User Review: Ozark Trail 3 Dome Connection Tent

Reviewed August 31, 2008 by jdavid93225

Rating:
Design: Two Separate Cabin Tents with a connecting "tunnel"
Sleeps: 6+
Ease of Setup: Fairly easy to set up for one adult once it's been done a time or two
Weight: About 40 Lbs.
Price Paid: Approx. $90

I purchased this two tent set about five years ago, and overall, have been happy with it. It consists of two cabin tents, each about 8x8, with a "tunnel" that connects the two of them. The tunnel is very small, so it is easier to exit one tent then enter the other. With young kids, though, it's not too hard for them to go between them.

Most of the time I just set up one tent, and place my queen sized air mattress inside it, which is large enough for myself and my two kids to sleep on. This is about the right amount of room for us to sleep in, but doesn't allow much extra room for gear or indoor activity when the weather's not too good. This is when the second tent comes in handy, though I've only set up both of them at the same time once or twice.

Tent set up is quick and easy, even for one person. Once the tent is staked down, I get all the poles positioned into the top connectors and stand it up, then I insert the bottoms of the poles onto the connector pins at the bottom of the sides of the tent. These are rigid metal poles, not the flexible fiberglass ones used in most dome tents. The tent does not have any sort of rain fly, though it has kept us dry in the light rain we've experienced with this tent.

One of the two tents has a center curtain, making it a two-room tent, while the other (and the one I usually use) has just one larger room. Overall, this tent has worked well for the family in a variety of camping situations. On one recent trip to Wyoming, the wind flattened another larger tent we were using, so we set this up as our backup, and it held up very well. The wind was very strong, so the tent was quite noisy when the wind was blowing, but the tent stayed up as well or better than expected.

I have not seen this set available since about the time I bought mine, but for someone looking for something versatile and relatively inexpensive, it would be a good deal if it could be found somewhere used but in good condition. The two tents can be set up completely apart from one another, so the price was definitely right for a pair of medium sized cabin tents. I would buy this set again if I needed it and could find it again.

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