Coleman - Elite Sundome
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Last updated: Aug 14, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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8
"it literally survived a tornado while set up. I just had to stake it back down."
"I've spent about 50 nights in that tent, including some fairly heavy rain. Never had an issue with it."
"Been camping all over America with it from the desert to the snow."
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4
"it literally survived a tornado while set up. I just had to stake it back down."
"I've had it almost a decade."
"I am finally retiring my sundome that I got in the mid 90s. ... It served me well"
13
0
"Cheap and great for the price: a Coleman Sundome. ... for family camping it's really amazing bang for the buck."
"It has a heavy polyethylene bottom that's going to last much longer than the ultra thin silnylon they use on backpacking tents and even if it didn't last longer it's 10% the cost."
"Yup - this is the tent that I recommend for beginners on a budget going car/base/festival camping."
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2
"It’s the most convenient and easy to set up tent that I own."
"Very easy to set up and tear down/pack away."
"Pitching and striking it is a cinch too."
5
2
"It’s a four man tent, but it’s perfect for one man and three dogs. ... My girlfriend and I have used it with two dogs and we still had room."
"Real nice for two people and a dog. ... Will fit a queen air mattress and still have room at the foot for a dog bed."
"Fits my cot and air mattress, lots of room for my stuff I can’t leave out"
Disliked most:
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7
"the combo of a partial fly and woven poly floor on the sundome would mean I'm waking up in a puddle in my neck of the woods. ... Everyone suggesting it's perfectly fine must live and camp in very dry climates."
"the Sundome only comes down halfway."
"My personal experience is with one of my older tent coleman sundome, where the fly kind of goes just below where the screen material is. In windy conditions, the, due to the gap, the wind finds its way in and make the fly very flap around a lot and hence its very loud."
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2
"an N-Person tent fit's N people uncomfortably. ... You should get a 6 person tent to fit 4 people"
"the only reason I upgraded was because I wanted something bigger."
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2
"My current car camping tent is a Coleman sundome that weighs around 8 pounds. ... That doesn't feel that heavy just holding it but it's 3 pounds heavier than an REI 2 man backpacking tent and 6 pounds heavier than a Durston X-Mid 2."
"I'm looking for something lighter"
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11
"Mine let me down once, beach camping when the latter half of a typhoon blew down the coast, wind pulled the stakes and sent me and the tent rolling"
"the combo of a partial fly and woven poly floor on the sundome would mean I'm waking up in a puddle in my neck of the woods. ... Everyone suggesting it's perfectly fine must live and camp in very dry climates."
"Sundome in year 3) door zipper failure."
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3
"Mine let me down once, beach camping when the latter half of a typhoon blew down the coast, wind pulled the stakes and sent me and the tent rolling"
"My personal experience is with one of my older tent coleman sundome, where the fly kind of goes just below where the screen material is. In windy conditions, the, due to the gap, the wind finds its way in and make the fly very flap around a lot and hence its very loud."
"It won't last forever or stand up to big storms ... it's the wind that really puts a hurting on these style of tents. ... The poles are not very strong and if they are not pegged out on the sides - the wind can push on them hard."
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