Kelty Green River 4 Person Tent

There'll be 4 happy campers on an excursion with this Kelty Green River 4 Tent! This well-built tent will keep the bugs at bay and you will enjoy the comfort of this one room tent with the advantage of a well-ventilated, screened vestibule. Tent body features: Clip / sleeve construction; ArcEdge floor; Taped floor seams; Water Tight Wall (WTW); Side-wall vents; Mesh ceiling; Internal storage pockets; Fly features: Taped seams; Noiseless zipper pulls; Guyout points; Side-release buckle tent / fly connection; Mesh vestibule with pull-down shades; Material and approximate dimensions: Walls: nylon taffeta; floor: 1800mm PU nylon taffeta; 3-season tent with room for 4. Approx. 21 lbs., 14 ozs.; Vestibule area 44 sq.ft. Overall dimensions: 9 x 9', 71" center height. 4 fiberglass poles. Stuffed size: 12 x 27". Order today and your next camping trip will be great! Kelty Green River 4 Tent
Customer Review: One of the better tents I've owned
We bought this tent from Sportsman Warehouse because we had a short period of time before leaving for a motorcycle rally. We paid about $222 for the tent plus tax. Used this tent for a five night rally for 2 people and enjoyed the space it provided. Positives: You can stand up in the tent as soon as you enter it. With a queen size air mattress, it allows us to stand and change clothes. Many tents have their highest point in the center which means you have to step on or move your sleeping gear to use that space. The vestibule gives us space for our riding gear and a place to sit on our Kermit chairs if it is raining. While it didn't rain, the tent fly does a great job of protecting the tent. Very roomy for a four man tent. You could actually get a family of four in here! Negatives The entry door does have a solid closure - this means the top half of the door is screened but always see through. To change, you have to roll down the vestibule closures, or be quick! This is a great warm weather tent but I think it would be very cold when the temps drop. No way to close up the front entry door, or seal off any of the vents in the rainfly. The vestibule isn't really bug proof, in heavy mosquito areas, there are plenty of places they can get in the screened in vestibule area. My wife and I attend 4-5 motorcycle camping rallies every year and I think this tent will serve us well.
Customer Review: Roomy Tent - Great in Bad Weather - Lots of Nice Features
I bought this tent 5 months ago and have spent many weekends this Summer living in it. I travel to a lot of music festivals and wanted something weather-proof, roomy, and tall enough to stand up in. These requirements were nicely met (and exceeded) by this tent. It is much roomier that your typical 4-person tent. At aproximately 9'X9', the interior easily fits a queen-size inflatible matteress with plenty of room on all sides for tons of gear. The nice thing about the height of this tent is that the roof is at its maximum height right inside the door - not just in the very center like most dome tents. As far as being weather-proof, I've endured a few nasty wind and rain storms and I haven't gotten a drop of rain in it; The full-coverage rain fly on this tent is a wonderful feature. This tent also has lots of nice buckles, velcro, and elastic hooks secure everything firmly in place. Well-placed screening and vents keep air circulating in hot weather. My gripes with this tent are few. One is that I've never been able to roll it up tight enough to fit all of the pieces back into the original carrying case. My other gripe is that the tent poles are so long, its difficult to set up in close quarters (between trees, other tents, etc.) and a bit of a struggle for one person. I found the picture of this tent misleading and didn't understand the purpose of the ground flaps around the door until I saw it set up. The flaps secure the vestibule - a nice place to store your cooler, shoes, and chairs out of the weather or to use like a screen room to avoid insects. Go to the Kelty website to see a picture of the tent with the vestible attached. All in all, I'm very happy I 'upgraded' from my usual department store-type tent to this much higher quality tent. Worth every penny!

The exhilaration generated by the thought of going camping in the wilds is indirectly related to the choice of your camping tent. The joy emanating from the word "Wow!" is a coincidental suggestion to the acronym used to define the ideal camping tent. WOW stands for weather, occupants and weight. It signifies the importance of the climatic conditions, the number of people going on camping and the total weight that needs to be carried, in the decision to buy a specific camping tent.

The eventual choice of your camping tent will be based on a balancing act between the comfort and the limitations posed by the factors like weight, size and cost. If you're going camping in an RV, you can easily opt for an extra large size taking up huge space both inside and outside the vehicle. However, you may do well even with a smaller, lighter version of the camping tent that can easily be puckered into a backpack, in case you're more into solo camping.

1. Weather
Manufacturers usually classify the camping tents into three seasonal varieties, one-season tents, three-season tents and the four-season tents. One-season tents are meant for the summer season and accordingly feature light color fabrics, meshing for good air-flow and one-wall construction to shelter the camper from light rain.

Three-season camping tents are the most popular among the three varieties due to their all-season appeal. They feature breathable fabrics, well-ventilated mesh doors and windows to keep insects at bay and two-wall waterproof construction with either complete or partial rainfly, keeping one protected from heavy rain or even light snow. A well-pitched three-season tent will endure harsher winds any day better as compared to the one-season version.

The four season camping tents are normally used for specific terrains that are extremely challenging in nature. They are made up with solid fabrics, strong tent poles and zippered panels to protect the camper from harsh winds and heavy snow. Four season tents are most appropriate for mountaineering expeditions and are labeled mostly as "expedition" or "mountaineering" to indicate so. They perform the best in high altitude and extremely cold environs.

2. Occupants
Another classification method used for camping tents is the number of inhabitants. They are categorized as one-person, two-person and so on based on the number of people that can comfortably sleep inside them. It is recommended that you opt for an extra large tent just in case you may need to accommodate an extra person or require extra space for storing camping gear, food etc. However, please note, the bigger the tent, the heavier it is. This may not be suitable for the Backpackers. Normally, they prefer smaller one-person versions over the heavier ones.

On the other hand, the car campers have the option to pick larger rainflies, awnings and gazebos to extend their tent space. If looking for even wider space, they can choose from the tunnel-styled tent, 2 or 3 person dome or the modified dome type that has room enough to sit, stand or walk as well.

3. Weight
Lifting a heavy tent and walking with it for a small distance from ones car is an altogether different experience compared to going back packing with it. People normally cannot lug around more than a quarter or third of their body weight. Also, there may be additional accessories like sunshades and tarps for summers or bivy sacks and shelters for winters, besides a camping tent in the back packers gear. Hence it will be best to opt for a six-eight pound two-three person tent. That way, you can give the responsibility of carrying poles and rainflies to other people in the team and reduce your weight.

An ideal camping tent is easy to carry, pitch, maintain, repair and move around with. It is actually your extension and portrays your outdoor style. As long as you exclaim WOW!, you will never go wrong with your purchase of the camping tent.

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