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| Marriage Saver: One Minute Tent |
Forgive me Dad, Camping Gods, and anyone else who is an
aggressively pure camping guru, but I have found perfection.
Have any of you seen the recent commercial with the couple
who is struggling to set up the tent while the thunderstorm rolls in?
You can
hear the clanking of their attempts to connect the rods which are flying in all
directions and not cooperating.
You can see them struggling to push the rods
into the teeny tiny little slots that need to travel the length of the tent and
always, ALWAYS get stuck somewhere along the line.
You can imagine them
swearing, walking away for a deep breath, and putting a hand out as the
raindrops start falling. We’ve all been there & have all cursed the weather
and camping and whose-idea-was-this-gods at the level of frustration this can
bring.
Last summer, we were in need of a new, family tent. Off to
REI! Was the initial instinct for that cool, techie tent that could withstand
the wooly winds of Everest -- even though, at this point, we were merely Champion Car Campers with our young crew of kids.
But then, a miracle happened: a friend, a brilliant, brilliant
friend, had just been to the Outdoor Mecca of Aisle 57,000 at Chez Target.
There, stuffed next to camouflage sleeping bags and mosquito netting, was the
epic item: THE ONE MINUTE, SET-UP or TAKE-DOWN “INSTANT TENT” with poles
PRE-ATTACHED.
No need for flopping and cursing of un-cooperative poles in
the dark. No need for dirty looks at your spouse when the kids are whining and
hungry. No need for thrashing around with the rain-tarp: “gald-dang-it, which
way’s the front???” – the built in Weather TEC System keeps you dry…Guaranteed!
And when we took it on our trial run in the gorgeous
redwoods last summer, this 6 person tent practically walked itself out of the
boot of the car and popped itself up all on it’s own! While my neighboring
dad-friend spent nearly 30 minutes wrestling the 20 foot poles for his 6 person
gale-force ready tent, we took our extra 29 minutes to explore the campground
with the kids and laugh behind his back.
Coleman, you are a beautiful company. And you may have just
saved many, many a marriage & increased the likelihood that we get our
fannies out into Ma Nature that much more. Love it, hate it? Let me know! Coleman 6 Person Instant Tent, $169.99
Namaste & Three Cheers! -OM
Namaste & Three Cheers! -OM
Curious if your raving review held up after using several times through out the summer? I'm looking for a tent I'll be able to set up by myself with 4 kids playing around. Thanks!
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