Product Description

Wenzel Titan three room family dome tent and large screen porch with 1 inverted "T" style door and 3 dutch "D" style doors, along with 3 poly mesh windows. A removable fly, 5-way center hub with pin and ring system for quick and easy set-up. Shockcorded fiberglass and chaincorded frame for ease of assembly. Updraft ventilation system provides excellent airflow in tent. Two divider curtains to create three rooms in main cabin. At Wenzel we have a tradition of creating rugged, durable, top performing camping gear. We earned the reputation as America's family camping brand after more than a century of providing uncompromising quality and high value to our customers. 10 Year Warranty. Customer Care at 1-800-325-4121.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55379 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: Grey/Blue/Black
• Brand: Wenzel
• Model: 36270
• Dimensions: 11.50" h x 11.50" w x 25.50" l, 34.00 pounds

Features

• Three-room eight-person tent measures 18 by 16 feet (288 square foot area)
• Includes gear loft for storage and two divider curtains to create three rooms in main cabin
• Five-way center hub with pin and ring system for quick and easy set-up
• Removable fly; large screen porch
• Center height of 78 inches; 31-pound carry weight

Customer Reviews

Wenzel Titan lives up to its name
We were very pleased to find the tent easy to set up with two people. I like being able to stand up inside it. This is the first tent I have ever purchased that really seems to be able to sleep to its capacity without feeling cramped. Two people easily fit in both of the side compartments and we had enough room in the main compartment to have a table in the corner. Our shoes got a little wet in the screen porch compartment - we weren't aware that it wouldn't have a floor in that part. The double entrace meant that we slept bug free. THe material seems pretty durable, which I was worried about considering the price. All in all, a very well thought out tent.

A Great Tent at a Great Price (just seal the rain-fly first)
My two boys and I went camping on our wooded, 60+ acre property in Upstate New York for the first time in five years last week. Among the things we all agreed that we wanted on this trip was a tent that gave us room to move about and not be sleeping on top of each other.

I'm delighted to say that over the 6-days and 5 nights we enjoyed the great outdoors, the Wenzel Titan Three-Room Family Dome Tent with Screen Porch met all of our expectations for roominess and comfort, with one exception which I'll discuss later.

At the campsite, it took a little time to figure out the best location and orientation of our new tent, given its very large footprint. Once we did though, the whole thing went together and up in under 45 minutes. The only challenges came in vainly struggling to use what turned out to be the porch poles over one of the siderooms (we finally discovered that though they looked identical, they were different lengths), an S hook which snapped apart and having to re-orient the tent so the porch was sufficient distance from the fire pit. People considering this tent should note that it absolutely cannot be set up by one person operating alone; to that point, the Boys [ages 10 and 13] gave much needed assistance in setup.

The Wenzel tent is very roomy and comfortable with room for 3 adult-sized cots and all our (non-edible) gear. Plus, being 6' 2", this is the first tent I've ever owned where I could stand fully upright inside. There is also ample floorspace for one to stand and to move around the furnishings without climbing over them. Even though each room has its own convenient exit, the Boys quickly established a protocol for exclusively using the main entrance [through the screened porch area] as an "airlock" to ensure the insects stayed outdoors where they belong; a pair of obliging Wolf Spiders took up sentry posts in the upper corners of the porch area to dispose of any insects unlucky or foolish enough to venture into the porch area. We also set up a folding chair for donning and removing our shoes and carpeted the floor of the porch area with two of the three bags of pine nuggets we'd brought with us to the site to minimize the degradation of the turf into mud.

My chief complaint about this tent [and the principal reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5] came on the third day, which started with a heavy thunderstorm. The "tub-design" floor, the tent's side panels, windows and zippered seams all lived up to their promise of non-leakage. But out of the bag, the rain-fly proved inadequate to the task of keeping the water out. Within 5 minutes of the onset of the storm, we began to get drips in the main room; within 10 minutes, the leaks extended to the adjacent rooms. While not major leaks, had the storm come in the middle of the night or lasted longer, our sleeping bags and belongings would've become uncomfortably wet.

After the rain subsided, further investigation revealed that while the fabric was absolutely watertight, the seams were not. Moreover, the design of the fly places the meeting point of all the panels directly at the crown of the tent, from which seams extend the length of the fly directly over the adjacent rooms. In my opinion, the rain-fly could've been better designed by placing the stitched seams over the waterproof areas of the tent and not over the screened roof areas. Wenzel would do well to devote some attention to this, or otherwise sealing the stitched seams at the factory.

However since the rain-fly wasn't so designed (and we still had 3 days on our trip with more rain on the way), we sought a solution to seal the leaks as quickly as possible. The hardware store in the nearby town recommended something called "VLP" - a vinyl and fabric repair and waterproofing product in a tube, that dries quickly and retains its flexibility - to seal the seams. Since time was limited due to more approaching storms and the product recommended 2 hours dry time, I focussed my VLP application to the main trouble seams over the crown of the tent. The compound filled the seams, dried quickly and sufficiently enough to reduce the leakage by about 70% - even though the next storm arrived only 45 minutes after application. I used the privacy tarps to make a tent-within-the-tent and placed the sleeping bags, pillows and blankets inside it and on top of my cot to keep everything dry. I then turned the Boys' cots on their sides to avoid getting wet and we went into town to wait for the rain to pass.

About 4 hours later, we had about a quart of water on the downhill-corner of the tent floor and the skies had cleared sufficiently to allow a proper sealing job. The Boys and I sopped out the water, removed the fly and spread it out on the ground. I removed my boots and set to work applying the VLP sealant to the rest of the seams; I gave a second application to the crown area.

After allowing about an hour's dry time on the ground, we reattached the rain-fly to the tent. While more storms passed all around us that evening, through the night and into the following day, the first test of the sealed fly didn't come until 26-hours after application, when a storm that was very similar to the first storm struck - no leaks. Rain continued off and on throughout the night and I'm pleased to say we did not have a single leak from the fly or any other part of the tent.

The tent remained dry despite occasional storms on Days 4 and 5 and heavy dew on the fifth night. Recommendation: seal your rain-fly seams in advance of your camping trip, or you'll almost certainly wish you had.

Day 4 was very hot, with local temperatures reaching 93°. By nightfall, it had only cooled to the upper 70's. Yet the tent's ventilation was exceptional, allowing for a nice breeze to pass through and up through the roof, aided in part by the novel zippered vent near the ground of the tent. The protection of the screened porch allowed us to keep the main entrance partly unzippered despite the threat of rain, aiding airflow and making for a comfortable sleep despite the high temperatures.

On Day 6, we broke camp. The tent disassembled easily and quickly. But as other reviewers have indicated, the bag is simply too small and the tent components too bulky to force back into the bag provided in a reasonable amount of time, by anything other than an industrial appliance. We ended up keeping the poles in their own bag, separate from the main tent, tarps and stakes.

On the whole, the Wenzel Titan Three-Room Family Dome Tent made for a wonderful camping experience. We look forward to using it again very soon and recommend it to anyone who wants spacious, portable shelter as a part of their family camping experience. Just remember to seal your rain-fly seams, first.

Great Family Tent. So Far, So Good!!
We purchased this tent from a online camping store. Amazon had it cheaper, but we needed the tent right away. This tent is massive! Like the other review states, it is very easy for TWO people to set up, and one to take down.

Since the screen room does not have a floor, we bought an extra large tarp and made a make-shift floor of our own. Since the forecast called for clear skies, we chose not to use the Rainfly. What a cool thing to look up at the stars through the screen.

We had our two year old with us, so we hooked up the privacy curtain making a little room for him. The room dividers attach in four places, instead of zipping around like some do. It was nice to be able to move the curtain aside and peek in on him.
I am 5 foot 9 inches, and there was PLENTY of head clearance to walk around the middle part of the tent. We had a twin mattress in one compartment, and a queen size air mattress in the other, not using the other divider, and taking up a portion of the main space. There was room for all of our gear, and then some.

The screen room is so great for storing your shoes, or even two small chairs.

We have been lucky enough to have had great weather so far, so I am not sure how the tent will handle the rain. The first thing we did when it came was to seal the seams.
We love this tent for the size, screen room, and for the price, it cannot be beat.