COLEMAN 14X10 CABIN/HAMPTON TENT (Like Wal-Mart MAX tent)

Just a video of the setup and use of my Coleman 14X10 Family Tent from Target. it was called the Hampton when I bought it. I think it may have been discontinued. It is a huge tent with vertical walls and it goes up with one person in about 20-40 minutes. Takedown is a little longer because it always takes longer but it fits in the bag nicely if you roll it a few times to get the air out.

It is similar to Wal-Mart's MAX Cabin tent (13X9) but it is bigger. Here are the major differences: THe Max tent is ugly for one, has lower corners, the big square windows on the wal-mart tent allow more air in, but don't close at the top, so they can flap in high winds. The wal-mart tent only has one rigid D-door. The wal-mart tent DOES have nifty flaps that run along the entire width of both sides of the tent so it probably stays cool better on hot days. The target tent has one vent on one side but it zips shut. I've camped in it down into the 40s and as long as you put the partition up the sleeping area stays bearable. A propane heater heats the whole tent up in 10 minutes or less to 60-65 degrees when it's 40 outside. The Coleman tent's power port has a zipper so you can snug it around an extension cord.

It withstood a huge thunderstorm with no leaks. I only threw the tarp over the roof in case a tree limb fell on the tent but it weathered the first storm without the tarp just fine. It's really a fantastic tent. The people in the campground called it "The Nylon RV."

To be fair to wal-mart, their MAX tent comes with a room divider that zips up the middle, with storage pockets the target tent's divider did not have. Also, the wal-mart tent comes with two hanging shelvecs and a ceiling net the target tent didn't have.

the target tent has better lines I think so there was an aesthetic decision for me. The wal-mart tent is lighter and packs down smaller though and costs $40 less. But you get what you pay for. It's not that wal-mart has a better price, it's that it has a smaller tent with only one rigid door. Either one should make anyone very happy.

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[JoshHeathMacElvain]

Is it seriously WATERPROOF?

[IUSB99]

@JoshHeathMacElvain Yeah it's waterproof like an umbrella is waterproof. You don't want like a RUBBER tent because you get condensation and no air circulation and it's too heavy. If you put your finger up against an umbrella, water will come through becuase the water wicks to your finger. Likewise with a tent you want to keep things away from the fabric in a rain storm. The tent walls are practically vertical so if youo stake out the fly the water drips off without touching the tent sides.

[PhlintRock]

We have been camping with this tent for 2 years. Survived a Monsoon for 2 hours 40 mph gusts and six inches of rain in that time with no leaks. Easy to put up and goes up so much faster when you have been doing it for a while!

[IUSB99]

@PhlintRock that's good to know. It's kind of pain to take down singlehandedly but at least it doesn't have odd corners and things to flutter in the wind. In fact it's pretty EASY to set up in wind as long as you leave the doors and windows unzipped and stake it down good.

[Wayneman117]

very nice,but I wouldn't get it from Walmart....just me.

[IUSB99]

@Wayneman117 You can only buy this tent at Target. The manufacturers make it hard to price/model shop by giving each chain a different set of tents with slightly different features. Wal-Marts MAX tent LOOKS like it costs $20 less than the target tent but it has $20 less features, too.

[Wayneman117]

How ya liking the tent, haven't found any exact videos for mind yet. But yours is simular. Just got mind today,Dec-22-Its the 9 person 10x14 Praire View by COLEMAN...good and bad about yours?

[basha1133]

Loved the music Kurt Elling? Gotta love people with good taste.

[PhlintRock]

@iusb99 I agree, we usually pull all but the center supports first then the back then the front and it comes down pretty easy with one person that way.