- Affordable, roomy four-person dome tent for car camping
- Three-season tent with ArcEdge construction to prevent water seepage
- Freestanding design, shockcorded fiberglass frame with color-coded clips for easy assembly
- Gear loft loops, interior pockets, large D-shaped door, noiseless zipper
- Includes tent, pole and stake bags
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Nicely affordable and versatile for three-season usage, the Kelty Yellowstone freestanding tent offers a roomy interior for sleeping after a long day of hiking. This dome-style tent has a mesh ceiling and side vents for ample ventilation, water-proof rain fly with side-release buckles for easy attachment, and color-coded poles for quick-and-easy setup. Weighing 10 pounds, 2 ounces, the four-person Yellowstone has a 64 square foot floor area.
The shockcorded fiberglass poles have color coded clips that make setup a breeze. The tent also offers post and grommet type assembly with locking pole tips for convenience and security. Kelty's ArcEdge construction lifts floor seams up off the ground, preventing water seepage around the floor and wall seams. Other features include a large D-shaped door, gear loft loops, mesh interior pockets for gear storage, external guy points for added stability in windy conditions, and noiseless zipper pulls.
Specifications
- Dimensions: 96 x 96 x 59 inches
- Floor area: 64 square feet
- Vestibule area: none
- Weight: 10 pounds, 2 ounces
- Seasons: 3
- Doors: 1
- Windows: 2
- Wall material: 68D 190T polyester taffeta
- Floor material: 1800mm PU nylon taffeta
- Fly material: 75D 190T, 1800 mm PU polyester ripstop rain fly
- Number of poles: 3
About Kelty
Kelty is based in Boulder, Colorado, and uses the natural backdrop of the Rocky Mountains to test, create, and continually innovate within their diverse outdoor product families of Apex, Backcountry, Trail, Basecamp and KIDS gear. Kelty combines the best in new technology with a healthy dose of common sense to create exceptionally made, affordably priced outdoor products.
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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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Kelty Yellowstone 4 - person Tent, SAVE BIG! A 3-season, 4-person Tent offering fast, easy set-up, sure durability and weather protection... this is the comfort and value choice you need! Kelty premium quality all the way, lightweight, the whole package, here with big Close-Out savings. Durable 68-denier, 190T polyester taffeta watertight walls; 1800 mm polyurethane coated nylon taffeta floor with taped seams and ArcEdge construction, keeping seams off the wet ground; Mesh roof and side-wall vents prevent condensation and let in cooling breezes; Waterproof 75-denier, 190T polyurethane coated polyester ripstop rainfly, with side-release buckles for easy attachment; 3 fiberglass pole design, and color-coded clip construction for easy set-up; Large D-shaped door provides easy entry and exit. Noiseless zipper pulls; Internal storage pockets help keep things organized; Guyout points increase stability in windy weather; Measures 96 x 96" (8' x 8'), 59" center height. Weighs 10 lbs., 2 ozs. Get this camping bargain quick! Kelty Yellowstone 4 Tent
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good economical tent for car camping,
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This review is from: Kelty Yellowstone 4-Person Tent (Navy/Grey) (Sports)
This tent turned out to be just about perfect for car camping. It's a little heavy, but it sets up very easily and is very roomy. We used it on a very rainy night and aside from a slightly damp floor, we stayed very dry.
My only complaint is that the instructions are pretty lousy. There's no information at all on how to connect a footprint or how to use the gear sling. I spent a lot of time guessing and am still not sure I'm doing it right.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice tent, not much for camping, though.,
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This review is from: Kelty Yellowstone 4-Person Tent (Navy/Grey) (Sports)
After sleeping in this tent for 5 weeks near the ocean (lots of fog/marine moisture at night), I can say it is waterproof with the rain fly (I also placed a tarp underneath it, as I wasn't willing to test the waterproof floor hypothesis) and is relatively quiet in the wind. It never came unstaked, the rain fly never flew off, never ripped or tore, the door zipper never jammed (and I was in a sandy environment), and it was very easy to put up. The little ceiling storage pouch worked very well as well.
Personally, I'd recommend this tent for no more than 1 or 2 weeks use at a time. What I can say positively about is that it is very obviously well-constructed and I expect it to serve me on shorter trips for many years to come. Oh, and the lightweight tent stakes it comes with are very prone to bending in compacted soil or sand.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for car camping, not for troop use,
By JT (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kelty Yellowstone 4-Person Tent (Navy/Grey) (Sports)
We bought 3 of these for our scout troop and have had them out on 6 camps to-date. The tents look sharp and appear to be holding up well enough at this point in their life. They are a snap to put up/take down and they're roomy. I will say that if we were shopping for troop tents again, and we were staying with Kelty, we'd buy the Kelty Dome Trail 4 tent instead of the Yellowstone 4.
>>My biggest beef (and thus only 3 stars): The corner attachment points for the poles and rain fly are a single molded piece of plastic. While they look good now I have (hopefully unfounded) fears that these crucial points on a tent will weaken/break/etc (I have no faith that they'd stand up to a 130 lb boy in hiking boots if he steps on the corner of one of these tents). If you lose any of these plastic pieces due to breakage the tent will almost immediately become unusable (unless you are crafty and can modify them to hold the poles at the corners and find a way to secure the rain fly. There is a nylon loop for the stake, but that's not a great option) I'd recommend the Dome Trail 4 because it is similarly priced, weighs less, and has aluminum poles (I'll also note that I have the 6 man version of the Trail Dome and its still great after 6 yrs of use (with 3 of those years as a Scout Master). Hope this helps in making a buying decision (esp if you're torn between to product offerings from Kelty)
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