Coleman - Swagger Series 3 Person Tent

3p swagger is great. Get the darkroom then it doesn’t matter if it’s in the sun all day the tent won’t be hot. I used it on Fraser for a week with a stretcher and it still held all my gear and I had the little awning to sit under. Awesome tent.

I have the swagger 3 tent. I wish I had the darkroom version. It goes up fairly easily. Tbh it takes me a little longer because I use a shade cloth groundsheet. It works great on warm nights without the fly and as tents go it’s roomy and easy to use. Plenty of room inside for storage if you carry a lot of gear. My only criticism is that I think for solo camping it’s actually a little bit too big. Could do with being just a little shorter and narrower. I use the swagger for summer camping in South Australia, and have a helinox cot I use with it. Partly for air flow and partly for comfort. For winter camping I use a swag. Have a think about why you want a tent versus a swag. I use the tent because the swag is too damned warm for summer, and the tent takes a little less room up in the car (I have the kings swag and sit it on an oztrail stretcher so it’s off the ground.) I use a cot with the tent and stretcher because it’s just a little easier getting in and out of.

If you are car camping get a 2 or 3 person tent. That way when they start to get older than can camp with a friend. I got a cheap 3 person Coleman as a kid. Then used with with a friend. Plenty of room for 2 people and gear spread out.

Honestly, people recommending $300+ tents for simple car camping are nuts with money to burn. Used a 12 year old, $60 coleman this year in the rain, was fine

A lot of people in these subs are either unlucky or spoiled. I just gave my 3-person, $60 Coleman tent I bought roughly 12 years ago to my sister to use, as I needed to upgrade to a 4-person now that I've got a toddler. It rained when we went out this year, and it didn't didn't leak. I waterproof sprayed it about 10 years ago, so I doubt that even did anything other than permanently stain it a bit as I can still where I went over the seams with the spray lol People preaching "you get what you pay for" have to say that to justify spending $800 on a tent when their doing the same kinda camping I'm doing (car camping) with less space than me lol