WeatherMaster® with Screen Room

I’ve had Coleman’s all my life and don’t have issues with them. My current is a Weather Storm (I think) from 2017 and we camp 4-5 times a year with the dog and it’s holding up good. If you’re car camping with the family Coleman is a great choice.

Had a crazy storm blow in while camping in the Chisos mountains. A big ten person tent. It literally bent and tore apart a metal tent pole and scooted us a bit. Now we have a Coleman 8 person Weathermaster. They’re designed to handle inclement weather and I think winds around 50-55 mph I think. And they honor their warrant (ours was slightly expired even!!).

We have the Coleman Weathermaster 8 which is nice and tall. No vestibule as it has 2 rooms, but the 6 seems about identical but with a screened in porch. Of all of our tents this is the family favorite.

I have had the Coleman Weathermaster 6 for 12 years and it has been a fantastic tent. My family is ready to move on to something a little larger but it has been great for us. It's pretty easy to setup, I can even do it solo though it's helpful to have hands. We've been poured on and stayed completely dry. The only times we've had water were due to lazy setup (guy lines weren't tight enough to hold fly completely off the top mesh and we had some water transfer). It's spacious, you can stand, the hinge door is cool and the screened area makes for great storage, or a great sitting area. Coleman is quality at a very fair price point. All that said, I have been looking at Core tents for our next cabin style tent. But you can't go wrong with Coleman.

I would definitely not get a rooftop tent, especially if you have physical issues that would make it more difficult to get into. You have to pack it all up every time you want to move your car, so driving into town - or just down to a campground's shower building - is a major inconvenience. If you can afford it, a small camper would be great. One of those teardrop ones that have a bed inside and little else would be a good option, or you may be able to find a cheap used pop-up camper somewhere. Or I'd also recommend a large tent that you can stand up in. I solo-camp with a Coleman Weathermaster 6-person tent that I can stand up in (I'm 6ft 2in) and it's great being able to move around without crawling or being hunched over. And I also use a nice big cot. As a fellow 40-something, I've learned that the older you get, the more important comfort is when camping.

I’ve been trying to respond but the aws outage is causing issues. Good time to be camping. The bungee cords help with minor winds to help with the snapping of the fabric in the wind but I’d say only in normal conditions. Last night nothing would have helped. It takes up the extra tension and releases it slower so it does make as much flapping noise. At least that’s the theory and it seems to work. But I wouldn’t use them on the main tie downs only minor ones where the fabric tents to move more. That might make a good experiment for someone to try with and without and measure the db level. But it seems to dampen the wind sounds.

Yeah I put the door down before we went to bed. This picture was just from the initial setup before the wind got bad. We had a Coleman weather master 6p for a few years as well. It was great but also was much harder to set up, especially in the wind. But it was a steel frame so it felt pretty solid once it was up. I feel like the anchors and tie downs are key no matter what tent you have. I spent more money on those than the cost of some of my tents from the past, but once you have those you can use them forever. I think if I was a regular down here, I’d love to get the ShiftPod but I don’t think I want to spend that much on a tent if I’m only here once a year. They look pretty sturdy as well.