6 person tent recommendations?

[tnjeepguy]

https://whiteduckoutdoors.com/collections/canvas-tents/bell-tent

Bought a Bell 13' the other day. On sale at the time.

 

[IPerkWVU]

I have a big tent you can borrow if you want. It is not super fancy but until you figure out what one you want to purchase it would get the job done.

Thanks for the offer, I ended up getting a Big Agnes one on clearance. Need the snow to melt first!

 

[red02tj]

I just got the Wawona 6, haven’t done more then a backyard setup but I was able todo it solo in about 15min

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Used this for real over the weekend.

A few notes for anyone considering the NF Wawona 6.

• 1 adult can set up, but at 5’6 getting the rain fly over and aligned was a major pain
• The vestibule, is huge and was great during the day. It made for a private changing room and when it rained an accessible and dry storage room.
• They cheeped out on the rain fly. And while we stayed dry during a thunderstorm, the fly only covers the top 1/3 of the tent and about an inch below the windows.
• The front door facing the vestibule is only mesh, with no zipper door + the rain fly above, makes this a 2.5 season tent. Last night it was in the 40s and with only two people in the tent it was a bit chilly, where as in my 3 person tent it would have been perfect weather. Probably less of an issue if the tent was a capacity.
• Dumbest thing of all, is the stuff sack, which isn’t a stuff sack but some stupid shallow tote bag thing which doesn’t fully close

Overall, for $229 holiday pricing and the 3-4 times a year I’ll use this vs my smaller tent it was a good buy. I’d be underwhelmed if I had to pay current REI pricing of $500