Best beginner advice has been said tent size is always double the amount of people sleeping inside. So for you alone a 2 person tent will do.
I own several tents and go anywhere from overnight a campground in the woods to multiple weeks in snow or desert camping on blm land.
I have a 2 person coleman sundome that I love for summer camping. Its easy to setup and takes up little space in car. The tent is like $80. I also have a 4-person coleman sundome tent that is taller than the 2 person verison so I can actually stand up in. I mention the several tents because I have a few tents that cost around $500 each but they have there specific usage. Even then, have access to nicer tents, the coleman sundome will always be in my collection to use or lend out due to low cost and ease of use.
The important advice for camping in general is making sure you have a good sleep system. I.e. a sleeping pad with insulation value so you dont freeze at night if its going to be cold. Or putting down layers of decent insulation blankets to keep warm by have that barrier between you and the ground. The sleeping bag if buy any bag from a regular store should have a temperature rating 20 degrees lower than the coldest temperature at night youre expecting.
I always bring a cheap $10 tarp from home depot to put under my tents to prolong their use and but if its not going to rain. You can easily go without a ground tarp.
My recommendation:
For three people get a 6 person tent if you want extra room. We tent camp with 4 people and a 6 person tent gives us all room to sleep comfortably and have plenty of space for our stuff.
If you need room for more people, bring a second tent. These XL tents rarely fit on the tent pad. If the places you camp don’t have a maximum size, then you might be OK. but it will limit the amount of places that will accommodate you.
Completely agree. I've got the same tent and it's always a struggle to pack into the bag.
Funnily, borrowed my dad's Aldi version of it and it was way easier! The Aldi one has a length of binding between the corner of the pole and corner of the tent so when you shrink the poles down the tent folds into a perfect square. So much easier to fold and put in the bag.
Coleman should look into changing their tents the same way.
I have a 4 person sundome as my primary tent and it has never leaked or collapsed. See if you have a Ollie's bargain outlet near you. They have great deals on these tents.
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Coleman 4p sundome that I usually use. I think it meets your requirements but I don't think is 68" tall
Old REI 4 person whose name eludes me that I usually give my 13 year old
Coleman 8 person with fully enclosed vestibule that I rarely use but am taking to summer camp this year. It's hard to set up with one person (I'm a bit short to reach easily to do the rain fly) but if I were taller it'd probably be doable
I have a Coleman Sundome 4 person tent. It's always a pain putting it back in the bag. As I was prepping for camping last weekend, I looked at the bottom of the bag (I'd been keeping it in a tote bin) and there's a white piece of material that says on it something to the effect of "rip this off to make the bag bigger." Had the tent a year and only noticed that. I still put it back in the bin
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