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Treat your large family to a weekend outdoors—load the spacious Big Agnes Big House 6-Person Tent into your vehicle and head to the campground. This large three-season tent is easy to set up because Big Agnes color-coded the tent poles that slide through sleeves and quickly clip onto the main body of the tent. Attach the rain fly with buckles to stay dry during the storm. Watch raindrops hit the fly's skylight and, when the storm subsides and the sun peeks out, throw open the storm flap to let air come in through the mesh door. This tent has a high ceiling, so you can stand up inside. Mesh floor-level pockets allow family members to store water bottles, headlamps, reading material, and games inside the spacious Big House Tent. This tent packs as easily as it sets up into a briefcase-style carrying bag.
Bottom Line: Sleep the whole family in one tent—take the easy-to-pitch Big Agnes Big House Tent with you the next time you go camping.
I'm 6'7" and can stand up in the middle of this bad boy. We had this Taj-Majal at the Gorge for a long weekend...Wind, Rain, Sun...took everything in stride and kept us toasty and dry. Had a Queen Size air mattress 2 XL sleeping pads and a regular size sleeping pad in here with no problem. Had a pack & Play, 2 chairs and 3 sleeping pads...whatever you want...I think the Vestibule is lousy. I bought it and returned it...not of the same quality as the tent. Super easy to set up too...but you really need 2 people!
I just bought the Big House 6 and set it up before using. The pole that goes in the middle of the tent appeared askew. The ends didn't touch the ground making it look like I installed it wrong. Does anyone know if the middle pole should outside or inside the other poles? And, is the middle pole supposed to touch the ground or hang about 2-3 inches above the ground.
Larry best to have the middel pole to the inside. When you stake the tent out it should go to the ground you also stake out points by where the middle poles go in.
this tent holds up awsome to the conditions in windy wales. we fit a whole camera crew + myself, a total of about 5 people with room to spare, also this tent can take the wind very well.
As new member to the family camping scene, this tent is great for a family of 3 or 4. I'm over 6 foot, and I can stand in it. This is a big plus when you're camping with a 1+ old and you need to go in and out a lot, especially when having to change a bunch of stinky diapers :) I have a decent amount of experience camping, and own some high end gear. This was my first Big Agnes product, and I'm somewhat impressed. In terms of price it's pretty close to Marmot and The North Face, but you can notice the difference in quality. The tent is definitely water-proof, has a great fly that can be rolled up and tied off. which is nice, because you don't have to completely remove it to increase your air-flow. My one and only complaint was the screen and zippers on the doors. While the doors are huge, making it super easy to enter and exit, but I think since it's so big, it makes it difficult to zip and unzip the door. I think you need to take your time when you open and close this tent, otherwise you risk the zippers getting caught up and possibly ripping your screen. I think maybe the zippers need to be upgraded or the door itself needs to be smaller, because it was just a little too flimsy, making it difficult to open/close. After 2 multi day trips, my screen on my door was stretched out, and about to rip. I called the good folks at Backcountry and explained them the issue. They had me ship it back and are going to replace it for a new one. So I'll give the Big House another shot, maybe my zippers were defective??
We have 7 children, ages 16/14/12/10/8/5/2 mths. We have been looking for a nice sized tent we can fit into and still be light enough that we can pack it for hiking. Bigh tents are easy to find for packing in your vehicle. I have been thinking I would have to just buy 2-3 smaller backpacking tents to use for this, but at around 13 lbs., this tent might work. Noone in our family is large in girth, so that all said, do you think this thing is big enough?
A few different times we fit 6 adults of average size (170lbs) in it and it was tight but it worked. That was the max and we didn't have our gear. 2 other times we have had four adults and a pack-and-play with our car bags. I think the best option was to do 2-3 smaller tents. just make sure that you look at the floor sq footage.
you could probobly fit 5 of your youngest ones + you so you can watch them, then set up another tent right next to your first one, and put the 3 remaining kids in there, but putting all 7 of you will probobly be too tight for cumfort
Hello I have some experience with this tent. I would say you may be tight with 7 kids and you may not be sleeping to well with everyone in the same tent. You may want to try 2 pine Island 4 tents this will get you around the weight you need and you can split the load up and make your older childern sherpa the load.
I have only used this tent once this season and it's great. The overall design was excellent and the materials seem to be strong. The tent was easy to erect and seems solid. I did not buy the vestibule, but may consider buying it next season. Another great product from Big Agnes.
very high quality and big agnes has a great waranty and customer service. Many people now consider Big agnes the best tent maker, especally for backpacking tents.
close, but there's definitely a noticeable difference.All three manufacturers produce quality products. North Face has been making expedition tents for decades, Mountain Hardware not quite as long. To me the equalizing factor came when production moved to Asia. I have owned two, Made In U.S.A., North Face expedition tents since the early 80's. I feel the quality was much higher then. Recently I purchased a Big Agnes tent. I'm very impressed with their innovative designs & materials. Only time will tell the quality story.
This is a great tent. Easy to set up and very stable. We used it this summer at Glacier Park - the winds were really howling and the tent had no trouble withstanding it. I was very impressed with its stability and ease.
This thing is a beast! it is huge and has hella-room. The sides are riddled with gear pockets. The fly is kind of gimpy as it covers the sides but not fully the doors. To remedy this, the doors are waterproof, but to get the full advantage of waterproof/fly space, you have to get the vestibule! 11 freaking feet of space! This has some of the most sq. footage in this tent range and I will get nothing less. Always a cute touch with the welcome mat, but helpful to keep the tent clean too. The poles are pretty light and super strong. The pole to tent interface is slick and the sleeves for the poles are pretty tough. I hate tents that the sleeves get ripped! The bathtub bottom rocks but the footprint is not that much more and always another set of comfort. This is actually pretty light too for what it comes with. If I put the vestibule, gearloft, tent and all in the carrying bag it fits fine and is not bad. I can actually pack everything up pretty easy between a few backpacks if you wanted to take this out yonder and have a huge tent. Definite must for a family of 3 or more!
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