Columbia Mammoth Creek 6 Person / 8 Person / 10 Person Cabin Tents

This tent is a nice middle ground tent on moving away from things like a coleman and before you start getting into high end specialist tents.We tested this tent out in dry lake side conditions, thunderstorms along a mountain range and downpours in a field. The included rain fly held up perfectly to the rain, we had no overhead drips water seepage along the sides. It's important when camping in rain to not place objects against your tents outer walls to prevent seepage in ANY tent. In a heavy downpour with the lines stakes out and clipped to the poles the fly did not sag, so we were spared any runoff issues.The tub bottom was fine with the rain, but I would recommend a tarp or matching footprint to help with heavy rain seepage. If the rain lasted much longer than a couple hours at a time it was getting to the point where it would seep along the outer bottom edges.This tent is very sturdy when properly staked and pitched. The problem I can see with this is the instructions are very brief with little to no visual cues to go off of. There is a lot of tension on the whole setup with the poles are in place and it definitely isn't going anywhere. We had some decent wind gusts come off a mountain and there were no issues, even with the pop-out windows.As for space this thing is already a large tent in the 8 person version, we had a queen size mat, a kids inflatable bed, and a cabela's XL size cot with frame in there without any issues. Once you stake out the gimmicky looking windows however it does make it feel even larger. We ended up liking the pop out windows quite a bit since we had a lot of rain and for the spacious feeling they provided.Overall this is a nice, sturdy, and dry tent.

I've used this tent twice now. Once on the beach and once in the woods. I have very mixed feelings. As a tall tent we got unexpected 20 mph winds on the beach and it did not break but we had to take it down because it would have had we left it up.The biggest issue is my recent camp trip I went on we had a steady rain for 2 days. I had my pop up and tarps over the tent yet we had puddles in all 4 corners and the whole floor of the tent was damp despite having a tarp under it. We were on a site that was draining well so no standing puddles except the corners of our tent. I think you need to waterproof the bottom of the tent which I've never had to do before even in cheaply made tents. I'm incredibly disappointed in the waterproofing. I was not expecting more than some dampness at this price point. Not a river. The features of the windows reaming open do not make this worth it. Now I get to go spend a small fortune in waterproofing as it'll take a couple cans unfortunately.ProsNo tearsGood quality material as the windstorm did not break the poles or tear the fabricWindows that allow viewing even in a rainstorm8 person fits 3 comfortably with a cot and queen mattress beside each other leaving the opposite side for storage abd sitting.ConsNot good as a 2 room with divider because both doors are on one side of divider and divider in this model is partially see throughNOT even water resistant (hopefully waterproofing the floor and corners will help)Tall tent means not great in windstorm (this is an all tall tent issue)

We've used this tent for weeklong sessions quite a few times now. It's spacious and the airflow is really good and it's high enough to not feel cramped at all. Pretty straightforward to put together and does up real quick now that we've had practice. I really have no complaints about the tent at all. We have come to realize, though, that it's not as "water resistant" as we'd hoped. In a light rain or drizzle, it's fine...everything stays dry and the little window hoods work well to keep the rain out with a decent wind. However, if you're thinking a sustained rain is in your future, this tent will eventually saturate and start letting water into the livable area. I would definitely plan on having some kind of "waterproofer" spray or something put on it before you go if you think you're going to be dealing with heavy rain or sustained light rain. It's not a sieve by any stretch of the imagination but you will get some water in it if it rains long or hard enough. I don't have a lot of "camping tent" experience outside of a shelter half...lol. But I like the tent a lot and it's pretty decent for what I what I paid. The water doesn't come in through the floor so that's awesome but at the same time, if water does get it, there's no "drain plug" so you have to deal with getting it out. And even though the top is an open mesh that gets covered by the rain screen, it seems to hold heat really well. We've used it when the temps were in the 40's with just a little buddy heater on low and it gets so warm you have to open it up. I've been in tents where it seems like the heat just goes right through the walls and disappears so this one does much better in that regard.

This is one of the best tents I've ever owned. Set up is pretty easy. We're currently on a camping trip in this tent. It's very spacious. It has great ventilation and the waterproofing is solid. It's rained on us for the past 4 days and we've got zero water in the tent other than a few drops from one of the windows being open. Me and my wife were just sitting here talking about what a good tent it has been for us the last few days so I decided to leave this review. Highly recommended.