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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 assessment…
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 dimension 3.0 x 4.7 x 2.0 m
- Pack dimension 66 x 30 x 28 cm
- Packed tent weight 15.3 kg
- 4000 mm water column
- Outer cloth Polyester, PU coated, Fire retardant
- Sewn in groundsheet
- 190 cm full standing peak
- 5.9 m² sleeping space dimension
- Fibreglass poles and taped seams
What we thought
I instantly beloved 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, significantly a household with younger youngsters, this may 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 dimension and elegance so it gave me a really nostalgic really feel.
That’s to not say the Coleman Aspen 4 is in any method outdated, it isn’t but it surely’s a great whereas since I’ve camped in a tent like this and I beloved the expertise.
Having primarily used bell tents or AirBeam tents lately, going again to a pole tent felt a bit old style, but it surely’s an effective way of holding each value and bulk down, and the pack dimension of this tent is de facto spectacular, preferrred for those who 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 simple. I by no means take a look at directions and all the time consider 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 will do.
Practicality
We have a big double camp mattress and different tents have struggled with it. I wasn’t certain whether or not it will match, however with the center divider eliminated, it fitted!
We concluded that 4 common single-size SIMs would positively match aspect by aspect contained in the sleeping compartment, although luggage and many others. must be saved within the dwelling space.
There had been 3 lantern hanging factors in strategic areas 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 further air flow, and though we didn’t want to make use of all of the man ropes on our journey which was fully breeze free, there are lots and all of those who we did use felt sturdy and succesful.
Although we didn’t use the smaller aspect door, it does present additional format flexibility and likewise added mild, to what’s already a really mild and ethereal feeling tent inside.
Tent Features
One huge distinction to the opposite model tent comparable in dimension and elegance, is that the Coleman Aspen 4 felt rather more premium, although as is all the time the case, it does include a fairly fundamental set of tent pegs, that are solely actually helpful for superb climate, so investing in additional heavy-duty tent pegs could be really useful.
We very very similar to that the doorways zip absolutely round all sides and might 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 significantly properly, resulting in stress on the entrance, the zips had been sturdy and succesful and the sewn-in groundsheet makes the tent a good selection for the changeable British climate.
Pros
- Relatively small pack dimension and fairly mild for such a giant tent
- Spacious and ethereal inside
- Font and aspect door choices
- The in-built cover is de facto 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 favored the color, a shade of darkish jade inexperienced with vibrant lime inexperienced
- The 4000mm HH did a great job of holding us dry throughout some fairly heavy downpours
Cons
- More built-in inside 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 cheap price ticket would counsel. The in-built cover is extraordinarily helpful, offering shade through the summer season 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 trustworthy opinion. We weren’t paid to write down this assessment.
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