18.7.2010

NOTE 1: See the Update below for help with the door flap.NOTE 2: I've since sold this tent. Read this first especially if you are pitching alone.NOTE 3 (final note!) To pitch a big 3-pole tunnel-tent like this on you own, make sure you put the pole in the back end first, then the front, then the middle. To do the back and front it helps to get the centre guy pegged at the right length. To do this, hold the tent in the centre (with the centre guy pegged) and lift it fully up (as though the pole were in) to test. It will take a couple of attempts to do this (and get the guy at exactly the right length), but the benefit is that when you put the pole in the guy will act like a hand holding it in exactly the right place.(Makes sense when you try it). Once the back and front poles are in the middle one is easy!I bought this tent after seeing it in our local camping showroom and being impressed with the size and build quality. Then, after getting home, I looked online for reviews (hoping to find lots of positives to equal the sales pitch that I got instore). I was somewhat dismayed to read bad reviews (here in particular) regarding the zipless bottom. I had fears that wind and rain would be blowing in all night. Luckily, I can safely say there is no problem.After researching online I found that this zipless bottom is common to SIG tunnel tents. On the first morning, I actually thought that the tent had a leak as there was water dripping (not much) from both of the window loops. This wasn't water, though, but condensation: it is true, you do need ventilation in tents with a SIG as condensation is a real problem. I know it wasn't rain now as it did it the next morning when there had been no rain. You can get around the problem by opening the tent up in the morning and letting it air.As for the door blowing in and it being hard to close from inside, I didn't have any problem at all (See the update below). Once pegged down firmly, the door will be very secure with enough ventilation to keep down condensation. It won't blow inside the tent or budge and there is also a lip around the base of the groundsheet which keeps water out. Safe as horses. I tested this tent in the windiest conditions (50mph winds + thunderstorms) and there wasn't a drop of water inside the next morning. The tent took a total battering all night long and was fine the next day. I didn't sleep a wink, and neither did my dog, but this is a very good quality tent!To review the tent itself, it is very spacious inside; you can easily stand in both living and sleeping areas. I'm on my own and managed to put it up easily -- just remember when pushing the poles through not to force them; push them in a way and then move to where the pole end is and feed it through a bit more then go back and work the creases to the edge. Once the poles are pushed into the brass rings, peg the back one with the guys and hooks at the bottom and then pull out the front to form the tent like a concertina. Peg all the other guys and hooks (front then middle) and then put in the inner tent. Simple. Takes me 45 minutes. Once up, the sleeping area can be split into two double bed areas, one big (2 double) area or one double area + extended living space. The living space itself is very large for one or two ideally, three pushing it slightly, and would be crowded with four -- the six man version will probably be better. It has a hole for EHU and also a vent hole for a Coleman fan in the summer. It also has automatic windows which curl up as you unzip them -- no need to fasten them up.One small problem (hence 4 stars) was that there isn't an insect net built in. However, go along to your local market and ask the material stall if they would put you together a 60 x 65 inch net square with velcro (the soft part, not the hooks) on each corner. You can attach them to the hooked tabs that fasten up the two narrow side windows. I got two for a tenner and they work fine when the tent is airing in the morning. They are also the perfect size for rolling up and putting along the gap at the base of the door to stop Daddy Long Legs getting in! ))Note 1:After using the tent again in heavy rain this week, and having no problems again, and after reading numerous complaints on here about the tent door flapping in and letting in water, I wrote down what I did to get it tight.- Peg the first set of loops around the front of the tent firmly to the floor (they are small black loops made of the same material as backpack straps). Next, peg the second set (made from elasticated loops -- about 2 inches higher up from the first set) firmly away from the tent to pull a lip around the door opening up.- Next, zip the door fully down. You want to peg the elasticated loops along the bottom of the door tightly away from the tent too. Do the side ones first, and peg these diagonally away from the tent and door. Then peg the middle one (straight) away from the tent. The following diagram shows how the pegged loops of elastic should look, viewed from above looking down at the base of the door (ignore the full stops, I just put them in to space it out):/.....|.....\This will pull the door tight, there should now be a gap between the door and the lip.- Finally -- don't peg the door and then try to get in -- pull one of the side door pegs back up slightly, and take off the elastic loop. Unzip that side, get in the tent, and then pull the loop back over the peg and push (or hammer) it back into the ground and rezip the door. Sorted!Hope this helps. I had no problems, the only other thing is get a decent rubber based bath mat and keep it by the side you use as an opening to catch any water that comes in if you are closing the door. When you open up the tent in the morning, simply loosen all 3 pegs to remove the loops and then knock them back in when you want the door tightly shut.NOTE 2:I've decided to sell my Coastline 4 simply as it does get hard work on your own. It is very possible to pitch it by yourself, but because the pole sleeves are full length it is somewhat hard work. It's not a problem with 2, however you might also wish to consider the alternatives...I initially considered a Coleman Lakeside Deluxe 4 as it is about the same size and much easier to erect alone, but you can't get a porch for it. Also thought about a Vango Icarus 500 (or the 2012 400--as it has standing room), but the standard (cheap plastic peg loops and much thinner tent tabric) isn't as good as this Coleman (they are also quite dark inside in comparison). I've settled on an Outwell Virginia 500 (they're not on here, but can be bought elsewhere online) instead for the quality is about the same (probably a little better), it only has sleeves across the top of the tent and clips down the side (like the Lakeside and Vango), has a built in porch, an extra side door and insect mesh on both doors. It also has an extra porch extension (similar to the Coleman one but with full sides)...To be honest, there's not a lot in them. If you can find an OW V500 Package (with porch included) on sale (as I did--close season) get one of them (if not, they are usually a lot more expensive). If you are on your own definitely get one (it is worth paying extra for the ease of erecting it alone). If you are not on your own, though, and the Outwell's are full price then I'd reccomend this instead. For the price of a cheap custom made mesh from the market (see main review above) you'll have pretty much the same tent (minus the side door) and these are great, very spacious and durable quality. Make sure you also get the Coleman Coastline Porch as rain will come in the tent when you get in and out otherwise.

16.8.2011

Bought this tent here at the beginning of this summer and I am very happy with it. Bought it together with the porch to extend the living space. My original intention was to use it for camping by the mediterranean sea, so no extreme conditions. I have to say the the tent met my requirements and I am very happy with it. Just few comments:- very easy to build - even though it is possible to build it on your own, it is much more comfortable and faster to have two persons. Depending on your experience it will take you 30-50mins to put it up, including the porch.- very comfortable - it is extremely comfortable for two persons, one of the bedrooms could be used as a closet or room to store bicycles.It will obviously accomodate 4 persons with no problem. The "living room" is big enought for four people to sit down and cook/eat/drink... great thing about this tent is the head space - we are both over 180cm and we can easily walk inside of the tent and under the porch!- the porch is great to place your camping furtniture and enjoy meals outside, yet protected from sun, rain, and resin dropping down from pines when it gets really hot. It also protects the front door from rain and thus solve the problem with the leaking door!- great value for money!- self rolling windows are neat... so is the special hole for cables/electricity cords.- as for the quality, it is quite sturdy and will withstand pretty much anything, but I wouldn't recommend it if you want to put it directly on the beach or anywhere where you can expect stronger wind. Not only it is very tall so it moves with every gust of wind, but it can get quite noisy making it a bit uncomfortable during windy nights. What is even worse under windy conditions is the porch (otherwise brilliant) - it works as a massive kite and if it gets very windy, it will try to fly, no matter how well you nail it down to ground. It was no problem in northen Italy in July, but got quite rough last week in Croatia. The wind was bending the porch towards the ground and lifting it from the ground at the same time, big time! It virtually tore off two of the guylines, need to fix them now.- the ventilation could be better - if it gets over 30degC the tent become uninhabitable even in shade. There are two ventilation holes at the rear of the tent but they are quite small. There is one more on the right side of the tent, close to the floor in the "living room", still not enough. Air is not moving. There are tents with bigger windows that can be opened yet protecting from rain and insect, this would help.- the front door has no anti-insect protection, like a double door. It would be great if you could open it up and just leave some sort of mosquito net door closed for warm nights when you don't want to completely close the door but still keep insect and uninvited guests off. It would help the ventialation during night too! The bedrooms inside obviously have the mosquito protection as usual.Long story short - well built, comfortable, spacey tent! Recommend!

6.3.2012

Having spent a number of years camping in a two man tent with no head room and having to lay flat to get dressed with any privacy I decided I wanted to go camping again with a bit of luxury! After an exhaustive search on the internet and in camping shops I discovered the Coleman Coastline 4 Deluxe. I took advantage of the introductory offer of amazon prime and the tent arrived the next day at no extra charge! I decided to pitch the tent on a saturday morning to give myself plenty of time just in case it might be tricky to put up a 4 man tent by myself. This tent is so easy to put up! It does take a little bit longer with only one person doing it but within an hour I had fully erected the tent and hung the internal bedroom.

22.2.2012

[...]Occupy London Stock Exchange has been protesting in the City of London Corporation, for more than four months, and using tents that were not designed for long term use became problematic. Even more so, when using a tent on a hard standing that needed to be pegged down to the groundsoil. We could not dig down through the cobblestones, as that would have created ill-feeling, caused damage to the heritage site and most likely, got us evicted. instead we had to use sandbags, filled water containers, and/or wooden pallets.The rain, arctic winds, then snow, and at times, outright vandalism, required us to replace tents as the weeks passed.

19.8.2015

I've used this tent on two camping trips now and experienced typical UK camping weather - wind, rain and some sunshine.I bought this for trips with my other half and 2 young kids, we went for the 8 man tent as we wanted lots of space - and we got it, the tent is big. Although there are 2 sleeping pods, one at each end, we only use one of the pods - put up at the far end of the tent away from the front entrance.This one pod can be split into two separate pods, or used as one big pod with the use of a zip in the middle and two separate entrances to the pod. This leaves a big living space in the rest of the tent, easily large enough for table and chairs and several bags full of camping gear.the tent is easy to put up,

18.4.2011

We looked at many tents & decided on this one as only the two of us. Plenty of room. The extra bedroom can be dropped down but we intend to use it for storage.We actually bought it from Singers Outdoors last month as it was the cheapest deal BUT ALSO because it is the new 2011 edition. This means that it has a 3000 hydrostatic head, darker inner tent fabric and a zip along the bottom of the door. We also notice that the floor-linked part of the divider between the 2 inner tent rooms now drops down flush with the SIG(it has a toggle each end to lift it when the divider is in use).We particularly like the self-rolling windows. we also liked the "cat-flap" which gives added ventilation and provids an inlet for gas.

1.9.2015

My husband and I just camped using this tent for the first time.The tent was simple to put up between the two of us. We left the bedroom attached inside the tent when we dismantled it.We camped for a week in August. We had lovely sunny days but the nights were wet and blustery. The tent was perfectly waterproof. The separate bedroom meant that we had no condensation in there. Thanks to the guy-ropes it withstood some pretty strong winds. The door has 3 zips (sides and bottom) which all need to be fastened to ensure that no rain gets in. The bottom zip can b a little tricky until you get used to it. The fixed groundsheet with raised sides were good both for weather resistance and kept crawling insects out.

3.6.2011

Tents are all about compromise and this is no exception. A high sided tent will give you more room but will be more flimsy than a geodesic dome. On the other hand they are quicker to put up. This is a relatively light tunnel tent so it packs down small and weights less compared to some of the big stuff out there. The price you pay is a little more blowing around in the wind.We used this last weekend in the rain with our three young kids. To really give us enough space we needed our gazebo too. If you're light on gear its plenty big enough. It rained and rained. We stayed dry and warm. Only where we let airbeds push the bedrooms against the outer did we see any damp coming in.It went up in 45 mins and came down just as easily.

20.6.2011

I have recently purchased the new 2011 version of this tent after reading other reviews. I am really pleased with the improvements made to the tent, perhaps the manufacturers also read the reviews on here? There are now zips on the bottom of all doors which totally gets rid of the problem mentioned several times about water/insects getting in the bottom of the doors. The bedrooms are now made of a darker material to keep light out, I'm hoping my kids will sleep a bit longer in the morning!We put the tent up for the first time in the garden and it was completely simple and straight forward to erect. I agree the instructions are not fantastically helpful but if you are familiar with tunnel tents it is really very easy.

12.9.2010

I had no problems with this tent at all in high winds and rain, and as the doors go that gave me no problems as well, just peg them down no rain entered into the tent.As for the condensation issues in the tent you really have to pull the front guyline tight and that streaches the tent so it's nice and tought, then the condensation runs down the sides of the tent rather than sit in the middle and drip on you.You can also buy some heavy duty velcro strips £5 to stick the bottom of the doors together get the proper brand and they stick fine. I recommend a towel though on the outside flap as this stops the draft and bugs entering.I found the inner bedroom sloping side to be fine,

6.6.2012

This is a well constructed tent that produces a large strong wind resistant structure when correctly pitched. It is fully waterproof but prone to condensation.Poles all equal length so no need for labelling. If you need instructions perhaps camping or sharp scissors are not for you. Comes with outer and bedroom pods as separates. Erect the outer first then fit the bedroom pods. Bedroom pods have mesh inner doors,The central space is large even with both bedrooms in. The sewn in groundsheet rises approx 4 inches so you should stay dry. Ventilation is 4 small 10" triangular flaps, one at each corner, with 5 people in the tent the condensation builds up if you dont have an electric heater.

10.2.2019

I got this tent as a downsize for myself. I live in my tent for a good part of the year in the uk from march/April to sept/Oct.I can put it up alone with lots of years of tent erecting experience but would be better for two people to help, you can't really go wrong as there is only 3 poles. I have plenty of room alone but can divide bedroom with a full zip divider if I have people stay overnight. Full head room throughout which is needed at my advancing age, I'm 5ft4" and if anything it was too high for me to reach the top to erect the inner tent however once it's done I leave it in place ready for next time. I love this tent. The blinds on windows are eassy one handed roll down.

15.9.2012

This was our first tent of this type. We are more used to backpacking tents which we pitch in 'the wild' but we occasionally do some car-camping using smaller established camp-sites, and since weight isn't a problem when travelling by car we thought we might try something bigger.So, now we've tried it a couple of times for short stays, and we are quite pleased with it. It was certainly good value for money, especially with the free delivery by Amazon. We live in Denmark and received it 3 1/2 days after ordering.We didn't find it too difficult to erect. It took around half an hour the first time and even quicker the second time as we left the inner-tent in place. You do need to be two persons to handle it though.

18.8.2013

1st time camping since I was a kid and I took my time in choosing this tent - requirements and available reviews Vs budget. You get a lot of tent for your money and it is so versatile with several add-on accessories which may be required when used for several occupants. Me? I had this tent all to myself. I'm half a century +1 and not into crawling in and out of a tent any more. I went to the Yorkshire Dales and the tent has been submitted to moderate wind and rain (thankfully mostly at night) and performed admirably.It is easy to erect - even for 1. Inserting and removing the sectional poles was a bit of a fiddle, but with 2 people it would be a doddle.

17.8.2017

Very pleased with this tent. Spent days researching and changing my mind. Nearly brought the smaller tent for three people but then cancelled and brought this. Was perfect for two nights camping in filthy weather with a toddler and two dogs. We went camping with friends and we were all able to sit in our tent at night with our camping chairs etc. Great being able to stand up properly as the headroom is about 6ft. We put up the two bedrooms at one end but our blowup bed was too big to fit in so we made it into one large room for us and the cot and it was perfect size. We didn't bother to put up the other bedroom as we didn't need it and it made a great place for the dogs to sleep.

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