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Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent
$129.99$179.95*
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Offering a quick setup and great ventilation, this tent will keep a family of four camping for years to come.
- DAC DA17 aluminum poles are strong and durable for long-lasting use
- Color-coded clip construction provides easy set-up, especially in windy weather
- ArcEdge™ floor stays taut; design keeps waterproof seams off the ground
- UV-resistant polyester rainfly will not stretch when wet, ensuring a consistently taut pitch
- All seams are factory-taped to ensure excellent weather protection
- Generous mesh side vents and mesh ceiling offer great ventilation
- Features guyout points, noiseless zipper pulls, gear loft loops and internal storage pockets
- Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only
Imported.
Item 712562
Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent Specs
Specification | Description |
| Season | 3-season |
| Design type | Freestanding tent |
| Sleeping capacity | 4 |
| Average minimum weight | 7 lbs. 10 oz. |
| Average packaged weight | 8 lbs. 7 oz. |
| Average weight - metric | 3.83 kilograms |
| Floor dimensions | 99 x 80 inches |
| Floor dimensions - metric | 251 x 203 centimeters |
| Floor area | 55 square feet |
| Vestibule area | Not applicable |
| Peak height | 57 inches |
| Peak height - metric | 145 centimeters |
| Doors | 1 |
| Canopy fabric | Polyester taffeta |
| Floor fabric | Coated nylon taffeta |
| Rainfly fabric | Coated polyester taffeta |
| Number of poles | 2 + 2 awning |
| Pole material | Aluminum DAC DA17 |
| Pole diameter | 12 millimeters |
| Packed size | 8 x 28 inches |
Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent Customer Reviews
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviewsPros
- Comfortable (17)
- Easy to set up (17)
- Sturdy (14)
- Lightweight (12)
- Fly works well (11)
Cons
- Flimsy construction (3)
- Poor fly design (3)
Best Uses
- Car camping (17)
- Backpacking (7)
- Beach (7)
- Hiking (3)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (11), Casual adventurer (7)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort driven (10), Minimalist (3)
Reviewed by 19 customers
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Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy to set up
- Fly Works Well
- Lightweight
- Sturdy
Cons
- Hard to zip up
Best Uses
- Beach
- Car Camping
- Simple camping
- So cal desert mnt camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
I have used Kelty Tents ever since my early Boy Scouts days. I’m now 22 and I have camped and hiked a majority Southern California and parts of the Sierra Nevada and Kelty has never let me down yet! I realized at young age that a quality, dependable, and how easy to use a product makes the whole outdoors experience a lot easier, which leaves more time to enjoy the beauty around you! Kelty offers all that with their tents. The Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent is great for the common man/women that enjoy camping on the weekend, not to extreme. After a long day of hiking or riding in the dez, it’s nice to crawl into a tent with cozy feeling of safety as you sleep the night away! I would recommend this tent to the buyer that wants a quality product to enjoy the outdoors!
But if you’re the type that enjoys backpacking trips across the Sierra Nevada or similar type of terrain, then I would recommend Kelty Pagosa 4 Tent. With this light weight and durable design that can stand up to elements that the Sierra Nevada will through at this is the tent for you!
But if you're the type that enjoys more extreme camping, where your enemy is the wind, rain, and or snow then I recommend The North Face Mountain 25 Tent. This is a great tent that will hold up to those tuff conditions and still feel roomy inside!
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy to set up
- Fly Works Well
- Lightweight
- Sturdy
- Waterproof
Cons
Best Uses
- Car Camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
I've used this tent at least 100 times now. I car camp a lot and this tent gets a lot of use. It has held up fine to wind, rain, and even snow. I never did any additional seam-sealing. This tent is very, very easy to set up and take down and I wouldn't change a thing!
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort Driven
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy to set up
- Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
- Beach
- Car Camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
This tent is, by far, the easiest tent ever to set up. Easy for one solo person to set up and a snap for 2.Simply slip the 2 poles into their respective grommet holes and clip the attachments to them.Less than 5 minutes for complete set up, including the rain fly.Also , easy to take down!.
I have employed this tent as a standard for purchasing other larger( 4-6person) tents and have found none that compare!!!!
Pros
Cons
- Poor Design
- Poor Fly Design
Best Uses
- Car Camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
This tent has flaws: My wife bought it [...] no more will I let her buy a tent by herself....1) I like to look out of my tent through the front door, can't do this with this tent, there's no outside netting on door like a decent tent has.2) Open the front door during a downpour and the water flows in,3) Poor ventilation with the rain fly on...4) Water seeped in thru floor under air mattress during Minnesota downpour, or is that condensation?, anyway had to wipe it up...I've been very frustrated with this tent, except that it's roomy. [...]
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy To Set Up
- Fly Works Well
- Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Car Camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
This is a great tent. It is very easy to set up in about 3-4 minutes. The rain fly works great and actually clips into the tent at the 4 corners. you really only need the 2 stays, one on each side, to hold the fly nice and tight and away from the tent underneath. The net hanging from the ceiling is very handy, along with the 4 pockets on the inside. We fit a double air mattress inside with about 12in of free space at your feet and 6in around all the other sides. I would definitely recommend this tent.
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort Driven
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy to set up
- Fly Works Well
- Lightweight
- Sturdy
- Waterproof
Cons
- Fly is not full coverage
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Beach
- Car Camping
- Hiking
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
This tent does exactly what it was designed to do, and is light enough to take on short pack trips. It is very easy & quick for one person to set up, and for the price and the weight is very sturdy (sturdier than comparable REI brand, I know from experience!). However, it does not have full coverage fly (as you can see from looking at it), and it is not fun to get into and out of in a real rain, especially if there's wind. The tent performs well in some pretty serious wind once it's set up and all guy outs are used. All in all, a great value, but if you camp in rain/wind mix more than occasionally, get a tent with full coverage fly. The 4-man is very comfortable for 2-3 people (2 with lots of gear)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort Driven
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy to set up
- Fly Works Well
- Lightweight
- Lots of vertical clearanc
- Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Hiking
- Very roomy for 2 w gear
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
I am very impressed with this tents lightweight, toughness, roominess, vertical clearance, ease of set-up.
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy To Set Up
- Fly Works Well
- Lightweight
Cons
- Flimsy Construction
- Too Cramped
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Beach
- Car Camping
- Hiking
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
I received this tent yesterday and set it up for the first time in my living room. Set up is easy. Product is generally well designed, but the two fiberglass poles used to prop rain fly over door and back window are cheap. I could hear them cracking as I flexed them into position. On closer examination, I could see stress points in the fiberglass that suggest they may break in the field. Tent will not hold four adults; but could be a decent two person tent if poles were of higher quality. I have contacted Kelty about poles. If these were better quality, tent appears to be decent product. Cannot recommend this tent with poles of this condition.
- Gift:
- No
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Minimalist
Pros
- Comfortable
- Easy To Set Up
- Fly Works Well
- Sturdy
- Waterproof
Cons
Best Uses
- Car Camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
It rained the first night we used our tent and being told I didn't have to self seal the seams I was worried. Well, it didn't leak a bit and I was very impressed.
We probably should've gotten something bigger as I'm a bit tall but that wasn't the tents fault, it performed way beyond my expectations. A solid tent and a great buy for the money.
- Gift:
- No
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort Driven
Pros
- Comfortable
- Fly Works Well
- Lightweight
- Sturdy
Cons
Best Uses
- Car Camping
Comments about Kelty Trail Dome 4 Tent:
I bought this tent on sale, mainly to set up in the yard for extra sleeping space when my grandchildren come to visit as well as possibly some motorcycle camping. The printed set-up instructions did not show pictures of the new corner clips, which have apparently been changed since the instruction sheet was written. The new plastic pieces have am angle bend to the clip, which is intended for attachment of the fly, and also a hole in the shank closer to where they attach to the strap. The hole replaces the pole grommet which, per tiny images in the instructions, appears to have originally been a standard metal one pressed into the strap. Unfortunately, the molded slot in the clip also has ridges that create a channel of exactly the right diameter to accept the end pin of the poles. Setting up the tent for the first time, before unpacking the fly, I mistakenly inserted the poles in the fly clips instead of the grommets. Set-up went well until most of the attachment clips elevating the tent to the main poles had been fastened, at which time the center joints on the main poles became overstressed, and one of them snapped. I had no idea what had gone wrong and assumed the poles were defective until I returned the tent to REI.[...] exchanged it for another Trail Dome 4, and I insisted on having them set up the new one at the store to be sure it didn't have the same problem. That's when the [...]setting up the tent pointed out the grommet holes in the clips (I hadn't noticed them before this) and suggested those were the place where the poles were intended to go. Feeling stupid because of my mistake, it still amazes me that the extra stress on the poles created by inserting the ends at the wrong place in the clips was enough to cause a pole to snap.Except for better instructions including a caution about this problem, my only other wish would be for some mesh screens a little closer to the ground somewhere, preferably in the entry. The screens are all up so high in this tent that even in front and back where the fly doesn't extend down as far there's no way to see outside when the entry flap is closed without standing.
- Gift:
- No
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort Driven
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