Anaconda has dropped the price again for this Ozb popular family tent.
Plenty of stock in most stores.
Price match with Macpac as well.
Usual WELCOME10 code for $10 off for new club members.
Coleman Northstar 10 Person Darkroom Tent with LED $599 (Was $1499.99) + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ Anaconda
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Snowys Ebay store have it at this price too
Will it be too big for 2 adults and 1 kid? In anycase I guess cheaper than a similar 8p.
We have never done camping before so need to buy all the gear starting with a tent.
we have a 10 person tent for our family of 4. we sleep in one part and the other is a mozzie proof lving room / dining room. there is no clutter when there is room for containers.
They seem like a reasonable tent. Don't be fooled by the RRP, these tents are always $750ish and regularly less
With 2 adults, 2 kids and 1 dog(cavoodle), I am definitely going to get this 10P one, but only when my current 6P Coleman tent becomes unusable :(
If there is any chance of welcoming 2nd or 3rd kid in the future, then 10P would be a good choice :)
Then you can say they WERE 'born' in a tent!
All good unless they are 'raised' in a tent!
I have this tent for a family of four and it’s great. The tent is basically split into three sections. Adults take one end, kids the other and bags etc are in the middle.
The tent is very heavy, so only suitable for car camping.
Very dark inside too.
If you could get a size smaller, it might be better for three. But I highly recommend this tent for anyone with a young family.
Heavy as in one man can carry into car or u need an extra hand?
Heavy, but you could put it in the car yourself.
Yeah you can put it in the car in your own. But wouldn’t want to carry it any great distance, so car next to campsite is fine.
General camping advice : divide tent size (10p) by 2. That should be just right number of people for any tent. To account for belongings and not feel like a sardine can.
From experience, for a family of 4-5, the 3 room design was perfect for us. We took 1 room, kids in the other room and we used the middle area as a communal area (storage, and even some chairs and tables for when its raining outside).
6P should suit you just fine. 8P if you want more interior space. Though 6P is easier and faster to pitch.
Yeah I figured the general rule about tent size divide by 2. So, 8p would be the best fit (for a family of 3) with two rooms. Its just that there is no price difference between 8p and 10p :). And 6p is just about $100 cheaper with only one big room.
worth keeping in mind that bigger doesn't always mean better when it comes to camping though. Weight, size, setup/tear down time are all greater with the bigger models.
This in 6 or 8P is definitely not a bad place to start but personally I'd be grabbing a 4P or 6P and shoving the kid in their own little swag or 2P tent :p
@GUYANDSON: We used to have our own tents when kids but these days prefer to have them with me. Maybe when a bit older they move to their own.
I have one of these and the poles are so weak and flimsy
Once up are they any better?
How is it to fold up/back in bag?It held after getting enough balance and we simply avoided putting a lot of stress onto the knuckle joint. I reached out to customer care and they were happy to exchange the faultly poles but I haven’t gotten around to do that yet. Getting it all back into the bag was fine
surprised was this just a bad set as mine are solid
How's this to setup? Only need something that sleeps 5 and was looking at one that pops up
On our last camp trip another family rocked up with one of these and took them about 40mins to setup and takedown. Wasn't their first use either so maybe they needed to be trained on how to do it properly but it did seem a bit of a pain in the ass.
It's easy to setup. It's sort of annoying to pack down because the poles can have a mind of their own and get twisted backwards. Kids/humidity/sweat/flies/darkness don't make it any easier but it is easy in reality.
We've had this for over a year now, used about 8 times.
First time it took about 30 minutes to set up, but once you know what you're doing it can be up in about 10 minutes (including pegging out the mesh groundsheet).
You absolutely need two people to do it though, it's a nightmare trying with just one person.
What Niko says below about the pack down is accurate, it can be a little fiddly. We've got it down to be about 20 minutes and once the poles are down you can do it with one person.
Take into account though that this is a big tent - like, big! There is a lot of space in each room, we have comfortably sat the four of us (2 adults and 2 kids) in the middle room around a table to eat when the weather or mozzies were bad.
Had one of these in the past. Good tent, very heavy to lug around and the poles are pretty ordinary.ake sure you fold them away in the right manner or they will brake next use. If you tent camping still a good choice at the asking money.
Which camping are you doing now other than tent camping?
Spawn camping
Lmaooo
Camper trailer. Was tired of sleeping on the ground.
Stayed in one of these over the Xmas break at the Lorne caravan park.
Family of four. 2 adults and 2 kids. blow up qS mattress in one room 2 singles in another. Bags etc in the middle.
Was excellent. Bit noisey tho.
The integrated led lights were excellent.
Get the optional ground cover for bush camping.
I didn't set it up, so can't answer that question.Omfg yes thank you been looking for something like this!n
Damn im looking for a good deal on 4p
https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/coleman-instant-up-6p-…
This would be nice option for 4ppl, check with your local storeOh thanks! But i’m after the 4p northstar though
For those that are fairly new to camping you generally halve the number of people they say you can fit in. So this will be a great tent for 4-5 people. You want living space, space to hang out if it's raining, places to put your bags etc. I had a 6 person Coleman when I did a 2 months travelling the east coast and it was perfect for 2 people.
Is it necessary to buy the ground mesh footprint to go with this model or do people recommend buying just a generic mesh material from bunnings?
Generic tarp or mesh are fine, and much cheaper.
Don't use a tarp, it will pool water when it rains.
Only if you make the tarp bigger than the footprint of the tent.
I got the kings floor mesh, perfect size and has the eylets.
I actually did but the mesh…and it doesn't have the same footprint as the tent, so maybe I was using it wrong. I'm just gonna use the mesh as a floor next time.
don't bother with one
Darkroom tent as in good for astrophotography..? 😄
Wish I got outdoors more.. I still have my Skywatcher Virtuso GTI 6" sitting unopened for the last 2 months..
Brampton is a far far better tent. Poles, setup, pack away is just so much more superior along with the whole quality of the tent. Just saying..
If winds pick up you'll be going home with this tent.
Kings sell 6x3 mesh flooring which are one of their only good products.Our group has gone camping in really bad weather — heavy rain and strong wind/gust - with this and survived well. No issue with rainwater getting into the tent. We just had to make sure the tent was well secured — we used screw in tent pegs, not the ones supplied with the tent, and guy ropes all deployed.
I have one of these, good tent and easy to setup once done a few times. If you do get it ensure you setup before going camping, mine had a few of the poles installed incorrectly, they were flipped 180degrees to what they should have been. I thought i was setting it up wrong because it wouldnt do what it was meant to, anyway had to unscew a few screws and turn the poles around and then it was fine, would have been a bastard to find this out on the campground.
This is what happened with our one but all poles were installed incorrectly. 100% faulty. Lucky I tested it before I went to Sydney otherwise I would have been in trouble.
Since then tried the Coleman airbeds($90)- we both wound up on the floor 3rd camping trip in, one hemorrhaged. Coleman hyperflame stove ($200) - incinerated food, then igniter failed, burnt the whole igniter as it got so hot and couldn't turn it down did the hack and Coleman says this voids warranty, Got replacement then bag handle tore.
It's a shame Coleman was good years ago but it's like a 1/10 rating now, check product review for honest reviews. Places like Snowys / tentworld filter reviews.
We now stick with Outdoor connection, exped, Zempire, a few kings products (mesh flooring, gazebo or anything mechanical only!) pegs from Aldi which they just had on sale and lifetime for tables, Rovin for fridge.
Doing another trailer mod then ditching the Coleman crappy stove for a Weber Q 1200 then we can roast, grill etc.
I thought the same..it's just that the poles can seem reversed if they get twisted. You don't actually have to remove the poles, you just have to work in the 4th dimension to get it to go back to normal.
After 5 hours we gave up… A tent should NEVER be this hard to assemble. In 30 minutes our entire camp is setup.
12p Brampton tent
2 X 3x3m gazebos
Tables
Mesh flooring
LED light strips
Tables
Kitchen
Zempire MonstamatsPacking up takes about an hour.
5 hours for Brampton or Coleman?
@rahuahuj: Coleman. Brampton is super simple!
https://youtu.be/MeJQbt6tQOAWe copped 78km/h winds at lakes entrance along with hail one night. Was bloody loud inside the tent, kids were scared but even the caravan owners were surprised we survived it.
It's a bloody solid tent!
Tentworld eBay sometimes has 20% off sometimes which brings them down to $558
When campsites like Big4 now want $115 a night for a powered campsite in peak times with 7 nights minimum you don't want to be packing up due to crappy camping gear
Thanks for the review, leaning more to a Brampton 3R.
What is the mesh flooring for?
@Kammi: Tenting comes at a cost… This cost is mould and mildew which happens with canvas tents and all tents. Tents need to be 100% dry before packing away or they will turn mouldy. For some reason it ALWAYS rains when packing up! A tent will easily take 4-7 days to dry and when you go a tent this big it's a PITA to dry, it will take up your living room for a week. Mesh flooring helps keep the tent dry, protected. It would only take one sharp stick to pierce the bottom of a tent if you step on it.
One small hole will ensure the tent isn't waterproof anymore.Most campsites aren't 100% grass and usually with sandy soil to help the grass recover but once wet this will just stick to the bottom of the tent. This means it will need washing before storing away.
Mesh flooring prevents all of this! For $60 it's well worth the investment. Great for under gazebos too!
Yeah ok if that was your experience and your assembly, but mine needed to be removed and installed the correct way, no amount of 4th dimension would have helped with mine, simply constructing it properly the first time was what was needed.
This is whats needed, you need to remove the screws and put the poles in the right way, only problem is the screws used are utter garbage and strip, making this process impossible.
We spoke to anaconda about it and the guy said Coleman return rates are around 70%, straight into landfill.
the price they charge for replacement parts is interesting, a replacement fly is more than they're selling the complete tent for currently
if anyone needs some replacements parts I have a few to sell
$60 off with code SNSMD4M3F6LPH67M delivery charge applies…but still cheaper
$1499, pump the brakes Anaconda.