I withheld reviewing this until I'd used it a few times. We just went through our first rain event (16 hour of light rain) and have discovered its little better than a sieve. The fly does not reach over the sides far enough to prevent water from instantly wicking through the material on contact. The tarp-material bottom did great and the fly did OK. The fly does, in fact, absorb standing water after a while (as do the sides of the tent that aren't mesh). In addition to the sides not being protected from rain (at the bottom, where sleeping bags, etc touch) the corners channel water directly into the tent. Every corner had a pool of water in it due to the design of the fly/sides. The vestibule area was worse. Any slack in the walls (which is really difficult/impossible to remove) allows water to pool at the zipper which then leaks in.Outside of the rain, the other primary issue was that any breeze carried up under the fly bringing moist, cold air with it. Even the 3-5mph breeze (tent was anchored just fine) let wind cut through the inside.Overall, its a simple to set up tent with great light blocking ability. But its for fair weather only. Definitely not worth the cost.

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Picked the tent up at $220 a couple weeks back. I left it out for a couple days to see how it'd handle the rain. We got pretty substantial rains and 25mph+ windsI didn't know there was wind in the forecast originally, I used the crappy stakes it came with and made no effort to stake it out thoroughly or hunker it down. Other than the vestibule stakes (which were probably not deep in the ground, it's a rocky lawn) flying out and making the vestibule part ripple, the tent held up perfectly to the sustained winds.Not a drop of water made it within the main cabin of the tent, maybe a cup or 2 worth in the vestibule which likely was from the pooling/rippling from the stake coming out with the wind. Had it been staked down I think it would have stayed bone drySome Notes:-6 foot peak height, so no crawling needed and most people can stand fairly comfortably. You do need to crouch a little to get in.-Vestibule is really nice, 2 people (6 foot and under) can comfortably sit in chairs, it's bigger than it looks in the pic. I think it's 8x4ft. Great for a rainy/buggy day chill spot, storing extra stuff, or just as an easily cleanable mudroom-Setup is simple with 2 people, haven't tried solo yet but should be no problem-Its pretty big, 10x12.5. we actually had to buy another, smaller tent when we realized we can't fit it comfortably at some of the locations we have planned.-Dark room is very nice and will help a lot with keeping me from waking up with the sun, which will be nice with a couple campout music festivals this summer. I'm pretty unimpressed with it though, the tub floor is not dark room tech and doesn't block out any light, and it's a really high tub floor so a bunch of light makes it in. If they had blacked out the floor it'd be amazing, hopefully sleeping raised up on cots will mitigate the light more though-Poles feel like they'll explode if you look at them the wrong way. Seeing them hold up against the wind makes me feel a little better, but I can't believe how utterly light and flimsy they feel-The vestibule can't be zipped fully shut, there are 2 zippers that run along the bottom and one vertical zipper in the middle, all 3 zippers meet in the middle and leave a gap. Sure it'll keep most things out, but when you camp in areas where your tent is essentially covered in bugs some will get in, we had a centipede crawl in. I'm thinking of using a permethrin soaked sock or piece of fabric to plug the hole, kind of a hassle to do it each time but worth it. The main cabin can be completely zipped off though, so at least you won't have any night time visitors if you keep it sealed all the timeOverall, assuming it holds up for a bit I'm happy with my purchase of it for $220. Unless I REALLY end up liking the dark room feature I don't think the current price of $324 is worth it though, there are far better quality tents for cheaper right now (such as the Marmot Limelight 6p). The vestibule's really nice but in reality a basic ez-up/canopy will serve most of the same purposes and be far less cramped, but it is just a nice extra comfortGiving it a 4 instead of 5 stars because not blacking out the tub part of the walls boggles my mind, leaving a hole where the vestibule zippers meet is a real issue in tick/bug country, poles are flimsy and there's essentially no ventilation options with it.Will update in the future

Setup was fine. It does take longer than 5 minutes, but my advice is to watch a how-to video online before you go out to a campsite with it.The tent was great once we got it set up. Very roomy, tons of headspace. As others have said, it's very dark, even in the middle of the day, so you'll need a lantern inside once you get it set up.The problem is the poles. The two main poles that hold up the tent each have two sections where the metal is bent at about 135 degrees. A big gust of wind came, blew the tent pretty hard, and one of these 135 degree bends turned into a 45 degree bend. We tried to bend it back out, but after that point, the metal was pretty much destroyed and wouldn't hold its shape anymore. I think it’s really a design flaw, having this hollow piece of metal as a lynchpin for the structural integrity of the tent. They need to make these angles stronger, solid metal.Now we didn't go camping directly after we bought the tent, so it's outside the 30 day return window. I also don't know if it's possible to replace the pole, since they are directly connected to the tent. If you cannot remove the pole from the tent, how are you supposed to replace the poles when they break? Seems like a major design issue to me. I've contacted Coleman, and we'll see if they give us a refund on the tent. But right now we've spent over $200 on a tent we never even got to sleep in once. Plus we're out the $75 in camp site fees, because our camping trip was ruined, and lost 7 hours of driving there and back because we didn't have a tent to sleep in.

We really needed to downsize our setup for the two nighters that we spend Catfishing. The blackout tent really intrigued me because we fish all night and sleep half the day. Also, we pitch camp pretty close to the water and there is usually no shade whatsoever.The rain fly lets in a little more light than I would like to see, and the tub definitely lets the light shine through. We can probably put enough crap around the edges on the floor to cover most of the tub part.There is plenty of space inside the main tent area for a queen mattress, clothing bags, dog crate, and misc. gear. Two people should be able to camp comfortably in this tent with plenty of room to move around. The porch idea is really cool but is pretty cramped for a couple of chairs, even small camping chairs. As you see in the photo, it's possible but the chairs pretty much have to face each other. Not too big of a deal, but another foot on the depth and this porch would be a winner.Unless the flaps on the doors are open, there is literally no airflow in the main room. This might be problematic on warmer nights. On our NTK tent, there are vents that you can open and windows on the rainfly that open as well, so if it's not raining you can get a nice breeze flowing through the tent. With this tent, you may want to make sure the nights are a little cooler before you spend any nights in it.There could be a couple more staking points at the base of the tent. In the last picture you can see that the tub is a little loose. Maybe it's supposed to be that way, I don't know. I have a feeling that if you get caught in a storm with some wind, the rain fly will blow up and let water in. I could be wrong and hope to not have to try it.Zippers are all pretty smooth but it does require two hands to unzip the front door. Also, the poles being attached to the tent for quick setup is pretty weird and I don't think that it helped in the time it took to set this thing up. It's almost just as simple to have the poles not attached, but we're used to setting up conventional tents. Overall, it's pretty simple to set up but still took us about 20 minutes to figure it out. The next time it will probably go up in 10 minutes or less.The way this tent is designed, I don't see it leaking in the rain unless there are pinholes that I don't see.Overall, I'm not exactly thrilled with the amount of light this tent lets in, but we'll live with it. This tent would be an easy 5 stars if it was darker and the porch part was about a foot deeper.Knowing what we know now, for the price I probably would not purchase this tent again.