|
Kelty Trail Dome 4 Four Person Tent | 
| Brand: Kelty
Category: Sports
List Price: $179.95
Buy New: $127.95
as of 9/10/2010 01:03 EDT details
You Save: $52.00 (29%)
New (4) from $127.95
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 7079
Color: Navy/Grey
Size: 4 Person
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.9
Dimensions (in): 23.3 x 7.3 x 7.2
MPN: 40181006
Model: 40181006
UPC: 727880424596
EAN: 0727880424596
ASIN: B001M0NVFS
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Features:
| | Three-season, four-person tent is ideal for camping trips with family and friends | | | Freestanding design with color-coded clip construction | | | Mesh side vents and a mesh ceiling for great ventilation | | | Watertight walls will keep your tent dry | | | Guy points for added stability in windy conditions and noiseless zipper pulls |
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
In the early 1950's, Dick Kelty made backpacks for his friends in the Sierra Club. Time and experience proved that hiking was more pleasurable when the hiker could carry heavy loads without shoulder pain. This was accomplished with Kelty's ideas of a hipbelt and light weight aluminum frames. A few of Kelty's popular items are backpacks, adjustable poles, rain covers for backpacks, camp pillows, fanny packs, a carport tent or shelter, Thermolite Quallo sleeping bags,and chuckwagon dog packs.
Amazon.com Product Description
An ideal family-camping tent that offers a view of the stars at the campground or in the backcountry, the Kelty Trail Dome 4 features a simple pole design and clip-sleeve construction that make it a snap to pitch. Offering spacious room for four, the Trail Dome 4 has a 55 square foot floor area (but does not include a storage vestibule). It features internal storage pockets, mesh ceiling, gear loft loops, side-release buckle tent-fly connection, noiseless zipper pulls that resist jingling when it's windy, and color-coded clip construction with DAC DA17 aluminum poles. 
The Kelty Trail Dome 4 four-person, three-season tent. |  | The DA17 pre-bent poles are made of proprietary aluminum alloy designed by DAC specifically for tents, which provides a large diameter pole with high stiffness, strength and durability at an affordable price. The clip construction provides great fly separation and increased air movement, and it makes it easier to set-up your tent but offers less strength than full-length sleeves. The clips connecting the poles to the tent are color-coded so set-up is easy and quick in low light conditions. The Water Tight Wall (WTW) construction keeps the doors and windows from leaking, even in driving rain. All exposed walls are constructed of coated fabrics with the seams shingled downward to shed water. Exposed windows and doors have wide flaps covering the edges so they won't leak at the zipper even in high winds. Kelty's ArcEdge construction lifts floor seams up off the ground, preventing water seepage around the floor and wall seams. Taped seams on the floor and the rainfly ensure that the tent is protected from moisture and wet weather. Specifications
- Seasons: 3 seasons
- Capacity: 4 person
- Floor area: 55 square feet
- Vestibule area: none
- Pole type: Two 12mm DAC DA17 aluminum poles + two 8.5mm fiberglass awning poles
- Number of poles: 4
- Number of doors: 1
- Number of mesh windows: 3
- Wall material: 68D 190T polyester taffeta
- Floor material: 1800mm PU polyester taffeta
- Fly Material: 75D 190T, 1800 mm PU polyester-taffeta
- Dimensions: 99 x 80 x 57 inches (LxWxH)
- Weight (minimum): 7 pounds, 10 ounces
- Weight (packaged): 8 pounds, 7 ounces
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 21
 Great tent for 2-3 persons June 16, 2008
anonymous (New Mexico)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Kelty makes great tents. They are well-made and go from box to fully setup in a matter of a few minutes. Very easy to set up!!!! We got this tent for two people and it works great with our queen airbed mattress. There is enough room for another person inside but not another mattress. The queen mattress touches 3 walls with a nice space left to store gear and clothing bags. We used it this past weekend and it was perfect. The tent is very lightweight and even though we were car-camping, it would be possible to carry this tent in a backpack.
Don't get this tent if you have a family with kids, etc. Get a bigger tent, but I would recommend you get a Kelty! They are worth the extra $$.
Kelty Trail Drome 4 November 1, 2009
C. Jelinek (Nebraska)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Received quickly. First time out it rained and snowed, everything stayed dry. Tent was a bit tricky getting the floor to lay right.
Good buy for the $$$.
Great 3 seasons tent January 23, 2010
K. Sayles (Gainesville, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great tent. Went through a couple heavy rain storms and watertight as long as you keep equipment off the front and back upper portions. The tub is watertight, the fly keeps the sides dry, if equipment is touching the front or back above the tub floor water will come in. That's because the front and back above the tub is breathable nylon. But nothing a few towels can't clean up if you wake up in the night in a rain with equipment against that part of the front and back. As in most tents, this is hardly a 4 person tent. It is 6'x8' afterall. (I guess each person gets 2'x6') I used it for 3 weeks straight but as a one person with gear and found it perfect. If 4 people were to use it, they better be kids and have another place to store gear. It is indeed freestanding. I was in a sheltered area and never staked it out. But then again I was car camping and had plenty of gear in it. If I was at the beach or any other windy area, I would stake it down or find it rolling away I'm sure. Setup was easy but as in any tent, trying it at home first will make sure you have all parts and look smoother at the campsite the first time. I would suggest a ground cloth if car camping to extent floor life but that goes for any tent.
Not super light for serious backpacking but for an overnight or weekend trip where you won't be carrying huge amounts of food and other gear and if you can share some of the other gear's weight with another person, it would be one of my first choices.
I actually used this tent while working out of town while remodeling a house. Set it up on the patio and had access to electricity and used a radiator style electric heater in there on a week of record cold. Several nights below freezing and with the electric radiator style heater in there the tent stayed above 55F (60s for the most part) so with a electric radiator style heater it can be used in the winter as well.
The wind flap on the door zipper got stuck in the zipper often but this is common with any tent with a weatherproof door. Just be careful and use 2 hands when possible.
Seems to have classic Kelty Quality. (I used a Kelty frame pack hiking the AT years ago) Sad to say it was made in China, but quality seems to still be there.
Good tent at a great price January 30, 2010
John P. Dee Jr. (Stamford Ct USA)
I use this tent for car camping. I have many Kelty products and I trust the brand. It is well designed and well made. At the price it was compelling.
Great value, fantastic quality May 23, 2010
Lisa J. Hirsch (Los Angeles, CA USA)
This is a fantastic tent! We took it for a trial run in the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California, and had a great experience. It was in the low 40s and quite windy, but the tent held up great and the rain fly did a great job of keeping the cold wind out. The big advantage of this tent is the aluminum frame poles (the rain fly poles are fiberglass) which you won't likely find at this price point in many other tents. We also liked the four pockets, which helped to keep us organized, and the gear loft comes in handy as well.
I would say that this tent is comfortable for two tall adults, with a minimum of gear. Possibly a child could also fit inside with two adults, or it could house several children, but I don't think four adults would be comfortable in here. Keeping that in mind, I highly recommend.
(In terms of a footprint we ended up just going with a folded over tarp that was slightly smaller than the tent floor, and that turned out just fine.)
Showing reviews 1-5 of 21
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. © 2009 The Great Stores. All Rights
Reserved. Coding & Design Services by
SKNY Designs. | |
