Your tent is the most important part of a camping trip, especially when you are traveling with family or a large group of friends. Everyone needs to be comfortable at night with his own space for a sleeping bag, air mattress or cot and personal items. Camping without a tent or sleeping on the bare ground is not practical due to changes in weather and nighttime temperatures. Large tents provide enough room for six to 10 people in a sheltered environment that keeps out insects and rain.
Jeep Two-Room 8-Person Family Dome Tent
Jeep makes one of the best tents for eight people with two rooms, two gear lofts for personal items and two closets for storage. This 14-by-10 dome tent is ideal for tall people, with 82 inches of height in the center and a total of 129 square feet of floor space. The tent includes a door sill for easy cleanup and a mud mat, too. The tent has bay windows for improved ventilation. The list price for this tent is $265.99 as of 2010.
Kelty Mantra 7-Person Tent
The Kelty Mantra tent is medium to large size and can hold seven people comfortably. Kelty makes one of the best family tents for three seasons because it comes with a full rainfly, sealed seams and a bathtub floor to keep the tent dry. The tent has plenty of floor space and a ceiling height of 6 feet. Kelty uses aluminum poles instead of cheaper fiberglass so they last longer, especially in cold weather. This tent is good for family camping because it only weighs 23 lbs., 8 oz. It is easier to carry around and set up. The list price as of 2010 for this tent is $529.95.
Coleman 8-Person 2-Room Instant Tent
The Coleman Instant Tent is one of the best because it sleeps eight people in a tent size of 14 feet by 10 feet. This tent is made from a heavy-duty fabric that is twice as strong as the standard Coleman tents with a WeatherTec system to keep the tent dry. The center height is 6 feet, 5 inches, which is ideal for tall people. The tent has a door in the front and one in the back. Coleman claims that you can set up or tear down the tent in one minute or less. Poles are preattached to the tent so you don’t have to worry about misplacing them. You do not have to worry about losing a separate rain fly either because the tent is fully taped. The tent has seven windows for ventilation and vertical walls—instead of domes—to make it easier to move around inside. This is a good tent for six to 10 people because once you arrive at your destination, all you have to do is unfold the tent, spread it out on the campsite, extend the preattached poles, click and lock them into place and raise the tent. The tent even has an interior gear pocket for personal items. The list price for this tent is $199.99 as of 2010.
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