Coleman - 4-Person Cabin Camping Tent with Instant Setup
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Last updated: Dec 11, 2025 Scoring
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"Shit man, I still got them and they still work great. Oldest one close to 15 years."
"it has lasted many years of hard use through rain, snow, hail, and 115F desert trips."
"The tent I use most often is a 4 person Coleman I bought new for $40 about 20 years ago. I'm very pleased with it. It gets about 10 days of use a year, so 200 days total so far"
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"Setup was ridiculously simple – probably took us 3 minutes, tops, with zero stress (which is saying something if you’ve ever struggled with mystery tent poles at dusk)."
"It's so easy to set up - even solo and I'm only 5'1."
"I third this as long as you are car camping. Where you only have a very minimal walk from where you park to where you put your tent. ... For a newcomer/1st time these tents are fantastic. They go up in a minute or two."
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"I love using my Coleman instant up for car camping trips :)"
"I third this as long as you are car camping. Where you only have a very minimal walk from where you park to where you put your tent. ... For a newcomer/1st time these tents are fantastic. They go up in a minute or two."
"For car camping it's awesome. ... But tossing it out of the trunk is perfectl."
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"I’m pretty tall so I really appreciate the standing room. It made getting changed or just moving around so much easier than ducking in a tiny pup tent."
"Managed to fit my queen-size air mattress in there with room to spare for the rest of my stuff."
"you can stand up in it no worries"
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"it has lasted many years of hard use through rain, snow, hail, and 115F desert trips."
"Been through some decent thunderstorms too."
"It had the rain fly and it never leaked."
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"For pack-in or hiking its FAR too heavy."
"My main gripe was it doesn't pack down well. ... It gets, crumpled and rolled and fits in a large bag. ... It was always a pain to pack because how large the bag is."
"I wouldn't recommend it, they're super heavy"
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"Im camping now in a Coleman 4 person tent. 1 is comfy, 2 is cramped. 4 if we were midgets."
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"I had one and it had no rain fly, internal or not. ... Needless to say one sudden rain storm on a sunny day while we were out hiking and we came back to the tent with about 3 inches of water inside. ... Without a rain fly it's more a screened gazebo than a real tent."
"ultimately the seams have started to fail. Found that out last time it rained, woke up with puddles. Not happy."
"It will leak, you will wake up with everything wet."
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"The stakes are junk of course."
"the first one had a zipper go bad, tried to repair, didn't work. ... Second one zipper started to fail"
"the zipper ripped a while ago"
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"My main gripe was it doesn't pack down well. ... It gets, crumpled and rolled and fits in a large bag. ... It was always a pain to pack because how large the bag is."
"And awkward to take down and dry out."
"It's a little hard to get it small enough to fit in the bag"
I have the Coleman instant cabin for car camping, it’s super heavy but it has lasted many years of hard use through rain, snow, hail, and 115F desert trips. It’s way too heavy for anything besides car camping, but it sets up in about 2 minutes max, and has been really sturdy. The 4 person model fits a queen sized mattress in it.
r/camping • Tent suggestions on a budget - reviews are contradicting.. ->If weight and bulk isn’t an issue - which I guess carrying two cots prolly isn’t… Coleman’s pop up cabin tent is 👌
r/camping • Recommendations for a tent for two cots ->I have the coleman cabin exact model. I love the room and screened in porch. Position it right and the breeze flows really nicely. Does take 2 to setup but it's sturdy if you pin the corners down first. I used it camping first time off lake Michigan and I didn't set up up right. Wind broke a pole and coleman wasn't able to send replacement poles so they sent an entire tent free. Great customer service there! I bought this tent from a store called Dunham sports in Michigan on sale for $100. Ive since been able to setup quickly and it's very sturdy. No complaints.
r/camping • Do you guys have experience with these? ->I'm obsessed with mine and have recommended them to friends for years. Excellent for car camping, easy to set up with one person, and super easy to put away. Mine has internal lights that easily connect to any power bank with a light switch right inside the door.
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->I have the model with the mesh top and rain fly. For car camping it's awesome. I've used mine dozens of times. Minutes to setup/breakdown solo. Been through some decent thunderstorms too. My model has a tub floor, which that one looks to have too. For pack-in or hiking its FAR too heavy. I'll bring a more traditional style if I'm doing trails with my gear. But tossing it out of the trunk is perfectl. I got mine on sale thinking it would last a few trips, exceeded my expectations and I've gotten multiple seasons out of it.
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->I own one. I bought it new and took it camping, but after four hours, I could NOT get the tent up. I had to drive home, over an hour plus, and grab another tent. When I took it home, my whole family was over for a BBQ and we decided to see what "I had done wrong". (That was said over and over.) We learned that the top spoke piece in the center was flawed and the tent could not be set up! My BIL spent a good hour "operating" on it, and fixed it. We have used it in the yard several times, but I have yet to again solo with it, given I camp a good drive away now. I will try it again this summer.
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->I used to have one. As a tent it worked fine, it got a little lopsided after a few years. It had the rain fly and it never leaked. It does set up remarkably fast. My main gripe was it doesn't pack down well. It gets, crumpled and rolled and fits in a large bag. It was always a pain to pack because how large the bag is. If you're car camping and have a lot of extra space it should be fine.
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->I’ve had this tent since 2018 and used it probably 70-90 times. It’s been great. Only reason I’ve more recently stopped using it is we got the larger version of the same tent that’s been just as good. I’m sure there’s higher quality brands that people will recommend, but it’s been great overall.
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->I had one and it had no rain fly, internal or not. Needless to say one sudden rain storm on a sunny day while we were out hiking and we came back to the tent with about 3 inches of water inside. Without a rain fly it's more a screened gazebo than a real tent. I wouldn't recommend it, they're super heavy, and they are not really that "instant" unless you have 4 people to help
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->I have the 4 man. I had to buy the rain-fly separately. Its a good tent for warmer weather. Its a bit heavy.
r/camping • Coleman 4 man "instant setup" tent. Any good? ->You dont assemble the poles on mine.
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