Montana Camping Tent, 6/8 Person Family Tent with Included Rainfly, Carry Bag, and Spacious Interior, Fits Multiple Queen Airbeds and Sets Up in 15 Minutes

As an adult who has just recently returned to the world of camping (I am a leader in my son's cub scout pack), I looked at LOTS of tent options before choosing the Coleman Montana 8 person tent. I checked out reviews on Amazon and CampMor, and talked to as many camping enthusiast friends as I could. My first year in scouting, I borrowed a Eureka 2-person tent from our local boy scout troop, which came up to (maybe) my waist, and just barely fit my full-sized air mattress. After struggling to change clothing while lying down (I could barely kneel, let alone stand), and suffering through a fairly sleepless/stuffy night in the Eureka tent, I decided that the following features were necessary for comfortable camping: 1. The ability to stand up fully. This meant that any tent I chose had to have a center height of at least 72", preferably more (my husband is 6 feet tall, and if I ever want him to join us camping, the tent needs to work for him too. The Montana 8 has a center height of 84" (7 feet). 2. Room for gear and at least two full/queen sized air mattresses. Although the Montana 8 states that there's room for 8 people, the diagram shows these 8 people sleeping in mummy bags very close together. From a comfort perspective, this tent will hold 4-5 people (and their gear) at a maximum, without feeling overly crowded. For the three of us, this fits the bill nicely. 3. Intuitive and easy to set up and take down. While I like camping, I am not an avid camper. Finding a tent that can be set up (and taken down) with only help from a 9 year old was key, and this fits the bill nicely. 4. Good cross-ventilation. After sleeping in a stuffy tent once, I didn't want to repeat the experience. Three windows (the two side windows and the door window) can be rolled down to allow for good air flow and ventilation. We rolled the windows down 1/3 of the way, which provided a very comfortable cross-breeze while sleeping. 5. Waterproof with a bathtub floor. Many of the reviewers stated that they had no problems with leaks along the seams without using any waterproofing sealant. After talking with others and reading some recommendations, I used the Kiwi Camp Dry Heavy Duty Water Repellent to spray the seams prior to our first use, as added protection. We had some light rain during the evening, and much heavier rain the next morning, and the inside of the tent stayed bone dry. 6. Quality. I wanted a tent that would stand up to occasional car camping trips, without having to be replaced on a regular basis. Coleman is a recognized brand, and after talking with folks who own Coleman tents and reading the reviews, I was convinced that this tent would be a good one for our family. So far, I'm pleased! 6. Price. Given that we don't do a lot of camping, I didn't want to spend hundreds on a tent. I purchased the Montana 8 in Blue (not the Elite) from Amazon in mid-May 2015, and paid $136.48; a surprisingly low price for this particular tent model/size. Some nice features that this tent offers (that weren't on my list of must-haves): 1. A port for electrical/extension cords. While this tent does not have electricity, it does include a port near the door that allows campers to run an extension cord into the tent (for use with lanterns, fans, etc.) 2. A covered entry area. I looked at tents that had screened in areas, but opted for this one instead, choosing to have the extra room inside the tent rather than in a screened area. I had two camp chairs outside - in the evening, when it started to rain, I placed the camp chairs under the front rain fly "awning", on either side of the door. Despite the rain, the chairs stayed mostly dry, with only a few drops of water on them. 3. A "D door". This door has a pole that threads around the D curve, and another one at the hinge axis, which means that the door can function as a real door in terms of opening/closing, rather than a door that must be zipped open and closed. While there are Velcro closures around the D curve, we found that to keep insects from getting in we still had to zip it shut. However, we liked the easy entry! All in all, my family and I are very pleased with our new tent, and look forward to many years of use!

So far I really love this tent. It was easy to set up with just 2 people. I like the door the most. it is one of the reasons (besides the all mesh top) that I bought this tent. It has 2 poles you slide in and makes it into a swinging door which can stay shut with the Velcro on the opening or zipping it completely shut like any other tent. It also has a little (about the size of a balled up fist) zipper spot leading out of the tent, that I'm thinking is for running a cord through for electronics. It's spacious but not as spacious as the Coleman Red Canyon, but in my opinion better quality built. The rain cover also doesn't really cover the windows as much as the Red Canyon but if you stake in the guy lines it keeps the water from running into your tent window. For size you can fit from end to end 3 queen mattresses (no space in between), and even though it says 8 it more comfortably fits 4 - 5 allowing everyone to bring in there own travel bags and sleeping gear (With in reason). The only cons I see to this tent, is you have to have it staked into the ground on the ends or the wind will blow the sides in if facing in direct wind. For some the door might be a little high so tripping can be an issue, and the rain fly over the windows may not completely keep out rain if it's raining hard and windy.

Let me see if I can be thorough about this. Our family needed a tent. Our other one was a hand-me-down two personer. We have 2 kids now so it just wasn't cutting it. I am not a camping lover, so I am not looking for a tent that can withstand the elements, so I cannot state how it holds up to rain. But it was CRAZY windy when we used it and the tent did fine. As for the easiness to set up, this tent was a dream. I don't camp, but still was able to put up this tent by myself, with a toddler helping me. The tent only has a few poles to push through. The hardest set up part was actually the frame for the door with was VERY tight so needed to be zipped up before putting the ends where they needed to be. The framed front door made it easier for my toddler to hold open and get in. The size of the tent is dreamy. We have a queen air mattress, a giant dog bed, a baby rock n' play and a toddler mattress and still have room for my son to run from bed to bed. With all the screens, it made withstanding the wind no problem. It just rolled right through. Putting the tent away was a little bit harder. Just trying to figure out how to package everything back up. I think we had the tent put back just fine, but I don't think we got the rain fly back in the bag. It is also huge, so you need LOTS of space to fold it up nicely. We love it so far!

After a whole lot of review comparisons, of various brands and sizes of cabin-style tents, I settled on the Coleman Montana 8 person tent. I didn't need self-rolling windows or yet another lamp, so I went with the standard, "non-Elite" version. We got the Blue/White/Black coloured tent, as opposed to the "sea-foam"-ish green tent which seems to be in greater supply. At the time we purchased it, the price was the same as for the green version. We are a family of three, and we wanted a lot of extra room to move around without having anything too cumbersome. The size of this tent was perfect for placing our queen-size air mattress on one end, and our gear and clothes on the other, while having a nice wide area in the middle in which to stand, change clothes, and move around each other while entering/exiting the tent. The centre height was perfect for me to stand stand up straight, with room to spare beneath the webbing, but I'm only 5'9'. the Elite version of the tent seems to list a higher centre height despite that the tent looks almost identical in the photos. The two end windows are angled outward so that in a light rain it is possible to keep them open without the rain coming through the windows. The front awning is certainly large enough that the front window can be left open in slightly heavier rain without a problem, but wind will be something to factor in. As others have noted, the tent comes packaged in a conveniently sized carry bag (27" x 8" x 8"), with separate bags for stakes and poles. The poles are sort of colour-coded to the sleeves the go into on the tent body and the rain-fly awning. one of the black poles has red swatches indicating it is for the awning. The two black poles and the grey poles support the tent body. Two very thin poles act as the door hinge and flap support. The entry matt is a separate piece with its own pair of stakes. After reading numerous reviews that praised this tent for being waterproof out of the box, I decided to trust the reviewers, and the manufacturer's factory seam taping, and pitch it as it was. 17 stakes in the ground, 7 poles, 8 guy lines, and a half-hour later, the tent was up and looking quite nice. Everything was wonderful, until it started raining our second night out. We had steady, light rain, and only a few hours after it began the inside of the rain-fly began beading with water droplets. Luckily, we had a plastic painting tarp that we were able to throw over the rain-fly and tie down. After shaking off the water build-up on the outside of the rain-fly and quickly positioning and tying down the tarp, we dried off the inner surface of the rain-fly, and things help up fine. We were also lucky that there was very little wind, so our tarp stayed in place. Lesson learned: ALWAYS seam seal and waterproof your rain-fly, regardless of what the reviewers tell you. The "bathtub", or floor of the tent, stayed perfectly dry despite water pooling on the tarp we put underneath the tent as a footprint. It was just the rain-fly that was not up to its task. We also had some slight trouble with the hinged door, which has a pole that supports the edge, and another that acts as the hinge. It also has several swatches of Velcro along the edge that are supposed to catch as the door swings closed, preventing the need to always zipper it shut. The door was a pain in the arse. The Velcro never lined up correctly, nor held properly. And the pole supporting the edge made zipping the door open and shut very difficult. We ended up simply removing the pole that supports the edge, and zipping the thing each time we passed through. Even without the door pole, it was necessary to pinch the tent above the door in order to get the zipper past a certain catch point that seems to result from the way the front of the tent hangs from the structural rods. I couldn't figure a way to tighten the guy lines to pull the poles in a way to prevent this. But, in all, the door operated far more easily as a regular tent door, than the "hinged door" it was designed to be. There is a small ring attached to a fabric tab at the apex of the tent which can hold a lamp hanging on a carabiner, but I sort of wish this tent had a mesh shelf handing there, instead. There are two mesh bags hanging on the walls, one at each end, on opposing walls. Despite the failed factory taping on the rain-fly, and poorly engineered "hinged door", we really enjoyed this tent, and would certainly recommend it to anyone looking for a cabin style tent as many as four or five people.

I bought this tent for my family of four. My wife and I used it for the first time this weekend for a tubing trip without the kids. The two of us set it up in about 10 minutes for the first time and we didn't even fight once! The instructions were written well. I did buy some 10" metal tent stakes to replace the stakes that came with the tent based on other reviews. The temps were in the 90s and I was worried about ventilation because there are small windows in this tent, but the mesh roof seemed to allow adequate ventilation, and we slept fine with our battery operated fans. Our second night we had major thunderstorms. The tent performed exceptionally well under high winds and sideways rain! We did have to close the side windows, but we were able to keep the screen on the door open because the overhang on the rain fly kept rain out. We got 2.5" of rain in a couple of hours and not a drop inside. I did lay a tarp under the tent and I had water between the tarp and the tent floor, but absolutely no water on the tent floor. We used a queen air mattress and it fit perfectly with room to spare on the sides. When we camp with the kids we will put another queen mattress on the other side and still have room for bags and gear in the center. I uploaded a pic of the tent without the rain fly because most stock photos on the web don't show the tent without the fly. I love this tent!

We bought this tent in 2016 . This is our 10th summer using this tent as a family of 4. We have had pack n’ plays in the tent with a queen size air mattress. Now the kids are older and have a queen mattress and two twins. We just got done camping in one of many rain storms with this tent and it held up perfectly for a ten year old tent. We have never had an issue with the rain fly. I will say the door pole is flimsy . They break easily. But it’s not something that’s needed. Overall this tent has been great for our family.

Disappointing quality. I'll probably avoid buying Coleman products going forward. I owned this tent 3 years. I've used it 4 times for 5-7 days at a time. When taking the tent down this last time not one but 2 poles broke. Both grey colored poles which form the outter sides of the tent split down the center. Went to Coleman's website and replacement parts are not available. I bought Core 9 to replace this and it seems much better quality, solid aluminum poles and every part has available replacement parts on Core's website.

Had our 1st experience with our tent this last weekend. We were at the North Shore of MN. Temps in the 40’s overnight and 60 during the day. We set up in the dark, so we were thankful we had done a “trial run” the week before. Took us about 30 min to set up and get our stuff in it. Woke up to rain. Not a drop inside after a pretty good storm went through. It was windy for both days and it handled it like a champ! We had 2 XL cots, 2 toddler cots and and old style fold up cot with mat. With plenty of space to still move around and get dressed! For a family of 5, it worked great. As the kids get bigger we may need an upgrade, but it will be great for quite awhile! Take down wasn’t too bad, especially since on our trial run we marked the folds with a black permanent marker as we unfolded it. It’s on the bottom, so never seen, but a huge help in putting it all back!!! It was still windy at take down, so it took 2 of us. One to hold and one to fold. Very happy with this tent. In the sunlight it warmed up nicely with the fly on and windows shut. It was easy to wipe down when my son threw up in it, curse our luck! Only suggestion, don’t actually stake it down right away. Hard to get all the poles attached if you do.

كبيرة جدا وخامتها جيدة وسعرها مع العرض الأقوى لايتفوت وصلت الى 380 ﷼ مع عرض برايم لكن للأسف لم أستفد منه وتركيبها سهل يحتاج فقط تكون فاهم لطريقة التركيب يوجج مقاطع على يوتيوب للتعليم الأوتاد صغيرة تصلح للأماكن الزراعية أما البرية فيحتاج أوتاد أطول لرخاوة ظاهر التربة

I like this one and I am gifting to my sister

いくつかのテントを使用してますが 青色が気に入り購入 この台風10号の三日間の風雨に耐えられました コールマンジャパンものではありませんが 夏場の風通りも良く快適でした。 なんと言っても入り口ドアが勝手良く 何で日本向けには使用しないのか 不思議ですね コスパは良いと思います

Good

Muy buena compra, la he utilizado para camping en playa y bosque, viene muy completa con las cintas de sujeción a la superficie se plantan bastante bien, es muy espaciosa por dentro y resistente a vientos relativamente fuertes; las costuras siguen intactas (no se han abierto).