![]() We set it up in our back yard just prior to the trip–I had planned to waterproof the seams, but the minute we got the rainfly in place, it started to rain! It poured buckets all night–and not only did the tent withstand some pretty high winds with only the four stakes in the ground on the corners, but in the morning, all was completely dry inside, except for a small puddle where the undertarp footprint had stuck out from under the edge of the tent, making water pool up on the tarp itself. I WAS concerned about the fabric floor, so I also bought a 12x 10 tarp to put under as a footprint. Here’s why I finally decided on the Eureka 1210–ġ) It has a large enough floor footprint for our needs.Ģ) It isn’t an overwhelmingly large size, which the cabins looked like.ģ) We were planning a camping trip on the beach, and I was concerned about winds with upright cabin tents.Ĥ) This one, while having the size we needed, also has excellent coverage from it’s rain fly–we live in Western Oregon, and it’s wet enough of the year that you really need to think about rain protection.ĥ) I noticed that every other tent I looked at either had no windows/ventilation on the sides with the rain fly on–or were the opposite-with a huge open screen on at least one side and no privacy. I went back and forth between this tent and some of the cabin style tents with upright walls. I’ve had knee surgeries since acquiring that last tent, and while the dome did allow us to stand up in the middle, that was also where the bed was, so I wanted something with a larger floor area AND something with enough height to stand in most of the tent. I wanted something that could be divided into two rooms, and we really needed a larger space than our prior 9’x 9′ Coleman dome that I’ve had for about 15 years. I looked at a LOT of tents before our family’s most recent camping trip. It is poorly designed, made of cheap materials, included many errors in manufacture. I had a Eureka backpacking tent (the Caddis, for those of you “experienced” enough to remember) That I used often for 15 years before passing it on to a friend in worn, but usable condition when I bought a lighter tent. In what I would estimate to be a 20 to 25 MPH wind, the fly disintegrated. ![]() The shock cord pulled through the ferrule on the end of one of the poles.ģ. The gear loft could not be used because one of the tie points was missing.Ģ. Here’s what went wrong in the two weeks I had this tent before I sent it back:ġ. That would be understandable if it were a backpacking tent. The longer story: This tent is made of very light-weight material. Not up to the quality standards that Eureka maintained in years past. The short story: Poorly designed and executed. It is relatively light compared to rest of the tents in this size. ![]() The rain fly directions are not the best but it’ll take only 1 try to get it down. But it is very to set it up with or without directions. Due to size and height of the tent, it does require two people to get it up. The setup and tear down time is very good. I do suggest tarp under all tents so that it doesn’t tear and get dirty/muddy but the quality of this tent is unquestionably very high. This in my mind was the ultimate test of water proofing. ![]() It got a bit ‘damp’ on areas where the mud was being pressed on the floor but NO WATER got in. During the rain, I could feel the water puddles right under the tent (I didn’t even have a tarp under the tent) all night long but NONE of that seeped in. You can keep the windows open a bit for ventilation even with lotta rain, esp since there are windows on all 4 sides, so you can find a side away from wind direction. There is a nice equipment loft that is very useful and a great idea.įirst night I used this tent, we got a huge storm hit us. Windows can be rolled up and tucked with the hooks. Both are easily usable and well built, strong and not leaky. Its huge, with a partition, well placed windows and doors. This is a great tent for that is applicable for lot of settings. ![]()
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