- Family cabin-style tent sleeps up to 6 people; includes polyethylene tub floor
- Features remote control light, skylights, and venting system to provide fresh air all night
- 78-inch center height
- Base size: 10 x 10 feet
- GoBe Dry rain protection system helps keep you dry in any terrain
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Roomy enough to sleep 6 people, the Columbia CB-5400 Black Mountain cabin tent is perfect for large families, or those with a lot of gear. It provides a heady 78-inch center height and features a 1200 millimeter double-coated fly, sealed seams, and a polyethylene tub floor. The reflective zipper pulls make it easy to get in and out of the tent - even in the dark. It comes with a strong hybrid frame system, mixing both steel and fiberglass poles.
It comes with a remote-controlled light (with a 65-foot reach) that attaches easily for exceptional nighttime security and visibility. The two storage foot lockers are accessible from outside and inside the tent so you can easily store your gear out of the way. The Clean Sweep zippered floor flap makes it easy to sweep out debris. Other features include a quick-release buckle system, two hanging cup holders, and a removable door mat.
The Black Mountain's skylights offer large areas of mesh for maximum airflow and awe-inspiring views of the night sky. In addition, the rainfly has clear panels with zippered covers that offer you the option of having night views or no morning sun in your face. The Black Mountain's venting system creates a vortex that flushes hot air up through the roof, providing fresh air all night long. For maximum climate control, open or close the lower vents to feel the cool night breeze or keep warm air in.
The CB-5400 features the GoBe Dry Ultimate Rain Protection System, which combines patent pending fabric, component, and seam technology that culminates in exceptional protection from the elements, in particular rain, in any and all terrain. The DryTek Fabric repels moisture with a protective coating. The DryFloor Tub design elevates the floor seams to keep away water, while the DryGuard Skirt deflects rain from the floor seams and stake loops.
Specifications:
- Base Size: 10 x 10 feet
- Center Height: 78 inches
- Poles: 4 x 19 millimeter steel poles, 5 x 11 millimeter fiberglass poles
- Weight: 29 pounds
- Sleeps: 6
About Columbia Sportswear
Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company has grown from a small family-owned hat distributor to one of the world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of ski-wear in the United States. Columbia's extensive product line includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories. Columbia specializes in developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish and offer great value. Eighty-year-old matriarch Gert Boyle, Chairman of the Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and CEO, lead the company.
Columbia's history starts with Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom, when they fled Germany in 1937. They bought a small hat distributorship in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia Hat Company, after the river bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor deliveries from suppliers, the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products themselves. In 1948, Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal suddenly died of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim, then a college senior. After that, it wasn't long before business really started to take off. Columbia was one of the first companies to make jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. They introduced the breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System, in which a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early 1980s, then 60-year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in Columbia's successful and popular advertising campaign.
The company went public in 1998 and moved into a new era as a world leader in the active outdoor apparel industry. Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to more than 12,000 retailers internationally.
What's in the Box?
Black Mountain cabin dome tent, steel poles, remote-controlled light, door mat, carry bag with handle
Manufacturer's Warranty
Lifetime warranty
Amazon.com Tent Guide
Selecting a Tent
Fortunately, there are all kinds of tents for weekend car campers, Everest expeditions, and everything in-between. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Expect the Worst
In general, it's wise to choose a tent that's designed to withstand the worst possible conditions you think you'll face. For instance, if you're a summer car camper in a region where weather is predictable, an inexpensive family or all purpose tent will likely do the trick--especially if a vehicle is nearby and you can make a mad dash for safety when bad weather swoops in! If you're a backpacker, alpine climber or bike explorer, or if you like to car camp in all seasons, you'll want to take something designed to handle more adversity.
Three- and Four-Season Tents
For summer, early fall and late spring outings, choose a three-season tent. At minimum, a quality three season tent will have lightweight aluminum poles, a reinforced floor, durable stitching, and a quality rain-fly. Some three-season tents offer more open-air netting and are more specifically designed for summer backpacking and other activities. Many premium tents will feature pre-sealed, taped seams and a silicone-impregnated rain-fly for enhanced waterproofness.
For winter camping or alpine travel, go with a four season model. Because they typically feature more durable fabric coatings, as well as more poles, four-season tents are designed to handle heavy snowfall and high winds without collapsing. Of course, four-season tents exact a weight penalty of about 10 to 20 percent in trade for their strength and durability. They also tend to be more expensive.
Domes and Tunnels
Tents are broadly categorized into two types, freestanding, which can stand up on their own, and those that must be staked down in order to stand upright. Freestanding tents often incorporate a dome-shaped design, and most four-season tents are constructed this way because a dome leaves no flat spots on the outer surface where snow can collect. Domes are also inherently stronger than any other design. Meanwhile, many three-season models employ a modified dome configuration called a tunnel. These are still freestanding, but they require fewer poles than a dome, use less fabric, and typically have a rectangular floor-plan that offers less storage space than a dome configuration. Many one and two-person tents are not freestanding, but they make up for it by being more lightweight. Because they use fewer poles, they can also be quicker to set up than a dome.
Size Matters
Ask yourself how many people you'd like to fit in your fabric hotel now and in the future. For soloists and minimalists, check out one-person tents. If you're a mega-minimalist, or if you have your eye on doing some big wall climbs, a waterproof-breathable bivy sack is the ticket. Some bivy sacks feature poles and stake points to give you a little more breathing room. Also, if you don't need bug protection and you want to save weight, check out open-air shelters.
Families who plan on car camping in good weather can choose from a wide range of jumbo-sized tents that will accommodate all your little ones with room to spare. A wide range of capacities is also available for three- and four-season backpacking and expedition tents. Remember, though, the bigger the tent you buy, the heavier it will be, although it's easy to break up the tent components among several people in your group. It's also helpful to compare the volume and floor-space measurements of models you're considering.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great value,
By Nicedawg (california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Columbia Black Mountain Six-Person Cabin Tent (Sports)
This tent - I took a chance on without personally seeing it prior to buying...there were no review prior and I couldn't find it in sportmart or other stores. I saw the price had gotten knocked way down and the columbia name had some good reviews on other tent models....
Im glad I got this tent as its really pretty easy to set up and its got a lot of room for a big family. Im tall but the height of the tent is big enough where I could feel comfortable inside. There is a plastic window on the top of the tent which is so cool you can see the stars through and the sky - its a great way to sit back and just relax. The outer cover is solid too and puts that extra rain protection on should you get some wet weather..... Overall this is a great value for the price and has a lot of room to fit a family of 4 or 5.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good tent with nice features,
By Mc Don "Mc" (Doylestown, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Columbia Black Mountain Six-Person Cabin Tent (Sports)
I got this tent before a 4 day family vacation over the memorial day weekend and was happy I did. Although I'd say sleeping 6 comfortabley would be a stretch, this tent was just fine for me and my 3 kids. So, it's really a great 4 or 5 person tent. Easy to set up (even in the dark and with three kids helping!) and nice "extras" like cup holders on the inside, a "threshold" to help keep dirt out, and a vestibule that would be large enough to store backpacks under (although this is not a backpackers tent and I used a seperate canopy for storage). Good tent!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Black Mountain 6 Person Cabin Tent,
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This review is from: Columbia Black Mountain Six-Person Cabin Tent (Sports)
I thought the tent to be fairly nice. I found the material light and breathable. I did have lots of helpers in setting it up. Maybe one could have done it, but not very easily.
There were a few items I found to be a problem. The two velcro locations for the light being one. With the rain cover on, the outside location is covered and is useless. And, if you store anything in the center inside cargo net it blocks the light again. The directions were not good, but put it up a time or two and you will not need the directions anyway. It was hard to tell the short pole of the three caped ones. The front door mat loop connection ripped off the tent when trying to replace the accidently used short pole from the top of the tent with the slightly longer one. The expandable container bag was very nice. It did rain for about an hour during the church campout. The tent did very well. I did notice high inside humidity that night and the next morning, but we didn't get wet.
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