Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)We've used this tent for boy scouts, girl scouts, and family from 1-4 weeks per year.It's very roomy and comfortable.Truly sleeps six, although my husband and I have enjoyed a queen airbed with porta crib, luggage, and room to move around.My favorite part is the windows - three large ones.It's dreamy to lie on an air bed and read.Sun and rain stay out, gentle breezes come in.Winds stay out when all is closed.Vent on top, too.After a few years, the zipper split - things wear out.Eureka was great.They sent a new zipper with simple instructions for replacing it, something akin to zipping a jacket together.It require a minimal amount of sewing at the end of the zipper that I was able to do on my 35 year old Kenmore sewing machine.It's time to replace the tent.Wind tore a hole in top this week end.Gusts 20-40 mph.(tore grommets out of our dining fly)Zippers are becoming sluggish.Like I said, things wear out.We plan to buy this tent again.Look for it in blue.
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Product Description:
Camp in confidence with the Eureka hexagonal Equinox family tent, which is constructed from a six-legged, shockcorded aluminum frame. It sleeps up to six, has a very roomy 6 foot, 7 inch center height, and is ideal for late season car camping or setting up at the beach. This tent has one door and three large windows (one in the door), which are hooded to protect against inclement weather. It also offers a closable roof vent and breathable nylon roof and walls that help to keep condensation to a minimum.
Set up is effortless, thanks to the 5/8" pre-bent, shockcorded aluminum umbrella frame that is assembled via pin and ring connectors. It features a heavy-duty bathtub floor made of 4 ounce 210D oxford nylon that repels water. The multi-coated 75D Stormshield polyester fly provides full coverage and improves durability and resistance to UV, acid rain, and tearing. Other features include two mesh gear pockets, gear loft loops, flashlight loop, and twin track doors.
Specifications:
Area: 87 square feet
Floor size: 1 feet by 11 feet, 8 inches
Center height: 6 feet, 7 inches
Wall fabrics: 1.9 oz. breathable nylon/ 1.9 oz. permeable taffeta nylon
Floor fabrics: 4-ounce 210D Oxford polyester with 1200mm coating
Fly fabrics: 2-ounce 75D StormShield
Pack size: 10 by 28 inches
Weight: 17 pounds
About Eureka
Though the exact year is unknown, Eureka's long history begins prior to 1895 in Binghamton, New York, where the company still resides today. Then known as the Eureka Tent & Awning Company, its first wares were canvas products--most notably, Conestoga wagon covers and horse blankets for nineteenth century American frontiersmen--as well as American flags, store awnings, and camping tents.
The company increased production of its custom canvas products locally throughout the 1930s and during the 1940 and even fabricated and erected the IBM "tent cities" just outside Binghamton. The seven acres of tents housed thousands of IBM salesmen during the company's annual stockholders meeting, which had since outgrown its previous locale. In the 1940s, with the advent of World War II and the increased demand for hospital ward tents, Eureka expanded operations and began shipping tents worldwide. Ultimately, upon the post-war return of the GIs and the resultant housing shortage, Eureka turned its attention to the home front during the 1950s by supplying awnings for the multitude of mobile homes that were purchased.
In 1960, Eureka's new and innovative Draw-Tite tent, with its practical, free standing external frame, was used in a Himalayan Expedition to Nepal by world renowned Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person documented to summit Mt. Everest only six years earlier. In 1963, Eureka made history during its own Mt. Everest ascent, with more than 60 of its tents sheltering participants from fierce 60+ mph winds and temperatures reaching below -20
