Eureka! Copper Canyon 1312 Eight-Person 13-Foot by 12-Foot Family Tent

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A superior tent for the price!

My husband and I used to camp many years ago in CA. We moved to TX and put camping behind our mind because of the hot weather. Recently our 8 year old daughter told us she would like to experience camping. Without second thought, I reseach extensively for a new tent. Our old tent was small for 2 adults, one child,one dog. Besides that it was worn out. We decided to go with the Eureka Copper Canyon 1312.
We liked this tent very much! The structure is strong and well built. I thought it was too big when we set it up in our backyard. We followed every instruction in the manual. We sealed all the seams that needed waterproofing and the rainfly. We changed the cheap stakes and bought heavy duty ones. We used heavy duty tarp for the tent pad. We also used light duty tarp for the tent floor inside to prolong the life of the tent floor. Setting up this tent is easy and fast with two people. One person can do the job but would take longer. We like all the tent features. We went camping a couple weeks later and I was amazed at how beautiful this tent looked like from the outside and very spacious inside. After putting all our camping stuff inside the tent, it was just the perfect size for us. We have a queen size double height air mattress, a twin air mattress, 3 sleeping bags, a dog bed and all our gears inside the tent with enough room for walking. We even had a fan because it was hot at night. All in all, it was the best choice for us. My daughter wants to go camping again sooooon! We enjoyed our camping trip and was happy with our tent. We hope to camp many more years to come! :0)

Great tent for family camping

I have 5 kids ranging from ages 7 to 20 (3 boys and two girls) and we took this tent camping over a 3 day weekend. It was extremely spacious and easily accommodated everyone plus our gear. Just like a traditional cabin tent, the tall sides make it very roomy, plus you have the easy convenience of setting it up as you would a dome tent. Two of my sons are over 6" and had no trouble at all in this tent. Don't put too much stock in the room divider for any sort of privacy though. If you are hoping to have any real privacy while tent camping, you're kidding yourself. That's just not going to happen.

The tent actually holds the heat in quite well. At night, the outside temperature was down to about 40 degrees. A small tent heater, plus the heat from 6 bodies was enough to keep us cozy. Normally, I would not even take a tent heater when we camp, but the power port made it a very convenient option. It was very warm (85 degrees) during the day and the very large zippered windows made it easy to let the breeze flow through and keep it comfortable inside without the flying insects coming in through the screens.

The stakes, as have been reviewed earlier, are not worth the metal used to create them, but I had heavy duty stakes ready for the task. We had some strong (30-35 mph) winds on the second day, which really whipped through the canyon we were in, and the tent stood up to them very well. The guy lines are conveniently stored in pockets attached to the tent and work very well. We did not use the awning. That just seemed kind of silly to me.

All of the window and door covers are reinforced and the zippers are very good quality. The poles are simple to understand and the tent is easy to assemble. The floor is a little thin considering the very good quality of the overall tent, but if you take an appropriately sized heavy duty tarp along as a ground cover, its just fine.

A couple bits of advice: First of all, while this tent comes with a bag, it is not going to last through a lot of use. Get yourself a golf bag which can be zipped closed to carry this tent. Not only will you have better straps for carrying the tent (37 lbs), but additionally you can now easily carry a hammer and the tarp. Second, set the tent up in the backyard before you go camping with it. Once you understand how to set it up it's a breeze, but you don't want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what goes where when you open tent up. It is so big, that it could seem overwhelming to assemble for the first time. (it's not tough when you have no pressure to figure it out.)

I also have to note that I am a scoutmaster for a local Boy Scout troop and camp an average of 20 nights per year. Our troop uses tents by this same company and I have watched Eureka tents stand up to some very serious abuse for years. Not only has inclement weather played a role in that abuse, but boys can be a pretty hard on the gear. This company has admirably withstood the test. That played a big role in my decision to purchase this tent for my family. Buy this one with confidence!

Love this tent!

Also am new to the 'family' tenting vacation. Have done a lot of tent camping as a single person many many years ago so this is a new experience for me. As with many of the other reviewers, I based my decision on online research and other reviewers opinions. Took the plunge with this tent and 'so far' couldn't be happier. We did as most people recommended, read the instructions first, then pulled everything out of the box and sorted the poles then started assembling. From the time it took us to lay out the bungy poles to finally pegging down the tent it took a maximum of 20 mins for husband to have it up (with the help of our little 5 yr old). Will definately be able to set it up faster second time around (and with out the help of our little one :-). Definately am glad that we did not try it for the first time in the dark but am sure if you are used to putting up large tents it wouldn't be a problem, very easy. Slept in it for the one night and just LOVED the open screened roof. Gave a fantastic uninterrupted view of the stars. Don't know what it is like in wind and a bad rain storm but so far we are very happy with our purchase and can't wait to go camping in it.

Great tent

We set up the the tent in the rain, very easy set up. There was an all night down pour, not a drop of rain in the tent, is was very cold at night
used coleman heater to stay warm, because of the size of the tent two heaters were needed. Did O.k. trying to stay warm.. I would recommend this
tent to anyone looking for a cabin style (big) tent.

Excellent Tent - Spacious, Durable and Affordable

I purchased this tent as a replacement to my 8 year old 10x10 Coleman dome tent. My biggest complaint with the Coleman was that I could only stand up in the center of the tent. There is so much room inside this Eureka. I can walk standing straight up around the interior of the entire tent.

I took the family to Juniper Springs in the Ocala National Forest. We had 2 adults on a king size air mattress, 2 children on single air mattresses and 2 100 lb dogs as well as a table and all our gear for the trip. The kicker was we still had enough room to place a heater by the door out of the way and maintained an area to walk between the mattresses.

We were surprised with a strong storm front that blew through the campground dumping about 2 inches of rain accompanied with heavy winds. Once the storm blew over we found there wasn't one drop of water inside the tent. A day later we had a low temperature of 28 degrees and there was no condensation on the interior walls as a result of using the heater all night. A testament to the quality of this tent.

I highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a durable, easy to assemble, spacious family tent.