WeatherMaster 10-Person Tent

Per recommendations on this subreddit, I’ve been looking into CORE instant tents. For your needs, you might consider the 9 person one. My family of five currently uses a 10-person Coleman weathermaster tent that is very sturdy and waterproof, but takes two people and too long to set up. I have an 8yo and 5yo twins, so we are moving towards a two-tent set up rather than all sleeping in one. I’m leaning towards the CORE 6 person instant tent for ease of set up, and then we will probably get a second one or a 4 person as the second tent. BUT the giant ten person tent fit a queen size mattress, double mattress and two pack n plays, which was clutch when our kids were little and needed that. We then put my older daughter and girl twin together on the double and added a twin size pad for my boy twin. Also big enough to hang out in when the weather isn’t top notch. So I definitely recommend a really big tent when the kids are young lol.

I’m guessing this is for what people generally call car camping. If so you basically halve the occupancy, so for 4 you’d want an 8+ person tent. For car camping tents Coleman has been our guy, and I’ve had a problem once between several tents with an out of warranty claim (just wanted to buy a replacement pole), and they hooked me up despite being out of warranty. For a tent that can handle bad weather I’d go with the 10 person Weathermaster, which is what we have. It has a divider making it a two room tent and has a functional door. With any of the car camping tents I’ve thrown a sheet or two over a good portion of the mesh and use chip bag clips to hold it against the wind. Works quite well.

Customer service/warranty has been phenomenal with Big Agnes (Copper Spur) for backpacking tents and Coleman (Weathermaster) for car camping tents.

Coleman Weathermaster. Of the several tents we own this is the one we use by far the most. I don’t know that one person can set it up though, never tried.

The weathermaster series is pretty solid when you can actually find them in stock 😂 I've been looking at similar tents recently and packing size is such a pain with sedans For what it's worth, those Vango tents are decent quality but yeah the SIG thing is annoying when you're car camping. Have you looked at any of the tunnel style tents? They pack down smaller than dome styles usually and still give you that standing height. The setup can be bit tricky solo at first but once you get hang of it goes pretty quick Also might be worth checking some of camping Facebook groups for UK - people sell barely used tents there all the time, especially the weathermaster ones that are too big for most people 💀

I wanted to add that, as the kids get older, you/they may want more space. We're a family of 5. We used to all camp in a 10p Coleman. Once my eldest turned 11, he wanted his own tent. Now my kids are 11, 15, and 17, and we use a 6p (me and husband), 4p (11 & 15 yr olds), and a 2p (17 yr old). It is definitely much easier to find a flat spot to set up with smaller tents. The kids also set up their own tents. It's easier to keep a smaller tent warm too. For a family of 7, I'd suggest 2x 6p tents. We used our 10p Coleman tent for 11 yrs before we stopped using it. Our smaller Colemans get used at least 7 times per year. They're still going strong.

Do what I do... got a shift pod mini used. then a used 10 man colemen tent. I got mine shift pod for 200 and my cole man for 40 bucks. I need to seal the one I have now. You just put the Shift pod mini in the 10 man. Keeps the pod more dust free. also adds air insulation. but you need to seal the windows e 6000 and cover any open mesh with tent fabric and e6000. you need to have a fan bringing in filtered air. I use a 12v boat bilge blower fan. and n95 masks to keep the dust from coming in. I might see if I can find a canvas tent....