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As your family grows larger or when you have a bigger group of friends camping together, it is time to upgrade your 4 person tent to a 8 person tent, a Coleman Elite Montana 8-Person Tent. While it seems enormous, you will appreciate the comfort and convenience it gives with more space to move around.
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Rainfly
If you remove the rainfly, you can watch the stars while you sleep. There is extended awning in front of the tent, sufficient for you to keep your door and shoes dry. Along with it, is an attached feet wiping mat, which is a nice added touch to keep the dirt outside.
Bringing electricity into the tent
If you bring a generator or stay at a site with electricity, there is a special zippered E-port built to bring in electrical power inside the tent for your tent heater, so that you can camp with luxury. The power port comes with an energy pack that can power virtually anything with a USB slot to charge your phones or kindles. There is a venting window at the lower back of the tent to keep you cool especially on hot summer nights, or for you to set up your tent air conditioner.
Ease of Pitching
The tent is not freestanding, so you need to stalk it to the ground. As it is not an instant tent and is rather huge, it will be easier having the help of another person to assemble the tent or take down. Its conveniently color coded poles makes it easy to set up. Just match up the colors according to the instructions and have it up within 20 to 30 minutes.
Tent Pack Down
The tent packs down into a carry bag, measuring only 27.5 x 9.25 x 9 inches. It is important to observe how the tent was packaged when you are unpacking it. This is so that you will know how to pack it back in a way that will fit snugly back into the carry bag. This portable size makes it easier to transport around , even on a bike.
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Hinged Door
One of the highlights of this tent is its innovative hinged door, which works like a regular house door. It is super useful when you are going out to use the bathroom at night. It uses 2 added poles which you slot into the door sleeves, and you can make the hinge work. There is a Velcro frame attachment that makes it easy to access the tent. It reduces the wear and tear on the zipper. But if you want to keep out the insects from getting in, then you can just zip it shut. But having multiple doors may be easier for access if you have many people staying in the tent.
LED Lighting System
If you need only the basic features, then you can consider the Coleman Montana 8-Person Tent instead. The difference is this tent has self rolling windows and a built in LED lights.
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Overall Coleman Elite Montana 8-Person Tent is a solid tent which can put up with high winds and rain, yet stay bone dry. It is huge, very roomy with plenty of room to move around standing up, dress and play board games with family all in the tent. You may find better tents out there, but not many at this price. Happy camping!
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