![]() ![]() The tent needed to fit two adult women (neither of us is small), our gear and a 62 lb dog. We wanted this tent for car camping with an eye towards some very short backpacking trips. Our major factors in selecting a tent were price, how hot the tent was inside (we live in Texas), ease of set up, weight, and space. Overall, we are very happy with this tent. We purchased the Tetragon 8 to replace an old store branded dome style Eureka tent from 1998. I could not find anything to do the seams in the corners where the pegs go, but all the seam tape seemed fine with no cracks or lifting. Not sure if my waterproofing technique is bad, or if the Kiwi product isn't good. The fly looked like it absorbed some water but there was still lots of beading. Returning for the night the corner puddles were gone. I cut some drain channels around the tent and went back to socializing at my uncle's site. The corners did leak leaving puddles after 20 hours or so of on-off heavy rain, only the corners. Rain heavy at times with breaks total abbout 20-30 mm over 36h. *UPDATE* I used three cans of Kiwi Heavy Duty Water Repellent on the fly and along the tent bottom (but not the actual bottom ran out of spray :() and took it out with a proper rain. I would get another Eureka!, just maybe a tad smaller. ![]() It didn't leak last year, but you could see the raindrops starting to absorb into the fly so it will need a spraying this year and that isn't bad seeing as this should be done each year. We don't check the weather we go when we have time and it has been fine in all conditions we faced. To date it has seen four or five years of use from spring to fall a dozen times a year. It can be difficult to find enough level ground to pitch it. Might be able to big canoe it as long as there are no portages along the way to your campsite. Size: It is big, you are not backpacking it anywhere. It is a shame because with some small modifications the design could have supported this. I managed to rig a way to do this but since it wasn't designed that way the inner tent cannot be hooked up if conditions or intentions changed. Stakes: All tents are sold with crappy stakes, it is the way of things.ĭesign: If they would have sold it with a fitted ground sheet with pole hooks so that the tent could be pitched with just the fly like an awning it would have made this behemoth more useful. You can however (if you have a stick or poles) guy out the doors like awnings but this won't work well in higher winds. The front and back entry ways look like they have good sized fly overhangs but really they don't It isn't even enough to get under to open the tent in the rain. I think it could hold up well if your pegs are secure.įly: The fly is good and waterproof but it leaves little room for gear you don't want in the tent. ![]() The poles are thick and there are lots of tie outs. I have not had it out in anything too serious but 40kmh to 50kmh gusts were fine. Stability: For a big tent it handles winds pretty well. If you leave the fly on in the summer it is an oven though, but if you roll up the fly some around the tent the air flow will keep it cooler. Still it was better than the cheap one I got from a camping set and better than many I borrowed.Īir Flow: Never seen condensation in ours, been in rain, fall, early spring, late summer, hot hot days with cold nights no issues. ![]() Price-Quality Ratio: Price to quality I thought was good but I see others got a much better price. The aspect of the tents floor is the same used by most tarps so any standard poly tarp from the hardware fits great as a ground sheet. You can sit in it out of the sun or use it as a bug net tent. Lots of space to set up cots or chairs with big open doors with awnings. I was familiar with Eureka! and decided to go for it we needed a tent asap for the July 1st celebrations and my wife indicated a desire to have a "big" tent to use for car camping and summer visits home. I recall the next cheapest tent of similar size was a store brand, a brand I was familiar with and not impressed by, and it was still a good $20 more. Either tariffs are high on camping gear from the US or I should have done my research.Įither way I am not so much disappointed as it is a good tent, better than any I had before it, and compared to what was available at the store it was the best buy. Even if that is USD I still paid way more than everyone else. I am saying this because I look up to the other comments of under $100 and the MSRP listed of $139.99 (I think it isn't shown on this page). #Tetragon 8 2 room tent plusI got this tent for about $199.99 CAD on sale plus tax between 2015-2016, and it was marked down 75 percent on Clearance. ![]()
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