BushnellShield Series 6 Person Instant Cabin Tent - 11ftx9ft

We purchased this tent for our upcoming dark sky trips we plan for the summer. We originally looked at a Bushnell 4 person tent. I’m glad we decided on the next size up. The six person tent will only hold a queen size air mattress and not much more. A four person tent would only be good for two adults if the six person is any thing to go by!Pros:1) Easy set up. It does quickly pull out and up quickly if you have two people doing it. When we set it up the next time we will know the ins and outs of doing it!2) It has nice sized windows (only negative no ties for the flaps so they hang loose) and the small air conditioning vent in the back will allow the camper to stay cool at night using a small 5,000 to 8,000 btu ac unit.3) There are a few storage pockets in the tent which are nice and a large storage net at the top where you can store additional items.4) It’s a tub floor which will help with water not getting into the tent. That is what this type of flooring is designed to prevent.5) Power cord pocket that will let you run an extension cord into the tent. This is located on the left side of the front of the tent.6) As of right now I cannot vouch for how rainproof it is. The material is very strong and sturdy! No issues with tears along the seams as some reviewers had. We will do what we’ve done before; buy seam sealer spray for the seams and waterproofing tent spray to give the tent additional water resistance. The large rain fly should afford additional protection from rain.7) Heat shield technology should help with the hot Texas nights. We will find out how effective it is once we start using it during the summer!8) The rain flys vestibule has pockets for storage. Nice to store the things you need to keep close and handy.Cons:1) This tent does not come with any instructions at all. The setting up of the tent itself is a no brainer. Still, simple instructions would have helped out with a few questions we had.2) The rain fly. Figuring out how it drapes across the tent is easy enough. The Bushnell logo is the front of the rain fly. Here, instructions for this would of helped to make that “60 second” setup more of a reality. After about 15 minutes we got the rain fly supported by the rods that support the small vestibule. NOTE HERE. At each of the bottom front corners of the tent by the loop for the corner tent stakes, you will see a round, 4” metal pin ring. These are used for the vestibule rods. You slip the bottom opening of each side of the rods onto the pin rings. This secures the vestibule rods and keeps them in place. At first we thought the ends would go into the ground and the legs would go within the rings. For us this was NOT the case. Doing so would of caused great stress on the corners of the tent and possibly damaged the tent itself.3) This truly is not a six person tent. If you had six adults in the tent on twin size sleeping mats yes, but it would still be tight and not allow for any personal space. As stated above, a queen size mattress is almost too big for this tent. If you want additional room you’d either have to go up to the next size for the tent or use cots for sleeping. Cots would give you more space.4) There is a gap between the inner rain fly edge and the tent itself. Not much but enough that a hard rain would come through that gap.As I stated, we have yet to use this tent. Husband and grandson will use it for backyard camping this weekend and we have rain coming so that will test how rainproof this tent is.Overall, it’s easy to set up, the bag you store it in has a zipper near the bottom that will expand the bag and allow you to fit the tent into it. This must be a new design of the bag as previous owners had a complaint about not being able to fit the tent into the storage bag. I will update this review once we receive a rain. So far that is the only “unknown” factor. Well that and wind!

Really nice tent, but when you pack this thing away its gigantic! I wouldn't have storage space in my car or my shed for this tent. So I have to return it unfortunately. So if you have a truck/van and a garage go for it!

Tent is soooo easy to put up and is a solid design. We only camp a couple of times a year and this tent is perfect for family! Highly recommend.

Love this tent!! It is so easy to set up and one person can do it!! Have never had it leak in light or hard rain and wind has never been a problem. There are plenty of pockets on the outside to hold flashlights or whatever small gadgets you need. This is honestly the best tent I have ever had and recommend it.

We have a 4-man Coleman and don't like it so got this one. I like that it's easy and fairly quick to assemble, like the front flaps to keep the entry way dry, love the large windows all around for ventalation, oh and with the fron overhang, we can leave the front windows open more to get more airflow and not worry about the rain coming in, you can stand up instead rather than having to hunch over and move aound on your knees, and like the ventalation with flaps on the bottom in the back for more airflow when sleeping.I do wish it came with sturdier pegs and a sturdier flooring--it's similar to my other tent, but for this size (6-man) wish the bottom tarp was stronger, especially when folding the tent up, the folds kinda pull on the bottom. I wish it repelled the water moisture, you can't have material things touching the side, the moisture will get onto the cloth materials and get it wet so I just need to make sure nothing touches the sides.