Coleman Tents Review - Coleman Camping Tents Guide And Types

Coleman tents reviewed to help you find the advantages and disadvantages of choosing the coleman weathermaster tent, coleman sundome, and other coleman tent types.

Some tent buyers report there love for coleman camping tents, whilst others disagree and dont believe coleman lives up to its standards compared to other gear, coleman the company provides.

These are some of the most popular coleman tents, including the coleman family dome tent and car camping tents produced.

• Coleman Weathermaster Tents
• Coleman Exponent Tent
• Coleman Montana tent
• Coleman Sundome
• Coleman Red Canyon
• Coleman Evanston Tent

Many will agree coleman offer tents for the budget minded recreational campers. Not all people can afford the most expensive tent types and have to weigh up costs, suitability for there camping needs without compromising quality.

Coleman Tents - The Company

Over 100 yrs ago W.C. Coleman had a vision and started producing high quality lanterns and became very successful with providing lanterns for American troops in WW1.

After 1946 car camping was the, in thing. Families loved the freedom of camping which enabled coleman the company to have its boom time, whilst producing quality camping equipment that campers needed and loved.

Coleman tents and sleeping bags were added to the outdoor line in 1962.

Popular Coleman Tents Review

• Elite Weathermaster 6 person screened tent
• Weathermaster 4 person screened tent
• Weathermaster 6 person screened tent
• Weathermaster 8 person tent
• Weathermaster 10 person tent

The Weathermaster is a family cabin style tent. The difference between the models is size, 3 have screened rooms and the elite model provides an Integrated lighting system amongst other different features.

Fortunately, the Weathermaster is a coleman tent we are able to give credit and decent ratings for. They are able to meet the needs of a family camping and deserved a reviews page of its own to cover the different features.

The Sundome coleman dome tent has 8 sizes including 1 elite model. These are base camp, or car camping tents that will not support backpacking trips, due to weight being over 9 lbs.

The Coleman SunDome 7-Foot by 7-Foot 3-Person Dome Tent is definitely not a bad budget option. This model is more suitable for 2 people, a couple camping 2 or 3 times a year. There is no vestibule for storage, so gear and two people will be sleeping.

Features include pole sleeves that are continuous, requiring the poles to be threaded, centre height is 52in that is enough for sitting up. Length should suffice for the 6ft guys.

The upper rain fly only covers the door and windows that works fine in warm weather camping conditions. There has been no complaints although the fly is only an upper cover.

These use corded fibre glass poles that are not the best poles because they break easier than others. However for approx $50 you will not get DAC featherlites, so fibreglass poles are standard for this price range. It is worth being aware of how flimsy they can be when setting up, to take care of your investment.

Overall, this base camp tent is worth the money for those casual campers that go camping 2 or 3 times a year. Its advisable to buy better tent stakes to replace the flimsy ones and seam seal the seams.

The exponent is a backpacking and hiking tent model.

The three main types:

• Coleman Exponent Kraz X1 - 1 person
• Coleman Exponent Tyl X2 - 2 Person
• Coleman Exponent Heka X2 - 2 Person
• Coleman Exponent Avior X2 - 2 Person

These are reasonable priced for backpacking tents. However, spending less for a backpacking tent will sacrifice some features that spending a little more would avoid.

The Kraz X1 max weight is 3lbs 7 oz. This is a fly pitch tent first, which makes setting up in the rain easier avoiding the inner tent getting wet. The inner tent is clipped inside the fly, once set up.

Two aluminium poles are used for set up and the vestibule provides gear storage room. Aluminium poles are lighter and stronger than fiberglass.

For under $100 this is not a bad buy again for a coleman tent. If your just getting started then this could be a good start up backpacking tent. If you would like to invest in a better quality camping tent then take a look at others.

Coleman Tents Reviewed

Coleman Exponent Tent rated much better than thought, we reviewed the avior X2, TYL X2 and Heka X2 Coleman tents backpacking range to find out more

Coleman Weathermaster Tent has top ratings for cabin style family tents available, Coleman weathermaster tents include the 8 person, 6 person and elite model

Coleman Sundome Tent is the budget option camping tent, with various opinions on how the Coleman Sundome tents performs, its likely these Coleman tents will not suit everyone's needs

Coleman Montana Tent models are family size tents with the smallest being the 4 man tent and the largest being the Coleman 8 person tent, also the elite model comes with added features