The thing wore like iron and was amazingly waterproof. I use the thing on the beach at many many campsites it was a 6 foot dome style, just enough to stand up when you are putting your clothes on. After reading the reviews here, I decided to seal the entire tent with Grangers Fabsil. The tent fabric was such that it only took about three pints to cover the tent and fly sheet.
We’ll be buying Coleman from here on out. I got soaked when it drizzled for a hour or so. I will be going with a Coleman on the next purchase. Trust me, it’s worth the money ozark trail sleeping bag when you are soaking wet a long distance from your car. The design change I want to comment on concerns the little “laundry room” that protrudes out the back of the tent.
Every single one of our camping experiences has been ruined because of the OZARK tent. I would like a response to this please and I do expect some compensation of some kind! Every time we put some faith in these tents we got let down.
So I went out and got 2 tarps and draped them over the top and tied them down to the tent. Though I didn’t rainproof this tent right away, it didn’t leak that bad anyway. Plenty of room was a plus (easily fits a queen sized airbed maybe 2, and a decent ceiling height also was good. Can be set up by 1 person, but much easier with 2 people. It is perfectly possible for one person to set it up as long as it is not windy.
I don’t see why you would spend more money on the more expensive sun shades, when the Ozark Trail did such a great job. We took it out of bag carrier it came in, and were able to get it assembled in about 5 minutes. The box says 30 seconds, which will be true every subsequent time we now set it up. A subreddit for campers concerned more about the act of camping and less concerned about hiking long distances or light gear.
I really liked the way it looked and the space but will not be able to use it due to the leaks. I have been camping all of my life and I know camping gear. This is just to let you know of my background and my knowledge.
I broke out the Ozark Trail Sun Shade on my first outing this season. The setup was relatively straightforward. It took me a few minutes to figure out that the flaps on the bottom are designed to be sandbags for use at the beach. I appreciated the directions being attached to the storage bag so they did not get lost or misplaced.
This Ozark Trail tent is, sorry to say this, a POS. Do not, DO NOT, spend your money on this. This piece of crap promises the buyer a lot for a lot of money, but what you get is something of lesser quality than if you bought a tent from the local Dollar store. The Ozark Trail tent I purchased is model HKD 08055R. I have a design change suggestion but I do not see an email address anywhere; therefore I cannot submit it to someone who can do something about it.
I have pitched the tent twice in my back yard and found that I could pitch it by myself in about one hour. I watersealed the seams, as per the instruction sheet inside the carrying bag but I have not been rained on yet. It sucked the trip the camping everything because the damn zipper broke and I got beast up on by mosquitoes and bugs. My experience is buy Coleman equipment not yours. I had purchased the item about eight months before getting to use it.