Instant Up 8P Lighted Northstar Darkroom Tent

Agree with the instant ups. I bought [this 4 person](http://Northstar Instant Up Darkroom 4 Person Tent With LED Lighting | Coleman AU https://share.google/nqE4uh9hjw63VFEz0) and can set it up and pull it down by myself (F45). My friend is 5'10 and can stand up in it. Not sure if there would be a ton of extra room with two cots in it but they would fit. 6P might be better if they need more space.

I have a Coleman instant up dark room tent. Its the 10 person but it comes in a 4 person too. It is hands down the best tent I've ever had. Buy myself I have setup down to 10mins and pack up like 5mins. Ive had it in hurricane force winds only to find the camp-site totally destroyed in the morning. Except my trusty Coleman! It acted like a bombshelter because I slept through all of it. If you are car camping dont stress on the weight too much.

I've got one of those - after a year the "dark" coating became so sticky and gross that I've stopped using it. Not covered under warranty they claim we did something wrong but I can't think of what and others have had the same issue. We've tossed the fly in the bin and use it as a second tent / put it under a tarp if we're worried about rain.

Coleman Instant Up Darkroom version, the one with the built in LED lighting on the inside. Easily my favourite tent.

Really well in my experience. We put a tarp under ours just to be safe, but wind hasn’t really been too much of an issue. Part of the advantage of the instant up design is that it sort of folds in on itself instead of breaking anything when under a lot of wind. You can of course stop this happening entirely with tight enough guy ropes etc

Can’t really beat a Coleman instant up. They have one with built in lighting inside, and blockout fabric so they’re nice and dark inside all morning.

Yep of course, nothing wrong with them in the rain. Would be pretty useless otherwise TBH. One thing that’s really impressive with these ones is that they’re so insanely quick to put up. My sister has one and I was blown away last time we went camping, my swag took longer than her whole 10 man tent.

Depends on the car you have. We have self inflating mattress from decathlon and a coleman 8p skydome. Everything else like the tarps, blankets, kitchen, cooler, water, firewood, misc stuff, etc all fit just enough in the car. If i change anything i would change my tent into a 8P darkroom instant/fast pitch tent from coleman. The darkroom tent should keep thing dark specially with the early sunrise here in canada. Also the fast pitch tent, i would spend less time installing the tent. The mattress have made a huge change, and i need to take better sleeping bags, but again not sure if all would fit in my car. To add.. The mattresses that i have are double and they fit in the 8p tent. So, if you are planning to get double mattress or even queen, you should go with a 8p tent. If your sleeping system is different, then yea, 6p may work.