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Eureka Bitterroot 11-Foot by 11-Foot Six-Person Square Dome Tent

Average Reviews:
4.6 out of 5 stars

(More customer reviews)First of all let me say that from experience I can tell you without a doubt that we will ONLY buy Eureka brand tents because of their quality of construction, durability, and speedy ease of setup/breakdown.

I bought this tent under the Amazon review/recommendation that two queen beds would fit inside.The truth is that technically they do "fit" inside but not comfortably.When this tent arrived we set it up in the yard to make sure everything fit well together before taking it on a trip.I inflated two of our queen mattresses and put them inside.They fit *exactly* side by side with NO room between mattresses to put a lamp, gear, or even your foot. There is plenty of room at the foot of the beds for your gear but if you are like me, when you get out of bed you want to be able to put your feet down and stand up, not having to shimmy your way to the foot of the bed to crawl out at the foot of the bed.Queen mattresses are 5' wide.Together that is 10' which leaves only 1-foot of space between them which sounds like it would be okay but it isn't because mattresses with bedding are poofy and take up all the space. Period.I believe this tent would best accommodate one Queen with one Twin, or, Two doubles.In rainy weather you'd want to move your items away from the inside walls of the tent, with two Queens side by side you can't really do this so trust me, this tent is better suited for a queen and a twin.

That being said, this tent has some EXCELLENT features.The ceiling height is absolutely HUGE.I could not touch the ceiling even on my tippy-toes.The gear loft is marvelous and would be very useful.There are two vents in the ceiling and windows on all FOUR sides which I really like for maximum ventilation!I also love the high/low vent on the door.I love the interior pocket.I love the deeply pitched rainfly over the windows - serious protection from rain coming in the windows and the fact that the seams are taped as well as double sewn.Very well done Eureka!The color is gorgeous, the rainfly sparkles like a new copper penny in the sun.The mesh is ultra fine - better than any other tent I've ever owned.The tent took mere minutes to set up right out of the bag and was just as easy to break down.The zippers worked smoothly, no chance of the zipper fabric getting caught in these because there isn't any!Another finely engineered tent by Eureka!My only regret is that this tent does not come in a 13x11 size.

I want to say once again that the peaks on the rainfly are ideal for keeping wet weather away from the windows... just compare them to any other tent style to see what I mean.It's a no brainer.The ceiling height is cavernous, really excellent of them to finally make a super tall ceiling.You'll want to play basketball in there.

I also want to say that Eureka is spot-on when it comes to guy-line free tents!This tent is stable even without being staked down and there will be NO guy lines for you and the kids to trip over, not to mention never having to rely on the soil's ability to hang on to a stake.Anyone who has had their stakes come out in soft or sandy soil knows exactly what I mean! No worries with this tent!

PS: We also own the Eureka Sunrise9 which fits the teens' two twin beds beautifully and has a lot of great features.It's also a keeper!

UPDATE! Over Memorial Day weekend we ended up taking the Bitteroot on a Disney Camping trip... gave it to the kids to use as a 'spare' tent and OH WHAT FUN they had! They were able to fit 2 twin mattresses in there with loads and loads of room to spare. Even I, Mom, was envious. The tent is is giagantic and roomy inside but I personally wouldn't put two queen beds side by side in there. There was so much room in this tent it was unbelieveable. They had a lot of camp-site-friends come in to play - no problem at all and ventilation was great even with a lot of goofy kids inside. It was very easy to set up. I was skeptical because we had planned to take the 9x9 but ended up packing this 11x11 instead. This tent plus another 13x10 AND a 12x10 canopy will fit in a Disney Fort Wilderness tent site no problem!

Another Upate:This tent spent it's second trip at Hillsborough River State Park over Thanksgiving.People actually stopped by to ask about it because they watched us set it up in minutes and it's so pretty and large.They couldn't believe how big it was inside.Later that trip we added a third twin bed with no problems.This tent also took it's first rain like a champ with no leaks or odd smells.I love this bitteroot!

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Product Description:
Ideal for weekend camping trips with family and friends, Eureka's Bitterroot square dome tent offers a spacious 121 square feet of room to comfortably sleep five to six campers. Protective enough for three-season use, the Bitterroot features four large windows to maximize air circulation for camping comfort while zippered window covers control the amount of air flow and provide privacy. No-see-um mesh will keeps out the tiniest insects. High/low door vents are featured at the top and bottom, as bottom vent drafts in cool dry air while upper opening will vent out warm moist air. A side-opening door design allows for easy access for campers to enter and exit the tent. Twin-track zippers provide separate operation of the door and window. Windows combine with large areas of permeable fabric and mesh in the roof cloth for superior air flow while minimizing condensation.
To ensure a dry and comfortable camping trip, all major seams and reinforcements are factory sealed to prevent water entry while a wrap-up bathtub floor minimizes ground level seams and will keep water out and the tent floor dry. In case you do encounter wet weather, a hooded fly on all sides protects the windows and allows for venting even while it's raining.
When packed up, the tent and its components measure 8 by 33 inches, allowing for easy transport to your camping destinations. The tent's fly and walls are constructed of a strong, UV-resistant polyester fabric while the floor's durable weave is made of heavy-duty poly oxford. With a seve-foot center height, even the tallest campers will be comfortable and move around easily.
Inside the tent, two mesh pockets, four gear loft/clothesline attachments, and a flashlight loop offer additional storage opportunities while a hanging gear loft organizer keeps small essentials close at hand and out of the way.
Designed with Eureka's StormShield features, this self-supporting, two-pole tent is quick and easy to set up with its durable shockcorded fiberglass frame, taffeta rod pockets, and clip attachments. Pole sections are interconnected with shockcords for quick set-up and to prevent lost parts. The shockcoding will also absorb and dissipate wind stress, reducing wear and tear on the tent's fabrics. Eureka's Bitterroot tent features shockcorded fiberglass poles for easy setup.A ring-and-pin assembly provides durable attachment of the tent body to the frame at the base. Storm rings on the fly, along with guylines, provide guy points in wind.
Specifications:

StormShield Construction Details:

Nickel sliders on self-healing nylon coil zippers keep windows and doors working smoothly.Materials:

What's in the Box?
Eureka Bitterroot tent, fly, poles, stakes, stuff sack
Manufacturer's Warranty
Limited lifetime warranty
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

Eureka Copper Canyon 10 Five- to Six-Person 10-Foot by 10-Foot Family Tent

Average Reviews:
4.2 out of 5 stars

(More customer reviews)We bought this tent for our kids (who are way too cool to sleep in the RV with Mom and Dad) based partly on Eureka's reputation, but also on its unique design. We were looking to replace our old Coleman Sundome with something a little bigger and to get away from the pole-bending dome style tents. The Copper Canyon series is new to the market and is untried in large quantity by the general public. So we were a bit hesitant to get one. But, after a call to Eureka's Customer Service Dept we decided to give it a shot. If you're like me you find user reviews to be very valuable while researching products, so I thought I'd give my two cents about the Copper Canyon 10. This is my experience and opinion, your mileage may vary. Here goes:

CHEERS: Very roomy. The kids had two cots, a small table and all their clothes with plenty of room left inside. The near vertical walls and seven foot roof allow my 6'2" self to walk around with ease. Though it's only a 10x10 the cabin design makes it seem larger than it is. The door is large enough to assemble cots outside and carry them into the tent. And the large zippered windows on each of the three remaining walls keep the air moving when it's warm out. The roof is all mesh so there's no worry about oxygen depletion when running a catalytic propane heater. However, we've only used it once out in the desert where it barely dipped below 70 degrees at night. I would not recommend this tent for really cold weather, though. The rainfly sits a few inches above the tent and gives adequate coverage. I suspect the interior would stay pretty dry during summer showers but windblown rain would easily soak the inside. Eureka says it's a 3-season tent, but I think it's more of a 2.5 season tent. Used as intended it's very comfortable. And easy to set up; even with one person. After many years of breaking fiberglass poles on dome tents I really appreciate the non-bending design of the frame. The roof frame consists of two fiberglass poles crossed like a dome tent but fit into heavy plastic elbows sewn into each corner. Steel poles are then inserted into the other end of the elbows to support the walls. This design puts very little stress on the tent poles and I expect the shock cords will wear out before the poles break. Finally, the `E! Port' is a cool idea. It's a small flap-covered zipper that is designed to run an extension cord through. We ran a cord from our travel trailer into the tent so the girls could watch the little DVD player they brought. Neat!

JEERS: There are a few, which is why I only gave this tent four stars instead of five. I know this is a 3-season tent, and a cabin design, but even the slightest gusts of wind pushed in the walls quite a bit. There are only four built-in guy lines. One at the top of each corner of the rainfly. And there are four more cordura loops sewn into the rainfly a couple of feet below the built-in guy lines. We used all eight available guy line points and this did a pretty good job of keeping the structure's shape. But the large vertical walls of the tent really blew in with the stronger gusts. Having stake points in the middle of the each wall and guy out points at the top of the walls in addition to the rainfly corners would have made the tent much more stable in the wind. Which leads me to the worthless stakes. You know the kind, basically a thick piece of coat hanger wire with a bend at one end. Jeez! Why do tent makers think anyone would actually use those. Raise the price of the tent by five or ten bucks if you must but please include real stakes! We bought ten good stakes from Cabelas and a plastic container to keep them in and they worked great. Do not try to use the junk that comes with the tent. Another niggle is the two zipper door design. Some may like it but I prefer one zipper that goes all the way from the top of the ""D" to the bottom. The Copper Canyon has one zipper along the bottom and another that goes from the top left down to the end of the bottom zipper. You need to open both in order enter the tent safely. The last is the full mesh roof.While good in warm, dry weather I can think of few places that don't get thunder showers anytime throughout theyear. I don't think the fly provides enough coverage to keep rain out of the roof if the wind picks up. It rains often in our local mountains where we summer camp. And it can get pretty chilly in many places where I suspect this tent will be used, even in the summer. The roof just doesn't seem like it will hold in much heat. We'll find out soon, though if it will stay warm and dry during summer storms and chilly nights.

FINAL THOUGHTS: Would I buy this tent again? Yes! I really like the roominess and the ease of setup. If used in mild weather, like we did recently, this is a great tent. It is solidly constructed and while it uses lightweight materials it seems to be pretty strong. Even though it got a little "bent out of shape" when the wind picked up to 15-20 mph nothing ripped, tore or broke. It has a unique design and is huge for 10x10 standards. If you are looking for a big tent with a small footprint and want to stand up in, a dome is out of the question. This tent is a good alternative to the cheapie cabin style department store specials. I would definatley recommend the Copper Canyon for anyone who wants a quality tent and would use it as intended.

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Product Description:
Featuring vertical walls for maximal internal space, this 10-foot x 10-foot (100 square feet) freestanding cabin-style tent accommodates 5-6 campers on cots. A D-shaped door with side flaps has a large #8 zipper with cover for durability and rain protection. Four large zippered mesh windows open for visibility and four-way airflow and close for privacy. Toggles keep window flaps off the floor and out of the way. A fly with clear-panel skylights permits stargazing, includes pockets for storing storm guyouts when not in use, and features brims over front and rear windows to protect against elements. A port allows an extension cord (not included) to be run into the tent. A sweep-out point facilitates housekeeping. A hanging gear-loft supplies convenient storage.
Made of 1200mm, 75D polyester, the tent has six steel and fiberglass poles that slip into sleeves during setup. Frame clips and ring-and-pin assemblies also facilitate setup. Mesh screens out insects as small as no-see-ums. The tent weighs 23 pounds, 6 ounces and has a center height of 7 feet.
Eureka! tents' standard design features include bathtub-style floors that wrap up the sides to keep water out; nickel sliders and self-healing zippers; and factory-taped major seams to seal out weather.
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

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