For a four-man tent, this tent is pretty light. I took this on a backpacking trip with the scouts for a week. It never rained so I can't say anything about it's waterproofing. It was very spacious for two leaders and a dog. The vestibule is pretty small. I was expecting it to be bigger. It's a breeze to setup as well. The aluminum tent pegs are awesome compared to the heavy steel you usually get with a tent in this price range.

If you look at the design of this tent, it's quite unusual. The bottom two thirds of the inner tent is waterproof, while the top third is mesh. The fly is cut with a high arc on the two sides and the back. Essentially, it's a single wall/double wall hybrid. The bottom line is it works! The reduced fly material saves weight, but don't let that concern you, this tent went through a wicked rainstorm without a drop getting inside. Just guy out the fly on the sides and back for more than adequate ventilation with the fly on (lines and stakes are included). Setup is a snap and the quality is top notch. I bought it as a palatial two-person tent, and it is definitely that and more. Three would be comfortable, but four a squeeze, unless two were kids.

Got my new tent and it set up in a few minutes .. I was really happy with this until a good rain came and I ended up with leaks at all 4 corners! On a Kelty?? I called Kelty and they said to send it in but I don't want to go thru the hassle yet and will try a seam sealer .. at least Kelty said their stuff has a lifetime warranty so at least I know it will be repaired. But a brand new high end tent should not leak.

This tent is incredibly light for such a large tent. However, there are tradeoffs. For one, the rain fly is small and doesn't keep rain off of the tent very well. You'll stay fairly dry, but don't get too near the sides. Also, getting four people in is a bit of a squeeze if all four are large. On the other hand, this thing is pretty sturdy. It stood up to 65 mph in an unexpected storm in Denali.

My wife and I are avid kayakers; we started thinking about camping to mitigate the cost of each trip to the river. She has lots of camping experience, I have none. After looking at probably 150 tents in all price ranges, I decided I wanted a tent with one entrance and vestibule, good interior height and some extra room inside, maybe for a chair or gear. I focused in on the Teton 4, and got a good price. The setup is a snap, took me about 5 minutes. Needed some help with the fly. It is snug, dry, well-ventilated; the construction is excellent. My ONLY complaint would be that the fly does not come all the way down to the ground, except at the corners; so in a windy rain storm, it is possible some water could find its way into the tent. But if I knew there was going to be a windy rainstorm, I wouldn't go camping! So, all in all, for the money I think it's a wonderful tent for lightweight camping!

This tent is huge! I can't believe this thing weighs less than 8 lbs. My wife and I headed up to Roan Mtn in TN and we hiked 13.5 miles over three days, camping both nights. The winds were up over 20 miles per hour, with gusts over 45mph. The tent handled great, and we never had any issues. I believe this is a very high quality tent for the money, and it's a breeze to put together (we set it up in the dark the first night in 10 minutes). We also got some rain overnight and never had any issues with anything getting wet, although we made our own footprint.

even though this tent gets hot under the tennessee sun it worked wonderfully through 2 days of rain and mud but by day 4 it was still dry on the inside and slept great and was plenty of room for 2
we will surely be taking this tent to more festivals it was perfect, set up and breakdown was super easy!!
worth every penny

I bought this as more of a car camping type tent. It's heavy and big, although it is light compared to some other 4 person tents. I have used it twice now for spring camping here in Utah. Taken myself, 2 friends and 2 dogs. Held all of us plus our packs with no problems. Didn't have any water problems at all. For a cheaper tent, it's high quality, I was surprised. Very easy put up and take down. Easy to do it at night even with very little light. Large door and tall interior height is what I loved about the tent since I'm 6'3. Made it easy to move around and get in/out (one thing I hate about my single person backpacking tent). All in all would highly recommend to anyone. The Rain Fly is small but there has to be one down side, right?