Here’s the big 10 person we use at Cub Scout/family camp. Has held up through storms, and was necessarily for parental sanity with four of us in a tent for a week.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/5180321072?sid=28ef4639-2609-4540-b5a0-2fce6b09f99f
Coleman instant cabins have several sizes on Amazon but are sometimes cheaper through Coleman’s actual website. Not super great for high winds.
https://a.co/d/2jv0b64
Alps Mountaineering Taurus 4 or 5 person. If you’re in scouting for the long haul at some point someone is going to tell you about Hiker Direct where Alps offers their products to scouting families at a discount. Not everything here is great, but my older child’s scout troop nearly all have their “outfitter” level of tents which are a bit more durable and have held up pretty well even in super high winds and bad storms that have ripped the Coleman instant cabins apart. Again, can’t standup in the four person, but can in the Alps Taurus 5 person.
4 person:
https://a.co/d/8ogxWoq
On hiker direct I want to say it was around $170.
5 person:
https://a.co/d/8rs2kOR
I have the Coleman easy up 4, but for me and my child. I don’t love the blackout and don’t use it that much. If it’s just you get a hiking tent or swag. Over time the instant up tents start to twist on the mechanism, happens to my friends and is starting to happen to mine. I love it but when travelling solo I would use something smaller.
I've used 4,6,8 man Coleman Instant Tents for years. Goes up in about 3 minutes, comes down in about 8 minutes (you have to roll it and smash it back in the carrying bag.
Like others have said getting a 2-3 person tent is good enough for a solo but…
I like the Colman’s Easy Up 4-person tent. It’s a cabin tent so its bigger than your normal dome tent. I got one for my mom because she is getting older and needs something that she can set up easily by herself and can stand up in. it is a bit heavy but if you can handle the extra weight its worth it.
I will always recommend Colman for beginning/casual campers because they are fairly inexpensive and the quality it pretty good for the price. Though they may not be that good in harsh weather conditions.
If you don’t need the head space a simple dome tent will do you and will be less headache to put up and down. Also recommend buying a cheap tarp for rain cover. Helps shade your tent and keeps it bone dry.
As a single adult scout leader I run a 4 person instant Coleman tent. I sleep on my own 95% of the time. In a pinch I could provide room for another leader. I have a 6-person but it’s way too big for me by myself.
Before the Coleman I had a 4 person malamoo mega that I really liked.
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