Coleman Denali 14-Foot by-10-Foot 6-Person Tent

When I received the tent, I put it up for practice first. It was missing 10 poles 1 foot long. I called Coleman, and they shipped them right away. When I put it up the second time, it was misssing 10 guy ropes. I called Coleman, and they will ship them to me.
I used it this weekend and it worked fine. I treated the seams, but since it did not rain, I am unsure of the waterproof properties yet.
The bag is built large, so it is easier to put the tent back in it. So far, I like the unit.

Since one reviewer indicated they were missing parts, we made it a point to set this tent up in the backyard before our camping trip. Word to the wise, if it's windy, do NOT put the rainfly on first. It acted as a parasail and flipped the whole tent over, bending one pole. Of course it's the one pole that the Coleman site had 'N/A' for ordering. I was able to get it bent back fairly straight, but I do want to order a replacement some day.
When we went camping, we put the rainfly on after the tent was staked down and it was fairly easy. I do think this tent would be difficult for one person to set up.
As for room, 5 teenagers slept in it and it was a bit crowded with the blow up mattresses. I had a small kid's tent we set up so they could put all their clothes in it. The screened in section does not have a floor, but since it's part of the square of the tent, the tarp we put down first acted as a nice floor. It was a good place for the kids to put their shoes.
Over all I would recommend this tent if you want a tent you can stand up in and room for 5 people to sleep.

This tent is magnificent, we were the talk of the campground. The porch is a great feature. It took about 45 minutes to set up, next time I would guess 20 max. The price with super-saver shipping is amazing.

We've only used the tent once, in good weather, which is the only reason I gave it four stars instead of five. We just don't have enough experience to say how it'll perform under more extreme conditions.

When we got the Denali out of its (large, heavy) box, we were somewhat dismayed at the large number of poles and connectors. This looked hard! It did take some time to assemble everything, but it was not hard at all. The directions were fairly clear and, once you realized the shape of the frame you were assembling, even intuitive.

The only caution I'd give is that some of the poles are curved, and you want to make sure all the pole segments curve the same way. If you get it backwards, it's no big deal to disconnect the shock-corded poles, flip the offending segment, and reassemble.

Once the frame is up, it's just a matter of clipping the tent to it. Very simple.

There is quite a lot of room and excellent ventilation. There are no roll-down flaps or covers for the screen room - it is just as it is in the picture. Someone could sleep there, but they'd be on the ground and would have an audience.

Its a very very good idea to set the tent up in the back yard first --or--atleast take inventory of parts!
Takes a little while to figure out the setup instructions ... and even LONGER when one of the canopy tent poles is not cut right and will not fit with the rest of the poles / structure! After I took a hammer to the pole trying to make it fit (completely destroying the pole by the way in frustration) we called Coleman and they gave us no issues and immediately shipped us not just one but two replacement poles to which we received 1 day later.

We also discovered later that the tent only came with 4 of the canopy guideline cords (Was supposed to come with 14 or so (cant remember the exact #) Called Coleman again on these and they said they would ship us the missing cords but they have yet to arrive. (We actually made better ones out of nylon cord so thats not such a big deal)

The tent itself is Wonderful. Does not take long to setup (the second time - maybe 30 minutes) Is very spacious and the neatest part is really the screened in porch area. Can easily fit 2 chairs and a cooler etc. (Really a neat feature). I was secretly hoping it would rain (during our 3 day 2 nite camping trip) for just a bit one of the days so we could sit in the screened in area and watch it rain etc but no such luck :-)

Anyways ... the tent itself would easily get a perfect 5 rating but the hassle with parts unfortunately dropped the overall rating down a bit for me.