For those of you who are searching for a great 4 person tent you’ve come to the right place. I’ve put together a selection of 5 of the best 4 man tents and put together this review.
Whether you’re searching for a tent to fit four people, or you and your partner just like to have the extra space, these tents are definitely for you. Read on to find out what makes each one of these tents amazing.
[amazon table=”1901″]Best 4 Person Tents – Top 5
#1 Kelty Salida 4 Person Tent
This 4 person tent by Kelty Salida is backpack-friendly – with the tent only weighing 7 pounds / 3.2 kg, you won’t even notice it in your bag. So, this tent is ideal for those who like to hike a bit before finding the ideal spot to put up your tent.
It’s a dome-shaped tent in the colour white with some green, and it comes with compact folding poles, gear loft loops, colour coded clips and fly attachment. The rain fly is waterproof, provides full-coverage, and it’s longer at the entrance so that you can leave dirty shoes there rather than bringing them inside.
On the sides, at the back of the rain fly, there are spots that could be used to guy out the fly at the base, separating it from the tent itself, to allow more air flow. The tent is made of 100% polyester, with a fully seam taped construction, whereas the floor is made from nylon. This 4 man tent is free-standing, easy to set up (can be done by just one person in around 5 minutes), and has internal storage pockets.
Free-standing tents are great because this means that they can easily be put up anywhere, the type of ground doesn’t matter, and they’re faster to assemble. Plus, it’s much easier to move if needed.
Being a 3 season tent means that it’s designed to be used during spring, summer, and fall. Not only can it protect you from rain and wind, but it’s made to provide great ventilation. Even though it can retain warmth inside, it’s not good enough for the cold winter temperatures.
It has one door, which is very large and D-style for easy access in and out, one vestibule, 2 poles, and it has No See Um Mesh for protection from insects. This type of mesh is perfect because it doesn’t just keep out insects, but lets you star gaze too – which is a big part of camping for me.
The maximum height is 56 inches, the total dimensions of the tent being 99 x 56 x 80 inches, with a floor area of 55 ft² / 5.11 m², and the vestibule area is 11 ft² / 1.02 m².
This tent is so spacious that four backpackers can comfortably fit inside this tent, including their gear.
The only issue I’ve found with this tent is that there’s no footprint included, so you’d need to buy one separately. While footprints are not mandatory, I personally really like having one.
- Affordable
- Easy and quick set up
- Spacious
- Quality material
- Free-standing
- No footprint included
#2 Coleman Cabin Tent Instant Setup
The Coleman Cabin Tent comes in brown, and is a very cheap 4 person tent. Made out of durable 150D polyester with taped seams. The welded corners and inverted seams keep water out, and an integrated rainfly provides extra protection from the weather with better ventilation without the need for extra assembly.
This cabin tent sets up instantly, and can easily be done by one person in as quickly as 1 minute. The fast assembly is very much thanks to the pre-attached poles. Although, I do have to mention that this can depend on your height. I’m quite short (5ft), and because of my limited reach it can take us shorter people slightly longer to set it up.
What I love about Coleman is that they test all of their tents against rain and wind. They have something called a rain room, where 35+ gallons of water are sprayed over the tent for 10 minutes, ranging from light drizzles to heavy downpour, and if more than two tablespoons of water manage to seep into the tent, then it fails the test. For the wind test, they have strong fans to blow at the tent at 35+ MPH. If the tent stays in place throughout the wind, without any pole damage, then it passes this test.
The dimensions of the room interior are 8 x 7 ft, total dimensions being 96 x 84 x 59 inches, it weighs 8.2kg and the center height is 11 inches. Also, Coleman offer a 1-year limited warranty.
Included you’ll find that it has an expandable carry bag to keep the tent in, making it easy to take with you when hiking.
With all of these great features, this is easily one of the best 4 person camping tent. Being made my Coleman also ensures high quality.
There are four windows in total, two on the front and two large ones on the sides, but I wouldn’t have minded another window so that I could enjoy my surroundings even more from the inside. Plus, having the door not be in the center caused my partner and I some irritation because in order to get out I had to stumble over him when I wanted to pop outside in the middle of the night. That being said this is still easily one of the best four person tents that I have used.