Kelty Trail Ridge 4 Basecamp 4 Person Tent Review
| Categories | family camping tent |
| Product Code | B004GD765O |
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| Price | $199.97 |
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Product Details
- Size: 4 Person
- Color: Grey/Putty
- Brand: Kelty
- Model: 40814211
Features
- 3-season, 4-person tent with 55.25 square feet of living space
- Unique steep-walled design creates more interior volume
- Polyester rainfly and ArcEdge nylon floor with taped seams
- Color-coded clip construction; mesh side walls; gear loft loops
- Interior storage pockets; packaged weight of 11 pounds 4 ounces
- 3-season, 4-person tent with 55.25 square feet of living space
- Unique steep-walled design creates more interior volume
- Polyester rainfly and ArcEdge nylon floor with taped seams
- Color-coded clip construction; mesh side walls; gear loft loops
- Interior storage pockets; packaged weight of 11 pounds 4 ounces
Product Description
Looking for a spacious interior? The Trail Ridge incorporates a multi-diameter pole configuration that enables the walls to stay steep and aggressively arch toward the top for a much larger livable space. This ideal family tent also has two equal-sized vestibules flanking each end for easy entry/exit and plenty of storage.
Customer Reviews
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Great tent, great value
By KAV
We have more than a few Kelty products in our camping arsenal so when we were looking for a mid-size tent to go along with the backpacker and the big Eureka and saw this Kelty in our price range, we had to check it out. After reading reviews on other sites we decided to give it a try and last summer it was the only tent we ended up using after we received it. From our experience:Pros:1) Like I said, great value! You can pretty much spend whatever you want on a tent, meaning if you are inclined to blow $800, there's a tent out there for you. The fact is, UNLESS you are looking to camp on top of snow in the dead of winter, I think most people are like us and can get away with a good 3 season tent. This one fits the bill and is available for well under $200.2) Set up - I expected the first time out of the box for this thing to take me about 20 minutes or so. I've set up plenty of tents in the past and it usually takes that long just to get all the parts in place. I also try to set them up on my own the first time out just to see what it's like. Anyway, I dumped this thing on the ground and literally had it up in under 10 minutes. I can't find any faults in that respect. It also packs really small so in the carry bag provided you can fit the footprint (recommended), a small tarp for inside (I always put a tarp over the floor to protect it and for extra waterproofing), extra stakes, hammer, etc..3) In use - while we had mostly good weather, there were a few tricky nights. Specifically one night on the coast of Maine a storm rolled thru with high winds and sheets of rain. Not a drop got in and, though I was up half the night watching over things, my wife slept soundly. We really feel the overall quality of the tent is excellent. One thing we find annoying: tents that have zipper issues. Meaning half the time when you zip it up, you get parts of the tent stuck in the track and have to work it back out - we found this phenomenon often happens in the middle of the night. These zippers work beautifully all around.Cons:1) Boy, we don't really have any. I would like to note that we are a couple so this tent, size wise, is fine for us. Now if you're going to stick 4 people in there, you better all like each other ALOT as you'll have that footprint pretty well covered up. I'd actually suggest if you are more than 3, move up a size to the T.R.6.. It's always nice to have some extra room for gear and just all around comfort. Don't kid yourself an think you'll have a lot of room in those vestibule areas either - they basically provide just enough room for you to fit a little welcome mat to put your hikers on.We are extremely happy with this tent and will be using it more often than not on our future trips. A great mid-size tent that we can highly recommend. And on a nice night, pop the rainfly off and you'll have great views all around.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.Great tent
By Colin B. Gast
This tent has been absolutely great. The tent has enough room inside for our queen size, double thick air mattress plus luggage. We went through a very crazy thunderstorm in Florida in this tent where it rained all night with not one leak. It's a bit too big for a back-packing tent, but for all other use, this tent is the best I've ever owned.The rain fly is huge, covers the whole tent. Has a couple of vents you can close in case of a storm like we got.The poles are very good quality.The zippers function well, no issues.The floor of the tent feels super thin like it would tear easily, but it hasn't. Must be a good material.The setup is pretty easy and doable by yourself. I'd recommend setting it up once at home to figure it out so you're not fumbling around in the dark trying to understand the clips for the small poles. But once you've done it once, it's cake.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
great value, super roomy but not all season
By Dilip Ramachandran
it was really easy to set up and has so much room inside. the rain fly has to be up to stake the tent in and make it wind stable. it is really big though. we wanted to use it as a roomy 2 person tent but the additional amount of air made it harder to heat up.the other thing was that it rained a lot when i used it and it also started snowing and I woke up to water dripping through the rain fly and into the tent. It wasn't a ton but probably enough drops through the night to provide discomfort to me.i think it will be an excellent tent for the summer weather as it is very airy and has plenty of changing and storage space.
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