Watched lots of other tents including mine get destroyed during a typical Texas wind storm during a youth camp a few years ago. This was the only one that didn’t have any trouble at all. I was sold. Sure they make low profile 2 man tents that can take heavy winds, but I’m 6’5” tall and don’t want to get dressed or move around in those unless I have to. I’m an Eagle Scout and do lots of camping with youth groups. I’ve tried all sorts of tents over the years and have a huge collection. I’ve liked my instant up 8 man tents but they can’t take winds over 20 mph before they collapse.
I took my new Kodiak 10x14 tent to the Texas coast in June and stuck a 10,000 btu AC unit running off a small generator through the back door. I had to crawl inside my sleeping bag at night because of how cold it got. Everybody else was sweating through the night in their lightweight tents. I opened the side wall windows in the morning and had amazing views of the ocean from inside my tent. I love that the side windows are so large. Gives you amazing views and a great cross breeze. A friend told me these are hotter than typical tents, thus I purchased and tried an AC unit with it.
The added floor liner felt like luxury. I’d getting older and like to use a cot when tent camping and the legs sometimes poke and ruin the weak fabric floors of my previous tents. The heavy duty bottom plus floor liner holds up well to the cot legs.
This thing is heavy! Like two people needed to drag it where you want it. The large size means setting up and putting away is a bit of work. Don’t lose the instructions because it’s not intuitive. I’ll probably laminate mine. Also, had to buy a second duffle bag for all the accessories (tarp, floor liner, awning, rain cover thing, poles, stakes, etc). The including bag does a good job holding the tent itself, but no space to add all the other stuff.
If you need a space saving, lightweight tent, this is not what you’re looking for. But if you want something that can take 50 mph winds, is incredibly roomy, tall enough for a 6’5” guy to stand without hitting your head, and can be cooled with a window AC unit, this is your tent. You will be the envy of everybody else when their tents get blown to smithereens.
