Coleman  Skydome 8-Person Screen Room Tent with Dark Room Technology

Loving our new Coleman, camping out of it this weekend was a blast, be sure you’re aware of the pre attached poles and ensure you’re careful with them to prevent ripping on the tarp bottom floor, we had a 4man Coleman very similar in design and love the upgrade!

I can see the idea of a dark tent being appealing when you arrive to your camp spot late and want to sleep in (definitely happened to me multiple times) but I do enjoy waking up with the sun and getting an early start so I probably should have thought about that more when buying. The reason for the bad review is that I would have liked it if it had windows, but if the rainfly is on, your commited to darkness inside. I live in CO where it's not too windy but I tried it out in Nebraska where it's very windy and it basically worked like a sail. So I wouldn't recommend where windy.

Used the tent one time. The poles were not that tightly fitting and fell apart very easily while trying to put the tent up, which was annoying, but with a second person it was manageable. The second time my wife went to use it, BOTH sets of poles, the string inside the poles had broken and both sets of poles, BOTH, were useless. Normally I might exchange the thing for another one, but this seems bad enough on two different parts that I think I will just return the thing and find something else. It's a shame because REI doesn't have a lot of tents large enough to accommodate our cots.

Fabulous for families! Plenty of room for hanging out in the vestibule. Easy set up even for one person alone. Impressive black for over two years now.