Coleman Octagon 98 Family Tent - 3 Years of Use Update

My Brother in Law's Coleman Octagon 98 Tent has seen quite a bit of use of the last 3-4 years. It has seen heavy rains, high winds, and snow loads and has kept people and gear nice and dry. This tent serves as a gear storage and card room on our annual Elk Camping trips and has also done a great job of housing numerous campers on family camping trips as well.

The Coleman Octagon 98 is nice and airy without the rainfly which makes it perfect for camping in hot or humid weather. It can sleep up to 8 people and has a divider which can create a 2 room tent.

The Coleman Octagon 98 makes a great tent for families who enjoy car camping adventures and has done really well for the past 3 years.

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[criticalcustoms]

I stand behind this tent for what it's worth. I currently own a NEMO ultralight high end 2 person ultralight and have had NorthFace and many others. For what these tents were designed for I would put this tent against them. It has not let me down and I have USED this tent. It does get cleaned, dried and folded right everytime it is used. Good vid OWWC

[charitymahlophe]

I have it in this very colour., went through 2 nights of extreme thunder storm, nothing happened no father inside, no bending poles no movement nothing.. I went and bought the darkroom technology one because of how wonderful this one was to us.. still to test it but I am awesomely impressed with this..❤❤❤❤

[seagreentangerine]

That tent is the best!!!
I was laughed at on a very very windy campsite in December - that Coleman was still standing, nothing moved, I had a lovely night's sleep. It may look like a Gazebo, but the Hydrostatic capability out does many £700 plus tents!! They can't officially say it's 5000 but I guarantee it is!

[El_juanito_]

Awesome Video! We just got this tent at Ross today for only $49.99 Originally $250 on the tag, also the only one they had. So excited to use it this summer, we're in Northern California. 💕😀

[nigelrobinson]

Thanks for the review lads. Helped me loads. Cheers.

[Joe-muxd]

Great tent, impressed that it's held up thru as much as it has. Especially at elk camp.

[scottfree]

Just found this video as I’ve just bought the exact tent, thanks guys! I haven’t been able to figure out online though; what kind of weight can the central ceiling point hold?

[beauhudson]

Good size tent. Kinda like mine with out my porch

[eddier]

Thank you guys, you've sold me. I've been researching tents lately and your real life long-term review is more valuable than a Coleman produced advertisement because you're actually using this thing year in year out. Question, not that I won't figure it out but is setup and teardown easy?

[PurnaChandraRaoYeluri]

We want to keep it installed always in the farm house.. How many days does it survive - if we keep it installed always? maximum heat 48 "degree Celsius" we get in summer for 3 months.

[garyjeffersii]

This looks like a really solid tent. I'm looking at getting either this or the Coleman Cortes, but am having difficulty distinguishing between the two other than them potentially being designed for different markets. Anyone know?

[siltzi]

What do you think, could it handle -10 / -20 degrees celsius weathers if I craft a chimney bushing in the ceiling for a hot stove?

[nurahmed]

Hi, i just done my first camping with hubbys 2 kids and my mum. The tents huge so we had no issue in space.

i live in England, Uk. Our weather itsnt so good. We just done camping in 50 miles per hour winds.

i just couldnt figure out how to keep the wind out. it was coming in from the gaps between the flysheet and the mesh from where the doors are. really stressed me out. any idea how i can fix this

[iluvujovi]

We have this tent, is practically brand new. We some how left one of the top white poles at a camp one year and Coleman said they don’t sell a replacement for it. So basically the tent is garbage now. :(

[nickmiller]

Looks really roomy. Does it have any accessories to heating during this type of weather?

[KaylynnStrain]

if he doesn't want that tent anymore I'll take it lol! my last tent had a door zipper fail during my september camping trip, good thing I packed a bed sheet so I pinned that over the door opening so I could have my privacy. I could put my cot inside this guy's tent, wouldn't fit in my last one. just can't afford to buy a new tent now

[UsmanHameed]

where i can buy divider sheet for this tent?

[YankeeTankerOutdoors]

Proof that if you take care of your gear it will last.. price does not matter when buying a tent. Take care of it and it will last.

[lynnann]

you may never see this because the post is quite old. I've had this tent up all summer in Northern WI and have LOVED it. I have the head of my double bed and when the outside fly is open, I look straight up into the stars.
Now, I'd like to build an viking like A-frame over it for the winter, but I'm just not good with geometry! I've used the calculators on google, however, I'm still stumped. I'm planning a 16x16 foot ground frame around the tent. Anyone able to tell me how long the rafters need to be to clear the vertical sides? It's just not a simple hypotenuse calculations. thanks if anyone see this!

[krllyy]

Chris, you wouldn't prefer this over a ya ??