 5’10” and I couldn’t stand up in the tent but the tent’s interior height wasn’t bad to move around in just the same – not too cramped.In setting the tent up, one thing I liked was that the poles fed through tent-material loops along the top and then there were also 2 clips on each of all 4 sides (to further secure the tent to the pole). To me, this is the best of both worlds (loops vs clips).As with most tents, the size rating of “4 people” is ambitious. I expect it may sleep 2 adults and 2 kids semi-comfortably, but not 4 adults unless they were put in like sardines in a can with nothing else inside. I’d call this a roomy 2 person tent, so it should suffice for my purposes (and is ‘why’ I didn’t opt to purchase the smaller 2 or 3 person variation).After I set the tent up, I sprayed the exterior with the Kiwi Heavy Duty Water Repellant, being sure to extra cover all of the seams – especially those seams where the tarp material meets tent material.I gave the newly applied Kiwi water repellant a few minutes to dry on the tent and then I took the rainfly (that was mostly dry from it’s Kiwi water repellant application) and attached it to the top of the tent. This took maybe 4 or 5 minutes, as I tied out the sides to give the rainfly room to “breathe” above the tent.Note on Kiwi Heavy Duty Water Repellant – I’d buy two (2) 12oz spray bottles for this job. It’s tough to get good coverage and you have to take your time with multiple light sprays. However, any “runs” won’t show after it dries (unlike polyurethane). This stuff is smelly and should be applied outdoors on a non-windy day. I preferred the Kiwi over a polyurethane product because it’s easier to apply and clean-up after, understanding that polyurethane spray would last longer.I left the tent to dry in my backyard, with a gentle wind blowing steadily, for several hours. It handled the gentle wind very well and looked the same set-up upon my return.Taking it down was easier than setting up and took just 3 or 4 minutes. But there was no way I could repack that tent into the Coleman rectangular carrier that it came in – not without significant effort and more time than I want to spend on it. So I’ll use a large nylon bag that I have to store it in, along with the poles and stakes.The tent is fairly lightweight, but I can’t imagine one person back-packing this on a long hike. You’d need to split the tent and poles between two hikers, I’d guess.I’ll update again after my tent’s first use. There’s rain expected on my trip, so we’ll see how well it holds up against that.

Quick to setup. Haven’t tried it outdoors yet

Caveat – I bought it for two people use, but in the evening it started to rain and we did go 5 people in the tent to play tabletop game on floor and there was enough space. So I’m sure 4 people can have enough space to sleep.The tent takes on rain like its nothing. And it breathes very well. I’m super happy with this tent.