Instant Up Darkroom

3, a solo lightweight, 2p normal and I just got a new - Coleman "Instant Up Darkroom Technology 10 Person Tent", which is a game changer!

Mine from like 2015 has drainage. It’s an early version of their blackout tents and I love it

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.

Ok so I got the Coleman 4p instant up dark room tent and mate it’s a ripper it’s pretty easy to put up quite heavy but that might not be a problem for you? It’s very tall I think 190cm so can stand up in it this is the tent https://www.snowys.com.au/instant-up-4p-lighted-northstar-darkroom-tent I love it and you can fit a double and a single bed in it with a gap in the middle about 20cm so plenty wide and the foot room is amazing like 30-40cm  So I would recommend this one and I have heard that they are stronger than the oztrail ones 🤷. I

if you are getting older (or just want to have an easy setup) go a Coleman instant up tent

I bought a Coleman 6p fast frame dark tent, it's a great tent easy to set up but I kinda regret getting the dark tent. It's darker in the tent than my bedroom at home so I don't wake up at all in it. I believe the dark tents are also heavier than an equivalent sized normal tent. I like the sun walking me up early when I'm camping. Plenty of room for me and my wife and my 2 toddlers. I am interested in the air tents too, that might be my next upgrade.

The material does feel a lot thicker which I guess would also help with durability as well as the waterproofness and light blocking.