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Camping & Hiking | Home » » Coleman Montana 8 Tent | | | | | | | Description: | | Great for families, scout troops and extended camping excursions, the Coleman Montana 8 Tent offers a feature-packed family camping experience. Measuring 16'x7' with a center height of 6'2", the Montana 8 sleeps 8 people comfortably. The innovative hinged door makes it easy to go in and out. The Montana 8 Tent features a vented Cool-Air Port for improved airflow; a privacy vent window offers more ventilation; and you can control airflow with Coleman's VariFlow adjustable ventilation. A convenient electrical-access port lets you run a cord from your device in the tent to a power supply outside. An interior gear pocket helps keep your things organized. The modified-dome structure of the Montana 8 includes a covered front porch and wings, for ample outdoor living space. Setting up the Montana 8 is a breeze, thanks to shock-corded poles, continuous pole sleeves, pin-and-ring design and InstaClip attachments; easy-to-follow set-up instructions are sewn right into the carry bag, so you'll always have them handy. The frame is strong and wind-resistant, with 11mm, 9.5mm and 6.3mm fiberglass poles; the tent fabric is 68D polyester mesh and 75D polyester taffeta inside, with a 75D polyester taffeta flysheet. A durable carry bag is included, with separate storage sacks for tent, poles and stakes. Limited 1-year warranty. | | | Features: | |
• 8 person/1 room tent , 16 x 7-Feet footprint, 74-Inch center height,11-millimeter fiberglass poles
• Modified dome structure, simple to set up, electrical access port and reverse angle windows
• Great for family car campers, scout leaders, extended camping trips and easy to transport
• 75-denier polyester taffeta fly, 68-denier polyester mesh inner tent, 1000-denier polyethylene floor
• Includes limited one-year manufacturer's warranty, made in China
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 28.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 25.3 pounds | | Package Length:
| 27.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 25.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 58 reviews |
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110 of 111 found the following review helpful:
 Roomy, comfortable tent!Nov 22, 2009
By Shelby Skye
Bought this tent for a two-week camping trip to Canada for two adults and two large dogs. We put a queen-size air mattress in one end of the tent and used the other side for luggage, dressing, storing chairs, etc. Dogs slept in the middle. Very comfortable, very good ventilation. Had plenty of room and privacy. Followed the directions and it was easy to set up. Door is fantastic - so much better than regular zip doors. It rained four days of our trip -- big downpours and very windy. As long as objects did not push up against the inside walls of the tent, then things stayed dry. This was the best purchase we made all summer and I can't wait to take it out next year!
108 of 110 found the following review helpful:
Excellent design, bone dry, plenty of room, what else?Jun 02, 2010
By D. Dudley
All I can say is "Wow"!
Cheaper than most family tents, but actually keeps the rain out. I'm 30 minutes north of Seattle. Just unpacked and put up the tent this morning as soon as it arrived during an hour no rain break, then it started pooring. Eight hours of rain and it's still bone dry inside out in my backyard. I can't believe a 450mm shell/tent can do that.
More than enough room for our whole family, me, wife, 13yr and 1yr old daughters. Two big foam beds and a play pen to boot. I searched reviews all over the net trying to find a decent family tent and hoped the reviews I read about his one were all true, and I am happy to say they are. Coleman F-N rox.
The rain fly that covers the outside of the door is part of the whole rain fly (all one piece), there is actually room for three chairs to stay dry under it (picture misleads that it is smaller). I was just out there smoking a cig thinking, America still has a few great companies left that mean well for their customers.
The floor is not cheap tub tarp, it's decent. But, I still got two 6 x 8 cheap carpets @ lowes. Lesson learned from years of camping if you want your tent to last.
The front door is pure genius. The zippers are re-inforced and glide like butter. But, if you don't want to add tons of wear on your zipper (and we all know a tent is useless when the door zipper breaks, unless of course it's a coleman with this design), just don't zip it, and let the hinge spring it lightly shut. And the factory well placed velcro hold it shut.
But wait! that's not all! LOL.. the windows tilt at an angle so no rain gets in while you hang in the rain. I was worried about the roof being open mesh, but unbelieveably, with NO TREATMENT, NO SEAM SEAL, STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY !!NO LEAKS!!. Yeah I am repeating myself, I am in awe.
43 of 43 found the following review helpful:
great roomy tentJun 08, 2010
By A. M. P. Doyon
"A.D."
This tent is large - but not too large... I have set it up in my yard to check it out and try it out. You'll need a campsite big enough to hold it - like it may not fit on an old school standard size 'tent pad', but it's not obnoxiously enormous at all... I wanted something new after my recent camping trip in my old walmart tent ended up with us in puddles. I saw 3 or 4 people in the campground with this tent and really liked it. I wish it had a room divider, but that's the only thing it's lacking. It's VERY easy to put up. I did it all by myself in about 15 minutes, the first time. I took it down by myself in about 5 minutes - and my first attempt at rolling it up, it fit perfectly back in the bag. I love the multiple power ports. Don't really understand the rear cooler access - I probably wont use it for that purpose, but it's nice to have some access ports for whatever reason you might wanna use it for! I love that it has windows even with the rainfly - that's a rare feature and I think it'll be awesome for ventilation. THere's a ton of space in there and I love the hinged door. Very happy with this purchase, and it's priced very well for it's quality and size!
30 of 30 found the following review helpful:
Great Tent: Safe Shelter for My FamilyApr 26, 2011
By Cricket
I bought this tent May 19, 2010. We bought it as a starter tent. I am a service dog trainer and handler with 2 kids and a husband that rarely joins us on our camping adventures. I often have 2-3 service dogs in training with me that also stay in the tent. We manage to fit 3 single air matresses and a full size matress with room for 3 bags and 2 large dogs (sleeping on the floor) in the tent; with a 4 inch walk way somewhere in there. I am a very experienced camper as I grew up camping since I was 2. I am now 31. I however grew up camping in pop-up campers, 5th wheels and rvs. I knew nothing of tents. After much research, I decided on this tent. We went camping about 16 times in this tent before it met it's untimely end. Over the 16 camping trips, at least 6-8 of those trips we spent in 20 mile per hour winds. The tent held up like a champ. The only issue in high winds is that the rain fly pole likes to pop off on one side. This sometimes pops off another pole if the rain fly pole hits the other poles just right. If it's not raining I have found that if you just let the rain fly pole hang on both sides the tent will hold itself up well. The issue with this is that the rain fly pole then blocks the door and you need to duck under the pole to climb in; it's far less annoying than resetting the rain fly pole every 5 minutes in high winds. The reason that you would even take this step is because the only way to prevent the wind from blowing the tent apart in high winds is to use the tag lines on the rain fly. There is no way to brace and support the tent in high winds without the rain fly.
This tent has weathered at least 10 different severe downpours (over a 3 day period) with high winds directly on the beach with no issues. The tent has weathered an additional 5-7 other bad thunder storms. The tent stayed dry every time. I love this tent!
I meantioned the tent met it's untimely end. I took the tent on a 4 day camping trip to Padre Island National Sea Shore over Easter weekend 2011. The entire trip there we had 15-30 mile per hour winds. At night the winds seemed to kick up to about 30 mph and stay that way until mid morning. The tent at times was almost halfway folded over. The ceiling, which I usually can't even begin to touch, kept hitting my head when I was exiting the tent door. The tent held firm and never threatened to give way. The tent protected my family in very high wind conditions. However, this wind storm proved to be too much for the big tent that could. One small, 1mm, tear appeared on the back side of the tent near the seams, where the tent took the most punishment. The tent also suffered moderate tears in the main mast pole sleeves and similar tears appeared on one of the side pole sleeves. The rainfly also suffered damage to the strapping that ties down that green section of the rain fly roof to the ground.
I rate this tent at 5 stars because it went through hell more than once. The tent spent it's final days nearly folded in half and still held and protected my family. A tent can only do so much. It is important to note that the brand new Bass Pro Shops tent I bought to house our beach gear and serve as a portable dog house for my service dog, also suffered catastrophic failures. The Bass Pro Shops tent has an 8 inch rip in the floor and the tent pole sleeves are destroyed. My canopy that has been used once before this trip was also destroyed and needs to be replaced. The Coleman Montana 8 suffered the least damage of all my equipment.
This tent was almost a year old when it met it's untimely death. That meant it was still under warrenty. I called the company and explained the damage that was done by the wind. They are replacing the body of the tent and the rainfly at no cost to me other than to ship it back. Coleman customer service rocks!
The Coleman Montana 8 tent takes 2 people to set up. However, a 4 year old could easily assist. The second person only needs to push the poles into the ground once set into their pins by an adult or older child and hang on while the older person walks around and sets the other side of the pole in it's pin on the opposing side. The other thing they need to do is to help hold the rain fly in high winds while you set the tag lines and the main velcro straps. Once the main velcro straps are set, you can show the kids how to attach to rest of the velcro while you set the lines. I had 3 children with me at Whitney Lake State park when we spotted a black wall of water coming towards us from accross the lake. The rain fly was not on. I quickly gathered the children and raced back to our camp site. I gave the children very specific directions of where to stand and what to hold. I told them stand here, hold this really tight, don't let go whatever you do. They all listened as the winds kicked up really bad and the sky opened up into a downpour. The kids followed my directions and saved the tent that day. Because of their actions, they slept in dry beds that night. The kids were ages 5, 6, & 7. None of them had ever put on a rain fly before. Once the main velcro was set and I had 2 tag lines set I gave them quick instructions on how to attach the velcro on the tent while I finished the tag lines. It's that easy to do!
Things I would change:
***This tent has a very high wind imprint as there is very little ventilation on the back wall. A larger vent on the back wall would have likely prevented my tent from folding over in half in the 30 MPH winds and likely would have saved the tent from getting damaged.
***The tent is very hot with the rain fly on and is very cool with it off. In high winds you must use the rain fly and deal with the added heat. I'd add some tag lines on the main body of the tent for stabilization in high winds to allow for better ventilation on hot nights. Tip: we have learned that the use of 2 oscalating fans drops the tent temperature by at least 10 degrees. Coleman makes a free standing battery operated fan (that we own) that we use when no power is availaible.
***Improve the rainfly pole or remove the roof in front of the door entirely. A different approach could be the option to use the rainfly with or without the roof in front of the door. This would eliminate the need for the rainfly pole in front of the door when the roof over the door is not in use.
25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Great Value easy setup!!!!Dec 30, 2010
By R. Alonzo
"razo"
I researched several tents and was looking for something to fit my family of 5, something that would not be too expensive, and nothing complicated to assemble. Based on the other reviews of this product I purchased the Coleman Montana 8 tent and was very pleased. The tent shipped in a timely manner and arrived unscathed. I decided to assemble it in my back yard prior to taking it camping just so I was familiar with the process and was glad I did. The tent is not overly complicated but the first time I assembled it took my wife and I about 25-30 minutes to figure things out. The second time we assembled it we had the whole thing up, staked and the rain shield on in 15-20 minutes, this was done in 20 mph winds. It was windy the whole weekend and the tent held up exceptionally well and provided good shelter from the wind. The tent has plenty of room for two queen air mattresses and one full air mattress. This made camping comfy. I like the door and the electrical portals are usefull. The only gripes I have is the stakes are flimsy at best, invest in some quality stakes. Come on Coleman, your still putting these lousy thin stakes with your great products? The other gripe I have is the gear bag it comes in needs to be a bit bigger. You can get everything back into the bag but it will take allot of coaxing. I recommend this product to anyone who is looking for quality, value, and ease of setup.
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