White Duck Outdoors - Regatta Bell Tent

Was just thinking this. With the size requirement they are obviously not backpacking and canvas may be the way to go. I'm partial to White Duck tents. They seem pricey, but if taken care of they may be the last tent you buy. https://whiteduckoutdoors.com/

I’ve got a 16’ White Duck regatta bell tent and it’s great. We’ve used it at deer camp the last few years (less maintenance than a camper) and it’ll sleep 6 pretty comfortably. Running a Camp Chef Alpine stove- have to stoke it 1-2 times through the night depending on wood quality and whatnot. With the stove running, you could get away with a fleece blanket through the night. Downside: it’s heavy. Unless you’re putting it on a sled and snowshoeing the thing somewhere, you’re not getting far from the truck with it. It’s a basecamp. There are some lighter options out there which I haven’t played with, but if you wanna wander with a hot tent you could check out Argali or Seek Outside. Springbar makes some cool products too- but they’re another heavy option. Would totally recommend a hot tent. It’s a fun way to get out camping regardless of the weather.

Thank you for posting a photo of your interior set up! It's helpful to see what people actually use versus what they pack or purchase but essentially just keep in storage. Our White Duck Regatta just arrived this morning and we're barely containing ourselves while waiting to pitch it for the first time!

I have the T4 plus and have enjoyed it. The rain fly is much better. I gravitate to my White Duck canvas tent if I’m car camping though. Breathable and better suited for all seasons.

Even a nylon tent should get aired out and packed when fully dry. Pack a spray bottle with a vinegar and water solution and a scrub brush. That will kill/neutralize any spots that show up. Also, while you are at the rental properties, you could set the tent up in the driveway to air it out properly, if it is damp. Use the driveway or deck rather than their yard. I have a Regatta Bell tent and have never had an issue with mold or mildew. I have cleaned mold off of fabric with the water/vinegar and it works great.

We have the Nemo Aurora Highrise 6 and like it quite a bit. There is good headroom and plenty of space for two cots, a couple of chairs and our gear. It goes up and comes down fairly quickly and easily. We also have the footprint and the straps are color-coded (yellow and blue) so it's pretty foolproof. I like having a vestibule on both doors. Shoes get left in front and maybe TMI, but we use the back vestibule as our nightime bathroom, keeping a bucket with toilet seat lid filled with horse bedding pellets in there. It's very convenient to not have to get even semi-dressed to wander about a dark campground. Something you would not like is going in and out of the tent. You have to stoop to fit under the vestibule and at the same time lift your legs about 5 inches to step over the door frame. My husband is about 5'11" and he usually cusses a bit while entering and exiting. Also, as with many tents, the bag it comes with is too dang small to fit everything back in easily. We bought a big canvas bag to carry it all in. We're in Colorado and like camping up in the mountains, in the spring and fall also. It's gotten crowded and hard to get into the national parks here in the summer. After going through a snowstorm on our last trip, we ordered a canvas White Duck Regatta Bell 13' tent to use on colder trips. (We'll still use our Nemo in summer; the bell tent won't be breezy enough.) You might look into a canvas tent that can take a stove jack if you have any interest in the shoulder seasons. The Springjack 140 looks big but pretty good as an all-around, do everything tent IMO. Canvas tents are heavy but that's not a deal-breaker when car camping.

I would consider a 6 person to give them plenty of room. Since they're older, I would look for tents with 1) room to stand up inside and 2) no need to step up over the bottom of the door -or- to duck under the edge of the door to go inside. My husband and I like our 6 person Nemo Aurora Highrise BUT it doesn't follow rule 2. We have to step over the bottom of the door frame and duck when entering. It gives my husband a lot of grief. Our new White Duck 13' canvas bell tent lets us just walk in which is awesome. However, canvas takes some extra care and it was pricey so I wouldn't recommend that for their new boat target. :-D

We recently bought a White Duck 13' Regatta Bell. We already have a Nemo 6 person tent that's perfectly good for warm weather camping, but we were looking for something that with a stove jack that would hold up well for a spring/fall snowstorm or two in the mountains. It's not yet the season for it, but we had it up in the backyard for seasoning and we were impressed with the quality of the materials, stitching, zippers, guy lines, etc. IMO it goes up easily. There was plenty of room inside for a stove and our two cots and it has good height. We are going to replace some of the stakes. Half of them are heavy duty, but the other half are the typical cheap, crappy, easily bent stakes. It fits well in the bag, but be warned, it's darned heavy and bulky. My husband loves the entrance pole that gives us something to hang onto while we're taking off our shoes at the doorway. It's much harder getting in and out of our Nemo. The White Duck is such a pleasure in comparison.

If you're a Costco member, you can buy white duck tents through Costco. I got the 13' bell tent for like 20% off msrp.

I personally have a canvas White Duck Bell tent I highly recommend.

White duck has some amazing hot tents! Pretty easy to set up by yourself. Personally im torn between the regatta and an air tent! For water proof gear, theres several options, price depending. You could wrap your gear in garbage bags and zip locks, although durability isn't really there. You could use dry bags ( Personally I do this). You could get 1 big dry bag, although they can be pricey, and if you get a hole in it, it could pooched, or a patch kit would be a while away. You could also use a 60L food barrel as a gear bag, I used to do this, worked well, sadly I was dumb and didn't have a comfortable saddle for it, but it hads a huge layer of water proofing and durability to your gear, it also doubles as a chair! I had to give that idea up due to canoe camping and wanting to be as light weight as possible. Water proofing also isn't everything, sometimes getting wet and being able to dry out / off fast works just as well! Hope that helps!

Mine is from white duck outdoors. They aren't cheap but quality usually isn't 

Agree with canvas bell, but that they can and should spring for a better, more reputable, and waranteed brand. Never seen Vevor sold outside of Amazon, fwiw, but I happened upon one at a festival and didn't like the look of that "Oxford cloth". Probably user error, but it looked very slack in places and thin - flapping in the wind exactly the way a canvas tent shouldn't. White Duck, Kodiak, and Psyclone(Australian) are all great options in that price range for a 2-man, plus there'll be options for window count and removable floor. Psyclone has a roof pole that eliminates the need for the guyline at the door, blessedly - and these are all likely on Amazon as well, for free Prime shipping, obvs