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In late Autumn we had a final minute lengthy weekend tenting journey at a superb little campsite in Shropshire and we took alongside the Coleman Aspen 4 tent. Find out what we considered it in our newest tent overview…
What is it?
Coleman Aspen 4 Tent
Expect to pay: £250 – £370
Overall Rating 
(4.5 / 5)
Stockists
Specification
- Pitch as one, tunnel tent
- Tent measurement 3.0 x 4.7 x 2.0 m
- Pack measurement 66 x 30 x 28 cm
- Packed tent weight 15.3 kg
- 4000 mm water column
- Outer material Polyester, PU coated, Fire retardant
- Sewn in groundsheet
- 190 cm full standing peak
- 5.9 m² sleeping space measurement
- Fibreglass poles and taped seams
What we thought
I instantly liked this little tent, although referring to it as ‘little’ might be doing it a little bit of a disservice, as for the two of us it supplied greater than sufficient area. For a small household, notably a household with younger children, this is able to be a perfect selection.
My first correct tent (that wasn’t a tiny 2-person dome) got here from our different favorite household tent model and was similar to this one in measurement and elegance so it gave me a very nostalgic really feel.
That’s to not say the Coleman Aspen 4 is in any approach outdated, it isn’t however it’s a superb whereas since I’ve camped in a tent like this and I liked the expertise.
Having primarily used bell tents or AirBeam tents in recent times, going again to a pole tent felt a bit old-fashioned, however it’s an effective way of preserving each price and bulk down, and the pack measurement of this tent is absolutely spectacular, ideally suited in the event you solely have a small automobile or don’t need your tent to take up half of your packing area.
Pitching The Tent
Getting the tent up was tremendous straightforward. I by no means take a look at directions and at all times imagine a tent must be intuitive to pitch. The 3 poles are color coded so it’s easy to pitch and with 2 of us, it took about 10 minutes.
We did should faff a bit to get the entrance cover to look straight, however we nearly managed it earlier than we gave up and determined tenting bloggers or not, it might do.
Practicality
We have a big double camp mattress and different tents have struggled with it. I wasn’t certain whether or not it might match, however with the center divider eliminated, it fitted!
We concluded that 4 common single-size SIMs would undoubtedly match aspect by aspect contained in the sleeping compartment, although luggage and so forth. must be saved within the residing space.
There had been 3 lantern hanging factors in strategic places all through the tent which had been very helpful. My husband is over 6 ft tall and reported good standing head area all through the tent.
We like that within the bed room compartment there’s extra air flow, and though we didn’t want to make use of all of the man ropes on our journey which was utterly breeze free, there are lots and all of those who we did use felt robust and succesful.
Although we didn’t use the smaller aspect door, it does present additional structure flexibility and in addition added gentle, to what’s already a really gentle and ethereal feeling tent inside.
Tent Features
One massive distinction to the opposite model tent related in measurement and elegance, is that the Coleman Aspen 4 felt way more premium, although as is at all times the case, it does include a fairly primary set of tent pegs, that are solely actually helpful for excellent climate, so investing in additional heavy-duty tent pegs could be really useful.
We very very similar to that the doorways zip totally round all sides and could be simply rolled up, and the extra layer of bug mesh too, makes the tent really feel extra premium.
Despite us not pitching the tent notably effectively, resulting in stress on the entrance, the zips had been robust and succesful and the sewn-in groundsheet makes the tent a good selection for the changeable British climate.
Pros
- Relatively small pack measurement and fairly gentle for such a giant tent
- Spacious and ethereal inside
- Font and aspect door choices
- The in-built cover is absolutely helpful throughout rain showers
- It’s fast and intuitive to pitch
- The bedrooms are fairly darkish regardless of not being full blackout bedrooms
- I personally actually appreciated the color, a shade of darkish jade inexperienced with vibrant lime inexperienced
- The 4000mm HH did a superb job of preserving us dry throughout some fairly heavy downpours
Cons
- More built-in inner storage pockets could be helpful
The verdict
Our Rating
Quality 4.5/5
Practicality 4.5/5
Looks 4/5
Value 5/5
Overall Rating (4.5 / 5)
The Coleman Aspen 4 is a wonderful worth household tent that feels extra premium than the very affordable price ticket would recommend. The in-built cover is extraordinarily helpful, offering shade through the summer time and safety from the weather throughout downpours.
It’s compact when packed down but spacious inside with beneficiant standing head peak all through and it makes a terrific tent selection for {couples} who like a little bit of area or for small households.
DISCLOSURE | Thank you to Coleman who equipped the featured product for us to tent to check in return for our sincere opinion. We weren’t paid to put in writing this overview.
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