Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This tent is GREAT. I can't speak highly enough about it. This is the first new tent that i've bought in over a decade and man, have they come a long way in design and creature comforts. An auto closing screen door? Are you kidding me? Ingenious! No more hassle of zippering and unzippering the tent during the day—just walk right in. And the head-room! At over 6 ft tall—being able to walk around inside this tent without hunching over like a Neanderthal is refreshing. For those complaining about leaks and/or difficulties erecting this tent; here are some basic rules of camping. 1) ALWAYS set up your camping gear in your yard a few days prior to actually leaving. This ensures you know how to set it up and that you have all the parts and materials you need and that everything is in working order (grills, flashlights, lanterns, etc) Better to work out the kinks in the comfort of your own home and at your leasure—with an internet connection if needed than in the woods, with the sun setting, the mosquitoes biting, when all you want to do is get to sitting by the fire and drinking a beer. 2) ALWAYS waterproof your tent with Scotchguard ESPECIALLY BRAND NEW TENTS prior to leaving on your trip. Tents do not typically come waterproofed—the new ones claim to have waterproof bases (that glossy fabric that makes up the floors of the tent) but people misunderstand that as meaning the entire tent came waterproofed—THEY DO NOT. The sides and top of brand new tents are not factory waterproofed. You must spray a few coats of Scotchguard over the entire tent and fly—take special care to really spray the seams as the simple act of sewing punches thousands of tiny holes in the fabric—Scotchguard will fill those right up. 3) Buy a vapor barrier (a good, heavy, plastic drop cloth from a hardware store—I tend to go with at least 6 mil). New tents claim to have waterproof floors, but to extend the life or your tent and to ensure that you will not wake up to water on the floor, buy a vapor barrier and trim it to be at least 6" smaller than your tent's footprint on all sides. If your vapor barrier is visibly sticking out from under your tent, rain will land on it and water will wind up under (and therefore, usually, IN your tent). Vapor barriers also help protect the floor of your tent from abrasions from any small rocks or pebbles you may have missed when clearing your site prior to setting up your tent. HAVE FUN!