Great last minute purchase

I bought this tent on a last minute invite less than 48 hours before heading out. I decided on this one both from the price point, size and cost factor. It would be two adults and a small dog for a two night camp out. First off, I ordered red but the color I would say is more of a burnt orange than red which is fine, I'm not that picky besides not wanting bright green. Set up: I haven't put a tent together in about 20 years and by the time we arrived at the camp ground it was very dark. I was able to pull all the items out of the tightly rolled duffel and found the instructions attached inside the duffel. Trying to read said instructions by lantern while also installing poles with a flashlight are not ideal but all in all I would say it took me less than 30 mins by myself to set up the main structure. I did have difficulties finding the correct area to put the last rod for the rain fly so for that night we left it off and I was easily able to locate and install the flap within minutes the next morning. Internal size: I was disappointed in the overall height of the inside as I had read some of the Q&A's as well as the dimensions and thought for sure I would be able to walk standing upright a bit more than I could. I'm about 5'7" and I'd say as long as I stayed almost dead center, it was fine. We inflated a queen size air mattress and still had plenty of floor room for another queen and possibly a twin (estimate) but that would cut down on any storage you wanted for your belongings. I did wish the power port was not next to the door flap but it could have been poor cable planning on my part. I would suggest getting different stakes if you plan on using this more than a few times a year. I would like to see some sort of vent on the back wall as it did get a bit stuffy once we put the top of even having the side vents open we couldn't get much of a cross breeze to cool off the tent. I would also like to see a bit more material and overhang over the door as it did rain night two/day three and I wasn't able to have the front screen open for any type of air as the overhang wasn't enough to keep any rain from coming in. That goes into my next point, waterproofing. Aside from the front overhang not being what I would like to see, it help up very well to the 9-11 mph wind (we did have a tree line behind us breaking it up a bit) and I wouldn't say it was a heavy storm that rolled through but it was a constant rain overnight. I didn't notice any leaks or water inside that wasn't tracked in by us or the dog. Aside from the interior height since theirs stood taller, our camping buddies were a bit jealous of ours. I will modify this review down the road as we use it more if anything is to change on how the structure holds up. I would give this 4.75 stars but it's 4 or 5 so I went with 4 since the color and dimensions were a tad misleading to me.

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