Does rain come in the screen room? I'm considering buying this tent and wondered if when sitting in the screen room with the 2 front doors closed with only the screen - does rain come into the screen room? I'm sure it will vary somewhat based on the direction of the rain but it looks like the doors are slanted outward and that the rain fly does not cover the bottom part of the tent that angles out further than the top. I was also looking at the Wenzel Klondike as it seems to have less of an angle thereby having more coverage from the rain fly. What I would like to be able to do is keep the walls open with just the screen up and the inside tent door open to allow airflow into the tent, without getting the screen room full of water. Does rain come in the screen room? I'm considering buying this tent and wondered if when sitting in the screen room with the 2 front doors closed with only the screen - does rain come into the... » Read More Does rain come in the screen room? I'm considering buying this tent and wondered if when sitting in the screen room with the 2 front doors closed with only the screen - does rain come into the screen room? I'm sure it will vary somewhat based on the direction of the rain but it looks like the doors are slanted outward and that the rain fly does not cover the bottom part of the tent that angles out further than the top. I was also looking at the Wenzel Klondike as it seems to have less of an angle thereby having more coverage from the rain fly. What I would like to be able to do is keep the walls open with just the screen up and the inside tent door open to allow airflow into the tent, without getting the screen room full of water. « Show Less
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Yes, the screen is only partially shielded by the fly, and there are no additional zipped doors to completely seal the porch. What you see is what you get. If it's a heavy rain, it will come into the porch.
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The rain does come through the screen, although how much depends on the strength and the direction of the rain. The tent has a pretty good ventilation though that can be controlled through the side windows inside the tent (quite well protected from rain). We used a tarp to either cover the stuff in the screened area or we hung it over the porch's walls. It worked pretty well. The water did not get through the floor at all, so once everything was covered it stayed dry.
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The screen fabirc is good, I don't know holes per inch but I would say that it has kept me comfortable in grassy fields (I haven't used it in woods). There are gaps however where the door zips into the floor of the tent so if there were many bugs and they were real hungry they could get in -- I just sprayed some Neem oil around the openings when I used it.This is a large and easy to put up screen tent. I love the design and I have broken (weather or poor manufacturing) EZ-ups and many other screen houses. Although I love this, it doesn't seem that sturdy: Fiberglass poles can split and the fabric isn't the toughest -- but it has survived into its second year of dog shows with me.i d The screen fabirc is good, I don't know holes per inch but I would say that it has kept me comfortable in grassy fields (I haven't used it in woods). There are gaps however where the door zips into the floor of the tent so if there were many bugs and they were real hungry they could get in -- I just sprayed some Neem oil around the openings when I used it.This is a large and easy to put up screen tent. I love the design and I have broken (weather or poor manufacturing) EZ-ups and many other screen houses. Although I love this, it doesn't seem that sturdy: Fiberglass poles can... » Read More The screen fabirc is good, I don't know holes per inch but I would say that it has kept me comfortable in grassy fields (I haven't used it in woods). There are gaps however where the door zips into the floor of the tent so if there were many bugs and they were real hungry they could get in -- I just sprayed some Neem oil around the openings when I used it.This is a large and easy to put up screen tent. I love the design and I have broken (weather or poor manufacturing) EZ-ups and many other screen houses. Although I love this, it doesn't seem that sturdy: Fiberglass poles can split and the fabric isn't the toughest -- but it has survived into its second year of dog shows with me.i d « Show Less
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This an excellent tent to use if you are not expecting any rain and don't mind condensation. If you expect rain and don't like condensation, it's best to pitch it inside of a larger cabin tent or in the living room and then avoid sleeping in it... It's best application is for children camping in the backyard, provided they can come inside once it starts to drizzle... For backpacking...give me a break!
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Well, I just lived in it for a week up in the Nicolet National Forest here in Wisconsin. It rained 5 or 6 different times during the week and we didn't get any water inside. The year before was different in that we had a huge thunderstorm and 50+ mph winds. I did get a little water inside then because I had put one of the stakes for the rain fly in some soft ground. That combined with the wind caused it to let go and some water got in.No big deal. I think under normal conditions you would not need another rainfly.
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The front area does get wet when it rains but there is a drain area so the inside of the tent does not get wet. It's pretty easy to pick up the floor of the front area and drain out any water. I've camped in the rain quite a few times in this tent and never had a problem.
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Furniture in my screen house can get wet through the screens if the wind is blowing the rain sideways. The roof does not leak. The screen house is not bug proof but it is 99% better then not having the screen house. We love our screen house.
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Our house has a area where three parts of the roof meet and flows down into a central area. That is where we placed the rain collector. We have some spatter, but not enough to prevent this from filling up very fast. We have not only not customized, damaged or cut into the black screen we actually added a piece of window screen under it. We just cut that into a circle as wide as the top of the rain barrel and place it under the black screen. This collects extra roof and tree debris and keep it free from mosquitos.
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Hi Joe,This tent is amazing. The rainfly works just fine. I would highly recommend it. Thanks and happy camping!
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The screen room is is about a 1/3 portion of the tent. The only thing that separates that portion and the rest of the tent is the optional room divider that hangs from the top. It does have a floor.
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I have a similar Suisse Sport tent... the 9x7. The reason they are cheaper is because the material is thinner and more susceptible to ripping if you get a little rough with it, or stake it out too tightly. They are good tents though, lots of windows compared to some of the more expensive tents. If you waterproof the seams, and don't stretch the tent out too tightly, it will NOT leak. They keep the heat in very well too. Never buy a tent that doesn't have screened windows on all four sides. The number one sign of a cheaply made tent, regardless of the price, is the absence of windows on all four sides. If they scrimped in that area, they will have scrimped in others! Make sure the rain fly points extend out far enough to where a vertical line from the point to the ground exceeds the width of the tent at the lowest point of the windows.
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The first time we used it we spent the night in a storm. It rained heavy but not a drop inside the tent. The rainfly looks kind of useless to me because the tent already has a solid roof. The rainfly only adds a second layer to the roof and extends down slightly past the upper edge of the windows. A real rainfly on most tents covers the entire tent almost down to the ground.
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yes all 3 exterior screened rooms walls have covering flaps and you can hold up aganinst the rain. you need room for 6 this can hold up to 8 it is big and i love this tent and you wiil to.
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We bought this tent a few years ago. It looked really nice but unfortunately we didn't have a good experience with it. The screen room was big enough to fit two camp chairs. Maybe a small side table but not a table to eat at comfortably in my opinion. The door was really nice, much better than a standard zipper. It was fairly roomy inside as well. I don't recall that the screen room had curtains to make another room. But it didn't have a floor in the screen room either so it probably couldn't be a 'bedroom'. Our biggest problem was that the seams leaked overnight when it rained. Then when the sun came out the next day, water condensed on the underside of the rain fly and dripped through the screen top into the tent. So it rained inside the tent even though it was sunny outside! I am VERY happy with ALL of my other Coleman camping products. Unfortunately this tent was the one exception. We returned it via Amazon's great return policy.
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the rain flight works well to keep water out of the Tent if you stake it out. Yes the front area gets all wet. But it has a drain. I like this took so much I bought one for my daughter and her husband too.
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The rainfly does NOT protect the screened area. The screened area has walls that are angled outward and, as you can see from the photos, the rainfly only extends to the very top (and does not cover the sides) of the screened area. Thus, rain water easily enters the screened walls that are left unprotected by the rainfly. The end result is water in the screened portion of the tent. I have contacted the manufacturer to inquire about a possible addition of a rainfly specifically for the screened area, so stay tuned...
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yes it comes with the rain fly, this past summer here in idaho we didn't use the fly at all as it was great to look up at the stars while laying on our air bed, left the windows open, no moisture an the breeze blowing through the tent felt so good, do try it.
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I haven't had the tent out in the rain, but all the Coleman's I have had have effective rain flys. The front porch is covered by the rain fly, but if you were in a bad rainstorm or if there was a lot of wind, the front canopy would probably end up wet.