Coleman 4/6/8/10 Person Skydome Dark Room Tent with Rainfly, 5 Minute Setup, Blocks 90% of Sunlight, 20% More Headroom Than Traditional Tents

Love this tent a lot. Great for one person and enough space for two. Tall people may not be able to stand erect inside the tent. Easy to set up by one person. The tent poles are attached and that helps with packing, set up and not losing the poles. The top of the tent has open netting but with the fly in place you have great protection from rain or dew and the heavy, dark material keeps the early morning sun out and helps if you want to sleep later.I have bought additional tents for family members. Very Happy with this tent!

Bought this for our 4th of July (2025) camping trip to Madeline Island, WI. The tent was easy to set up and tear down. It was dark inside as advertised. Used a tarp underneath the tent and tent mats inside the tent. We had rain a couple of times during our stay, but it stayed dry inside. We made the good decision to purchase a light for use inside the tent. Great purchase!

Pros. Stood firm in severe thunderstorm where others collasped/flooded. There was only a little water in one corner.Blocks out light and therefore heat in summer weather. It still gets warm, but not as stifling as traditional tents.Cons. No power cord access so the only way to have power inside is through the door. It's dark inside and a lamp is needed to see inside even with full sun outside. The stakes easily bend, so recommend more sturdy stakes.Easy to put up. I would say about 20 minutes is a more reasonable amount of time. The carry bag is expandable enough to hold the tent, an 8X10 tarp, and a rubber mallet as long as patience to let the air out and compress the tent is taken.

This tent is awesome. Purchased for family camping with a toddler, infant and dog. Comfortably fits a Queen-size and a twin-size aerobed blow-up mattresses, plus a pack-and-play and a dog bed (50-pound dog) with a decent amount of space to move around, but minimal storage for gear/clothes etc. It's a perfect size for a family of four, although it's technically an 8-man tent. You could probably fit 8 people if they slept shoulder-to-shoulder on the floor if you had to.Set up is super straightforward with two-pole dome design, I did it by myself with minimal help from my three year old son and still managed to keep an eye on the crawling-everywhere baby. Easy peasy, even with moderate wind (we were camping near beach). Lightweight and easy to pack back up, but it seems pretty sturdy and well-made, but I can't speak about long-term durability as we've only used it once.About the darkroom technology — it's great! IT's actually dark enough inside to sleep during the day, and it stays relatively cool with the fly on. You can definitely sleep in past dawn without feeling like you're in a greenhouse. Pretty cool.

The media could not be loaded. I love this tent! Received it in July and waited until I had camped a few times to write a review. It's just me (F 5'9") and my 100# dog so I can't speak to having multiple people share this tent.Pros:*Super easy to assemble solo*Extra head room*Waterproof - it poured for an entire day in August and everything in the tent stayed completely dry*It truly is very dark. A little disorienting waking up unsure what time it is at first and I needed a flashlight during the day to find things in the tent*Storage mesh on the ceiling to easily find items*Queen mattress plus room for my bag fit with a little extra room to spareCons:*It already has one tear. No idea what snagged it but it was an easy repair. I had my last Colman tent for years without any tears*I wish the rainfly came out a little further from the door to protect from rain when entering/exiting(Campground is Union Valley Resevoir in El Dorado National Forest in California)

Update:I wrote the original review after setting up the tent in the back yard and getting initial impressions. I've owned and/or slept in many tents before from both the low and high end of the price spectrum and went off my past experiences as to how I figured this tent would perform. Well, after my first trip I can tell you I was very wrong and will be returning this tent:1. There is a defect in one of the poles. I knew about ths when I wrote the initial review and figured that it wasn't a huge deal because coleman was more than willing to send me a replacement pole. But along with the other defects it points to some major quality control issues2. The seam between the back floor and the wall was never completely stitched. There is about a one inch gap without any stitching in the back corner between the floor tarp and the wall.. This caused me to cut short my 3 day camping trip to 2 days as there was rain in the forecast on the final day .3. The door zippers on this tent are just terrible. They catch fabric about 90% of the time unless you zip/unzip with two hands to prevent it from happening. This is a pain in the rear end to do every single time. Got a flashlight or a water bottle in your hand? You have to put it down to open the tent. The more the zippers catch on the fabric the quicker they will start taking water.On top of all of that, I have decided the darkroom aspect of this tent is just not for me. I can say that for the most part it does work as advertised except that light easily penetrates the floor tarp material. However that would not bother me much if I was trying to take a nap. And I did like that it allows you to sleep in longer in the morning. This is an undeniable plus. But Coleman also advertises that the dark coating keeps the tent cooler, and that is not what I found. During the middle of the day it was high 70s outside and pushing what felt like 100 degrees in the tent with the door closed. If I open the door then it is no longer dark, and with the tarp on you can't really get good airflow with only one window. Besides, I found during the day I don't want to have it dark inside the tent. It really helps to have light in there when you want to tidy up, look for a change of clothes, find your toothbrush, etc.And finally, after further consideration I think the rainfly is probably inadequate. It is not a full coverage rainfly and after a few uses water will probably seep in around the tent seams. I could in good conscience only recommend this tent to someone who either a) cannot afford to spend more or b) uses a tent rarely and never in wet weather or c) someone who really really likes it dark in their tentOriginal Review:I think for the money this tent is good value. I have owned many tents over the years, both backpacking and car camping style. This tent is pefectly fine, good even. While you could technically sleep 6, you probably wouldn't want to, and some of your gear would have to be stored outside. But every manufacturer sizes their tent this way. The dark room feature does block out a lot of light, but it's not perfect. As other reviews have mentioned the floor lets in a decent amount of light. It still helps some, though. The tent comes with a few extras I wasn't expecting-- a gear loft and a matt for your shoes outside. The rain fly does not have edge to edge coverage, and I wouldn't expect this thing to perform all that great in a strong storm, but for light rain it will probably be serviceable for a few seasons. One thing I like about these coleman tents is the bathtub tarp floors. They're pretty durable and waterproof. You just have to be careful that there are no pointy rocks where you pitch your tent that could poke pinholes.My tent came with one defect-- one of the main poles was missing a rubber ball on the end. The tent was still usable, but over the exposed pole edge would probably cut into the fabric. I called up coleman, and customer service was actually pleasant to deal with. They sent me a replacement part without any hassle, which meant I didn't have to deal with a return. That's a win for both Coleman and myself. There is a loop for a lantern at the top and a few pockets, but more storage pockets are always better. I'm also not sure if the mesh is fine enough to keep no see ums out, but that isn't a problem where I live.