Northwest Territory First Up Tent with Hex Dome

First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Paula, Jul 21, 2009

"I love the concept of this tent and had thought that I bought the coolest tent in the world.

We put it up to see how it worked and to seal it before we headed off.

Set up seemed simple enough. It is nice and roomy inside with a light and cup holders."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by six.sisters@..., Jun 24, 2009

"My son bought this tent like 3 yrs ago and loves it. The lady with the Boy Scouts probably didn't lock the mechanism in place, that's why they probably caved in. I just bought another one for myself at KMart. The size is 9x9 and it comes with a light, remote control and cup holder."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Rock&Crystal, Jun 14, 2009

"We bought the 10X10 First Up version, with 8 arms, a number of years back and LOVE it. Simple, easy up and down, no hassle gear. Nice when in bug country or when you pull in late and just wanna hit the hay. Everyone we know that camps, wants one."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by JOEY FARNSWORTH, May 25, 2009

"The tent was a joy to set up. Everyone i knew wanted it. A suggestion to the manufacturer, install a keyway in the hub to prevent it from turning which causes the strut to break."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by grace, May 13, 2009

"FIRST-UP TENT IS BACK ON SHELVES!!! May 2009

Good news for all of us who love the unique hex dome tent and mourned its apparent extinction from the shelves of K-mart.

It has been reincarnated as a "Mac Kenzie Peak" first-up tent -- same design, same everything as far as I could tell."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by MIMI, Oct 24, 2008

"Great tent-- I found three of them buried in a pile of camping equipment at Kmart, maybe the last First Up tents in the universe, for 39.

Too bad they've been discontinued. Probably because the locking mechanism of the frame was "too expensive" compared to the cheapie poles found in 19."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Pam And Chris, Sep 01, 2008

"Chris put the tent up on sand and IN THE DARK and it was up in minutes. Never had a second of trouble with it, and we had wind and drizzle. We anchored it in sand, and it stayed put. It kept us dry.

Our problem is that we would love to have another, but WE CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE! Just a bunch of so-so tents."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Marthurdc, Aug 16, 2008

"This has ended up being the best base camp tent that I have ever owned and I have tried quite a few tent brands including Kelty, REI, Cabelas, Big Five, Sports Authority and Coleman.

For its combination of Price, Set UP, Size (3 to 4 campers) Functionality, Durability and Structural Integrity, this tent is unrivaled."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Paul Ivey, Jun 23, 2008

"As the same as the Scouts my tent also fell apart. The fiberglass support cracked under heat (mild 80 degree Hawaii heat?).

Lucky we had a roll of heavy duty tape and had to repair all 5 poles since we had no backup tent. We love the size and style, but poor quality will make me change brands."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Sandy Morida, May 26, 2008

"I bought this tent last year, It is the best tent I have ever owned. I would like to buy a couple more, plus all of my friends would like one. Only problem I am having is that I can't find anymore anywhere. Please help if you know where I can find some."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Robert Brandrup, Apr 16, 2008

"I love this tent, "best tent I have ever owned" but I now have a problem. I let a friend borrow it and let’s just say he is not good with fire and tent fabric... But now I can't find one anywhere... Can anybody help me find this tent?
Northwest Territory first up tent with hex dome!
Please help
Robert
Ubobby@yahoo.com"

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by T Simms, Mar 29, 2008

"My husband and I have been camping for over 25 years. We absolutely love this tent! Goes up in a flash. Stores just as quickly. It was tricky at first to lock the center hub near the ceiling. (I suspect being unfamiliar with this was the reason the cub scout's tents collapsed."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Louie Sloan, Oct 02, 2007

"The tent is great. However, it suffers one major design flaw. The flap keeps getting caught in the zipper. My wife and I have only had it happen to us a couple of times but our 11-year-old constantly gets the zipper stuck. The last time it was stuck so severely the zipper was probably ruined during the unsticking process."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Kaiser Sauser, Sep 22, 2007

"I purchased this tent for my son, and tossed out all the other tents that I had. Now my niece have experienced camping with this tent, I would like to buy her one, but can't find it at that Kmart store. HELP"

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by IrishEyes99@..., Sep 04, 2007

"I am a 60-year-old woman who has been camping alone for many years and this is the best tent I've ever owned. I love the ease with which the tent sets up and breaks down. I've never had a leaking problem with it and love the large screen windows for ventilation. Best purchase I ever made and it was on sale!"

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Steve Reeves, Aug 16, 2007

"Marcia Nelson, if you still have those tents I would be interested in taking them off your hands. E-mail me and let me know what you want for them. cullinbas@aol.com"

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by C L Chambers, Jul 01, 2007

"Happened to catch this tent on sale--used it the same night--LOVE IT!!! Literally pops up in seconds--maybe 2 minutes tops. Cool and comfortable--I can stand up in it. Pops back down and I put it away in about 2 mins. Great on-the-move tent."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by David Palmer, Jun 16, 2007

"As experienced campers, this tent is the best tent we ever purchased for the price! It is easy to set up, sturdy and the ventilation is superb. We've had 25-50 mile an hour winds and heavy rain and the tent did great.
We did make one modification."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by E Lawson, Jun 08, 2007

"We borrowed this tent from friends to go car camping with our kids. It was the easiest tent to put up and take down compared to the traditional pole tent we also used. Poles are already in place, you lay it out and push/pull on a mechanism on the top to lock all in place."

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First Up Tent with Hex Dome
Reviewed by Marica Nelson, May 28, 2007

"Our Boy Scout troop purchased three of these tents from Kmart. During the first camping trip we used them, during the night while people were sleeping in them they all three caved in. We had to pry the metal bars so that the occupants could get out of the tents (then it started to rain and all gear inside tents got wet)."

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