I have the Bunkhouse4. It is awesome and is absolutely palatial as a single man. Easy to set up solo as well. The rain fly is bomber but limits the ventilation slightly. You'll appreciate it on heavy rain days.
I got it on sale for ~$400. Extremely awesome value at that kind of discount.
The 4 is probably the one for you. You'd be absolutely swimming in the 6. The 4 is 90"x92" for the interior floor. In my mind if you put two cots together and a double mattress you might eat up too much of the center of the tent. You would have room in there but it would be towards one side, where the ceiling height is lower. I feel like it would be taking too much of the valued high-ceiling real estate where you get to stand up to change clothes. How wide is the mattress? How tall are you and the lady?
The Big Agnes Bunk House is solid ime. I've used the 4 person version and it's got great headroom, easy setup, and packs down smaller than the Gazelle. The Nemo Aurora is similarly nice, slightly different design but same idea.
We have a big Agnes bunk house (4person) for our family of 4. Heaps of room inside, great headroom, plenty of storage in front and rear vestibules. And the fly can be used independently from the tent as a shade or beach shelter.
Highly rate it
Big Agnes 4 person tent is great! Bunk house 4 I think its called.
It should fit right in your budget, relatively Compact and smaller than something like the T4 Gazzele's (I have one of them too).
We winter camp in the Big A as well. We use it for 2 of us with PLENTY of usable room inside.
Has a really nice, long rain fly, vestibule front and back, interior pockets and good ventilation.
Highly recommended!
Bunk house is awesome, sturdy, roomy, ventilates well and can stand up to strong winds and downpour. It takes about 15 minutes to setup with two people. We have a 6p. It is heavy though, I hope you aren't planning to hike with it.
As for the snowpeak while I have no experience with that tent I've never seen anything bad from snow peak. Their products quality is top notch.
If you trying to be mobile I'm not sure tents this big are a good choice. Copper spur can be setup in 2 minutes and they have a 5p version
Huge fan of the big Agnes bunk house. Picked one up last year in 6p for the wife and I and it’s awesome. Buddy has the Nemo aurora 4p and it’s sweet too. The floor is really tough. I like the bunk house better though. Its bomber quality and easy to set up and take down, breathes really well even tho it looks like it wouldn’t b.
With the fly off the entire roof and the about 1/3 the height of the wall are mesh and you can see out. The doors on each end have a fabric cover that can be unzipped and are about 1/3 or more mesh. You can also manipulate that with the fly on and how u set the vestibules to change the air flow thru the tent. But even buttoned all the way down it still breathes really well, no condensation even camping in the rain in winter. I actually don’t understand how but it’s awesome. Build quality is excellent all around.
Edit to add if you can find a deal on last years model that is orange don’t be discarded by the color. It’s really nice in person, like a rich burnt southwest deep sunset orange. Pics make it look awful. Bonus is it does a great job filtering sunlight so the tent stays cool and it’s nice if u are sleeping in cuz it is not too bright inside. New color looks dope tho.
I was able to pick it up for 450 last fall. With Labor Day sales coming up it might hit your target.
No problem. The mesh is really nice and thick. It looks like you wouldn’t be able to see through it or even like fabric in the pics but is great for star gazing and keeps the no see ums out. The inside space is huge. I’m 6’1 and can walk through the whole tent, almost to the edge of the wall. It’s really comfortable if you want space plus a queen size sleeping area and room to sit and change or play games or whatever.
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