Kodiak Canvas Flex-Bow Canvas Tent Deluxe

I purchased this tent from Amazon in Feb of 2016. My Son and I used this tent for our vacation to three national parks this summer. We camped a total of 9 nights in this tent through all kinds of weather. We encountered temps as high as 90F and as low as 35F. We were in blistering sun and two nights of rain, with one of the nights including thunderstorms and camp ground flooding. Below are my opinions on the pro's and cons of this tent.Pro's1. Completely waterproof: We had no problems with water leakage. The treatment on the canvas keeps water out period. I will say that we did have the slightest amount of very fine mist/condensation in our tent during the night that we had thunderstorms and multiple inches of rain at our campground. But nothing inside the tent became saturated with rain water.2. Setup: Once you get your routine down setup of the tent takes about 10 min from start to finish. I'm not including organizing items inside your tent, I'm only speaking to the actual tent set up. All you need to do to get this tent up is stake the four corners, get the roof/flex bow installed, and then raise each side. My Son is 11 and so he was able to help by laying out stakes and pounding them in, but he isn't quite strong enough to help raise the tent. I was able to do this myself, but I'm a 6'2" male in decent physical shape.3. No rain fly to attach and guy line. This saves a ton of time!4. Space: I can stand up easily in this tent. On our trip there was only two of us, but our gear included two camping cots (mine is an oversized Cabelas guide cot) and luggage. We had tons of room. I think the fact that you don't have to crawl in on your hands and knees is a huge plus for those of us who are over the height of 6 ft. If I was a 5' 7" person, I would see how a 4 man dome would have been a great option for my son and I for our vacation.Cons1. Heavy: This tent and poles do weigh a lot. I bought this tent specifically for car camping. My son and I do not backpack. The poles for this tent are very strong, but they also add considerably to the weight of the tent. And the stakes are also quite heavy, but they won't bend!!!2. Transport: The bag that the poles are stored in is quite long. I was able to lay the pole bag across the floor of our SUV in front of the back seat (normally where back seat passengers would put their feet. I would estimate that the pole bag is about 3.5 - 4.0 feet long. If you have a small car, you may have problems fitting the poles into your trunk and you may have to resort to a roof topper or something. I'm sure the poles would fit nicely into those long aerodynamic Yakima roof toppers.3. Strength needed to erect the side poles. Like I stated above, the side poles do take some strength to get into position. Two adults working together shouldn't have a problem, but it can be a bit of a chore.Overall, I love this tent!! The quality and durability are top notch!! The tent holds up well to weather and I think that everything will last a long time if taken care of properly. The tent is heavy, but it IS a car camping tent. The stakes in particular impressed me very much! Of the three tent pads that we encountered on our trip, two of them were very packed down and rocky. The tent stakes included with this tent didn't bend. In fact I broke a mallet while pounding stakes at the first campground, and had to go to a hardware store where I purchased a 4lb sledge to pound in stakes at the future camping sites.I'd like to address that I do have some mold on the roof of my tent. That mold came from storing the tent wet between initial set up in my back yard and the camping trip described above. I plan to clean the tent with mild soap, some peroxide and then buy water proofing agents to treat the roof as needed. While mold and mildew is gross to look at, I don't get as worried about it as some folks. The fact is that you are around all sorts of mold spores everyday!Lastly, seems to be a few bad reviews based on the fact that the tent is made in China. There are lots of products made all over this world and quality control vastly depends more on the company than it does the country of origin. I didn't really look at the American made option/ spring bar tents before buying this tent. I did look at multiple reviews for Kodiak tents from multiple sources. I would estimate that I watched about 20 videos on youtube showing set up and tear down. As well as discussing the pros and cons of each individual buyer. I bought this tent with my own money and I have no relationship with the producer of this product.

I am a partner in a junior gold mining company which means we spend a lot of time out in no-man's land searching old gold fields for development. I had a pretty dang well made 8 person nylon tent, but it doesn't handle the variations in climate very well and I really get aggravated with the fiberglass tension poles. Also, those tension pole tents are a pain to set up in a stiff breeze or during a rainstorm.I did quite a bit of research weighing the different types of assembly from hydraulic systems, air ribbed, spring bar, and steel-pole of a few different variations. After watching videos, notably one in Idaho during a snowed-out elk hunt, I was pretty convinced the Kodiak Canvas was the way to go. Honestly, look at how many five star reviews it has. You can't get that many people together in one room to agree on the color of the sky in a given day, much less on camping equipment.I did season it what I thought was reasonably well, but didn't have a garden hose so I used a brand-new chemical sprayer with water in it. First time out with it I even brought along my portable AC and generator. With an AC, you have to run the exhaust hose out of a window and the heavy-duty zippers held it in place perfectly. Also, since it is exhausting air to the outside, it needs to draw air in. The two top air vents aren't really enough for this so it does draw air into the tent through the walls which pulls things in a bit. A bit disconcerting at first, but without a doubt the best night of sleep I've had in the field that didn't involve an RV.Second time out, monsoon storm hit. Put it up backwards to start due to fighting the rain and wind, then had to spin it around to get the awning facing the right way. The space at this particular mining site is very limited. The back of the tent is touching brush coming down a hillside, and the awning is a few inches away from a tree branch to the front. I only had a bit of leakage where the main poles go, but that was because I was stepping on the canvas trying to get the pole into the catch metal piece while fighting the wind at the same time.Once I had it up and the awning staked, it was fantastic. Changed out of wet clothes and rain gear, got dried off and the rain subsided. I thought the awning would be a pain, but the way the ropes and poles work, it's great. Dang well designed. It does need to be lower on one side to drain off water but no big deal. Overnight another round of showers hit but no leakage at all. The walls will feel damp, but that's it. If I had the AC running it probably would've pulled water into the tent, but it was cool enough with a fan in there for the night.The only thing I would change would be to put a piece of the flooring material the width of the door on the outside so you can brush off your feet before getting into the tent.Assembly note, if you have the corners staked too tight, it's a fight to get that second pole into the catch. Pull the corners of the tent out, but don't stake them tight against each other. I leave the exhaust vents open when I store it so if I'm setting up in a storm I don't have to worry about water getting in during set up. This does cause a vacuum when you try to raise the roof, but better a little bit of a fight than a tent filling with water through the mesh. If it is clear when I'm setting up, easy enough to unzip the screens for better airflow. I always set this up by myself too, and it's probably faster than those nylon fiberglass-tension pole tents with a heckuva lot more space.Disassembly? Super easy and storage is fantastic. The included canvas bag is well designed to let you get the tent in there without a fight. Get yourself an old shoestring to tie the pole bag closed. The attached cord isn't quite long enough to tie a quick slip knot.I could not be more pleased with this tent and look forward to using it once the snows start hitting in a few months.

Good strong well made tent

Easy to set up, so much space for all your things plus more. Waterproof! As long as your ok with it being nearly 100lbs this is a fabulous tent. No more flimsy pole tents for me.

REALLY! Over $700.00 (can) for this beautiful tent and you send those useless pegs. Come on you can do better.

Very good quality tent， it will last a long time