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In late Autumn we had a final minute lengthy weekend tenting journey at a wonderful little campsite in Shropshire and we took alongside the Coleman Aspen 4 tent. Discover out what we considered it in our newest tent overview…
What’s it?
Coleman Aspen 4 Tent
Anticipate to pay: £250 – £370
General Ranking 
(4.5 / 5)
Stockists
Specification
- Pitch as one, tunnel tent
- Tent measurement 3.0 x 4.7 x 2.0 m
- Pack measurement 66 x 30 x 28 cm
- Packed tent weight 15.3 kg
- 4000 mm water column
- Outer material Polyester, PU coated, Hearth retardant
- Sewn in groundsheet
- 190 cm full standing peak
- 5.9 m² sleeping space measurement
- Fibreglass poles and taped seams
What we thought
I instantly cherished this little tent, although referring to it as ‘little’ might be doing it a little bit of a disservice, as for the two of us it supplied greater than sufficient house. For a small household, notably a household with younger youngsters, this could be a great selection.
My first correct tent (that wasn’t a tiny 2-person dome) got here from our different favorite household tent model and was similar to this one in measurement and magnificence so it gave me a very nostalgic really feel.
That’s to not say the Coleman Aspen 4 is in any method outdated, it isn’t however it’s an excellent whereas since I’ve camped in a tent like this and I cherished the expertise.
Having primarily used bell tents or AirBeam tents in recent times, going again to a pole tent felt a bit old-fashioned, however it’s a good way of preserving each value and bulk down, and the pack measurement of this tent is actually spectacular, preferrred in the event you solely have a small automobile or don’t need your tent to take up half of your packing house.
Pitching The Tent
Getting the tent up was tremendous straightforward. I by no means take a look at directions and all the time consider a tent needs to be intuitive to pitch. The three poles are color coded so it’s simple to pitch and with 2 of us, it took about 10 minutes.
We did need to faff a bit to get the entrance cover to look straight, however we nearly managed it earlier than we gave up and determined tenting bloggers or not, it could do.
Practicality
Now we have a big double camp mattress and different tents have struggled with it. I wasn’t positive whether or not it could match, however with the center divider eliminated, it fitted!
We concluded that 4 common single-size SIMs would undoubtedly match aspect by aspect contained in the sleeping compartment, although luggage and so forth. must be stored within the dwelling space.
There have been 3 lantern hanging factors in strategic places all through the tent which had been very helpful. My husband is over 6 ft tall and reported good standing head house all through the tent.
We like that within the bed room compartment there’s further air flow, and though we didn’t want to make use of all of the man ropes on our journey which was fully breeze free, there are loads and all of people who we did use felt robust and succesful.
Though we didn’t use the smaller aspect door, it does present further format flexibility and in addition added mild, to what’s already a really mild and ethereal feeling tent inside.
Tent Options
One large distinction to the opposite model tent related in measurement and magnificence, is that the Coleman Aspen 4 felt rather more premium, although as is all the time the case, it does include a reasonably fundamental set of tent pegs, that are solely actually helpful for excellent climate, so investing in additional heavy-duty tent pegs could be really helpful.
We very very like that the doorways zip totally round all sides and will be simply rolled up, and the extra layer of bug mesh too, makes the tent really feel extra premium.
Regardless of us not pitching the tent notably nicely, resulting in rigidity on the entrance, the zips had been robust and succesful and the sewn-in groundsheet makes the tent a sensible choice for the changeable British climate.
Execs
- Comparatively small pack measurement and fairly mild for such a giant tent
- Spacious and ethereal inside
- Font and aspect door choices
- The inbuilt cover is actually useful throughout rain showers
- It’s fast and intuitive to pitch
- The bedrooms are fairly darkish regardless of not being full blackout bedrooms
- I personally actually preferred the color, a shade of darkish jade inexperienced with vibrant lime inexperienced
- The 4000mm HH did an excellent job of preserving us dry throughout some fairly heavy downpours
Cons
- Extra built-in inner storage pockets could be helpful
The decision
Our Ranking
High quality 4.5/5
Practicality 4.5/5
Appears 4/5
Worth 5/5
General Ranking (4.5 / 5)
The Coleman Aspen 4 is a superb worth household tent that feels extra premium than the very affordable price ticket would counsel. The inbuilt cover is extraordinarily helpful, offering shade in the course of the summer season and safety from the weather throughout downpours.
It’s compact when packed down but spacious inside with beneficiant standing head peak all through and it makes an awesome tent selection for {couples} who like a little bit of house or for small households.
DISCLOSURE | Thanks to Coleman who equipped the featured product for us to tent to check in return for our sincere opinion. We weren’t paid to write down this overview.
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