Coleman Steel Creek 6-Person Tent with Screen Porch Easy Setup

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1. Hal Verified Buyer – 4 September 2024

   Good tent. Odd front porch size. Might work better if the porch didn’t have a floor. Water puddles collect on it. But the interior is spacious and dry. Holds up in heavy wind. Leaned over some in the wind, but didn’t break or fall down.
   

2. Coleman Steel Creek Fast Pitch Dome Camping Tent w/ porch Verified Buyer – 16 October 2024

   I would characterize this as a semi-freestanding, 3-4 person tent. While it’s advertised as a 6 person tent, that assumes that you have people sleeping in the front vestibule. To me, this isn’t a very practical use of the space (as it’s meant to be an outdoor ‘porch’ zone, so it’s more of a 4 person tent in useable space- at least in tent conventions. In reality, I would say this is most comfortable with 3 people or less, and 4 people would fit but it would get pretty busy/tight- particularly as this tent only has one entrance and it’s a single sided D-shape (more on this later). Setup of the tent is actually quite easy and doable with one person (though with two, you can put things together in less than 10 minutes). As a semi-free standing design, you click the X-frame pole and front vestibule pole together; tie it to two points on the tent and then shove into the corner pockets. Then, you attach the clips to the poles. The only reason I’d call it a semi-free standing design is that the corners of the front vestibule need to be staked out to properly set up. The rainfly is just a few extra steps- it has one more straight pole that you set up through the middle of the rainfly, put it over the tent and clip the S-clips to the same tent corners. As before, you stake out the front bits that go partially over the front vesibule. As a reminder- you will also want to stake the middle of the front vestibule right underneath the zippers, otherwise it would be hard to zip and unzip the entrance with one hand. The resulting tent is actually pretty sturdy, at least in the non-hurricane winds that I’ve taken it in. This tent does have quite a few thoughtful features, particularly for its low price point. It has a bathtub type design with a dark lower floor/wall that both prevents water intrusion and minimizes heat buildup in the tent as the morning progresses. The rainfly pole keeps the rainfly away from the side vents There are two top vents and a gear loft. It has a little zip-out in a corner that allows you to pass a power cable into the tent. It has a huge amount of ventilation, particularly with the large backside side mesh. There are two gear pockets in opposite corners. All vents can roll up and be held back with tie. And of course, there’s that front porch area, which has its own thoughtful design features (i.e. mesh vents so allow water to escape). For my usage, this is almost a luxurious two person tent. I typically set this up with a queen air mattress inside and a 10 ft length of luminoodle around the inside; on the porch area I set up two camp chairs and a cooler so that we can view the stars without being eaten alive by bugs. One thing to note is that I’m 5’10” and I don’t have to stoop much to move inside the tent, it feels really spacious. The front porch area is also great for keeping the rest of the tent clean because you can just walk into it and take off your shoes. The tent does a pretty good job keeping us dry- on humid nights though, remember to keep your gear away from the walls as there is a bit of condensation that makes it way through. There are some things that can be improved though. -The back mesh panel is impressive, but unless you have a rainfly on, there’s no way to cover it up and that’s a pretty big issue for privacy. I would really like if Coleman could also make a zipped panel for this specific panel, or even just a ‘small rainfly’ that you can clip onto the outside to obscure it. -There is only one entrance to the tent. That’s normally fine, but the problem is that it’s a D-shaped half door. I’m not sure why this couldn’t have been made into double door or even just a longer door entrance, but if you have multiple people in the tent it can get pretty busy. -It would be nice if there were more nylon loops inside the tent to hang things. There’s essentially the hooks for the gear loft, but that’s it. If there were even just nylon loops around the corners of the tent, this would make hanging long things like string lights, clothing lines and gear lines much easier. I had to improvise a bit by using the gear loft and old tent poles to be able to hang things inside. -Would be nice if there was a tent footprint available for purchase, though there’s always the tyvek option. -The carrying bag is really chintzy. The funny thing is that when you unbox the tent and try to put it back in the bag, there’s no way it’ll ever fit back in as small a space as the tent was packaged in. Coleman gets around this by making the bag expandable- but to expand it, they expect you to rip a nylon tag from the bag to unveil more material. Nothing fundamentally wrong with this, but it feels extraordinarily cheap. Overall, I am really impressed with this as a car camping tent, especially for the price. I’d go as far as to say that this might be your very best option for a car camping tent in this price range.

   

3. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 17 November 2024

   Fácil de armar, excelente calidad y tamaño. Es muy cómodo no andar a gatas y con espacio suficiente para el colchón y las maletas, la entrada con mosquitero adicional es fantástica para evitar los insectos dentro de la casa. Sin duda es una buena inversión. Me encantó!
   

4. stuart sackman Verified Buyer – 1 January 2025

   camping with children, great !
   

5. Balint Halmagyi Verified Buyer – 25 January 2025

   It is easy to set up and really good space for 3 people I wouldn’t put 6 people in it unless it is an emergency
   

6. Karlene D. LePan Verified Buyer – 18 March 2025

   Love this tent – super easy to put up. The front screened area is such a great addition for storage of shoes and other items that don’t need to be in tent but you want to keep clean and away from bugs.
   

7. Omar Barrios Verified Buyer – 18 April 2025

   Me gusto mucho el producto, tiene espacio para 6 adultos sin problema, ventilada y el patio que tiene caben bien 2 sillas, todavía no la pruebo con lluvia pero creo que aguanta bien