Ozark Trail - 12' x 10' Family Dome Tent (Discontinued)

The biggest problem that I have found with Ozark Trail tents is that some of them are acceptable, and others are completely wrong. If you know what you are doing, and you choose a good tent, and test it before you go out, you can find one that will work out OK for light duty camping trips - ie., a trip to a normal campsite with no extreme weather planned. The biggest gripe that I have had with one was I got a multiple-dome style tent. It went up pretty well, but the fly was too small. The fly was the same size as the mesh cutout, but the problem is that the mesh cutout was 2-3" below the fly, since the fly was above the pole structure of the tent, and the body of the tent was suspended from the poles. Because the fly was at an angle, this means that there was a gap between the fly material and the tent where water falling straight down could have fell into the tent. There should be enough of an overlap between the fly material and the mesh material that the water would have to be at a greater than perpendicular angle to rain in. Could I make it work? I could have easily flown a sky tarp and made it work. In fact, for a lot of Ozark Trail tents, flying a sky tarp over it is not exactly a bad idea. But I really like my tents to be waterproof on their own, and this wasn't. And that's the other danger of camping gear: the more you know about camping, the more you're able to make bad gear work. I would suggest getting a better tent if you can. If not, get it well ahead of your first trip, take it home, set it up, and evaluate it carefully. Put the tarp on it and make sure that it doesn't look like water can get in. If something doesn't look right, take it back and swap it out for a different model. I have used Ozark Trail Wal mart tents, I have had many fun nights in one. You just have to be more careful, and know that they won't always have the good, thought-out details that other tents will have.

So Ozark Trail is actually a pretty good brand, for awhile. What you get is actually really thought out and you usually get very decent quality and amenities, but the durability is not there. If you are doing it from time to time, or trying to test the waters to see if you want to invest more later then I say go for it. I have a 5 year old Ozark that is a direct knock off of the Coleman sundome and I got it for like 40 bucks and it’s still going strong, with just a bit of stress along the seams, but I seal and tape those up. It’s a good backyard tent for my kids now.

Ozark trail makes good family tents. We returned our LL Bean tent 2 times due to shoddy workmanship and leaks . Each was set up 3 times and used a week at a time . The Ozark trail has far surpassed the quality of LLBean as far as water infiltration ( 0 leaks in OT seams even in torrential rain) I am no fan of Walmart but these tents are great. Cheap . Easy set up . Good warranty .

I have one of the big Ozark Trails tents and have used it for five years without problems. OTOH my last Coleman had a zipper problem that led to it's being thrown away. Luck of the draw.

The yurt by Ozark. Can pick it up at walmart can sleep 6 plus gear and supplies easy. About 150$ last I saw.

Wal Mart has a brand called Ozark Trail. I had one of their dome tents for 10 years. I camp at least a dozen times a year, including winter hunting camps in the rainy PNW. It outperformed many of my friends’ high-end tents in a lot of ways. I replaced it with a high-end model when it finally gave up because I could afford one at that point, but I was consistently impressed with that $50 tent that took heavy use without a hitch for a decade.

I have a Ozark dome tent, been having it for 7 years, still holds but want to upgrade my gear now

I had a cheap Ozark Trails dome tent for 20 years and it never failed me, or friends that used it, until the last year when friends said some water was getting in. I could've taped and glued the seams and sprayed water proofing on the fly, but hell, id gotten 20 years of good use and had already been using a different tent myself for a few years. Id suggest them for anybody just getting into camping, or doing a lot of car camping. But, for backpacking, bikecamping, or kayak camping, id suggest something that is lighter and packs down smaller.

I noticed you asked about the Ozark Trail tents. I have experience with the Ozark Trail dome tents 3, 4 and 6 person tents. 4 person is only for 2 people. If you are thinking to have your sister in law with you both then you’ve got to go with the 6 person. I bought extra tents for a camp trip for visiting guests and didn’t want to spend too much money so I bought the Ozark Trail dome tents at Walmart. They are a light grey with a green fly. They are ok and totally doable but I would not say these are for high use. The material seemed thinner than my better tents. they are pretty basic if that what you are after. The one thing I didn’t like about this particular model was the light grey color along with the thinner material let in a lot of light. The tent got hotter as if there was less barrier to the elements. And it got really bright as soon as the sun was up. Edit: This comment was not referring to the Dark Rest model. It is for the regular dome tent model.

I have an Ozark trails 2 person tent that I haven't had any issues with, that I've used for week long camping trips in all 4 seasons. However I've found their larger tents 6-8 person tents to be unreliable once the wind picks up or it rains too hard.