I like instant cabin tents for car camping. Works great for my family. I have an Amazon special 6 person blackout cabin tent that I’ve had used in some downpours and it worked just fine. Only set me back around $150. Best part about the cabin tents is the headroom - I can stand up straight and I’m 6’1.
I’ll mention that I had the REI base camp 6 and sold it for this blackout tent.
I use a Core Equipment 6 person Cabin tent. I love it, really easy to set up by myself, sturdy, plenty of room for my gear. Their water proofing is not the greatest, I spray a couple coats of scotchguard in the spring and it is good for the Pacific Northwest
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I'm not using an instant tent, it's an actual cabin tent. total of 6 poles, two long fiberglass poles form a shallow dome for the roof, then an aluminum pole on each corner. With laying down the footprint, putting it up and staking the 8 guy lines it takes about 10 minutes by myself. Take down is a little longer, just because of all the folding. But still pretty reasonable and very easy.
I have a Core Equipment 6 person Cabin tent that feels like a freaking mansion inside. I use a XL cot (essentially a twin size bed), have room for 90% of my gear and still have so much room for activities.
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I've been very happy with my Core Equipment cabin tent. It's easy to setup on my own, it's very roomy, it holds up really well to water (7 days on the very rainy Oregon coast with 5 days of pretty heavy rain and NO water inside), and it's very spacious. Got it brand new from their site for under 200
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