Top 6 Family Camping Tents TESTED (and who should buy them)

I bought and tested the 6 most popular family camping / car camping tents on the market, including the REI Wonderland, The North Face Wawona, and more.

[adamochaionz]

finally someone puts some effort into it. unlike other just putting commercial videos of the companies, thank you for your effort sir. much appreciate!

[herrelladventures]

I can personally recommend the Wawona tent. Our family has the Wawona 4, and have used it camping while roadtripping several times. We camped at Badlands National Park, and there was a terrible windstorm around 3 AM. Several other people had their tents completely leveled. Ours was fine, no bent poles, etc. Great tent!

[bellesmith]

This immensely helped my husband choose a tent for camping with our family this summer/fall. Thank you!

[RyanWehr]

The North face Wywona 6 is just awesome!!!! After years of Coleman I finally took the leap. The quality is just amazing.

[littlecampfires]

Hey folks - I've just updated my tent categories to a new and improved scoring system, thanks to some useful feedback from viewers. Here's what the updated scores looks like:

1. REI Base Camp 6 (7.57 out of 10)
2. REI Wonderland 6 (7.21 out of 10)
3. The North Face Wawona 6 (6.57 out of 10)
4. Eureka Copper Canyon LX 6 (4.57 out of 10)
5. Coleman Instant Cabin 6 (4.57 out of 10)
6. Coleman Skydome 6 (3.79 out of 10)

The new list of categories are as follows:

1. Setup
2. Living Space
3. Waterproofing
4. Wind Resistance
5. Ventilation
6. Build Quality
7. Features

I think this will result in a more balanced scoring, and this is the scoring method I'll be using going forward. Thanks to those who suggested some of these revisions!

[Legalectric]

Yes, Wawona 6. It got us through very high winds, and thunderstorms and hail. The vestibule design is great, able to put in two regular camp chairs and a camp table, can cook in there in the rain, only thing I'd change is making the length of the side and front vestibule 2-3" longer towards the ground so it isn't so drafty in the cold wind. Strongly recommend the separate footprint, and always buy serious stakes, that's likely what kept our tent solid in the high winds and hail, it was flopping around some, although guyed taut, and there were a few worrisome moments, but it held up. Large enough for 2 of us and the dog on a queen air mattress or double cot, and room to store stuff on both sides. There is a $199 vestibule addition for the Wawona 4, fyi.

[wildernesstimes]

Great breakdown! Love how you walked through each tent individually and showed how many people you can ACTUALLY sleep in them. Awesome.

[EricBishard]

Best 6 person tent review, someone gets it. More than i can say for other channels.

[AlaskaWild]

Excellent review on these. Saying that...I am not paying 600+ dollars for any REI Tent, knowing that they are still made with Chinese garbage parts, just with a little better quality control. Just bring an extra light tarp to throw over the tent if it rains. You can also buy better quality stakes for a decent price, and if you are worried about your tent blowing over, use paracord to tie down extra points on the tent. If you are worried about the poles, you can buy your own aluminum poles and STILL save money.

[mauriciosalgadoe]

2 years ago, I bought the wawona 6 (before watching this video) and has been a great tent. I've used it one to twice a month (we're with the boy scouts) and it is great even with the summer heat in Mexico or Texas.

[rajsteint]

Thanks for review! I was stuck between the REI and Wawona. I did a lot of research before buying and went with The North Face Wawona 6. It's a very tough tent with stronger poles, fully seamed so won't get water inside when ground is fully soaked, way better vestibule, better ventilation when needed, it has more guy lines so can handle higher winds than the REI tents. I recommend buying a Wawona 6 footprint when buying The North Face tent.

[kermitzforg]

just get the 10x14 Kodiak Canvas and be done with it forever...., I got one 10 years ago and it outlasted every other tent I've owned... the thing that sold me on it was a video showing it in someones backyard in an EF2 tornado and it didn't budge....I've had ours in many storms and no leaks and very stable...plus the cotton cavas breathes so much better than synthetic fabrics and totally waterproof...it is heavy and expensive but it's worth the weight and cost.

[JC_Chappy]

This is a great video. My wife and I bought the 2020 version of the Northface Wawona 6 back in 2020. It's amazing except for the set up time. I hate seeing it up so much. But it's never leaked and on us and has stood up to extremely high winds and rains. Extremely solid.

[DM-fvhw]

Great video, we've been using an REI Kingdom 6 for years now and it has been a great tent.

[ryanhendrickson]

Big Agnes Mad House 6 and Big Agnes Bunk House 6 would be great ones to review in the premium category. Great video, thanks!

[lkazanov]

Very nice! It is the wawona 6 for me. I’ve researched tents many times myself, and this hit on all marks. The availability of the vestibule for a rainy day, north face quality, really sealed the deal. You should also look at the MSR offerings (Habtitude 6) as well as big Agnes and marmot, also the Nemo Wagontop is the cats meow. The Coleman’s (and I had 2), really suffer in the pole department. The fiberglass poles would last 3 seasons at most. And it’s a shame. You build memories in these nylon bags and it’s a shame to throw them away. The cost of pole replacement outweighs the cost of the tent.

[ambernicole]

After scrolling sooo much time I finally found the perfect video 😭 thank you so much for this

[reyle_official]

I wish we had watched this video earlier, thankfully we bought the right one, so far haha. Thank you for the video!

[EricBishard]

The eureka is a 50, easy. No need to rate it 45. As an appraiser, I think it's silly to be 5 points of off such a score that marks the middle. Just call it a 50.

[jenica]

I don't really care about uniqueness or looks. I'm looking for a functional tent that keeps you warm and dry at night.