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Adeathn0teYeah. I’ve slept in it with myself on a cot and my three boys in sleeping bags. The 8 doesn’t have the same vestibule setup. I didn’t prefer it as much but if that’s not a big deal 🤷♂️
bbdude83We just did this and have 4 kids. Some items like a Coleman stove we already had, but here’s what we bought to get started. It adds up but was still so much less than the AirBnb even after campsite fees. We mostly camp in New England hence the sleeping bag choice. Good luck! 1 x NF Wawoma 8 Tent w/ footprint tarp 6 x NF Wawoma 20 Sleeping Bags 4 x Nemo Switchback Sleeping Pads 1 x Exped Queen Megmat
8. It’s a beast but so easy to put up.
We purchased a North Face Wawoma 8 person tent. Easy to put up and break down (my kids ... 12 and 11 do it). Only issue, which you'll have with many large tents, is finding a good place to setup and a lot of platforms are too small.
cornisagrasswe have a north face wawona 8. It fit two queen mattresses plus about 3-4ft of tent for supplies. It felt spacious and we could walk around easily. The only issue with this tent is that the front door is hard to open, it took two hands to hold part of it taught while the other hand pulled the zipper. This was particularly challenging as we have an infant in arms, but with older kids it may be a minor inconvenience rather than an issue. Our friends had the Marmot 6, the snowpeak 6 and the big agnes bunkhouse 6. The bunkhouse was giant compared to the other two tents. It could fit two queen mattresses plus a small 2ft strip for supplies. The quality is amazing and its very easy to set up compared to the north face. The marmot 6 and snowpeak 6 could only fit one mattress but with ample room for supplies. Marmot was simple to set up, snowpeak slightly more challenging, but both seemed equal quality to the north face.
dabmanWawona 8 is legit an awesome tent. Tested it in rain, stays dry.
greenw40I have the Wawona 8 and it's pretty great, especially if you have bigger kids.
Physical_Pie_2092You’d have to buy the vestibule extension for the 8. The 6 has a nice vestibule
Professional_Ad_975Wawona 6 would be awesome with the vestibule. We have a Wawona 8 for a family of 4 and can comfortably fit a megamat duo and lost horizon, plus lot of room to spare.
This is a great choice but a bit cramped for a family of 4. We upgraded to wawona 8 for that reason.
North Face Wawona 8 is awesome fits our family of 4 comfortably with enough space to keep luggage and move around. It has also has a big awning at the front and doors on both sides.
Yeah, I have the same one. The tent space and vestibule makes it super comfortable although I only have 2 kids.
Royal_Link_7967I’ve had both of those tents. I hung the kingdom out to dry during an overnight stop at my cousins on the way back from the boundary waters and took off without it. Stopped at REI in KC and they had the wawona returned for $160, so I bought it. I didn’t have the extended vestibules for either. I give the kingdoms the advantage in comfort. The pockets are perfect and everywhere. The Wawona seems better constructed and better materials. It took about 40 family trips with young boys over 2.5 years to have the kingdom pretty warn out. I just remembered that I swapped it out at REI halfway because the zipper eats holes in the rain fly, so really less than 2 years of hard use and it’s shot. The poles also bend too easy. One windstorm and it was never exactly in the right shape again. The wawona is about the same weight, but everything is sturdier. Thicker poles, mesh and fabric. Better zippers. No deforming after storms. I miss the stow pockets for the tent doors every time I use it. The pockets feel minimalist. The ones on the back door don’t help that much because it self empties when you unzip it. You can put a tablet in there and watch shows as a family. Both tents are cavernous. You need to stake everything out if there is going to be a storm. If you put the wawona with the front door facing away from the wind it actually does well in heavier weather.
The kingdom is not a well made or long lasting tent. With a 2 and 5 year old, ours lasted a year and a half. Returned it and got a second one that unstitched itself even quicker. Poles are not great either. Wawona has been solid so far for us
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