WHITEDUCK Regatta Canvas Bell Tent - w/StoveJack, Waterproof, 4 Season Luxury Camping and Glamping Yurt Tent Outdoor

I ordered my 10-ft Regatta Bell from Amazon because they had sandstone beige in stock and the White Duck web site did not. Nevertheless, the tent was drop-shipped from White Duck. Go figure.As many reviews state, construction is first class. There are lots of thoughtful details. I particularly like the large-tooth YKK zippers on the door. They seem much more robust than the typical coil zippers that you find on tents.I've set up and taken down the tent twice. Both processes are straightforward, especially if you've owned a number of different tents and understand the common principles of setting them up. Given the number of stakes and guylines and the sheer size, it does take longer to set up and take down than a backpacking tent, but not dramatically longer. Once erected, the tent is very stable, and it was pretty easy to get the canvas taut because of the nine perimeter stakes and nine guy lines.As others have stated, there is room for two cots in the 10-ft tent. If you want to use a stove (I don't), you basically have room for one cot, one stove, and lots of gear. I do love the fact that I can stand up straight in the center of the tent. My guess is that if you had campers in sleeping bags only, you could get four people side-by-side on the tent floor.The first time I set it up, I sprayed water on the tent to season the canvas. The water repellent coating beaded up the water, and it rolled off. I won't know until I camp in the rain if the seasoning worked or not. I do know that canvas tents from many years ago would weep water wherever the oil from your skin would touch the canvas, so my advice is to keep from touching the canvas the first time you use it in the rain.I used the tent this past weekend in clear-sky weather that reached 29 ˚F in the morning. Throughout the night, winds gusted up to 25 knots. The tent fabric would shudder a little with the strongest gusts, but at no time did I worry about the tent collapsing. I left a water bottle out on the tent floor, and it had no ice in it in the morning, so the tent actually retained heat better than expected. There was no frost on the inside of the tent walls even though I kept the windows and door closed, so the roof vents worked well.There are some things I'm getting used to:* I'm 5'11" and I have to stoop pretty far to get through the door. Given the geometry of the tent, it's hard to imagine otherwise, but taller people should be aware of the fact.* The steel pole in the 10-ft tent pretty well blocks access to the middle of my cot. I have to sit on the upper end of the cot or the lower end, but I can't sit exactly in the middle. The steel is also cold on a cold day, so I'm thinking of wrapping parts of it with gaffer tap where I might grab it (say, when getting out of the cot).* At least two zippers must be opened or closed to enter or leave the tent because of the inverted-T arrangement of the zippers. If you're used to one U-shaped zipper, understand that zipping and unzipping the tent will always take a little longer. Also, getting all of the zippers on both the screen and the doors to perfectly meet up at the junction of the T is harder than I imagined when the tent is taut. There is a half-circle of vinyl between the screen and door at the meeting points of the inside and outside zippers to keep insects and small critters out, but it can get in the way of closing the zippers completely. In short, it's a bit fiddly.* If you want to hang a lantern from the ring on the center pole, you will need a hook or carabiner to do it.* The guy line stakes are made from galvanized steel rebar. The ridges on the rebar hold dirt and can be more difficult than I expected to clean off after pulling them from the ground.Some things that I wish were better:* The floor seems to have some extra fabric in it. In spite of staking out a taut perimeter, the vinyl tent floor is a long way from taut. As best I can tell, it was cut a little bigger than necessary before being sewn into the canvas perimeter. I have no idea if this was intentional or not.* The cap on the door pole is cheap, flexible vinyl. It will yellow, harden, and crack or tear with time. I didn't see replacements on the White Duck web site. I hope they're available nonetheless. I can imagine that cap is an absolute necessity to keep water out in a downpour.* The shock cord and chains holding the tent poles together are a bit looser than I would like. The poles don't really snap into place, and the pole sections can easily slide apart again as you erect the tent. I pinched the web between my thumb and forefinger once because of this.

I recently purchased a 13 ft Avalon to set up on my camping property. I realized once I have this larger tent set up I'm probably not going to want to take it down. So for a couple events this summer and while I prepared a tent pad for the Avalon I decided to pick up this smaller 8 ft regatta.Once you know what you're doing it sets up pretty quickly. Definitely faster than the 20 minutes they claim. I can do it in about 10 minutes easily. Just stake the perimeter, insert the poles and finish by staking out the guidelines.Construction seems very durable. I don't see any issues with the floor but I do put a tarp underneath it mainly just to protect it from punctures. Depending on how tightly you steak in front of the door it can be difficult to zip the bottom parts of the door completely closed. I really don't see it being an issue because there is enough overlap to prevent water from getting inside.As far as livable space is concerned I put a twin air bed inside mine. You can just fit one in between the sides or back of the tent and the pole. Leaving you with the other half of the tent to store your gear or whatever you want. While this tent would work for two people I think it would be very cozy. The center pole just limits the space inside but I think the extra headroom and ease of setup from this design is worth it.I feel that for the price this is a great tent to have if you are car camping and want something that is going to last you a long time as long as you take care of it. This is my first canvas tent. I've owned innumerable nylon tents over my lifetime and nylon invariably degrades from sunlight. Cotton canvas needs its own special care to keep away mildew and such. But I think for long-term durability and abrasion resistance it's a much better choice than nylon tents. Also nylon tents getting incredibly hot in the sun canvas is going to do a better job of keeping the tent cooler.