The Van Andels

This tent sets up in seconds, true to its claims, and folds back up almost as quickly. The material is very thin and light, though the frame adds almost all the bulk and weight (it¡¯s a trade-off for the convenience of setup). I haven¡¯t tested it in rain or water, but given the questionable stitching and material, I would not trust this in inclement weather without a separate rain hood. Honestly, a rain hood would be a good addition even in the sun, since the material offers no protection at all against the suns heat. It gets very warm inside very quickly, so a hood would offer some much needed thermal protection.All in all, this is a very good value as a starter tent, and perfectly serviceable if you are camping in nice, comfortable weather. Just keep your expectations in check.

The Van Andels

This tent sets up in seconds, true to its claims, and folds back up almost as quickly. The material is very thin and light, though the frame adds almost all the bulk and weight (it¡¯s a trade-off for the convenience of setup). I haven¡¯t tested it in rain or water, but given the questionable stitching and material, I would not trust this in inclement weather without a separate rain hood. Honestly, a rain hood would be a good addition even in the sun, since the material offers no protection at all against the suns heat. It gets very warm inside very quickly, so a hood would offer some much needed thermal protection.All in all, this is a very good value as a starter tent, and perfectly serviceable if you are camping in nice, comfortable weather. Just keep your expectations in check.

The Van Andels

This tent sets up in seconds, true to its claims, and folds back up almost as quickly. The material is very thin and light, though the frame adds almost all the bulk and weight (it¡¯s a trade-off for the convenience of setup). I haven¡¯t tested it in rain or water, but given the questionable stitching and material, I would not trust this in inclement weather without a separate rain hood. Honestly, a rain hood would be a good addition even in the sun, since the material offers no protection at all against the suns heat. It gets very warm inside very quickly, so a hood would offer some much needed thermal protection.All in all, this is a very good value as a starter tent, and perfectly serviceable if you are camping in nice, comfortable weather. Just keep your expectations in check.

Jason Lihani

Not a bad tent for the price, but about as cheap as a tent can get while still being usable. It barely qualifies as a functional tent, but it does and is very inexpensive.First, it is a four person tent. Not that you'd want to fit four people in it, but this is the same size as any other four-person tent. Having doors and screens on both sides is nice since it doesn't have seperate windows. The opened door flaps can be tied back. It has doubled-sided zippers that can be operated from either side, but unfortunately just has single zipper doors and screens, so the door opens from the same corner no matter what. The zippers themselves seem fine, again nothing special.The Quick Set-Up function is pretty cool. I got it set up in about 30 seconds by myself without instructions. There's no seperate poles and they're all integrated into the tent and unfold easily. You just lift it from the center and it begins unfolding. It doesn't spring up by itself or anything, but it's easy and fast. The rain cover is integrated as well. Because the tent is meant to open easily, it's a little more annoying to fold back up. Its tendency is to stay open, so the tent resists you a bit when closing. It's not hard, but it's not as easy as setup as all four corners need to be monitored to make sure they close evenly and don't pop back open.The material is very thin and likely not particularly durable. When testing, I was surprised to see that it did appear fairly water resistant. I wasn't trusting it, so I soaked it with a hose for a few minutes with everything sealed up, and to my surprise it stayed completely dry on the inside. You wouldn't want to touch it much, as the rain shield isn't seperate from the tent body, so if it manages to become fully saturated then it may seep water (but I did NOT notice this, I just don't trust it fully). One tradeoff with the design of the quick set-up is the top of the tent is fairly flat, meaning water stands on top and doesn't run off completely. It did not leak in testing, but it was holding a bit of water on top that needed to be shaken off. You can see an example in one of my photos.The doors both have mosquito screens which seem totally fine. There is a small, very cheap pocket on the inside to keep a phone off the floor. And for some reason, there was a bunch of debris from manufacturing inside the tent, so I needed to pick up a bunch of little shreds of the screen and tent from when it was cut to shape. Not a big deal but a little weird. There was no holes, it was all excess from the factory.Its not bad. Just know that tents don't really come cheaper than this and you get what you pay for. It's definitely a functional, sub-$100 tent.

Jason Lihani

Not a bad tent for the price, but about as cheap as a tent can get while still being usable. It barely qualifies as a functional tent, but it does and is very inexpensive.First, it is a four person tent. Not that you'd want to fit four people in it, but this is the same size as any other four-person tent. Having doors and screens on both sides is nice since it doesn't have seperate windows. The opened door flaps can be tied back. It has doubled-sided zippers that can be operated from either side, but unfortunately just has single zipper doors and screens, so the door opens from the same corner no matter what. The zippers themselves seem fine, again nothing special.The Quick Set-Up function is pretty cool. I got it set up in about 30 seconds by myself without instructions. There's no seperate poles and they're all integrated into the tent and unfold easily. You just lift it from the center and it begins unfolding. It doesn't spring up by itself or anything, but it's easy and fast. The rain cover is integrated as well. Because the tent is meant to open easily, it's a little more annoying to fold back up. Its tendency is to stay open, so the tent resists you a bit when closing. It's not hard, but it's not as easy as setup as all four corners need to be monitored to make sure they close evenly and don't pop back open.The material is very thin and likely not particularly durable. When testing, I was surprised to see that it did appear fairly water resistant. I wasn't trusting it, so I soaked it with a hose for a few minutes with everything sealed up, and to my surprise it stayed completely dry on the inside. You wouldn't want to touch it much, as the rain shield isn't seperate from the tent body, so if it manages to become fully saturated then it may seep water (but I did NOT notice this, I just don't trust it fully). One tradeoff with the design of the quick set-up is the top of the tent is fairly flat, meaning water stands on top and doesn't run off completely. It did not leak in testing, but it was holding a bit of water on top that needed to be shaken off. You can see an example in one of my photos.The doors both have mosquito screens which seem totally fine. There is a small, very cheap pocket on the inside to keep a phone off the floor. And for some reason, there was a bunch of debris from manufacturing inside the tent, so I needed to pick up a bunch of little shreds of the screen and tent from when it was cut to shape. Not a big deal but a little weird. There was no holes, it was all excess from the factory.Its not bad. Just know that tents don't really come cheaper than this and you get what you pay for. It's definitely a functional, sub-$100 tent.

Jason Lihani

Not a bad tent for the price, but about as cheap as a tent can get while still being usable. It barely qualifies as a functional tent, but it does and is very inexpensive.First, it is a four person tent. Not that you'd want to fit four people in it, but this is the same size as any other four-person tent. Having doors and screens on both sides is nice since it doesn't have seperate windows. The opened door flaps can be tied back. It has doubled-sided zippers that can be operated from either side, but unfortunately just has single zipper doors and screens, so the door opens from the same corner no matter what. The zippers themselves seem fine, again nothing special.The Quick Set-Up function is pretty cool. I got it set up in about 30 seconds by myself without instructions. There's no seperate poles and they're all integrated into the tent and unfold easily. You just lift it from the center and it begins unfolding. It doesn't spring up by itself or anything, but it's easy and fast. The rain cover is integrated as well. Because the tent is meant to open easily, it's a little more annoying to fold back up. Its tendency is to stay open, so the tent resists you a bit when closing. It's not hard, but it's not as easy as setup as all four corners need to be monitored to make sure they close evenly and don't pop back open.The material is very thin and likely not particularly durable. When testing, I was surprised to see that it did appear fairly water resistant. I wasn't trusting it, so I soaked it with a hose for a few minutes with everything sealed up, and to my surprise it stayed completely dry on the inside. You wouldn't want to touch it much, as the rain shield isn't seperate from the tent body, so if it manages to become fully saturated then it may seep water (but I did NOT notice this, I just don't trust it fully). One tradeoff with the design of the quick set-up is the top of the tent is fairly flat, meaning water stands on top and doesn't run off completely. It did not leak in testing, but it was holding a bit of water on top that needed to be shaken off. You can see an example in one of my photos.The doors both have mosquito screens which seem totally fine. There is a small, very cheap pocket on the inside to keep a phone off the floor. And for some reason, there was a bunch of debris from manufacturing inside the tent, so I needed to pick up a bunch of little shreds of the screen and tent from when it was cut to shape. Not a big deal but a little weird. There was no holes, it was all excess from the factory.Its not bad. Just know that tents don't really come cheaper than this and you get what you pay for. It's definitely a functional, sub-$100 tent.

William K

A well made tent but I wouldn't necessarily try to fit more than 2 or 3 people in it. That's my only real drawback. I would say these dimensions are perfectly suited for the comfort of two people. Any more than that and you start sacrificing your comfort.When I first opened this I found a QR code that needs to be scanned to get instructions. Well I've set up a few tents in my day so I left those instructions right where I found them and proceeded to man my way right through the assembly. It was surprisingly pretty easy and didn't really need prior experience or any instructions. There are four poles that make up the frame. Each pole is in three sections that are folded. Just unfold each section and push it down hard enough to lock it into place. Assembly can probably be done by one person in under 2 minutes. The ease of assembly is pretty impressive. When you go to break it down, it actually takes a little bit of strength to undo the locks. That's actually a good thing though. You're not just going to bump into one of the poles and have the whole thing fall apart. Once all four poles are up all you have to do is zip up the doors and stake the tent corners into the ground.The material for this tent seems pretty resilient. I have a two-person tent that costs half as much and the material is about half as thin. This has some decent waterproof material. The polls are actually pretty strong too.So it seems pretty durable all the way around unless you want to count the stakes. The steaks were a little small and thin but they look like they'll get the job done is long as you aren't in a windy area. Everything else seems solid.Each of the doors and each of the screens has a double-sided zipper. I would have preferred two double-sided zippers in case one of them fails. But I got the zipper caught in the fabric during assembly and it was pretty easy to get the fabric out. So hopefully the materials make up we're only having one zipper on each component. If for some reason it fails, I can always use the other door. But so far, so good. Mesh is actually pretty fine too. So no worries when it comes to small-ish insects getting in the tent.One problem I've had with previous tents was the process of breaking everything down again and getting it all together comfortably fit into the tent bag. But.. not with this tent. Everything generally fit inside pretty easily. It was a little snug but I didn't for a second consider asking a family member for help pushing it all back in. The tent went in the bag willingly for the most part.

William K

A well made tent but I wouldn't necessarily try to fit more than 2 or 3 people in it. That's my only real drawback. I would say these dimensions are perfectly suited for the comfort of two people. Any more than that and you start sacrificing your comfort.When I first opened this I found a QR code that needs to be scanned to get instructions. Well I've set up a few tents in my day so I left those instructions right where I found them and proceeded to man my way right through the assembly. It was surprisingly pretty easy and didn't really need prior experience or any instructions. There are four poles that make up the frame. Each pole is in three sections that are folded. Just unfold each section and push it down hard enough to lock it into place. Assembly can probably be done by one person in under 2 minutes. The ease of assembly is pretty impressive. When you go to break it down, it actually takes a little bit of strength to undo the locks. That's actually a good thing though. You're not just going to bump into one of the poles and have the whole thing fall apart. Once all four poles are up all you have to do is zip up the doors and stake the tent corners into the ground.The material for this tent seems pretty resilient. I have a two-person tent that costs half as much and the material is about half as thin. This has some decent waterproof material. The polls are actually pretty strong too.So it seems pretty durable all the way around unless you want to count the stakes. The steaks were a little small and thin but they look like they'll get the job done is long as you aren't in a windy area. Everything else seems solid.Each of the doors and each of the screens has a double-sided zipper. I would have preferred two double-sided zippers in case one of them fails. But I got the zipper caught in the fabric during assembly and it was pretty easy to get the fabric out. So hopefully the materials make up we're only having one zipper on each component. If for some reason it fails, I can always use the other door. But so far, so good. Mesh is actually pretty fine too. So no worries when it comes to small-ish insects getting in the tent.One problem I've had with previous tents was the process of breaking everything down again and getting it all together comfortably fit into the tent bag. But.. not with this tent. Everything generally fit inside pretty easily. It was a little snug but I didn't for a second consider asking a family member for help pushing it all back in. The tent went in the bag willingly for the most part.

William K

A well made tent but I wouldn't necessarily try to fit more than 2 or 3 people in it. That's my only real drawback. I would say these dimensions are perfectly suited for the comfort of two people. Any more than that and you start sacrificing your comfort.When I first opened this I found a QR code that needs to be scanned to get instructions. Well I've set up a few tents in my day so I left those instructions right where I found them and proceeded to man my way right through the assembly. It was surprisingly pretty easy and didn't really need prior experience or any instructions. There are four poles that make up the frame. Each pole is in three sections that are folded. Just unfold each section and push it down hard enough to lock it into place. Assembly can probably be done by one person in under 2 minutes. The ease of assembly is pretty impressive. When you go to break it down, it actually takes a little bit of strength to undo the locks. That's actually a good thing though. You're not just going to bump into one of the poles and have the whole thing fall apart. Once all four poles are up all you have to do is zip up the doors and stake the tent corners into the ground.The material for this tent seems pretty resilient. I have a two-person tent that costs half as much and the material is about half as thin. This has some decent waterproof material. The polls are actually pretty strong too.So it seems pretty durable all the way around unless you want to count the stakes. The steaks were a little small and thin but they look like they'll get the job done is long as you aren't in a windy area. Everything else seems solid.Each of the doors and each of the screens has a double-sided zipper. I would have preferred two double-sided zippers in case one of them fails. But I got the zipper caught in the fabric during assembly and it was pretty easy to get the fabric out. So hopefully the materials make up we're only having one zipper on each component. If for some reason it fails, I can always use the other door. But so far, so good. Mesh is actually pretty fine too. So no worries when it comes to small-ish insects getting in the tent.One problem I've had with previous tents was the process of breaking everything down again and getting it all together comfortably fit into the tent bag. But.. not with this tent. Everything generally fit inside pretty easily. It was a little snug but I didn't for a second consider asking a family member for help pushing it all back in. The tent went in the bag willingly for the most part.

E Bryan

Zipper broke on the very first usage