Outdoor Products 8 Person Instant Hexagon Tent with Built-in Lights

This tent was a dream to stay in. It's roomy and, if there are no catches in the elbows or hub, it goes up and down very easy! I used it about 8 times this past summer. The first couple of times I realized that the floor material was vulnerable to tears. I don't think I would want a heavier material as I am older so we laid down rugs or blankets under anything with legs like the cot, table and chairs. Yes, it is that big. I fit a cot, 2 card tables and two chairs and all my luggage in it comfortably. The lights spoiled me. I could have people over to play cards after dark and see great. I would like to see a way for the company to add an attachment of a screened porch. I bought a separate one and set it up outside the door. It helped keep the foot dirt and bugs out. It has great ventilation! The vents are nice on warm nights and the tent heats up nicely with a little space heater when it's cold.I set up my work space at a window and enjoyed the view while working. The windows are perfect.As I said the hub and elbows would get stuck occasionally. When I got home from my last trip, I had to set it up to dry out and while doing that one of the hub pieces broke. The screw holding it together snapped and because the mechanism is so tight, I could not align it all back up to put in a new one. The one side of the tent will not stand up now. There is only a 30 day return period so you should buy the 2 year warranty. I think I'm going to buy this tent again. It was so comfortable. The ability to move around and stand up anywhere in the tent was great. I wish this tent would have lasted longer but I did have a great summer with it.

Super easy to assemble and disassemble, can be completely set up in 10 minutes, and it even fits easily back into the storage bag it came in. We’ve used it for multiple trips, two of which involved torrential Florida downpours, that lasted all night, and the tent stayed perfectly dry. The built in lights are a really nice feature and the LEDs burn very little power, still on the first set of batteries after over 100 hrs of use.Just like any tent, the 8 person occupancy limit would require either 8 very small or very friendly people, but is very roomy for a family of 5

Disclaimer; we haven’t used it only set it up in the backyard without the rain fly on it.Pro: It is very easy to set up compared to other tents I’ve had, you just throw it down and pull the frame and it clacks together. Which I love.Average: Putting it down is just about the same as any other tent, you just leave the sticks in there and try and roll it up and air it out enough to make it fit into the tiny bag.Pro: It is so spacious, I am 5’8” and could walk around all corners of it standing up. Love the built in lights, the batter pack connects via USB so I grabbed a power bank instead. I love the two doors as well and built in bottom vents on the bottom of the walls.Eh: I swore when I saw it online it had a ‘screen door’ with a spring like other doors on tents I’ve seen. That’s my fault but I hate zippered doors because the constant usage always seems to be hard on the zippers and they break or come untracked.Con: the one con I can see is that there is no storage pouches in there. Every other tent I’ve had has little mesh pouches on the walls for keys, cell phones, whatever. Kinda surprised it doesn’t but there was loops on the ceiling to buy something to be storage? I like the storage pouches like other tents for the little things that get grabbed and put back often that may get lost.Eh: it is very heavy in the bag when you carry, it must be 10 times heavier than our last tent.

I upgraded from a traditional tent setup to this tent. I love how quick and easy it is to put up and take down. The colors are beautiful. When you wake up in the morning and the sun is dappled through the trees it almost looks like you are sleeping under a rainbow. The tent has decent air flow with all of the window, and the floor vent have helped with condensation. We can get pretty high winds and heavy rain in the mountains in the spring. It has not been tested against these conditions yet. The tent floor is not nearly as thick as my last tent, which is a concern. The zipper on the doors catch a lot with how they designed the flaps to cover the zipper. The door folds in when opening and does not have any stabilization so when it does rain it tends to puddle inside the tent. It would be better if it was reinforced with poles so it could open out more easily to prevent the puddle inside. I miss having the rain awning at the door of my previous tent. This would help with the puddle issue as well. This tent is heavy, but for over all for ease of use I love this tent. It is big, spacious, and beautiful. Perfect for family camping. The led lights are awesome. It will be interesting to see how it holds up to the mountain weather this fall.

Out of the box, It literally went up in like 60secs! Take down was quick and easy, however I recommend buying heavy duty straps that have a snap in connector to replace the straps it comes with. Once I took down the tent securing it with those little straps to put it back in the bag was a pain. The no pockets in the tent didn't bother me because we use a camp table inside to put things on as well as our camping cots have pockets for storage. The overhead light is great! It's just honestly a really good tent&we go camping every year. This makes set up so easy&really fast. We got water from the damp ground in our tent but we also didn't put down tarp,so