Coleman - 4P SCRND CABIN SIOC

This is the tent I use most of the time. Got it on sale for 50% off a few years ago. I can stand up, and it also has a porch area great for rainy days or some shade. https://a.co/d/fUiawmS

I have the coleman cabin exact model. I love the room and screened in porch. Position it right and the breeze flows really nicely. Does take 2 to setup but it's sturdy if you pin the corners down first. I used it camping first time off lake Michigan and I didn't set up up right. Wind broke a pole and coleman wasn't able to send replacement poles so they sent an entire tent free. Great customer service there! I bought this tent from a store called Dunham sports in Michigan on sale for $100. Ive since been able to setup quickly and it's very sturdy. No complaints.

We just camped in a Coleman with a "porch" and that is a real game-changer! 4-6 person was pretty big for 2 gals, but it was easy and comfy.

The Sundome or Cabin series are car camping staples. Great value, easy setup, perfectly adequate for 40-75°F. The ventilation is decent and they're bomber in light rain. Downsides: heavier materials, can get condensation if you seal it up too much. Honestly for your use case, Coleman is probably the practical choice. The price difference could go toward a better sleeping pad or quilt which makes way more difference for comfort.

I've had a couple of the instant set-up cabin tents throughout the years, I will keep buying this type until I make the jump to travel trailer. However, I cannot recommend the 10p Core with the built in screened porch. The porch is basically useless in the rain, it doesn't detach & holds the front part of the rainfly. If you decide to keep the screen open it just collects bugs that quickly make it into the tent when you unzip the doors to get in. This is my first Core & probably my last, will probably go back to the Coleman in the same size for my very last tent. Choose Wisely.

My wife and I faced the exact same problem this year and bought a Coleman 4-person for about $100. FWIW, the only time we've used it we got caught in a rainstorm and came out fine. It's not a totally stupid tent, and going with their reputation as making solid non-glamorous gear seems to have worked out. It makes no pretense at all at being light, which for car camping doesn't matter.

A few of our scouts use Coleman tents; one has a two-person, and one has a 4-person. They lack a vestibule for storing gear to keep it out of the rain, but they are quick to set up and they aren't horrible quality. Our scouts have been using theirs for a couple years now. You probably already know, but a 2-person tent will only sleep two tiny people, and 4-person MIGHT fit three.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the boat destroyed my tent!!! I'm sure this will make a great story once I have the details. My Coleman was good to us, too. It was going to need another waterproofing, but it did a great job. I'll consider another one for sure.

I have a Kodiak 10 X 14 flexbow. Though it is heavy, it is quicker and easier to setup than my 4 person Coleman. If you get a tent with a lot of stake points, get a drill attachment. It makes things quick as well.

Really depends on the kind of camping. To start stay car camping. Get a cheap coleman 4 person tent and an ez-up canopy and two tarps that match its color. One close to tent footprint, one about twice as big as the canopy pitch the tent on top of the smaller tarp, fold it up under the tent if its sticking out. You want it 4" inside the tent footprint. Put the ez-up right in front, overlapping slightly if possible. Then attach the second tarp to that, and run it over the tent, staking it down behind the tent. In hot weather raise the back one up and move it around like a shade cloth to keep the tent cool. When the rain comes pull it tighter and lower on the back corners and put and high in the middle to make a roof. Use sticks to set levels and paracord to stake it out. Get a folding table. A big one. 6 footer. It goes under the canopy, with two coolers under it. One for food, one for drinks. Drink one gets salted crushed/cubed ice, but put a ziploc full of normal ice cubes in there for drinks. Food one gets block ice or frozen juice jugs. Cheap picnic tablecloth over the table to shade the coolers. On top goes a two burner propane stove. If it doesnt have legs, put it on top of a sheet of plywood or wood cutting board to not melt the table. Next to that a cutting board and one of those 5 gallon refillable water jugs for dishes and handwashing with a bucket underneath it. Get a closet hanging shoe organizer. Hang it off the canopy by/behind the table to put spices, oils, utensils, etc in. Keep a citronella candle bucket lit on the table. A roll of astroturf is nice under the canopy to keep it clean in the tent. Two zero-g camp chairs and throw blankets. Real pillows. Cots are better than air mattresses. Camp shoes. 12v rechargeable fans to circulate air in the tent and canopy. A small bluetooth speaker. Insulated tumblers for adult beverages. A shovel, a rake, an axe, and a broom. Multitool knife. Sunscreen. Bug repellent with deet. Board/card games of your choosing. A lantern. If you really wanna win points, get a camp shower and stall, and a bucket loo that you know how to use (hint, a little kitty litter in nested garbage bags, pull one out and tie it off and throw in another bucket with a sealing lid after every #2). They make toilet lids that snap on buckets. Get a floor grate so you don't stand in mud. I just use an old pallet that I nail the popup changing stall corners to with astroturf on top. My camp shower is a 5 gallon bucket with a little black garden hose, and a gardening soaker head with a shutoff valve. Little 12v pump inline. In the morning kick on a gallon of water on the stove to boil and mix with the other water in the shower bucket and start making coffee. If she wakes up and you're handing her coffee and pointing her to the shower, telling her that breakfast will be done after her hot shower... camping will live up to its nickname.