Throughout this article I will be reviewing the Coleman Montana 6 Person Tent, to find out if it really deserves the high ratings that it has achieved.
Because without an unbiased opinion you don’t really know who to believe, right? So without further ado, let’s get straight into my Coleman Montana 6 Person Tent review and find out if it is worth the price you pay.
Should Only Be Used For Summer Camping
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Functionality
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Waterproof
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Strength
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Worth The Price?
Summary
This product is a 6 person tent, a little on the cheaper side, and of average quality. It can also fit 2 queen-sized air mattresses. It seems to me that this 6 person tent was designed to give the basics that a tent should provide – shelter, room, and ventilation – because it’s not exactly the best at combating heavy downpours, it is best used for summer camping.
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Specifications
Product name: Coleman Montana 6 Person Tent
Cheapest place to buy: Amazon.com
Color: Green
Size: 6 person
Rating: 3 season
Weight: 19 pounds
Center height: 5 ft. 8 in
Base Size: 12 x 7 ft
Floor Area: 842 sq. ft
Packed size: 9 x 9.25 x 27.5 inches
The Rundown
The tent is roomy and simple to set up even with 1 person. It can fit a maximum of 6 people and contains a large D-shaped door for more convenience. The hooded fly over the windows allow you to keep getting ventilation when it’s raining.
There is an awning located over the door too. This provides a place to sit out of the sun or light rain. This design makes even more air flow get into the tent for good cross ventilation. Furthermore, there are mesh vents on the roof for to stop condensation building up as much as possible.
The flooring material is a rugged 1000D polyethylene material and is bathtub-shaped for the best protection against the rain, from the bottom of the tent. Coleman have taken this step even further, simply by welding the floor and corner seams to ensure no rain will leak inside the tent.
The walls AND rain fly on the Coleman Montana 6 Person Tent are a polyester material with a 450mm coating. This makes the material extra strong and more durable.
Key Features
- This tent contains shockcorded poles for faster and easier set up
- A polyester fly that doesn’t stretch when wet. Polyester is tough and durable, which is why a lot of tents use this material
- A zippered electrical port
- A cool air port to offer ventilation and comfort
- Interior storage pockets
- A free (included) welcome mat to wipe your muddy boots/shoes after a hike
- Combination clips, continuous sleeves and a pin-and-ring pole system to make the set up process even easier (and faster too)
- A flashlight loop that’s located on the ceiling
- External guy points to allow the tent to stand up strong in high winds
Who Should Buy This Tent?
This tent is ideal for families or friends who want to go on a simple camping trip and don’t have the budget to buy a high quality, $400 tent. Even though summer camping is my recommended choice with this tent, it can still handle light rain.
Some common combinations include:
- 1 queen size mattress + 2 adults + 2 kids + space for bags and gear
- 1 queen size mattress + almost half of the space to store items
- 1 queen size mattress + table and chairs
- 2 queen size mattresses is easily fittable
- 4 adults + enough room for all their gear
- 5 adults + still some space to move around
- Possible to fit 6 adults in, but without much space to move around
Where Can I Buy?
The price of this tent ranges from $100 – $150 from the popular online store: Amazon.com.
I choose to shop with Amazon due to the free shipping, 30 day return policy, cheap prices and faster deliveries. But because the price tag is always changing, it’s best to see what the current price is first.
Alternative/Similar Products
If you want a tent that does a better job in the rain and still in the same price range, it also has a screened porch area so you can enjoy the outdoors without being annoyed by the pesky mosquitoes too, then the Coleman Evanston Screened Tent is a great choice for you.
However, the awnings on the Coleman Evanston tend to block a little of the outside view.
Do I Recommend The Coleman Montana 6 Person Tent?
Sure, but I wouldn’t recommend it for 6 people, unless you don’t mind a tight squeeze. I would go with 5 people maximum so there’s still enough room to move around and not feel claustrophobic.
A perfect combination that I recommend for the 6 person tent is 2-4 people (both kids and adults). This is so there’s still plenty of room to move around and place your gear in.
Is it worth the price?
6 person tents that are much higher quality can cost you up to $400. But due to the great features that this tent provides and the large amounts of camping trips you will get out of it (considering you look after it properly), I would have to say yes, it is definitely worth the price you pay.
My Final Opinion
This is a tent, not a house. It’s going to get the job done while you’re on a camping trip (by keeping you sheltered and safe from the elements).
Although there’s one thing I would do before using this tent, and that is to USE SEAM SEALER. I do this with all new tents and every second year. By sealing the seams often you are stopping all leakages from happening and allowing you to stay dry for the entire duration of the trip.
This is a great tent and highly recommended for people who are shopping around for a 6 person tent, yet don’t want to splash out on a $400 one. It has the potential to last a long time if you look after it properly.
‘Okay’ quality, keeps you sheltered, worth the price! Highly recommended!
See It On Amazon At Its Cheapest Price
Should Only Be Used For Summer Camping
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Functionality
-
Waterproof
-
Strength
-
Worth The Price?
Summary
This product is a 6 person tent, a little on the cheaper side, and of average quality. It can also fit 2 queen-sized air mattresses. It seems to me that this 6 person tent was designed to give the basics that a tent should provide – shelter, room, and ventilation – because it’s not exactly the best at combating heavy downpours, it is best used for summer camping.
Thanks for this honest review and for the useful hints. I never thought of applying seam sealer on my tents and they even leak during light rain. It’s one of the reasons I decided to only go camping when forecast shows close to no chance of rain.
I’m looking for a brand new tent and this one seems interesting to me because you mention it’s easy to set up. I can’t tell how many times I set up my tent in my backyard just to make sure I can do this easily once I’m in the great outdoors… Ridiculous!
Also, do you have any tips to avoid this feeling of humidity on your skin when sleeping? It happens when the days are warm and nights are much colder. I just hate waking up at 4AM and feel soaking wet 🙁 Thanks for any suggestion
Oh yes, it is a better option to seam seal the tent to prevent any future surprises (lol). It is quite easy to set up believe it or not and easy to pitch with one person.
That’s condensation build up, you’re wearing too much clothes in your sleeping bag, as the bag will hold the heat in, and if you have too much clothes packed on the heat will just stick to the inside of your clothes and turn to water.
Make sure you lie in your sleeping bag with minimal clothes as possible – which will stop this from happening. If you still need to keep warm I suggest you put extra blankets over your sleeping bag, have a decent sleeping pad and if you’re still cold, jam a bunch of spare clothes under your pad.
Definitely not a good experience, happy to help out.
Believe it or not, I’ve never gone camping. I’ve hungout at the camp grounds and seen them setting up and readying their elaborate tents, they all would look so fragile. I’ve seen them setting up at my church for the kids camp night out and always seem to have such a hard time setting them up. Since camping is on my bucket list, when that adventure rolls around, I will certainly check out the coleman montana. Your review was very thorough and clear.
Hello Rowena, thanks for the comment. I agree with you, I see a lot of people that aren’t prepared for storms and end up getting their tent blown away AND with kids in them. If you are after a tent it is best to get something that’s going to hold up in the wind and keep the rain out. Because that’s what a tent is all about – keeping you safe from the elements. That’s it.
Hi Brandon,
It amazes me that something that looks like that tent is built and can be set up to withstand winds of 50-60 mph! Then again, I suppose that if the winds are that strong, you may wish to be somewhere other than a campground! Still, it’s impressive that it can be engineered that way.
Another thing that appealed to me about the ‘pros,’ silly as it may sound, are the color-coded poles. I don’t know how many things I’ve put together that had vague instructions and had to be undone and redone several times through the process. The color coding sounds like at least one positive step to help guys like me!
I like your line: “this is a tent, not a house.” It’s important to have realistic expectations and I found your review to do a great job of showing value for the investment but also balancing the expectation. Nicely done, and I’d not hesitate at all to refer friends to your very helpful site. Keep it up!
Best wishes,
Kevin
Hey Kevin, you’re correct – this affordable tent doesn’t look like it can withstand strong winds, but to my surprise it can!
The color coded poles are insanely helpful, which makes me think, why didn’t they create something like this years ago if it’s going to help so many people, right?
I’m glad you found this review helpful Kevin, and please don’t hesitate to refer your friends here and you can also stop by again and check out my site once in a while. It’s updated almost daily.
Thanks for stopping by,
Brandon
Currently the wife and I own a Coleman 4 person tent. It’s ourselves and our 3 year old son that use it. To be honest it doesn’t seem like it would actually hold 4 people, unless we slept on top of one another. We went camping a little over a month ago and, if you have kids you understand, it felt completely cramped. We thought about getting a 6 person tent but never dropped the money to do it.
We are headed on another camping trip in a few weeks, before it gets to cold. Thanks to your review I will definetely have to check this one out on Amazon. I can’t justify spending $300 – $400 on a larger tent but $110 – $140 wouldn’t be bad at all. Plus we could actually use our new air mattress without it touching the sides of the tent lol.
I like the fact that it also has the 1 year warranty. Our current tent is about 3 years old and, as you said with this one, the zipper seems as it would get stuck, but it doesn’t. However, we did have the seams come apart during one trip about 6 months in and Coleman took care of it. No questions asked they just replaced it and it only took like a couple of weeks.
I would give Coleman a 5/5 for their customer service and 4/5 for their products. They may be on the “cheaper” spectrum of camping gear but they stand up to a lot of abuse. If not, their customer care will take care of you!
Thank you for the great review!
Uhh yes, I really don’t like when manufacturers exaggerate how many people can sleep in their tents. They base their results off not including gear at all, while everyone lies down like sardines (lol).
That’s great man, camping is so much fun and I can only recommend this tent if you want enough room, good weatherproofing and affordability, as more expensive tents will have these values anyway.
Well that’s great Coleman did that, they really take care of their customers and I’m glad they are doing the same with you.
I totally agree with you though, not all their tents are perfect but they do a great job at weatherproofing, which is highly important out in the wild since the tent is the only thing keeping you safe from the elements.
Thanks for the comment Justin.
Kind regards,
Brandon
Thanks for the review.
I have been contemplating a bigger tent even though I travel by motorcycle.
So, size is an important factor. At the size of the Montana 6 I should be able to strap it on alongside my back rest. It is only about 1/3 larger than the tent I currently use. Being able to stand up inside and even bring in ALL my gear is important. With this I should be able to cook inside if ever the rain is too fierce. I know its not recommended but I would just be heating water to dump in my MRE packs and for coffee.
With my current tent I have learned to reseal after any exposure to strong wind. Evidently, the shaking stretches the stitches and creates leaks in spite of the sealer. So now I keep a small bottle with me, the kind that has its own built in applicator tip. And it works!
You must REALLY enjoy your space if you want to use this 6-person tent for yourself. Lol.
However, just be careful with this tent. I only recommend it for calm conditions, because in the rain you risk it leaking. Seam seal it first (and often) just to be on the absolute safe side.