Four-Season Tents

Recent Four-Season Tent Reviews

Marmot Taku

The Taku is a Goretex, single-walled tube style tent made to keep the cold out and the warmth in. The lack of vestibule, inability to free-stand, and leaky floor leave too much to be desired for the large price tag. Setup: The Taku utilizes three “hoop” semi circular poles to provide integrity to the tent. Each pole becomes consecutively smaller moving towards the foot. The first two poles are inserted into reinforced pockets in the interior of the tent. The third pole is put in place on the… Full review

Kodiak Canvas 10x10 Flex-Bow Canvas Tent Deluxe

This is a great tent for car camping as it does weigh some. It's so easy to roll out and put up by one person even. So with a zipper door on both sides you can get a lot of air flow even in HOT conditions. Has a very rugged plastic canvas floor and can zip tight and keep the critters and bugs out. Had picked this up used as the guy received a new replacement, so the poles were really the only thing used. Would highly recommend this tent for short or long term camping. It's like the Cadillac of Tents. Full review

Crux X2 Bomb

A crux-product with one thing in mind: the purpose. The rest has been cut out so you don't get any useless details that make things difficult or heavy. I would go for this one in high-alpine conditions and winter. This tent is providing me with a good home during my mountaineering trips, winter expeditions, and ski-touring trips. The setup can take a while in the beginning. It sets up inner first. This makes it sometimes not so convenient when it is raining or snowing, but the inner tent is also… Full review

Kodiak Canvas 10x10 Flex-Bow Canvas Tent Deluxe

I bought this four-season tent several years ago primarily for use at Burning Man, where you see 100s of these. It's because, well—if it's water-proof, it's going to be dust-proof—and it definitely is. A lot of people make the mistake out at Burning Man of using mesh-roofed tents and thus get badly dusted. With a Kodiak, it's dust-proof and you can completely zip it up. Only issue is, for desert environments, you need a shade structure over it because it gets pretty hot without one. I suspend… Full review

Blacks Mountain Tent

Bought second-hand in about 1981, for 40 quid if I recall. Used in all weathers, nothing fazed it. Apparently, in the original form the flysheet was optional! I bought this secondhand in about 1981 from a work colleague. It was the first tent I owned personally, and the start of a lifelong collecting habit (I think the current count is 12). It was used in a variety of places from the Lakes to Norway. Originally designed for high mountain, 4-season use, it was perhaps a bit of overkill, but I appreciated… Full review

The North Face Dome 8

This tent is incredible! I think I got the last one in the U.S. Used it once in the mountains in N.M. Initial setup was a bear, as once shell is set up then you have to attach hundreds of little connectors for what I call the inner tent! Whew!! was so tired after that I did not connect the vestibule. It took about an hour and a half and you better have at least two people! Truthfully it is waaaay more than you need in U.S. to camp, except for maybe North Idaho or Western Montana where I intend to… Full review

Cabela's Alaskan Guide 8-Man

Very strong and has survived dozens of 70mph storms. Have had for 15 years and rain fly is torn. Cabela's does not sell this separately. So kinda screwed now. Still a good tent, but just need a rain fly. Been in bad storms that flattend other tents. but rainfly is thin and non replaceable. Can't understand why Cabela’s would not make replacement rain fly. Full review

Sierra Designs Superflash

I own one—bought new, and still in phenomenal shape. Love it. Easy to set up and withstands the weather. Used over several summers working in Yellowstone and sadly hasn‘t been used much recently. If anyone has any parts, I’d love to have some on hand just in case... Full review

Cabela's XPG Expedition 4P

It's built like a brick poop house. Great tent. I have taken this to Alaska on a motorcycle trip, camped in Yellowstone, Mt. Rainier, Airventure at Oshkosh (I'm a pilot), and Glacier. It's built like a brick poop house. It is little complicated to set up and takes a while, which can be a pain after a long day of hiking or riding, but I see very few tents I like as much as this.     Full review