Customer Reviews
We camped with this tent for the first time about a month ago. We weren't supposed to get any rain, but we had a HUGE thunder and lightening storm. Through out the night our tent swayed a good 2 feet back and forth. The rain was blowing everywhere. We zipped up the windows, but left the 2 floor vents open part way. We may have gotten 2 tablespoons of water in the tent. The tent held up beautifully. I was really impressed. I also love that it's so easy to set up. I was a little worried about the fact that the rain fly is so small. On my old tent the rain fly went all the way to the ground, on all sides. But, I'm totally sold on this tent after that storm.
I recently purchased a St. Alban family dome tent from Amazon. My family and I are avid campers, and like the height of this tent as well as the canopy feature. However when we used it for the first time this past week, we found the ground stakes that are provided with the tent to be insufficient on windy days. A thunderstorm blew up while we were camping, and the wind lifted the rain fly and the ground stakes with it. Since the support poles are connected to the rain fly via hooks and velcro, they were also lifted off of the support pins at the base of the tent. So the entire tent collapsed with all of our belongings in it. We quickly moved everything to our vehicle before it could get soaked. We have camped in this area many times before with other tents, and experienced similar storms without a tent collapse. There is no question in my mind that had the tent stakes been longer, we would not have had this experience.
I contacted Wenger and was told that the tent "is not designed for use in inclimate weather". When I asked them to clarify, they indicated that the tent "can be used in areas where thunderstorms occur they are just not made to be used in the middle of a thunderstorm". I guess you're supposed to take it down before the storm and put it back up after the storm passes! They also suggested I buy longer tent stakes. Needless to say I was not impressed with their reply. I like pretty much everything else about the tent. But given the collapse and Wenger's unsat reply, I decided on 3 stars. My advice: If you buy this tent, plan to spend a few bucks on more substantial tent stakes.
Product Description
14'x11' family dome tent
Price : $98.54
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Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 76 x 168 x 132 inches ; 24.6 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 24.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- ASIN: B006CQU12S
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