Springbar Classic Jack Watertight Cotton Canvas Tent

While Sptingbar is an American company they out sourced this tent manufacture to China. Mine has excellent quality when received. Only a spring retention cable inside one of the poles wasn’t installed correct. 5 minutes to find a pair of long needles pliers had it fixed. Fabric and stitching were excellent on my tent. I setup the tent and am very happy with it. Spacious, sturdy and easy to setup. I have a bad back so I was worried about the weight, but the weight is split between the tent and poles, which are in separate bags. 25lbs for the poles and 55-60 for the tent. The canvas bags are great. Even though the tent weighs what it does, the bags many handles made it easy to pick up. The storage bag is oversized so you don’t have to fight to roll the tent into the original size. I actually left a rug in my tent (forgot it) and still fit the rolled up tent in the bag. Update: we’ve camped in this tent several times now. It takes me about 30 minutes solo to erect. We love it! I’ve tried for years to get my wife to camp and she would usually last 1 night and be miserable. The first time out in the springbar, she actually asked if we could stay a 2nd night! She is now a happy camper and I’m happy too. I highly recommend. My wife said “it’s very cozy”

I'm in love with my Springbar tent. I used it for a week camping in PA and it kept me out of the rain very nicely. I did have to set it up in my backyard and keep it up for a while to let it dry after camping, since there was so much rain, but now it's safely stored to prevent mold. I got the 10x10, and it's very easy to put up and take down. Requires little maintenance over the week of camping, and doesn't feel like it's going to blow away like most modern tents do. The screens make air flow easy to do. We had a BUNCH of gear, so it really only comfortably fit two of us, but if you're just doing a sleeping back and duffle per person, you could fit a lot more people. I remember that my family (6 total) would use the same model of tent when I was a kid, and we were quite safe and comfortable as well.

Left me start off with my one complaint, I would prefer purchasing something made in the U.S. if the quality is as good or better even if the price is a little higher. Since the Skyliner is made in The U.S. I was considering it but sorry $$2000+ was out of my price range especially after a close inspection of the CJ 140. I’m not a tent expert but I’ve slept in more than my share of tents and the CJ 140 is my favorite so far. The Skyliner is also well made with some nice added features but in my opinion it’s not worth another $1000. Yes, this tent is heavy but it’s a base camp type of tent and not a backpacking tent. The stitching, zippers and overall quality is similar to the Skyliner and as good or better than the top competitors. If you set up the Classic Jack alongside a Skyliner and maybe a Kodiak next to each other and left them out over a long period of time based on the quality I would say that they would all last a similar amount of time. I would guess the longest lasting would be the Skyliner but not by a lot and then the classic Jack and Kodiak in that order. If you took good care of all three tents they would probably outlast your tent camping lifespan. I went over my tent carefully and the stitching, zippers, floor, poles, etc, were all well designed and durable without any defects. Just be sure to lay a tarp underneath it after checking for sharp objects, dry it out properly after each use, reapply a good fabric protector every so often, and try to avoid setting it up in a spot where the summer sun is beating down on it from sun up to sundown and the Classic Jack 140 should last a lifetime even being made in China.

We finally got to try it out for a few days. It was great! Nice and warm inside. Stood strong against the breeze. It takes 2 of us to put it up but it was easy. The stakes are nice and heavy duty and not those flimsy little ones you usually get. The zippers are nice heavy duty that don’t jam up. It’s bug tight. Only a couple got in but that was my own fault. It’s got a screen door and a canvas door so you can air it out during the day. The pole bag, stake bag and tent bag are also tough and oversized so you get it your stuff back in without straining. The canvas wasn’t as thick as I had hoped but it’s still good. I think this is the best tent I’ve had other than my old army tent.

I am a nomad, and last winter I bought the Springbar Classic Jack 100 to supplement my cargo van living space. I winter in the desert so I needed a tent that could handle whatever nature threw at it, canvas it was then. I had the two options, this vs Kodiak, $100 difference depending on your preference for a door or a window in the rear wall. I’m a window gal. This tent was easy for me to put up alone, and my hands are seriously crappy so thats sayin somethin. Its spacious inside with loads of loops around the ceiling for hanging options. I spent a couple stormy days inside to see how it handled high wind gusts and rain, not a problem for this beauty. I used it as a mess tent and storage for seven months, and I believe I can get another few decades of winters out of it. And it sounds like customer service will keep this tent going forever with their repair service. Get you one!!

I like that this has a mostly level roof - you can stand up as soon as you walk in. It's easy to assemble. Very sturdy. We always get a couple of good rain storms while camping, and it has kept the water out just fine. The zippers are super industrial-strength, so they will last a long time. There's no baggy fabric that bunches and gets caught in the zippers. The full-length windows are nice too - you can get a lot of fresh air when you open the window flaps.

Was originally very happy and impressed but then canvas and stitching fell apart before it was even a year old. Used the tent a couple times in the fall then once for a winter camping trip, i then left it rolled out in my apartment for about 5 days to dry out before storing it. I went to use it again a few months later it literally fell apart just rolling it out and was filled with mold. I know how to care for Canvas and have used Canvas tarps, tents and bivys for years, but unfortunately springbar uses the excuse of "organic Canvas" to sell poor quality Canvas. I have Canvas tarps and bivys that I treat very poor and roughly and even store wet that have lasted years without issue and this tent did not even make it a full year. For over $1000 you should get something much more resilient and higher quality than this. And I will note, I had a Canvas tarp (what i used underneath the tent when it was setup) rolled up with the tent when it was stored and it was completely fine and even what i had to use to make a shelter for the camping trip I was on being the $1000 tent i brought was unusable. If you are using it for only dry summer camping it would probably last longer but I still would not recommend

The sewing of the liner to the tent canvas I’m not sure why there’s no tape sewn in. But the Kodiak doesn’t have it either. The thread holes will leech water but we solved this by caulking the thread line. I can say the liner is not as bathtub thick, but it has a nice texture to it. For the Springbar it has exceptional zippers. They aren’t complex. It’s just straight up and down which I didn’t appreciate until my Kodiak arch zippers failed miserably. This one has about four zipper heads that land in one area. I would say it could be a little longer in the cover and zipper cloth sac that it sits in. I noticed it attracted sand but I could easily vacuum it with my battery operated wet dry vac. Ryobi FYI. It’s a wonderful size and I think the it’s the perfect size compared to the 10x10 for two people who love room in your tent. I also have the 10x10 and it’s roomy too. But add 4 is a big difference. Most of all outside of the zippers it’s the color of the tent is very pleasing. It’s not mint being called sage. It’s sagey sage. It works so well with my gear it coordinates phenomenally so I have been won over. If this had the bathtub floor it would be the best tent ever. But yah I switched from Kodiak.