Kelty Trail Dome 4 Four Person Tent

by Kelty

Product Features

• Three-season, four-person tent is ideal for camping trips with family and friends
• Freestanding design with color-coded clip construction
• Mesh side vents and a mesh ceiling for great ventilation
• Watertight walls will keep your tent dry
• Guy points for added stability in windy conditions and noiseless zipper pulls

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

An ideal family-camping tent that offers a view of the stars at the campground or in the backcountry, the Kelty Trail Dome 4 features a simple pole design and clip-sleeve construction that make it a snap to pitch. Offering spacious room for four, the Trail Dome 4 has a 55 square foot floor area (but does not include a storage vestibule). It features internal storage pockets, mesh ceiling, gear loft loops, side-release buckle tent-fly connection, noiseless zipper pulls that resist jingling when it's windy, and color-coded clip construction with DAC DA17 aluminum poles.

The Kelty Trail Dome 4 four-person, three-season tent.

The DA17 pre-bent poles are made of proprietary aluminum alloy designed by DAC specifically for tents, which provides a large diameter pole with high stiffness, strength and durability at an affordable price. The clip construction provides great fly separation and increased air movement, and it makes it easier to set-up your tent but offers less strength than full-length sleeves. The clips connecting the poles to the tent are color-coded so set-up is easy and quick in low light conditions.

The Water Tight Wall (WTW) construction keeps the doors and windows from leaking, even in driving rain. All exposed walls are constructed of coated fabrics with the seams shingled downward to shed water. Exposed windows and doors have wide flaps covering the edges so they won't leak at the zipper even in high winds. Kelty's ArcEdge construction lifts floor seams up off the ground, preventing water seepage around the floor and wall seams. Taped seams on the floor and the rainfly ensure that the tent is protected from moisture and wet weather.

Specifications

• Seasons: 3 seasons
• Capacity: 4 person
• Floor area: 55 square feet
• Vestibule area: none
• Pole type: Two 12mm DAC DA17 aluminum poles + two 8.5mm fiberglass awning poles
• Number of poles: 4
• Number of doors: 1
• Number of mesh windows: 3
• Wall material: 68D 190T polyester taffeta
• Floor material: 1800mm PU polyester taffeta
• Fly Material: 75D 190T, 1800 mm PU polyester-taffeta
• Dimensions: 99 x 80 x 57 inches (LxWxH)
• Weight (minimum): 7 pounds, 10 ounces
• Weight (packaged): 8 pounds, 7 ounces

Product Description

The Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent offers ample space for four weary hikers, and keeps them cool during the warmest of summer nights with its extremely well-ventilated design. If rain decides to accompany you on your trip, you'll stay dry with the Trail Dome's seam-taped fly, which is easy to install on-the-fly with its buckle connection to the tent body. Complete with gear loft loops, the Trail Dome allows its residents to store gear where it won't interfere with sleep. Taped floor seams increase the likelihood that the night's rain won't become the fifth occupant of the tent

Product Features

• Material: Nylon taffeta walls, 1800 mm PU nylon taffeta floor
• Freestanding: Yes
• Poles: 4
• Pole Material: Aluminum
• Stakes:
• Doors: 1 zip
• Clip/ Sleeve: Clip
• Floor Space: 55 sq ft
• Interior Height: 57
• Vestibule Space: No
• Seam Sealed: Yes
• Bathtub Floor: No
• Ventilation: Mesh ceiling, closable mesh panels
• Interior Storage: Gear loft loops and internal storage pockets
• Packed Size: 8 x 28
• Weight: 8 lb 7 oz
• Recommended Use: Three-season
• Warranty: Lifetime

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001M0NVFS
• Item model number: 40181006
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,615 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect 2-person Tent, August 17, 2009

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Max (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kelty Trail Dome 4 Four Person Tent (Sports)

Price: $159.99 at local Sports Authority

Weather Conditions: Cloudy, with sunbreaks. 2 days car camping.

Weight: Fairly light. 8 lbs.

Set-Up: The strength and durability of the aluminum poles are definetly worth the investment. You don't have to worry about snapping the poles unlike the fiberglass poles. I recommend putting the poles in the base "fastex" clips first, and then attaching the plastic clips on second. It's not really clear in the instructions. If you just bought this tent, I recommend practicing pitching the tent a few times. The first run took almost 30 minutes. I was able to set up this tent in under 10 minutes by myself. Always, always use a footprint or tarp when camping to save you from damaging the tent floor and moisture from the ground. Be sure to sweep your area of pine cones and small rocks. I also recommend getting beefier stakes. I've read the MSR Groundhog stakes are nice, but I got some $3 plastic ones at Walmart for a set of 6.

Tent fly: I like how the tent fly "clips" into the fastex clips at each corner. Also, I've read complaints of how the tent fly doesn't provide a good awning if you decide to step out during the rain. Pay attention to the color coded straps that will tell you how the tent fly is installed.

Front opening: The zipper of the opening is overstretched near the top. I was nervous that the zipper couldn't handle the stress of the two poles stretching it. I had to use a fastex clip with a strap (similar to the cross strap on a backpack) to wrap around the poles and pull them together to relieve the stress on the zipper. That solved the problem.

Storage compartments inside the tent: There are 4 mesh pockets at each corner of the tent. But they're aren't any hooks near the top of the tents if you wanted to hook a lantern to the roof.

Inside Space: I'm 5'7" and I was able to stand up completely with my head crouched a little bit. This is truly a 2 person camp with gear. I was able to fit a queen size air mat with no problems. The zipper wasn't as quiet as I hoped it to be. It still sounded like a zipper being pulled. The zipper was very smooth once I adjusted the two poles with the plastic strap. I didn't see any condensation the next morning, so I guess the tent vents very well.

Suggestions for design: This would be a perfect tent if it had a vestibule to store dirty clothes, boots, etc. A 2nd door would be nice, too.

Overall, I think I'll upgrade the the Kelty Gunnison 4.1 since it has a vestibule and a 2nd door. This is a nice tent for the camper on a budget.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tent for 2-3 persons, June 16, 2008

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anonymous (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

Kelty makes great tents. They are well-made and go from box to fully setup in a matter of a few minutes. Very easy to set up!!!! We got this tent for two people and it works great with our queen airbed mattress. There is enough room for another person inside but not another mattress. The queen mattress touches 3 walls with a nice space left to store gear and clothing bags. We used it this past weekend and it was perfect. The tent is very lightweight and even though we were car-camping, it would be possible to carry this tent in a backpack.
Don't get this tent if you have a family with kids, etc. Get a bigger tent, but I would recommend you get a Kelty! They are worth the extra $$.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 3 seasons tent, January 23, 2010

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K. Sayles (Gainesville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kelty Trail Dome 4 Four Person Tent (Sports)

Great tent. Went through a couple heavy rain storms and watertight as long as you keep equipment off the front and back upper portions. The tub is watertight, the fly keeps the sides dry, if equipment is touching the front or back above the tub floor water will come in. That's because the front and back above the tub is breathable nylon. But nothing a few towels can't clean up if you wake up in the night in a rain with equipment against that part of the front and back. As in most tents, this is hardly a 4 person tent. It is 6'x8' afterall. (I guess each person gets 2'x6') I used it for 3 weeks straight but as a one person with gear and found it perfect. If 4 people were to use it, they better be kids and have another place to store gear. It is indeed freestanding. I was in a sheltered area and never staked it out. But then again I was car camping and had plenty of gear in it. If I was at the beach or any other windy area, I would stake it down or find it rolling away I'm sure. Setup was easy but as in any tent, trying it at home first will make sure you have all parts and look smoother at the campsite the first time. I would suggest a ground cloth if car camping to extent floor life but that goes for any tent.

Not super light for serious backpacking but for an overnight or weekend trip where you won't be carrying huge amounts of food and other gear and if you can share some of the other gear's weight with another person, it would be one of my first choices.

I actually used this tent while working out of town while remodeling a house. Set it up on the patio and had access to electricity and used a radiator style electric heater in there on a week of record cold. Several nights below freezing and with the electric radiator style heater in there the tent stayed above 55F (60s for the most part) so with a electric radiator style heater it can be used in the winter as well.

The wind flap on the door zipper got stuck in the zipper often but this is common with any tent with a weatherproof door. Just be careful and use 2 hands when possible.

Seems to have classic Kelty Quality. (I used a Kelty frame pack hiking the AT years ago) Sad to say it was made in China, but quality seems to still be there.