Coleman Elite WeatherMaster 6 Tent Review
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| Product Code | B001RPIOMI |
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| Price | $251.41 |
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Product Details
- Color: Multi Colored
- Brand: Coleman
- Model: 2000004666
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 75.98" h x
106.30" w x
204.72" l,
Features
- Sleeps 6 people comfortably in 2 rooms, with a 17 x 9-Feet footprint and 80-Inch center height
- Sets up in 20 minutes or less
- LED tent light with 3 settings (High, Low, Nightlight)
- Screened porch for your gear and enjoying the elements and keeping bugs out
- 2 Doors including an easy-in-and-out hinged door
- Sleeps 6 people comfortably in 2 rooms, with a 17 x 9-Feet footprint and 80-Inch center height
- Sets up in 20 minutes or less
- LED tent light with 3 settings (High, Low, Nightlight)
- Screened porch for your gear and enjoying the elements and keeping bugs out
- 2 Doors including an easy-in-and-out hinged door
Product Description
From the built-in lighting system, to the screened porch, to the hinged door and Auto-Roll window design, to Coleman's WeatherTec system guaranteed to keep out wind and rain, the Coleman Elite Weathermaster 6 Screened Tent is packed with features for comfort and convenience at the campsite. The tent sleeps 6 people comfortably in 2 rooms, with a footprint of 17'x9' and a center height of 6'8". The hinged door swings open and closed; it includes a rigid pole frame support structure that is easy to install and take down. The 2nd door zips closed securely. The integrated LED lighting system provides a bright, useful light -- enough to read by at night -- with 3 settings (High, Low, and Nightlight). Coleman's Comfort System allows control of airflow with vented Cool-Air Port/Cooler Port, privacy vent window, interior gear pocket and electrical access port. Color-coded 19mm steel and 6.3mm fiberglass poles, continuous pole sleeves plus InstaClip attachments and an exclusive pin-and-ring design assure quick and easy setup even for beginners. Coleman's new Auto-Roll Window lets you instantly roll windows up, partially up to your liking, or all the way down, to suit your privacy or ventilation preference. "Negative-angle" windows allow the window to be partially or fully open during a mild rain: a primary structural pole creates an overhang to protect the window and provide ventilation and viewing during an afternoon shower or gentle nighttime rain.
Customer Reviews
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65 of 66 people found the following review helpful.
Great Tent
By Jesse B Bartholomew
Note: This is a photocopy of the same review I gave on another site, going to try and post more of the pictures that I wasn't able to on that site here.This has to be the best tent that I have had the opportunity to own. I own or have access to Coleman, Wenzel and various other brand tents but only Coleman tents seem to last the best for this class. Heck my last Coleman is now 25-30 years old and it is still usable, though it is now on the small side as that was the tent I grew up in. As for class I mean Family/Car camping tents.Simple setup and take down. Took only half an hour to put up by myself, only needed a little help with the rainfly. As a side note though I do have to say that users may need to ignore the instructions to raise the poles up to the high or third hole after raising the tent up. At first setup mine was tight enough as it was. Rainfly coverage was excellent, but if there is a high wind and rain, the middle section may have some rain coming in from the screen on the top, the one that is a skylight without the rainfly on. No floor in the screened in area, but thats no big for me. Screens themselves are not no-see-um mesh so keep that in mind. A common comment on last years model was that the tent acted like a wind sock due the the fact the back section had no screen. This years model does have a screen window on the high side of the rear section. Just like the other windows this one can also be zipped shut. Self rolling windows are an interesting idea, though they took me down memory lane and the snap bracelets of the early nineties, mostly cause they function exactly the same way. The biggest difference is that these are not covered in fabric as the bracelets were, so when putting these in only an adult should do it. The supposed injuries due to the bracelets can also occur here but possibly more easily. If you can handle a 1" wide metal tape measure without a problem though I reckon you should be fine. Sleeping accommodations are a little relative, for me I feel this tent can sleep two or three comfortably, with cots or air-beds, a cooler and a chuck-box. If you just want to sleep in it the stated sleeping area is about right, but be prepared for waking everyone up if you have to get up in the middle of the night.Now the most important part, for me at least, Waterproofness. Can't say how it will handle in a real rainstorm but I will tell you this, it held up good to the settings on my garden hose, with a friend standing inside. To give you an idea what settings I used, one was a fan setting (this puts out an arch that about 90 degrees on a flat plain, I like it cause it creates fairly realistic water droplets at a fairly low pressure). The other was a needle setting (this does just what is says creates a needle of water about the diameter of a wide grip pen, its high pressure). The fan one I used on the sides and the roof at a distance of about 6 feet from the tent for about 2 minutes on each section. Had no leaking issues other that the issue mentioned above were water came in through the middle section on top. Rain-fly worked great as well. The latter I used on the seams. For about thirty seconds to a minute I sprayed each seam to see if any leaks showed up, I thought something had to show up with this setting. To my amazement nothing did. So other than some rain coming in over the middle section there really wasn't an issue.All in all this is a great all around tent, and in my opinion stays true to the Coleman name. Only time will tell if it holds up to my old Coleman.Edit as of July 28th 2009: After taking this tent out camping in the Black Hills of South Dakota I have a few things to add to the review. First I was out there for five nights and on each of those nights it rained. For the sake of honesty one leak did pop up and that was in the rear room at the base of the two large windows where the spring ends. Outside of that it performed flawlessly. We even had a few strong wind gusts that would have toppled my old dome tent. One of these rainstorms was strong enough that a mountain not 200-300 yards away could not be seen from the screen room. Also, all this was accomplished using only the original Coleman waterproofing. I haven't had to put any on myself yet. Another note dealing with the poles after all that rain I did find some rust on the poles as I was storing them after striking camp. However, for me I consider this normal wear and tear.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful.
Initial construction flaws aside, it's a nice tent.
By L. Poland
For this review, I'm not really sure where to begin. It's a long one, so a cup of coffee may be in order.I needed a new tent to replace a dome tent (7'x9' Coleman) that we've had for 11 years. After careful consideration and much research, I went with the Coleman Elite WeatherMaster 6.(As a note, the screened area does NOT have a tub floor, and the lighting system uses an LED bulb.)This tents first trip out was into the middle of nowhere, set up in a field as a base camp for hunting. I was on my own, and couldn't have been looking more forward to the solitude for 10 days.When the tent arrived, I did an initial setup and seam seal. No real issues, and the tent went up without a hitch... sans one issue.***** ***** *****Issue #1: The internal light fixture (which is LED, off a 4 D-cell battery pack) did not work. Whether it is the bulb or the fixture, I cannot say. The switch, which is on door side of the tent, glowed as it should so power was making it from the battery pack through the fixture and to the switch.***** ***** *****The tent was carefully taken down, packed up and ready for its first trip.I made it to camp with about 2 hours of daylight left. Plenty of time, right? Sans a little wind (20-25, with slightly higher gusts) everything was fine. I selected a nice level spot, and staked out my tarp. Once the tarp was down, I staked out the tent corners, keeping the narrow enclosed (bedroom) end into the wind (south), and put the poles together. Another hand would have been nice, but it was manageable.The poles easily went into place, and I started to raise them and secure into the loops. With 2 of the 4 pole assemblies up, and working on the 3rd, a big gust of wind came up and presented issue #2.***** ***** *****Issue #2: Both corner stakeout loops on the same end (enclosed "bedroom" end) ripped right off of the tent in a wind gust, which also ended up bending 2 individual poles.***** ***** *****Aside: Before anyone says it, yes the tent was staked out correctly and securely. In hindsight, I believe it was a one in a million chance (with the combination of poles up) that lead to a perfect situation.Having no other options, I gathered my wits and got things back into place with some weight on the corners while I surveyed the damage. Finding 2 poles that were bent (both were leg poles, bent right where the natural bend is which fits into the cross poles on top), I did the best I could to return them to their initial degree of bend as the sun was setting fast.I worked quickly to rearrange the poles, so that the non-bent poles were on the windy (south) end of the tent.Prior to giving it a second go, something had to be done about the loss of corner strength. I made a quick call to place a case of water in one corner, and my dutch oven in the other so I could get the tent raised. This worked, although the wind was still fairly decent.The tent went up the second time without issue, although the damaged poles created a bit of an issue yet to be seen.Once fully up, and fully staked out, it was time for the fly to go on, and none too soon.The fly went on fine, initially. As I secured the straps and cords, from south to north, I began to notice a problem. With the poles bent, it created just enough unevenness with the top to make the fly slightly off kilter. It was pulled to one end (the screened area) more than the other (by about 2-3"), as well as to what would have been the northwest corner by a couple of inches.Trying to massage it for about 15 minutes proved unsuccessful, so I just went with what it gave me.I staked out the fly, and then doubled the stakeout points with my own cord. (Para cord... awesome stuff.)Once fully staked down, even in what was 25-30mph with gusts to 35mph or so, the tent was stable and I added a little more weight to each corner which had the stakeout loops come off. Surprisingly, while not the tightest method of securing it, it did work out as well as one could hope.***** ***** *****With the above 2 issues, I believe them to be more quality control related. I don't believe the loops were sewn well enough, thus causing their separation from the tent and hardly leaving and trace on the tent itself. The dome light also seems to have been an issue for a few other people.Coleman will be honoring their warranty, and while naturally I was disappointed, sometimes things happen. They shouldn't, but on occasion they do.***** ***** *****So enough of the bad stuff. Let's get on to what saves this review from being a 1 or 2 star.The wind didn't let up for the better part of the next 5 days. Several times I was really, really nervous after what had happened during setup. I maybe should have turned the tent around after that, but it just didn't seem logical to put the screened room into the wind with the flat inner "wall" into the tent.This tent held up well during those 5 days, although it would make a little noise (more than would be expected) but I think most of the flapping was from it not having the proper tension due to the missing corner stakes keeping it completely taut. The extra lines out also helped without a doubt.I did get a little rain, but not too much more than a decent shower. However, I still managed to stay dry. The fly DID leak, however that was a result from it being off kilter because of the poles. Thankfully that part was positioned over the screened area, and was only from the fly touching the top. Had it been correctly seated, it would not have leaked.***** ***** *****Spaciousness...***** ***** *****This tent is big, but not overly so. I did not have the two inner rooms divided, and around my queen air mattress I had about 18 inches of room. I had the head of the bed about 6" from the screened-in area "wall", and the same from the back "wall" opposite the door. Granted, I had more gear inside the tent and in the way then I planned. Even still, it was pretty decent. Had I been able to better utilize the space, I'm sure it could have been a little more roomy. My initial plan was to have the air mattress across the tent on the one end, with space to sit and move in the middle.Since it was just me, it didn't really matter.***** ***** *****In summary...***** ***** *****Initially, while trying to piece together my plan of attack when the loops separated, all I could think about was returning the tent and getting the Cougar Flats II.It was the performance, even in a damaged state, which turned me around on it and saved this review.To be honest, it really is a decent tent. Had the loops been sewn properly and not come off, this would easily be a much higher rated review. Had my experience and knowledge been less, I may have been much more upset about it. You would think that when you're only an hour away from a companies headquarters, that their product would be well suited. In general, it was. It held its ground through much worse than what ripped the loops off. It was just that right gust at just the right time that did it. What are the odds?The key to success in the wind, upon looking back, was certainly the extra lines staking it down. That seems like common sense though, at least to me. If one is well prepared, any issue can be adapted to and overcome.I was really surprised at how well it did end up performing, even in the wind of the great plains. I will admit that I should have been out longer. With severe storms in the forecast, as well as 45-50mph sustained winds with gusts to 60+ for a day and a half, I made the smart call and struck camp. The storms didn't hit, but the wind was ferocious. I'm glad I wasn't out in it.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.My little condo
By R. Scoggins
A condo, that's what our new tent feels like. Loved the screened porch, the light system and hindged door. We have teased everyone that we bought a new condo. Oh, I almost forgot about the roll-up windows. Took my girlfriend camping for the first time with this tent and I thought the extra features would help to settle her in to camping life and I was right. No fighting during set-up either. We took a few moments to lay out the poles and wow...set-up was a breeze. Everything fit nicely back in the bag too. If you are looking for a camping experience with a few extras, this is the tent for you.
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