Coleman

Camp Burst Dark Room Tent: 4-Person

Good attempt, but lots of room for perfection

The tent goes up quickly, but then there are 13 stakes to drive in. The dark room "technology" is only on the walls and ceiling which does keep out a nice amount of light making it easier to sleep when it's still light outside. The floor and tub are not dark so the bottom of the walls glow with the outside light. After one use, we've noticed the dark walls are just a coating on the fabric and is peeling so now we we have "stars" in our dark room. The taped seams are good, but the tent is not waterproof. At each of the four windows, there is a pill and loop to hold the rolled up window in the open position. The pill is on the inside while the loop is on the outside and they are using the same fabric piece which goes underneath the taped seam. With the windows closed and the tent in the rain (steady drizzle), the loops on the outside soak up water and wick it inside thus getting gear inside wet. In addition, the walls begin leaking as they can't withstand a drizzle very well and become saturated with water. The cute little rainfly does keep the ceiling dry though. The tent held up to high winds just fine. I question the durability of the poles as they are plastic which will eventually break and likely not repairable since they are not a standard-style pole. Once one fails and replacement parts cannot be had, the whole tent will go to the landfill which is not a good idea.