Best Cabin Tents for an Extra-Roomy Camping Experience

The Eureka Copper Canyon LX has featured on our list of the best cabin tents for several years running and once more it has beaten off stiff competition to stand head and shoulders above the best of the rest. 

The main selling point of this 8-person tent is its livability. It has 130 square feet of interior space, an 84-inch center height, and near-vertical walls that maximize headroom throughout the tent. Unlike many so-called “8-person” tents, the Copper Canyon can comfortably accommodate 8 adults, and with room to spare.

Compared to other cabin tents at a similar price point – the Core Instant and the Wenzel Klondike, for example – the Copper Canyon wins our overall title on account of its roomier interior space, more robust waterproofing, and use of more rugged, durable materials. 

Features-wise, the Copper Canyon also stands out. It has a large extended awning for drying clothes or kicking back in your camp chair, plenty of wall pockets for gear storage, adjustable vents to prevent stuffiness and condensation, and a duo of canopy storage shelves.

If you’re looking for something a little bigger or a little smaller, the Copper Canyon is also available in 4-person, 6-person, and 12-person models. 

Specs

• Interior Space: 100 sq. ft.
• Peak Height: 84”
• Weight: 24 lbs. 5. oz.

The Core 9-Person Instant features a quick setup design that lets you get down to enjoying the great outdoors a little sooner than almost any other model in our review.

The poles in this shelter are pre-attached, meaning you just need to unpack, unfold, extend, and you’re good to go!

But this shelter’s got a lot more going for it than a speedy setup…

It also uses Core’s H20 Block Technology, which combines water-repellent fabrics with a DWR (Durable Water Resistant) coating, sealed seams, and rain-resistant doors and windows to provide good enough weather resistance for summer camping. Its oversized mesh windows and mesh ceiling provide plenty of ventilation and make it a great option for trips in humid conditions.

The Core also features a handy room divider for privacy, a plethora of storage pockets, and an electric charge port for use at hookups. 

While this Core tent loses a few points for its lack of an awning or vestibule space, it’s still an outstanding option for large families looking for a shelter that removes the fuss and hassle of setup.

Specs

• Interior Space: 126 sq. ft.
• Peak Height: 72”
• Weight: 37 lbs.

Looking for a shelter that offers a generous sleeping space and a separate nighttime stargazing area? If so, the Wenzel Klondike might just be the shelter for you!

This 8-person instant cabin tent boasts a sleeping area that measures a roomy 16 feet by 11 feet by 6’ 5” tall, making it more than big enough to accommodate 8 sleepers. In addition to this, you also get a huge 60-square-foot screened porch area that you can use for bug-free dining and lounging, gear storage, stargazing at night, or even to park your car in! 

While the Klondike is made with high-quality materials, the downside is that they lack water resistance and it only comes with a partial-coverage rainfly. While this will keep you dry in light rain showers, a model like the Eureka Copper Canyon or Kodiak Canvas is a far better option if you plan on being out in all weather.

Specs

• Interior Space: 98 sq. ft.
• Peak Height: 78”
• Weight: 26 lbs.

The Kodiak Canvas Deluxe is a beast of a tent that’s in a league of its own when it comes to ruggedness and weatherproofing. 

The wall fabric is Kodiak’s proprietary Hydra-Shield canvas, highly durable and silicone-treated, which makes it virtually impermeable in rainy conditions. The floor is made with even tougher, polyester-reinforced 16-ounce vinyl, which all but ensures you won’t have to deal with any groundwater sneaking in beside you while you sleep. 

All of this is held together by Kodiak’s super-sturdy Flex Bow frame system, which provides excellent performance in high winds and uses steep sidewalls to maximize headroom and shed rainwater in an instant.

A few additional features also help to make the Kodiak a winner. These include an adjustable gear loft for overhead storage, a large awning to offer shaded coverage when you enter and exit, and two funnel-flow vents that help with temperature management and improve airflow.

The Kodiak also has two large doors for added convenience, fine mesh screens on the windows simultaneously warding off small insects whilst allowing you to take in the views, and a handy internal gear organizer.

This isn’t the lightest or cheapest tent out there, granted, but you still get an awful lot of bang for your buck.

The Kodiak Canvas is also available in 4-person and 8-person models

Specs

• Interior Space: 100 sq. ft. (6-person model)
• Peak Height: 73”
• Weight: 68 lbs.

A low-cost tent that performs just as well as several of its more expensive competitors in all of the most important metrics. That, folks, is the QOMOTOP in a nutshell. 

This 6-person budget cabin tent is made with a sturdy steel frame and burly, 68D fabric. While its rainfly’s waterproofing is nothing to write home about and provides only partial coverage, it’s good enough to withstand light rain. 

The QOMOTOP is also pretty roomy for a 6-person cabin tent, offering 15 square feet of floor space per sleeper. There’s no vestibule, screen room, or awning, but you do get 6 mesh-covered windows, 2 floor vents, a huge door, an electrical cord port, and a few storage pockets in the tent walls. 

Setting up this shelter is a breeze thanks to its extendable poles and central pole hub system. For 2 people, it should take no more than 2 minutes. 

The QOMOTOP Instant is also available in 8-person and 10-person models.

Specs

• Interior Space: 90 sq. ft.
• Peak Height: 76”
• Weight: 29.9 lbs.

If you have a larger camping crew or simply need a backcountry bolthole with a little more space, the Ozark Trail 12-Person Instant Cabin Tent is a great pick.

With no assembly required, the Ozark Trail gives you more downtime by minimizing the hassle of pitching and packing away at the end of your stay. 

The Ozark can be set up by two people in just two minutes thanks to its use of pre-attached steel poles and a central pole hub – just unfold and extend the poles, pop in a stake or two, and your home for the night is ready to roll. 

With 256 square feet of interior space and a center height of 82”, the Ozark is also the most spacious model on our list and ideal for camping in large groups. All that space can also be divided into three separate rooms using two room dividers – ideal if any members of your camping crew are precious about their privacy.

As regards features, the Ozark is up there with the best of them. It has a huge front awning, a power outlet, ground vents to improve airflow, and seven large, mesh-covered windows for bug-free stargazing. 

Specs

• Interior Space: 256 sq.ft.
• Peak Height: 82”
• Weight: 61 lbs.

Let’s talk about the sun. For most campers, it’s the thing that makes or breaks their days in the backcountry. If it’s out, the good times are sure to roll. If it’s hidden behind a ceiling or precipitating cloud, our camping trip becomes something to be endured rather than enjoyed.

But the sun ain’t always a good thing, especially not when it peeks over the horizon circa 6 a.m. and rouses us from our sleep. While most tents do very little to mitigate this problem, this one has you covered. 

The Coleman Instant Tent has many things to admire, but none more so than its “dark room” technology, which effectively blocks out 90% of sunlight. This feature lets you carry on getting your beauty sleep long after the sun rises and will also help keep the interior temperature down during the day and stop lights from campsite neighbors or facilities disturbing your sleep at night. 

But the Coleman Instant has more going for it than fancy technologies alone. A lot more.

With 140 square feet of floor space and a center height of 79 inches, this is a large tent – large enough to accommodate 9-10 sleepers plus all their gear. While there’s no vestibule, you do have a screened porch and plenty of wall pockets for storage. A huge hinged door on either side, 5 mesh windows, and 2 roof vents also help to boost airflow on balmy nights. 

The Coleman Cabin Tent is also made with extra-durable, 150D polyester fabric and uses Coleman Tents’ proprietary WeatherTec waterproofing to provide protection in moderate rain showers. While it only had a partial-coverage rainfly, the near-vertical walls and large valances make this a better performer in wet weather than other tents like the OT QOMOTOP or CORE 9-Person.

Specs

• Interior Space: 140 sq. ft.
• Peak Height: 79”
• Weight: 27.6 lbs