Customer Reviews

Coleman WeatherMaster 10 Tent

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I've just read all the other reviews here and I just don't get it. I purchased this tent in summer of '10. Anyone who camps knows the first thing you need to do is put some Camp Dry on your tent. We set the tent up and put Camp Dry on it. The next night we got hit with what felt like a monsoon. It was literally 24 straight hours of non-stop pouring rain. We were dry as could be. We camp a lot and everyone raves about our tent when they see it. As far as set-up goes, this tent is easier than any I've ever set up. Basically 3 poles and your done. One person can do it in 20 minutes or so but a team of two can have it done it 5 minutes. Its just me and my girlfriend who use it so there is TONS of room. The swinging door is an awesome feature and on nice evenings when you open all the windows and the rain fly is off you get a cool breeze blowing through even on the hottest of nights. As far as water puddling, make sure you pull the rain fly tight. The water is going to run off and pool around the tent but if you've done your job and put camp dry on all of the seams you'll be dry as can be. I highly recommend this tent to anyone looking for a good quality inexpensive large tent. But do yourself a favor, buy a tarp big enough to fit under the tent for floor coverage and use camp dry on the tent. You'll have no problems.

Went round and round for a large tent for car camping, you know, when the whole tribe goes.
Got out this weekend for the first time with the WeatherMaster 10.

1) Setup was easy with one person, pretty windy so the fly was a little bit of a challenge, but doable alone.
2) Well made, well designed product. We had three full size men in there, all with oversized cots and all our gear. Pleanty of room.
3) Ventilates really well.
4. FULL DAY of steady rain on Saturday, found only one leak in a corner, maybe 3 tablespoons of water; didn't have time to get the seams sealed before heading out. Will cover that when I set it up to clean. Did very well though, it was a LOT of rain.

Very happy with the purchase.

After owning a previous tent for over ten years, it was time for a new one. I have skimped on price before but ultimately wound back up with the Coleman line. They just sell great reliable product. I did a lot of research and decided to go with the Coleman WeatherMaster 10 tent. I have two young daughters and my wife, this tent is the perfect size for a long weekend.
I set it up by myself in about 20-25 minutes. I recommend getting some help and the time will be cut in half. It was very easy to set up, although the directions sewn inside the bag are a little rough to read. I suggest printing out a copy from Coleman's website and follow them. Definitely set the tent up before you head out to familiarize yourself with it. You will see it is very easy.
It is a very large and roomy tent. It only has two spacious rooms, but do you really need more than that?? I have seen other reviews where people had mentioned it looked cheaply constructed. I disagree! The seams are very strong as well as the floor. The tent itself feels like a parachute type material. It feels very resilient to me. . . The one complaint I have which in all reality I guess you can't get away from, is that getting it back into the bag was a chore; I don't think I have ever has a tent go back into its case very easily. I don't understand why they don't make "stuff" tents yet in this day and age. It would be nice to just stuff that sucker right into a bag instead of rolling it up and dealing with the frustration. Anyway, just eye up the bag first and make tight rolls and it will go back in OK. I highly recommend this tent and know you will enjoy it as well.

Just bought this tent 3/2011 from amazon for $200 And I love it. Haven't set up a tent in 25yrs, and was able to set it up in 30 mph wind in about 30 minutes. Later in the day, 40 mph gusts and Heavy rain 1+ inches an hour at times, with no seam or weather proofing, And this tent held true to its name weather master. Sealers are not required with this tent it is already done from Coleman. Says it on the box don't waste money on useless sealers, Just do your job set the tent up right. without sagging and wrinkled floors. Make sure the rain fly is not touching the screen roof of the tent and you should have no problems. HAPPY CAMPING

Did allot of homework prior to buying this tent. The tent will be used for family car camping. I have not set up a tent in years so I just set it up in the backyard for a test run. It took about 20 minutes with my 4 and 6 year old kids lending a hand. I found the set up process very intuitive, if I got jammed up I read the instructions that are sewn into the tent bag for the helpful hint. Once set up the tent is very roomy and will have no problem to fit the four of us I also like the fact that I can stand inside. The construction appears to be OK, better than other tents I have had in the past. I chose this tent for 3 main reasons:

1 The rain tarp overhanging the windows looks like it will keep you dryer than other tents in this class
2 The front door is cool
3 The price was right. We are casual campers we do not need a [...] tent for once or twice a year outings.

The true test will be next weekend when we go camping!

My fiance and I have been looking for a tent for quite some time, and although we don't have a family, we've wanted a large tent. After shopping around both online and in stores, we decided on purchasing the WeatherMaster 10. Needless to say, it was a great purchase.

Certainly, there is some hyperbolic marketing taking place when stating this is a 10 person tent. With 10 sleeping bags, I don't understand how you'd have room for anything else! However, we were able to place two, large queen blow-up mattresses on either side of the tent and still had plenty of room for movement and bags with another couple sharing the tent.

Though I'd say it isn't big enough for 10 people (in a practical manner), the tent was surprisingly tall. I'm 6'1" and was able to walk from end to end without having to bend over. Nice! The provided room divider is a little cheap, but I guess it does the job. I do, however, like that the room divider does not reach the very top of the tent. That allowed for a single hanging light to shine on both sides.

A few reviews said this tent was very difficult to set up. I was able to set it up for the first time within 20 minutes--much of the time spent reading directions. It is so simple that I now have it memorized after one assembly. It goes up within 10 minutes! This was the one thing I was worried about as I was torn between this tent and one of Coleman's "instant" tents. I'm glad I decided on this as it's a much roomier tent and is still easy to assemble.

Overall I have very few complaints. There is ample ventilation (kudos on the all mesh roof--heat rises), the hinged door completely changes the way I think about tents (I will never own another non-hinged tent), and the tent is very spacious. I won't complain about the fact that getting the tent back into the provided duffle is pretty much impossible. That's a trait of all tents. I simply use a larger duffle and don't have to worry about vacuum sealing the tent when I put it away.

Purchased last week - love it! Set it up with three of my kids 6,9,10 in 30 minutes, very easy. Next time we will do it in half that (or better). Take down was a breeze. Very spacious tent with an awesome overhead screen as well as a porch screen at the end of the tent. The door is very useful. Construction of the tent seems solid; well designed tent for sure.

Rained hard right after we assembled the tent for 6 hours and I noticed 4 leaks (not much water). I didn't use a seam sealer yet, will be doing that soon. Overall, we love this buy! Will report back after a few more uses.

One other complaint, it would be good if they designed better hangers inside for hanging lanterns etc. We had a few kids messing around inside for a bit and I noticed one divider (tie clip was pulled of as well as two overhead divider hooks). This was due to major horse play and my fault, sewed the repair.

I am so happy with this that I would pay what it is going for on Amazon, though I get a better $ elsewhere.

While we love most Coleman products we were not happy with the purchase of this particular tent. We were shopping for a tent of a bigger size and found the angled sides took up about 2-3 feet of usable space per side which cut down on the actual total usable space. Also the way the rain fly sits it forms a valley on each side between the center pole and the flies outside poles, therefore, creating a place for water to pool, thus causing leaking. The tent also leaked on us in the morning just from a light frost that had begun to melt. Loved the hinged door feature and the actual size but were unhappy overall. We exchanged for the Eureka Copper Canyon 1512 and love it!

I's been a while since i owned a tent I researched this one online and liked the reviews. we purched this tent and had are camp trip the construction was good and the set-up was fairly easy first set up 45 min 2 people. did find the instructions a little confusing at first diagrams weren't very specific. on the last day of our trip we had a 16 hr monsoon with 40+ mph winds the tent stood its ground, the inside did get a little wet (came in from sky screen area), however under the conditions I believe the ten to have faired well. the tent was large enough for our inflateable queen matress in one section and bikes, camp gear, coolers, etc.. in the other section area. my overall is 4 out of 5 because the instructions need work.

This tent is surprisingly dry as we found during a 4 day soaking storm in California last year. It takes over 30 min to set up, however. The swing door works really well and is especially good for children who can't manage zippers.

We got this tent for archaeological fieldwork and it seems like it would be a comfortable residence for 4 people for weeks at a time. Given that it's dry and has a low price I would say that is an ideal field tent provided that the location is not too windy.

When staked out properly the valleys in the roofline are removed and the tent doesn't leak.