How many times have you been on a camping trip and by the time you finally arrive at your campsite, the last thing you feel like doing is hassling with your tent? Maybe there's not a lot of daylight left. Maybe it's raining. Maybe you are all cranky and hungry from the journey. Maybe you forgot or lost a part of a tent pole. It can be a frustrating moment.
We recently learned of a tent that eliminates this problem: The Coleman Instant tent. This tent comes with the poles pre-attached to the tent. You literally pull it from your trunk, spread it out, and with a few bends of the poles, you have a four-person tent ready to go. Coleman claims it takes 60 seconds. It could be faster than that. The tent is a little heavy, so it's best used with a car to haul it around (the six-person tent weighs 25 pounds). For 2011, Coleman has three sizes—the 8'x7', the 10'x9', and the 14'x8'. The seams are taped so you don't need an additional rain fly.
With this tent, you can't lose a piece or forget how the assembly works. You won't bicker with your companions about who will wrestle with putting it together. Just pop the tent into position and move on to more critical tasks, such as getting dinner started or finding a good place to catch the sunset. We think this tent could relieve a lot of the interpersonal tensions of a camping trip. That alone is worth the $137-$242.00 price tag.—Mary Anne Potts
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Well yes. This is my favorite. I love it. I go for lake cumping every year. This is awesome.
Posted by: Pattaya guesthouse | January 09, 2012 at 08:00 PM
This tent looks like it would take care of one of my least favorite parts of camping. To be honest it's not so much the setting up that bother me, it's taking the tent back down again. I can never seem to get it to fit back into the back the way that it was before.
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Posted by: m | August 22, 2011 at 04:48 PM
I remember camping with my relatives..mmmh that was last march I remember. It was fun, and I love doing it again this christmas....Family bonding time is far more cool than hanging out with my friends. Well, I love my friends and they're all nice to me...but Christmas is a perfect time to be with my family...and to be filled with love.
Posted by: Tutor | August 18, 2011 at 05:11 AM
"Going back to the corner where I first saw you gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move..." a lyrics of my favorite song. I so miss those time when we were still close with my college friends...we always hang every weekend...do camping, fishing...miss you guys.
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Posted by: lightweight tents | May 24, 2011 at 05:00 PM
Just pop the tent into position and move on to more critical tasks, such as getting dinner started or finding a good place to catch the sunset.
Posted by: jb007 | March 28, 2011 at 03:59 AM
I been camping and setting up tents for about 30 years. I like the fact that this tent sets up quicker. I heard from some people who own this tent that it thats longer then 60 sec to set up but he had it up in 3 mins. Thats still good in my book.
Posted by: Coleman Instant Tent 8-14" x 10' | March 17, 2011 at 05:37 PM
It´s always my job to put up the tent so this would make it a whole lot easier!
Posted by: Red Bull hats | March 08, 2011 at 02:12 AM
i like camping!
especially near some water to fish!!
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Posted by: ferragamo shoes | March 04, 2011 at 07:44 PM
This sounds amazing... It is always tough for me to take my boys out and control them while we set up the tent. This may save me a lot of gray hairs.
Posted by: Andreas | March 04, 2011 at 11:34 AM
The four-person version is TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS??? It's a little heavy is a bit of an understatement. What is this thing made of, chain mail? For $200 you can get something much better than a cheap chinese-made Coleman tent.
Posted by: erick | March 03, 2011 at 10:41 AM
It´s always my job to put up the tent so this would make it a whole lot easier!
Posted by: Dutch Harbor Alaska | March 03, 2011 at 03:52 AM
This a great product for adventurer person like me I love camping in Baguio during holiday season.
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