Eureka Tetragon 8 Review

Comfort

This was the lowest scoring tent in comfort that we tested. That is mainly due to its dome shape design. We like being able to move around a tent comfortably, and that includes being able to stand up in as many places as possible. We also didn't like that the walls were slanted inwards, taking away from the comfort level.

We really liked that you could basically split the tent in two, creating two separate rooms, each with its own door.

Storm Resistance

This tent does better than most in the wind and rain, but we rated it lower in this category because we believe the rain fly to be too unstable in the wind unless the rain fly is totally staked out and taut. So if you are expecting a storm, stake out the tent completely. The other tents we tested are weatherproof enough so that they don't require you to make their rain flys taut, which takes a little more work.

This tent also doesn't have a vestibule that comes to the ground, just a little roof over the doorway. We didn't like this, but it will still keep you dry in a little rain.

Workmanship

This tent is pretty durable for its price but lacks some of the quality that the more expensive tents offer. We did like its internal divider and loved how easy the tent was to set up. It also had big plastic yellow stakes that are nice because, unlike most of the stakes with other tents we tested, these can't bend. Another thing to note is that there are plenty of pockets for all your stuff.

Ease of Setup

This is the second easiest tent to set up that we tested. The fastest and easiest tent was the Coleman Instant Tent 6 that, like its name suggests, goes up in one minute. The Tetragon 8 took us 12 minutes to set up. Attaching the rain fly took the longest amount of time because we wanted to make sure it was as sturdy as possible because there are two floating poles that go into it.

It took us 13 minutes to carefully roll this tent up and slide it into the bag, which is just big enough to hold it.

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