FE Active Waterproof Camping Tent, for Travel and Outdoor Activities. Camping Essential for Hikers and Outdoor Enthusiast

The media could not be loaded.  ** 8/24/2021 Update: Although I've only been camping 8 times thus far during a trip to Idaho, those outings have found me setting up my tent on a variety of soil from pretty typical "firm soil" to hard, rocky ground that challenged my tent stakes, to the soft and porous volcanic soil (not sure what else to call it) of the Craters of the Moon National Park. So, that leads to my only complaint regarding this tent...the relatively short, aluminum, Y-beam stakes that came with it. I've already broken the heads off 2 or three of those, the aluminum seeming not to be of the highest quality. Fortunately, before leaving on my trip, I did pick up some longer 9" Coghlan's Y-beam stakes and 7" Coghlan's steel hook-style stakes at Walmart. The latter helped in staking down my tent & footprint on the harder, rocky soil while I still managed to break the head off one of the longer Y-beam stakes as I tried driving it into the soil. This lead me to questioning if I could find a better stake and at an outdoor equipment store in Ketchum, I found some MSR 7" Aluminum Hook Stakes that have performed quite admirably and can also be found here on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/MSR-Hook-Stakes-Kit-6-Pack/dp/B019F2QS68. As much as I've used these stakes, I may well buy an extra set and perhaps the highly rated MSR Groundhog stakes also. As for steel stakes which I've not used but a couple of times, the cheap ones from Walmart have served me well enough but I do feel a steel peg type that is even more robust would be a smarter choice if one anticipates very hard, rocky ground to set up on.Apart from the stakes, this FE Active tent finds me highly satisfied with it and with no issues yet, but I will note also that I've yet to encounter any rainstorms during my trip. So, my impression is driven by usability and design, roominess, ease of setup, and that the zippers and materials used seem to be of high quality. It is an excellent tent value.****I'm not a active backpacking camper nor have I done any camping in many years, but an upcoming trip finds me anticipating some camping along the way in the interest of reducing my trip costs as well as supporting some photography/astrophotography adventures. Although just myself, I favored buying a tent that could easily accommodate two people with an ample amount of gear inside the tent or, if the size of the vestibules was enough, at least provide good cover for gear outside the tent. I particularly liked this FE Active Grindvik tent did not have a common 7x7-ft. floor but more nearly an 8x7-ft. floor that allowed a bit more sense of separation from the sides of the tent when sleeping. The 52-inch height is also nice, given many are 48 inches or less.Setup and teardown is easy, but not fast...at least not yet for me. Quick enough though with no complaints on that. But, to facilitate setting up the canopy I do have a tip to offer: Tie-down straps that secure around the support rods are provided that must in fact be tied down. I greatly favor clips or Velcro for that purpose, so I chose to cut four 3-inch strips of Velcro One Wrap and then tie the canopy straps to those. Then, when it comes time to attach the canopy to the support rods, it is very easy to secure by just wrapping the strips of One Wrap around each rod, no tying required.No footprint is provided with this tent, nor did I see a suitable one being offered by FE Active. So, for that purpose I bought a Redcamp 95x83" footprint for $20, and it fits this tent perfectly.Perhaps the only negative I have about the tent, but for which I didn't discount my rating by any stars, is the absence of guylines for the center loops at the sides of the canopy, presumably the manufacturer just expecting you to stake those down directly. But, I favor guylines to tautly pull the canopy away from the tent for better airflow. I made my own from paracord and some very useful aluminum cord tensioners (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VGBHYJL) that I also added to the existing guylines for the fastest setup and adjustment possible. I also made 4 more such guylines for tying out the vestibules to a taut, open position although I'm not sure how useful I'll find that to be.

I bought this 3-4 person tent for myself for camping with the Scouts in northern MN. I needed something with vertical enough sides so that I could fit my 16" tall Ozark Trail North Fork Cot that I've had for years. I had about 2" between my cot and the walls. Perfect. I did buy the 95x83 Redcamp tarp for a ground cloth, to help protect the floor of the tent. Just right. I also got a few extra bright orange, aluminum Walmart stakes. The tent was a breeze to setup, quicker than the Scouts Marmot tents. I actually set it up minutes before a storm rolled in. All in all during its inaugural week it survived 2 storms and a torrential downpour. In fact, during the downpour the rain fly was left open for a few minutes, but the tight mesh of the screen only let a little water in. I was able to wipe it up with a single paper towel. I really appreciated the rain fly vents during the night and evening as it was quite warm and humid.I did have one mishap with the tent. Specifically the rain fly tie down anchor point. I am not sure if I had it anchored too tight, someone tripped in the dark (the anchors and anchor ropes are black), or what happened, but during camp pack up I noticed the anchor point had ripped off. That evening I emailed FE Active hoping they had an idea how to go about how to fix it myself and included pictures. Danica got back to me in the evening, on the weekend (!) to help me out. They didn't have any replacement rain flys available, so she sent me a whole replacement tent! I am going to look at replacing the anchor ropes with some reflective para cord just in case.I am very happy with this tent and FE Active's customer service. I would recommend this tent for anyone, especially parents camping with their Scout groups.

I used this tent as my shelter while traveling for a few months strait breaking camp most every morning and setting up every night I am happy to say the tent itself held up very well and I started in November and was useng it during several snow storms (with a smaller child backyard tent inside it) and my dogs and I were able to stay nice and warm and the way the exterior rain fly is set up makes it not only very easy to use with one person and two dogs but also if it was needed makes it easy to place an extra insulating layer that you can then sinch down with the adjustable tensioning clips of the rain fly.... just don't block the vents when the snow piles up around the base of the fly it stops all ventilation unless the vents are used so be careful but you should not need to worry about it if you are not getting snow piled on you and I know most won't be in that situation. the only complaint I have is that the stakes while looking and feeling like good quality are easily bent at the top end and being aluminum alloy they just break off if bent at all and the stakes are necessary to use the tent if you don't stake it, it will not be very good at all that said everything else was perfect and I'm very happy with it.

I bought this tent for a 10 day river camping trip. We have several 2 and 3 person tents from Sierra Designs, North Face, and Big Agnes. This tent hit the sweet spot for roominess, light weight, and affordable. Perfect for an extended river trip. Nice and airy without the rainfly. Had cool fall temperatures and some brief rain.Easy to set up, good head room, and good quality materials and craftmanship.Cons: the two minimal pockets. The tie at the peak instead of a clip like our other tents.Happy with the purchase.

Very good , the only reason I stopped using it was because I needed a larger tent. I'm to old to wiggle around in a small tent . Light weight. Stands up against wind and no leaks. Motorcycle camped with it cross country several times .

Recién la uso mi hijo en una campamento en montaña de 3 días, con lluvias fuertes y constantes, amplia, comoda, facil de montar y desmontar, Super ceca, muy buena resistencia a vientos moderados, creemos que también a fuertes, pero no tuvimos, Excelente casa de campana

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Rapport qualité prix excellent. Je recommande

Bought this tent in April, finaly got to use it this weekend. I had to leave a review as at the price point (under CA$100) it is great value, a well thought out tent with lots of nice little touches that show it was engineered by a camper.Quick & easy to effect, came with decent tent pegs, not the old fashioned ones. I liked the pockets the inner tent had for storing your wallet, phone glasses etc. I really like the double side entrances, & there was a lot of thought by the designer into the outer tent entry flaps with enough room to store gear you might not want in the tent, but you want to keep under shelter. Even the outer vents are a great design, and the little clip inside for hanging lanterns was also a nice touch.The tent is light & compact, the built in ground sheet is strong (the root and small tree stump I inadvertently set up over didn't pierce it). The morning dew/overnight condensation did not transfer through to the inner tent.The only annoyance was at 6'2 if I stretch my legs length ways I would touch the sides of the tent due to the curvature. But it's wide enough that for one person use you can lay diagonally and stretch out.I wasn't offered anything to write a review, I was just so impressed after my first usage of it that I wanted to write a review.