Core 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent - 14' x 9', Green (40008)

This is the best tent I ever had. It is my 10th year as a single mother camper with 2 kids under 13. I love pop up tents because it requires minimal work and it is stress free. I purchased this tent last year to have more room and because it has more windows for summer camping. First use for Memorial day weekend 2024 this tent endured 12 hours of rain and strong winds in Saluda NC mountain with no leaks and I dryed fast. Second use this weekend new river state park VA know for it's strong winds. This tend resisted 20 to 40 miles per hour winds from 10am to 5pm and it didn't move one inch from the ground. I have owned about 7 tents all sizes all pop ups all brand names. This one is by far the best tent I have purchased in 10 years. We go camping 4 Tony times between March and November. I also purched the under tent tarp sold for this tent and it is the perfect size. I purched the 9 people size but it really fits 5 people on single air mattress with no room for your bags or anything else. So I recommend for 4 people with all your shoes, backs and etc to have room inside. The only thing I find that needs improvement is the mail door zippers. They get stuck where the fabric has a fold so you have to hold it with one hand and with the other stretch the fabric and you need 2 people to throw the rainfly over the tent because is very tall. Other than, this is a durable, sturdy and super affordable tent. I am 5.5 131 pounds and I can carry it in and out of the car to load with no issues by myself. I am writing this review and plan to purchase the 4 people size to replace y existing one to camp solo due to my experience of rain and wind proof 100% twice for me with this tent.

After much waffling on different models, selected this tent for a cross country road trip where my family of 4 would camp most nights, one night per location. That's alot of setting up and tearing down, and my two kids are too young to be of much real help. As such, the "instant" style tent seemed the best fit for my needs. Had been leaning towards the Coleman Instant Cabin 8, but ultimately selected this one for the weight, this one is about 10lbs lighter at a little over 30 lbs, compared to the Coleman at just over 40 lbs. I had also been attracted to the Gazelle 8-person, it's one of those that literally pops up; but it was expensive, and I had concerns about how well it would hold up to high winds, and reading the reviews it didn't actually seem to go up any quicker than this one. Finally, I searched around all the premium backpacking brands looking for something ultralight. I used to backpack extensively and am no stranger for paying a premium to shave off weight, especially for large heavy gear like tents. Brands like Big Agnes, MSR, etc. However I find that in the 8-person capacity range, the weight of those tents was still in the same ballpark as these car camping varieties (near 30 lbs or more). Based on that, I ruled out those brands because the price is much higher.I received the tent yesterday. Since it was beautiful spring weather, I decided to give it a shakedown. The tent set up so easily. Although I had spectators, I wanted to try a one person set up. Took maybe 2-3 minutes, first time, no instructions (I did watch a couple of YouTube videos while I was deciding on tents). As luck would have it, we were expecting some mild thunderstorms overnight, followed by another dry sunny day. So I had the chance to try out the weatherproofing and still have a day to dry it out before packing it away. So I guyed out the rainfly and also staked all 8 anchors on the tent itself. Heard the thunder in the wee hours of the morning and the gutters gushing right outside my bedroom window. This morning: not a drop in the tent. One little drop fell out of the zipper on the door as I opened up the tent.So this afternoon, the true test: packing the tent away. This is always the part I dread the most, since I was a kid. Such a pain to roll around on a moist tent trying to squeeze the thing back in the bag. Especially on a road trip where you're wanting to get up and get on the road, and it takes so long to break camp anyway with all the other equipment that has to be packed up and stowed. Takedown was flawless, despite a strong breeze. Dropping the tent and folding it up is truly a 60 second job, and again this was my first time. It did take another couple minutes to tie the thing around with the two strings provided. Honestly those are too short and too flimsy anyway and I'll replace them with some paracord. Then it stuffed back into the bag, along with the rain fly, in seconds. It was awesome! It took me 5 times as long to carefully coil up the guy lines on the rain fly so they wouldn't be a tangled mess, as it did to break down, fold up and pack the entire rest of the tent. I'm a super happy camper, so far. I plan to use this in a variety of settings, pretty intensively for a few weeks this summer, so I will update this review with regard to durability, longevity and other factors I'm not foreseeing at this time.The only issue I had with the tent was, somehow it came to me with no stakes. I wasn't terribly disappointed because the stakes that come with tents are typically short, crappy steel ones, and the reviews indicated no different with this tent. So I would likely have replaced them anyway. No worries, I hop on Amazon and contact customer service. They're unable to send replacement parts, the only option is to return the whole tent, which seems absurd with a tent of this size when everything works perfectly. After a quick chat with a bot, then a real person, they offered to refund a discount to cover the cost of the stakes, an asked how much I would need to replace them. Well I was going to buy good, long aluminum or titanium stakes with real eyelets, so I told them $20. They agreed, but within a couple of hours I received $30 + tax issued to my Amazon account. That will more than cover the cost of some nice, lightweight stakes! Based on this excellent customer service, my 5 star (so far) review remains.UPDATE: after a 3-week cross-country road trip, this tent has been an excellent choice for my needs. It has remained durable after 15 nights of camping with constant set up and tear downs. It withstood multiple days and nights of rain with absolutely no leaks. The only negative thing that happened was one of the poles had the little plastic green release button jam up and break while camping at Kaibab National Forest. Thereafter, for that single pole I have to use a screwdriver or other small pointed tool to reach in and press the button that allows the pole to collapse. All in all, for less than $300, this tent was an excellent value.

So I bought this tent 7 years ago. It's been set up well over 200 times. It's been all over the country. I've camped in below zero in snow and over 100 degrees in the blistering sun. In a hurricane with rain for 3 days straight. High winds sea air you name it. It has some holes from fire and general use that I have patched and I added waterproofing spray over the years. Both zippers still work and I have replaced the rain fly. Core support is great and you can buy all the parts for the tent. This is by far the best tent I've ever used. Easy setup and takedown. I am currently buying another one as I write this review. Only con is it's heavy but it's for car camping so who cares. Awesome tent buy it.

This is a large tent that is easy to put up and will last most of the summer. I purchase one every year and install them in our camp ground. We call it Wuss camp. This year I have purchased a UV protection for the tent hoping it will extend its life until fall.