I'm surprised you had issues. I've had great experiences for years with Ozark Trail/Walmart tents when you need something cheap and large for family car camping or festivals. Most recently got a "10 person" tent that had three rooms and a large vestibule. It has survived 2 years of being beat up by toddlers with no permanent damage. Good water proofing, good ventilation, only downside is its so large and heavy. It takes up a full Army duffel bag packed to the brim to fit the tent, fly, and poles.
Rather than get something expensive and that's designed only to be used by experts, I'd suggest the Ozark trail l-10 that goes on the outside of an easy up and then using the easy up as covered space.
When you're camping with two or three small kids what you want is a lot of space for them to wiggle around inside the tent. What you don't want is a tent where you can't stand up or sit up and have to slide your way in and then sit inside a mummy bag motionless
Do whatever you want :)
We have a family of 6 and bring like 3 tents the largest of which is a 10 person tent that is ridiculously large inside. We have like a rotation to children in the tent depending on weather and who got scared and well basically don’t really care what anyone thinks?
We got the 10 person Ozark Trails tent from Walmart and that thing can fit like 3 queen size air mattresses so it’s definitely got whatever room you are looking for lol.
I have this one which has been great so far. It’s really heavy though. I suppose it doesn’t take up a ton of car space - if they got the6 person version (if there is one) that would probably work out fine. There’s always space under a cot to store stuff also.
Our family of four use an Ozark Trail 10 person tent. It was like $100 and it’s been great. Held up in two heavy rains, I was impressed. With kids and dogs you will be glad for the extra room. You will need room for bags and shoes, etc. and it fills up quick.
For a week of Cub Scout camp in the summer, something you can stand up in to change is good. We’ve used an ozark trail one for the past three summers and been fine, but that’s with a family of four. I’ll thread that one below so this comment doesn’t get deleted if the link gets flagged.
For just one parent one scout, we’ve used the done style 4 person tents from Alps and they’re pretty comfy, but even short adults can’t fully stand in them. At that age, most of our cub scouts don’t mind sleeping just in a sleeping bag on the ground (I’m also cubmaster for our small pack).
Some families like to use the Coleman quick cabins. These are heavy and don’t do great in high winds, but if you’re driving right up to the campsite they’re super quick to set up and have good head room. Links incoming
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