Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I got four of these cots for a two-week camping trip for the family. We set them up and tested them before we left, and were happy with what we saw. A few days into the trip, we found out we cannot sit on the end of a cot, because the weight of my wife's legs (she is less than 200 lbs) snapped one of the plastic inserts that hold the end bars in place. That was all right; there was enough of a stub to hold it there with tension, and she switched hers for my son's cot (he is in second grade). A couple days later, I had a funny feeling in the night, and woke up to find the fabric where the stitching is on my cot had ripped apart at least a foot in length. I turned my cot around so the good half was under my upper body, hoping to salvage it for the rest of the trip. A couple nights after that, it ripped all the way up that side and the rest of the trip I slept on the ground. I weigh 245 lbs, and I doubt my 4-lb sleeping bag put it over the 300-lb limit. We don't jump on the bed, nor do we abuse our belongings in any way. I trusted Coleman for their name and their quality. My faith in the name is shaken. Coleman needs to get their act together. If they are outsourcing materials or labor, I think their testing procedures need an overhaul. It's impossible to tell these days whose blog rants might be read by millions of potential customers.