Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was a little concerned with this purchase after reading quite a few reviews mentioning this tent leaking like a sieve. If I'm being honest, however, my experience with it so far leads me to believe those folks just didn't do their due diligence on waterproofing. When the tent arrived I immediately set it up in the yard, seam sealer and camp dry spray was flying, and I was good to go. I left it up for about a week of constant summer storms and never got more water inside than a handful of paper towels could mop up completely. The only areas water was coming in were under the windows where the toggles attach, which is hard to deal with because you're fighting osmosis. With the fly up and the guy wires properly tightened and the awnings propped correctly, it holds up very well. It's definitely not something to hit the Appalachian trail with but very nice for a family camping trip. One note I do want to make, because it was very confusing even after reading reviews and answered questions here: regarding the covered exterior area, the netting can be completely zipped across the bottom but the solid sheet does not. So wind can get in through there but you can keep critters out.