Product Description

10' X 7' X 60" Dome Tent

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53720 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: Navy, Black
• Brand: Columbia Sportswear
• Model: CB-3100

Features

• Dome-style tent sleeps up to four; measures 10 by 7 feet
• GoBeDry rain protection system repels moisture with a protective coating
• Cyclone Venting System exhausts hot air up through the skylight roof mesh panels
• Hanging gear loft, pocket organizer
• Center height of 60 inches; 14.9-pound carry weight

Amazon.com Product Description
Spacious and efficient, the Columbia Hawk Ridge dome-style tent will comfortably sleep up to four people. Built to withstand the grueling weather in the Hawk Ridge Nature Preserve, the Hawk Ridge tent features moisture repelling fabric, a tub floor design, taped seams, and a fully encompassing rain fly. It features a pocket organizer, remote controlled light, skylight panels, and a hanging gear loft. This tent measures 10 by 7 feet, has a 60-inch center height, and weighs 14.9 pounds. It has a 1.9-ounce polyester taffeta with a 800mm polyurethane coating (PU) fabric with a 1500mm nylon floor. It includes a carry bag with handles.

The GoBeDry rain protection system combines four technologies to keep you dry and comfortable in wet weather. Dry Tek repels moisture with a protective coating; the DryGuard skirt deflects rain from floor seams and stake loops; the Dry Floor tub design elevates the floor seams to keep away water; and the DryLock sealed floor seams block moisture and prevent leakage.

The patent pending Cyclone Venting System creates a vortex of ventilation to exhaust hot air up through the roof mesh panels while drawing in cool fresh air through lower mesh vents.

About Columbia Sportswear
Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company has grown from a small family-owned hat distributor to one of the world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of skiwear in the United States. Columbia's extensive product line includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories. Columbia specializes in developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish and offer great value. Eighty-year-old matriarch Gert Boyle, Chairman of the Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and CEO, lead the company.

Columbia's history starts with Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom, when they fled Germany in 1937. They bought a small hat distributorship in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia Hat Company, after the river bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor deliveries from suppliers, the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products themselves. In 1948, Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal suddenly died of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim, then a college senior. After that it wasn't long before business really started to take off. Columbia was one of the first companies to make jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. They introduced the breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System, in which a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early 1980s, then 60 year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in Columbia's successful and popular advertising campaign.

The company went public in 1998 and moved into a new era as a world leader in the active outdoor apparel industry. Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to more than 12,000 retailers internationally.

Amazon.com Tent Guide
Selecting a Tent
Fortunately, there are all kinds of tents for weekend car campers, Everest expeditions, and everything in-between. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

Expect the Worst
In general, it's wise to choose a tent that's designed to withstand the worst possible conditions you think you'll face. For instance, if you're a summer car camper in a region where weather is predictable, an inexpensive family or all purpose tent will likely do the trick--especially if a vehicle is nearby and you can make a mad dash for safety when bad weather swoops in! If you're a backpacker, alpine climber or bike explorer, or if you like to car camp in all seasons, you'll want to take something designed to handle more adversity.

Three- and Four-Season Tents
For summer, early fall and late spring outings, choose a three-season tent. At minimum, a quality three season tent will have lightweight aluminum poles, a reinforced floor, durable stitching, and a quality rain-fly. Some three-season tents offer more open-air netting and are more specifically designed for summer backpacking and other activities. Many premium tents will feature pre-sealed, taped seams and a silicone-impregnated rain-fly for enhanced waterproofness.

For winter camping or alpine travel, go with a four season model. Because they typically feature more durable fabric coatings, as well as more poles, four-season tents are designed to handle heavy snowfall and high winds without collapsing. Of course, four-season tents exact a weight penalty of about 10 to 20 percent in trade for their strength and durability. They also tend to be more expensive.

Domes and Tunnels
Tents are broadly categorized into two types, freestanding, which can stand up on their own, and those that must be staked down in order to stand upright. Freestanding tents often incorporate a dome-shaped design, and most four-season tents are constructed this way because a dome leaves no flat spots on the outer surface where snow can collect. Domes are also inherently stronger than any other design. Meanwhile, many three-season models employ a modified dome configuration called a tunnel. These are still freestanding, but they require fewer poles than a dome, use less fabric, and typically have a rectangular floor-plan that offers less storage space than a dome configuration. Many one and two-person tents are not freestanding, but they make up for it by being more lightweight. Because they use fewer poles, they can also be quicker to set up than a dome.

Size Matters
Ask yourself how many people you'd like to fit in your fabric hotel now and in the future. For soloists and minimalists, check out one-person tents. If you're a mega-minimalist, or if you have your eye on doing some big wall climbs, a waterproof-breathable bivy sack is the ticket. Some bivy sacks feature poles and stake points to give you a little more breathing room. Also, if you don't need bug protection and you want to save weight, check out open-air shelters.

Families who plan on car camping in good weather can choose from a wide range of jumbo-sized tents that will accommodate all your little ones with room to spare. A wide range of capacities is also available for three- and four-season backpacking and expedition tents. Remember, though, the bigger the tent you buy, the heavier it will be, although it's easy to break up the tent components among several people in your group. It's also helpful to compare the volume and floor-space measurements of models you're considering.

Customer Reviews

Great tent
This is a great tent. First set-up took some time, second set-up at campsite in dark went fast. It rained for 36 hours with various degree's of intensities and the tent stayed dry. Kept the door and the vents open, with the rain fly zipped, the air movement helped with the dampness. Lots of storage pockets. The shape is nice as you have extra space by the door and you can put your bed towards the back. Great expandable carry bag has room for a ground cover. The stakes are light duty, you will need to match the stacks to the type of ground your camped on. The front vestibule adds a lot of extra space. Enjoyed this tent.

Nice and dry...
We have had this tent pitched on our property since we received it about five days ago. The rainfly was put to the test when we had a day of non-stop rain. I'm happy to report that, even with no tarp under the tent, the tent stayed dry. We plan to take it on a proper camping trip soon!

good tent for the price but has it flaws
If you want spacious tent for two that will keep you dry and well-ventilated at the budget price, you can select much worse then Columbia's Hawk Ridge 10x7 feet dome.

Goodies:
- good-quality construction from brand-name manufacturer at affordable price (sixty two dollars at the time of the review)
- tent stays dry, grounded and well-ventialted in any weather that mother nature can throw at you, which is most important when it comes to tents.
- excellent main vestibule entry gives more then enough space to comfortably enter/exit the tent and allows (due to the extra sixth pole for the rain fly) to keep it open in most weather, even in rain
- two additional smaller vestibules (again, available only if you put a rain fly on) at each end of the tent provide plenty of space for your gear and boots
- plenty of pockets inside, including can-holder, even though there is no remote light as Amazon description states.
- provided carry bag has nice expandable feature, so you can pretty easily put your tent back into it, once folded. With good folding technique you would even find space for additional tarp in this bag.

Not so hot:
- floor plan does not allow more then two people to feel comfortable in this tent. Stated 10 by 7 feet is only true at the center of the tent as tent features diamond layout. So this tent may be too big (and heavy) for one person, but too small for more then two, unless you have small child or a pet with you.
- heavy package, making this tent usable only when you don't have to carry it over long distances (good for car or canoe camping, bad for hiking destinations)
- six different poles make it more difficult to assemble comparing to more conventional two-pole designs. It is not too bad, as with some practice one person can set up basic tent in ~ 10 minutes and add rain-fly in another 10 minutes. But if time is at premium, I would advice against this tent
- mesh screen is not durable. I would afraid to keep my dog in this tent as he will ruin the screen with simple paw tapping
- very little sky view compared to other tents. The only mesh screens on top of the tent are providing the view only from the center of the tent. If you like your tent to be view-friendly, try a different tent
- provided stakes bend easily and are not advisable for long-time use. It is highly recommended to purchase MSR Ground Hog Stake Kit available on this site as a supplement if you don't already have good quality stakes from older tents.

Overall, I would give this tent three stars, with one bonus star for the affordable price.