First of all, I bought this tent knowing full well that this wasn't going to be an all season, or really even a 3 season tent, however, I was hoping that it would hold in heat better. That being said, here are my pros and cons to this tent. Used: June, 2019 in Colorado, on the "flat open plains" side of a reservoir. Pros: 1. This tent is huge, and the setup takes basically no time. I'm from Colorado, and have camped my whole life. This tent is basically a huge room, and goes up in about 10 minutes with someone to help. It is easily the fastest tent setup I have ever done, including the rain fly. We were setup and ready to go within 30 minutes of arriving at the camp site. It also fit 2 queen size air mattresses, a dog bed, all our luggage, and still had a walkway in the middle. 2. In terms of durability, this tent survived a hellish first night in the mountains. We're talking heavy rain, 80+ mph winds, and minor hail. No tears, no rips, no give at all. The only thing I could say is that heavy duty tent stakes were absolutely critical as the ones that are provided with the tent are basically worthless. They bent as we tried to hammer them into the hard soil. But after that crazy wind/rain storm, only 1 tent pole slightly moved and otherwise the tent was solid ALL night. 3 campsites around us were not as fortunate. 3. Bathtub design really made it great when the rain started to really come down. Went right under the tent as designed, however it did mean that our neighbors got washed out because we weren't stopping any of the water. lol. 4. LOTS of wind flow in the tent, even with the windows zipped up. Never got that odd "tent funk" smell at all, even when it sat in the sun all day on our second day camping. 5. The bag is really convenient having wheels, but also carrying handles on both ends. We didn't have far at all to go to our camp site, but with a willing friend, I wouldn't be opposed to carrying this in for up to half a mile without issue. It's a good weight, but not like, overtly bulky for a 13 ft wide, 7ft tall tent. Cons: 1. Wind and cold penetration is horrible. While camping, with the rain/sleet and the cold, it dropped to about 28 degrees Fahrenheit (-2.22 C) on the first night, and you could really feel it. Luckily our sleeping bags were rated for sub-zero temperatures, otherwise we would have frozen our bits off. 2. The tent stakes that come with the tent are rubbish. I would highly, highly suggest getting some beefier tent stakes to keep this thing on the ground. 3. The straps that keep the rain fly attached to the tent hook down at the point where the poles meet the ground. This is a fine place for them to be, however, when the wind really gets going, they make a buzzing sound against the tent's steel poles, which made the first night basically unbearable. We ended up tying them down to the poles to get the noise to stop. (We later realized that if you wrap them around the poles like a candy cane, it totally fixes this issue, but still a worth while note.) 4. The zippers are kinda clunky. If I had to predict the first place that this tent would fail, it would be the zippers and their tendency to get stuck on the door. 5. The tent base may stretch a little on first use. We experienced this, and ended up with about 3 inches of additional floor space at the end of the camping trip. Overall, this thing is great. Even though it got crazy cold on the first night of camping and the tent doesn't insulate at all, it still withstood a wind/rain/hail storm that I was convinced it wouldn't have. For $100 less than the full rain fly version, I think this is the best bet between the two. It doesn't have as many windows, but that honestly won't be your concern. (Also, the two windows on the doors can be opened from the inside. The two windows on the fly have to be opened from the outside.)
