Customer Reviews

Columbia Black Mountain Six-Person Cabin Tent

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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.

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!

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.

Purchased it recently ($99) and took it for my trip to the Grand Canyon. I like the design and the materials it's made from. It has enough room for 4, maybe 5, people. The things I don't like:

1) Heavy and bulky (takes up a lot of truck space)

2) Troublesome to setup and takedown (unless you know what you are doing.)

I find the instructions sewn on the carrying bag not very helpful. I was only able to setup the tent, not the rainfly.

We're getting older, and like to tent camp, but prefer sleeping on cots rather than air mattresses or pads, so a 10 x 10 tent is a necessity. What drew us to this tent was the canopy...it's difficult to find a modestly priced tent with a canopy to drain water away beyond the sides and base of the tent, but this one does rather nicely. The low side air vents are great, offering superb circulation on warm days and nights. We're very happy with our purchase. Thank you Columbia.

PS The skylights make stargazing extra fun.

This is a nice tent and is easy to set up. We have a family of 5 and could all fit in it, but our kids are still small and have "kid sized" air mattresses. We stayed in it for 10 days and noticed a few issues. First, the tent leaked from the cyclone ventilation openings and from the floor seam. Second, the tent was very loud when it was windy. A couple nights we didn't get any sleep at all because the tent and the rainfly were so noisy in the wind. Finally, the door zippers get caught in the fabric constantly. You have to be extremely careful unzipping the door.

This tent was wonderful from the ease of set up to the comfort of a restful night in the woods. It was literally up and functional in 10 minutes. We found it roomy enough for everyone and all the gear. The convieniences like the remote controlled light, gear loft, and beverage holders can't be beat. Most importantly, the Cyclone ventilation system was top notch! Even in the brutal heat and humidity of the summer, nights were comfortable. The absolutely only thing I though that could use a little improvement would be the zippers on the main entry door. I found I often got the fabric caught in the zipper when opening and closing which became frustrating after a bit. Overall, an excellent buy!!

This being my first tent purchase I had no idea what I should expect but after reading some reviews (here and online) I decided to buy this tent and must admit that I did a fine job. The tent is very easy to put up (I did it myself the first time) and having a 10' footprint there was plenty of room for all of us and our stuff.

I even managed to fold it up and put it back into the bag (which expands for this).It has not rained on us yet so I can't attest to the rain fly's performance but all in all this seems to be a very sturdy and easy to work with tent. PS the stakes are metal and very cool.