Customer Reviews

Coleman Exponent Northstar Eight-Person 2-Room Tent

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My wife and I have been camping since we were kids. We went out for our first outing with this tent. The original idea was a few days car camping with us and our almost 1 year old.

It turned out to be one night with my wife, myself, our almost 1 year old, and my 8 year old niece and 5 year old nephew. The little one is still in a pack'n'play so that and my wife and I took one side, with room for all the gear.

The other room (the screen room portion) was taken by the older kids. The night after that we added to that room my sister and brother. Things were a little tighter in the other room with 2 adults and 2 kids (they took up just about as much space as an adult). My other sister and nephew (3) arrived, and we decided to use our other tent to accomidate them instead of packing us all in the 1 tent, I do believe we could have fit, but it would have been very tight.

We got a quick downpour during the trip, and some high winds, and we were dry inside. The only problem we had was with some heat, but we fixed it by opening the rain fly.

Putting up the tent requires someone in the 5'10" range to reach some of the higher clips, and it is much easier to do with 2 people, but I did it myself when we got there. We of course treated the seams before going out.

If you want a fantastic tent, loaded with features, and constructed of absolutely top quality materials look no further. This tent has 6'5" headroom. It can be set up as two rooms or 1 room and a screened-in porch. Both the floor and the rain fly are factory taped and sealed. The fly has 2 skylights that can be covered and the fly doubles as a perimeter awning on all sides!! And awning poles are included! Easy 1 camper, 5 minute set-up in calm weather... 2 camper job if windy. The only con comments I have about this tent is I wish Coleman had provided 6 awning poles instead of 5 and maybe a bit beefier stakes. If you want superb quality at a great value, get one while you still can.