Kelty - Trail Ridge 6 Tent (6-Person)

I'm also 6'4 and in my experience the length isn't as important as the shape. I have an alps zephyr 2 and it's pitched down toward the feet end. It's 88" long but I don't feel as comfortable in it as I do in my older kelty trail ridge which is about the same length but the walls are more vertical so it feels much bigger and gives more clearance for my size 15 foot. Just my $.02.

Cool cool. We're a 7-person family. When we started camping, I think we were a 4-person family :) Early on, I got a 6p Kelty Trail Ridge tent that has held up wonderfully for us. I also had a 2p Marmot Limelight that made several trips before I warrantied it for a new, similar model. We've had more kids since and we've kept using those tents and have kept it modular, adding hammocks to those. So we'll bring different things depending on who's going and who wants to sleep where. I keep it pretty modular on pads and bags too, because the kids change size, some sleep hot, some don't care about broken zippers, etc, etc. I try to bring some extra things for troubleshooting sleep if needed (cheapo pads, liners, puffy jacket, hand warmers). I'd recommend you go budget tent within the performance brands that have good warranties, so you're not fretting over every scratch and bump, and I'd choose that Limestone 6. In fact, I'm tempted to buy one myself at that price! Where!?

If you love your Kelty and it’s discontinued, check FB marketplace. 3 years ago I got a Kelty Trail Ridge 6 off the marketplace for $40 and that thinking a workhorse. I’ve got about 100 nights with mine, including tropical storm Debbie with 36 hours of pounding rain and 6 hours of heavy winds coming off a a lake without a drop of rain in the tent.

it fits my kelty 6 comfortably with space on the size. it was very tight with my kelty 4

I like the Walmart brand Ozark Trail. We have had a smaller tent from them for quite a while (it does leak now but we set up a tarp over it). Our nicer Kelty tent tore and the zipper broke. They’ll fix them for you but I lose the receipt :(  Since you’re new I’d go on the less expensive side first. 

I've had my Kelty for about 12 years now and it has never failed to perform to my highest expectations. I highly recommend them.

We loved our Ozark Trail tent! Set out on a cross country camping trip with a brand new Kelty that we spent a pretty penny on. A week in, a pole broke in the wind and we got SOAKED through the thin floor. Went to a Walmart, picked up an Ozark Trail, and left the Kelty in a dumpster. Never looked back on that decision.

Go with the Kelty version of this same tent instead, better quality and price difference right now isn't much at all with the sales they are running

Where do you camp, what is the weather like? Generally Kelty or Alps Mountaineerimg tents are the budget tents that are a step up from Coleman. Two layer (separate body and rainfly) are most forgiving. Full rainfly (covers the whole body) is best. More mesh in the body for hot and humid. Less mesh for colder climates.

Yeah the marketing is so bad. There are 3 season tents that are better suited for colder climates but they aren't advertised like that. So weird. In the south, I recommend Kelty tents a lot because their 2 layer tents have almost-full mesh bodies. I notice that people in the northern US swear by Alps Mountaineering tents... their bodies happen to have a lot less mesh in the body. They're like 3.5 season tents, lol (but they'd be bad in the south).

I used the same Kelty tent for 30 years. Replaced many components in that time. 6 or 7 years ago a pole broke so I emailed Kelty about a replacement. Slow response, no offer of help. They couldn't even tell me the length I should buy. Far cry from my previous experiences with them. Then I found out they had been bought out by exxel outdoors, LLC . So read into this what you want buy it was another buy out where service tanked. exxel has a bunch of other brands they've bought; Kelty, KB Tactical, UD, Sierra Designs, HEX, Slumberjack, Wenzel & SJK. Not sure how service/quality with the other brands has fared. ANNND, I'm also a side sleeper and bought a DeepSleep SOLO MAT SELF-INFLATING CAMPING BED $179.99 to use on my cot. It's 5" thick and has air + foam. Totally love this mat.