Product Description

The Trail Dome tent is an ideal family-camping tent that offers a view of the stars-at the campground or in the backcountry. A simple pole design make this tent a snap to pitch

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12801 in Sports & Outdoors
• Size: 6 Person
• Color: Navy/Grey
• Brand: Kelty
• Model: 40181017
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 9.00" w x 26.00" l, 10.05 pounds

Features

• Seasons: 3 Doors: 1; Vestibules: 0; Poles: 4; Pole Type: 2 14.5mm DAC DA17 aluminum + 2 9mm fiberglass awning poles; Wall Material: 68D 190T polyester taffeta; Floor Material: 1800mm PU polyester taffeta; Fly Material: 75D 190T 1800mm PU polyester taffeta
• Freestanding
• Color-coded clip construction
• Watertight walls
• Closable mesh panels

Customer Reviews

Kelty Makes Your Outdoor Life More Comfortable
On a tent camping trip, a quality tent is essential; the Kelty Trail Dome 6 is just what you need. Truth is your tent is all that stands between you and the elements when you are sleeping outside under the heavens. While rated as a six person tent, this cozy, one-room shelter will comfortably sleep three to four adults if you usually use an airbed under your sleeping bags. The design is pretty standard for a dome tent, but it's in the fit, finish and details that this tent excels. Here are some more positive aspects to consider:

1. The layout is a square 10' by 10' with a substantial 6' center height. The tent hooks onto the poles with color coordinated clips. One person can setup this tent, but securing the rainfly does require a little finesse because it's big and slippery.

2. The rainfly provides excellent coverage on two sides with an awning on the "front" and "back", and there are plenty of velcro stays and guyouts to keep the Trail Dome 6 dry and secure in a substantial wind and rain storm. In a heavy downpour, other tents went down and this tent stayed up while keeping its occupants under cover.

3. Large ventilation panels of no-see 'um netting on each side are located well up under the fly to protect from rain and snow. Their location does make it just a little less ventilated if there's no moving air such as on a hot, summer night; that's about the only time when you need to open the large D shaped door.

3. The bathtub floor has taped and sealed seams (standard on any high quality tent) and the floor extends well up the sides to give very good protection against water infiltration.

Some things that help make the tent even more livable are light-reflective guylines using the Kelty Triptease Lightwire; the guylines that come with the tent are black nylon and impossible to see at dusk let alone at night. Also, an available Kelty accessory footprint tailored for this model makes it a lot easier to setup the tent while adding a necessary layer of protection under the floor.

Almost everyone who has done any tent camping has had some bad experience with inclement weather, but fortunately this tent is part of the solution rather than part of the problem. No tent is perfect, but if you are into camping, this tent helps you get a good night's sleep so you have more energy for the "roughing it" part of your adventure. Have fun!

Nice tent, but...
I have had this tent for about 4 years now. I use it 2 weeks a year for car camping fishing trips. This tent sets up easily and quickly. It is roomy once set up and very comfortable for 2 big guys on twin air matresses with all of their gear for a week. It doesn't exchange air very well when the fly is on it. If it is hot outside, chances are it is going to be hotter inside the tent. I can live with the ventilation issues. The major drawback to this tent is the way the water flows off of it. On the front of the tent, the floor wraps over the outside of the wall panel. The water runs off the fly, down the front of the tent and sits on top of this seam. Every time it rains, water leaks in this seam. I have put sealer on it, but when water sits on a seam, it is going to get in. That is my only complaint. A bit more overhang of the fly, or changing that seam would make this tent a lot better. Still a good tent.

Tent Review
UPDATE:
I returned from my 6-week geology field camp in Ely, NV at 8,000 ft where we saw rain, snow, hail, constant sun, and very high winds. The rain fly went on in the beggining of the trip and I never had to tamper with it again -"Set it and forget it!". My only complaint is in regards to the tent stakes, which I immediately replaced with 2 ft. long reubar stakes that ACE gladly cut and bent. While setting up the tent I had to stake it down then buckle and stake the fly as well. Before I staked all that down I position the doors and vestibule area perpendicular to the dominant wind direction. This protected cold air from flowing in, but still allowed ventilation during the day -unlike other hardcore rain-flys. Together the fly and strong aluminum poles add much stability in those windy conditions day/night -the tent didn't bend down or bow out. I did have to wake up to push snow off the sides of my tent and it bounced back into position.

Neither rain or hail or any water for that matter made it inside or under the tent. The direction you set the vestibules is key in protection from wind and in-coming storms.

The Traildome 6 is very roomy -with space above my 5'4" head. Floor space was plentiful for one person with a month and a half's load of gear. My 8 ft. long cot fit nicely along the sides with extra room and didn't even block the doorways.

Overall, the tent was still going strong and looked just as beautiful as the day I recieved it. I highly recommend this tent, especially for long-term camping folk or field camps.

6-weeks of Nevada has nothing on this tent!


*I bought this tent for a 6-week field camp in Nevada next month, so I've only used it once so far. I really like the strong poles and it's very easy to set up. Inside pockets are nice, but cupholder pockets would be perfect! Overall, for my first use, I was pleased. The real test will be the 6 weeks in the snow, desert, and wind!