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Camping with the whole family or a large group of friends? The Cedar Ridge Two-Room tent has a zippered interior divider that creates separate sleeping quarters or a sleeping quarter plus living area.
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View all Cedar Ridge Camping TentsBest Use | Camping |
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Seasons | 3-season |
Sleeping Capacity | 8+ people |
Packaged Weight | 35 pounds |
Packed Size | 11 x 28 inches |
Floor Dimensions | 168 x 120 inches |
Floor Area | 140 square feet |
Peak Height | 88 inches |
Number of Doors | 2 doors |
Number of Poles | 9 |
Pole Material | Fiberglass/steel |
Pole Diameter | Fiberglass: 11 millimeters; steel: 19 millimeters |
Canopy Fabric | Polyester/mesh |
Floor Fabric | Polyethylene |
Rainfly Fabric | 185T polyester |
Footprint Included | No |
Design Type | Freestanding |
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We love this tent! It's super big and easy to put up, at least with two people. We have a family of three and there is plenty of room for all of us and our stuff to have a nice "glamping" trip. It is tall enough to stand and has two rooms which is really nice. The window covers don't roll up and dangle when the windows are open but foe us this was not a big deal. I'd say that would be my only complaint. We have taken this on two camping trips so far for a total of 5 nights and love this tent a lot. It's definitely not for backpacking and more for glamping but that is more my style of camping lol.
Is this tent well designed? No. But is it easy to set up? Also no. So it must at least be sturdy and solid once it's up? Negatory, Ghost Rider. So good things - this tent is indeed huge, and you can stand up in it - very handy for those of us who prefer not to lie on the floor to pull on pants. Also it's well packaged in a nylon bag that's got ample room to spare so you're not having to fold the tent with factory precision just to get it back in its bag. But there are things to know before you get into it: The tent MUST BE supported with guy lines - the frame doesn't have the tension to support itself. Factor that in as part of the already-gigantic tent's entire gigantic footprint, and buy/take stakes that suit various terrains (for example, our first time out with the tent was to Assateague Island NP and the stakes the tent came with are not suited for sand). The tent is so huge that any breeze and one side of the tent will buckle unless it's got those external moorings. Be sure to look into a ground cover too - the tent is designed to not "need" one (?) but the floor feels flimsy and easy to damage. Not a huge concern necessarily in deep sand like at Assateague but could be an issue on other surfaces so we'll get a suitable-sized tarp for this. Another design irritation - there are no tie-backs for the internal screens, only for the entire door, so you can't roll up screen covers inside the tent to keep them out of the way. I've never camped in a situation where I'd leave tent doors entirely open (bugs!), but definitely would appreciate tying back the screen covers rather than sleeping with them hanging down on me. It just seems like a weird oversight in design. So after a few nights of screen covers dangling on us overnight and constantly re-planting stakes on our collapsing tent (and eventually tying the guy lines to scrubby shrubs) we planned to return the thing. But then we figured that for the price it's a perfectly acceptable tent for sticking a bunch of kids in on a wooded campsite or in a backyard, so fine, we'll keep it for that. Plus the zipped interior wall is good for separating warring factions. Overall: I've had good, inexpensive tents before that we were well designed, sturdy, easy to set up, and easy to keep up. (looking at you, Coleman 7x7 dome from 1999 that I slept in for months in total). This tent is not one of them.
Great tent. Easy setup-easy take down. Very roomy