Kelty Pagosa 4

This Kelty Pagosa 4 Tent IS THE ONE YOU WANT. I upgraded from the Kelty Trail Dome 4 which was just too small. Go ahead and find another tent that is 110 X 78 X 53 with 2 HUGE vestibules - yet weighs in at around 9 Lbs. Me and my 2 sons absolutely love this roomy tent. We have seen high winds, blowing rain. sleet and very high heat and this tent not only kept us dry and extremely stable but vents VERY WELL. The best vented, easy to pitch, fly designed tent I have owned and I have had around 7 tents in 40 plus years.

Recently we camped with some folks who bought the 50-100 dollar tents and each and every time it rains thy ALL get WET. Wets sucks when your camping and this tent keeps you from getting wet and the HUGE vestibules give you the "mud areas" that camping demands. Keep the mud and wet out and the good times in!

Go ahead and try this tent and you will love it. It is light, compact and simple to pitch but most importantly right out of the box it will KEEP YOU DRY! Kelty is also exceptional customer service if need be for zipper pulls, extra parts or any other thing that needs attention. Come on Kelty tents have a LIFETIME WARRANTY and they mean it! Thanks Kelty for hitting the nail on the head with a GREAT 3-season tent.

I bought this tent last year before I went on a camping trip to Mammoth Cave, Great Smoky Mountains and Outer Banks, NC and Shenandoah. This tent met all my expectations.

1. It is very roomy - we camped with two adults and two kids and I think we could have easily fitted another person in there without getting too close for comfort. The two doors are also a huge plus in my opinion.

2. You stay absolutely dry - it rained (heavily!) for four days straight (day and night) while we were at Great Smoky Mountains and we stayed absolutely dry which leads me to my next point...

3....the ventilation works great! Although it rained there was very little condensation water inside the tent and although it was windy and rainy no water came in from the outside.

4. It is easy to set up - even by one person.

5. It is light-weight and packs small.

6. The zippers go smoothly.

7. The only minor complaint I have about this tent is that in really heavy rain it rains into the tent if you open the door of the rain fly to get out. I hope Kelty improves this on the newer models but albeit that the rain we experienced was of biblical proportions I still think that this is a great tent.