Coleman Instant up Northstar 10P

Used it twice, the second time it collapsed in mild to moderate wind and two of the four poles (fibreglass part) just crushed and split. We like the size great for our family, but two days in a row it collapsed the second time it after getting it back up we realised it was stuffed, ruined our coast holiday. Didn't even make a full two weeks of use. Set up was not instant up as suggested took more like 30 minutes. Show details

We bought this tent 7 years ago for our family of five, when the kids were very young. We've taken it camping once or twice a year since then. It takes us about 30 mins to fully set up, and about the same to pack away. It has kept us dry in some very stormy weather with strong winds. The three room arrangement is practical with parents at one… Read more

end, three kids in the other, and luggage etc in the middle. Ours has no lights, which Coleman has addressed with the newer models. It's still going strong, with only a couple of very minor tears in the fly and some discolouration on the fly from mould once when we packed it away still damp. We've had incredible value from this tent, considering what we otherwise would've paid for a camper-trailer, caravan or holiday apartments.

Awesome tent – Great tent for the family with the three rooms allowing beds and clothes/changing room. Easy to set up once mastering the pole twists which most think are fitted backwards. Lights are a great touch allowing playing games when The weather turns bad. Had the tent up in extreme wind and rain and didn’t miss a beat. Had for last 5yrs and only now have to replace the fly due to a rip. Will be buying replacement and continue with the same.

4 adult, 2 children...PERFECT!!! – Prior to purchase, read every review and if not for a friend owning the 4 person, I would've skipped this tent and made a huge mistake. For the nuts n bolts. Tent with fly, pegs and most guide ropes and setting up alfresco area takes about 20 minutes alone. Have used it a dozen times in all of Perths glorious (and Southwest WA) weather. No… Read more

pooling, no water ingress. In summer we are spoilt and run an A/C unit with a fan on the other end. Thing can hold 25 degrees inside while pushing high 30's outside (dont ask about power consumption please). The lighting feature is awesome. No more looking for torches. Tap and your able to enjoy three levels of brightness. For the adults we fit 2 of the biggest camp cots we could find, and they are huge! We have 2 adult cots in the middle with very little extra room, but can stand up on the cots to change and still have head room at 5'10", and the outer room with 2 cots has room for packs and such. The othetside has 2 standard cots with room for ac unit, projector, small table and heaps of luggage. Dont be put off from reviews about packing it up. Watch how it unrolls the 1st time and duplicate that. Take down is less than 10 minutes. Use rope to tie it all up and slip into bag with ease. Those who can't have user error, not design fault. Poles can be tricky if you rush it. They rotate, so think it through. Easy peasy.

Good tent, however a few things to consider – We love this tent, in particular the room space and veranda option. Great ventilation options and height. However there are a few things to consider before buying it. Firstly be prepared to peg down up to 50 pegs, can be tough work if you come across dry land. Also when setting up the poles can be a bit tricky, they get stuck or they are hard to… Read more

put to the correct position. If you don't get it right, it basically stuffs it all up and you need to start again. Also rolling it up to pack down can be difficult as the instant polls can cross over making it tough to roll up. However overall a good tent that deals with heavy winds and rain with ease

Had potential but disappointing – Has some nice features but I don’t recommend. Biggest issue is that the large awning leaks through the awning fly screens and zippers when it rains. The side of the tent and anything under the awning will get wet. Water also gets inside the tent. Spoke to Coleman and they said the awning can’t be used in the rain! Major design flaw. Used for a 1 week camping trip and returned for a refund. Show details

Terrible !!!! – I bought this tent for my daughter and her kids for Xmas and decided to give it a trial run before we go camping NEXT WEEK. After 4 hours of attempting to get it to work, AND, having to revers all the poles that were in backwards, the fibreglass bits would NOT stay together and wouldn’t hold the tent up. It’s going straight back to the store !! I just hope I can find something within a week that is suitable. NOT HAPPY JAN !!!!!!!!!! Show details

Bad Desighn of awning LEAKS !! – Awning Leaks because of bad design. Water leaks through windows when awning is up and water pools. If awning is down no problem.should warn people not to erect awning if raining Show details

DO NOT BUY – Firstly it was assembled wrong with the poles the wrong way around. I found it tears easily and it collapes in moderate winds. Good luck getting it back into the bag it comes in.

Do not buy this tent – The first time we went to set up the tent the poles had been put together back-to-front so both ends of the tent could not erect properly. After spending over an hour trying to figure it out and realising we could not safely use the tent we did a warranty claim through the store we bought it from and got a full refund. We later found out that a… Read more

year ago a family member of ours had also bought this tent. They were able to use it one time and then the poles twisted in the process of packing it up and it could not be put up again so they also could not use the tent. The tent is also huge in the bag and very heavy.

Fantastic tent, breeze to set up and pack away – Recently bought the tent and used it over the weekend. Was so easy to set up on my own while the kids were playing. Needed some help to throw the outer layer on but probably could have done that as well if i had to. There was no wind or rain at the time so can’t share those experiences as yet however the tent felt very sturdy. Nice size rooms and… Read more

very comfortable for 2 adults and small kids. Darkroom feature is fantastic and really does keep the inside pitch black even in daylight. I didn’t use the supplied pegs as they look pretty basic. Definitely worth the price when on special but wouldn’t buy it full price. Yes it is heavy but I’d rather it heavy and good quality than light and crap quality.

Very weak frame, structure damaged by not very strong wind – I'm very disappointed with this Northstar 10P instant tent. When there was no wind, it's fine and did the job. But the upper section poles (3 of 4!) had been broken by just a normal strength wind with few blows, (the wind even didn't blow away my hat!). The poles are made by wood-like material, not sure what it is. This incident terminated our… Read more

holiday earlier. We are lucky enough that there were a nice fella who kindly offered us his backup trailer tent for that night, saved my kids from sleeping in the rain. Love those Aussie guys and girls helped us organised the mess site.

On the tent's bag it said it has been tested in wind of 100 km ph. Pure nonsense. For the premium price I supposed the top quality, not this crap. Never touch Coleman tent again.

Intent buyer beware: It said it's been discontinued by Coleman however this model is still wide available from stores. Don't be fooled by the attractive discount. Lesson learned the hard way.

Shocking in wind!!!! – The structure of the 10p gold instant up tent is horrific. Top poles bent and points that lock broke when a bit of wind came through. Pegs are flimsy to say the least and bend instantly. Dont waste your time!

Terrible service and poor design – We've had our Coleman Northstar for possibly 3 years, with max 6 times assembled. Just returned from a week away being held up by a tree as 2 roof poles snapped at set up. Impossible to repair locally as the screws would not retract to allow us to remove and replace the pole! Spoke to customer service who showed no empathy at all, simply advising… Read more

us to purchase replacement poles online. When stressing that we need help given multiple local thunderstorms (fortunately little wind), huge downfalls and fact that tent would fall down without being tied to the tree, they immediately wanted to cast doubt on our account and question 'maybe the poles broke in the storm'. Like others have found, rain pools on the annex toof, constantly requiring the need to displace it. Poles are terribly designed and twist very easily, contributing to the snapping issue. We fortunately got ours at a greatly reduced price and Rays have indicated they can help replace those,, but my biggest disappointment is the fact that we supported Coleman who it appears are a company that simply doesn't give a crap about you. Think very hard about purchasing this tent as the price is hard to ignore. It's that price for a readon folks and expect NO help whatsoever from Coleman if something goes wrong.

Highly recommend for families with young children – If you're looking for a tent suitable for camping with kids, this one is amazing! Not only does it go up in minutes (literally, so easy with kids at your feet) its 100% dark room inside. Our kids (4 and 17months) both slept in past 8am despite the noise around us, whereas at home they wake before 7 everyday. 17 month old also had a 3 hour nap… Read more

during the day in the tent. I dont normally leave reviews for things but this tent made our camping trip so easy. It is so easy to erect and pack up and fit back into the bag with very minimal effort. 10/10

Poor construction. Poor support/customer service – Tent broke on second use. Poor construction with the tent poles. I have spoken to Coleman and their customer support is very poor. I spoke to a lady on the other line explaining to her my situation. I told her the tent was rated to 100km/hr, and the wind on that day was no where close to that speed. A gust here and there can be strong, but… Read more

the tents around me held up well. It was a clear and sunny day. 100km/hr would be considered on a stormy day. She was fixated on the fact that wind was the problem and said that it won't be covered under warranty. I emphasised the fact that [name removed] (sales rep) have assessed the tent and feel it was the the guide ropes that was the problem. Yet she was still fixated on "wind".

Furthermore, I disagree with the fact that [name removed] claimed that I did not put the guide ropes down properly. I did in fact put it all down. It took a very long time but we did it. When I took photos of the fallen tent, I was half way packing up the tent, and of course, you need to unpeg the guide ropes, hence the messy look. If I did not put it out, the those guide ropes will be rolled up into a bunch, which none were observed in the photo.

Finally, the tent pegs are poorly designed. They bend so easily.

Overall, I feel mistreated, disappointed and let down by Coleman. Their support and customer service is appalling. Despite me gathering all the evidence for them to assess, it feels like they tried to find the first observable fault and blame it on that. They refused to listen to my issues. From my experience, this is my 2nd time experiencing a faulty tent from Coleman. My friend had a faulty tent from Coleman as well.

I will not buy another Coleman product again. It has left me with a negative experience.

Has to be close to one of the worst tents I have owned – One of the worst tents I have owned in my life, the 9CV was an amazing tent and we expected this to be better. We put up the tent in the backyard before we went camping and it went up with out a hitch. During our 7 days away we had light rain and the tent leaked. The front awning seems like a great idea, unfortunately the water just pools and… Read more

drips through the zips and stretches the fly, just wish we brought an extra tarp and poles so we could of keep some of our belongings dry. When we got home we put up the tent to dry out and when we pulled down on the handle to lock it into place the pole cracked. Coleman had a great tent design with the 9VC, as they say if it isn't broken don't fix it or change it.

Good product – recently purchased a Coleman North star darkroom 10p instant up tent. Upon opening we found good instructions attached inside the bag.Following these instructions the tent was erected in around 12 min. however by the time all of the pegs were hammered in time stretched out to around .5 hr. the drawback with this is that a queen size bed only… Read more

just fits in the area and the is no provision for lights to hang from the frame.

we found this product to be only reasonable value but it performs as expected.

Not a smart purchase if you want a long lasting tent – So easy to put up and roomy but that's about where the pro's end for this tent. Upon first erection of the tent the poles were twisted the wrong way on a couple. Through a heavy storm with all ropes pegged all the poles snapped instantly an tore holes in the fly with ease. All others we camped with had not one issue with theirs. Coleman… Read more

wanted nothing to do with it (this happened on it's second use) but the place of purchase were kind enough to have it repaired for us. Went camping just this last weekend for the first time since being repaired and we were hit with another storm - all poles snapped again and ripped through the fly. The poles just don't have the flex in them. Wish I never bought it.

Good tent but a few issues that annoy – Our first large family sized tent camping experience and road trip.... the Coleman Instant Up Northstar Darkroom is a very good tent. Very easy and quick to erect and equally easy to store. Large spacious rooms and great design around the full length veranda. The Darkroom works and is definitely worth the extra dollars. OK here come the issues… Read more

that reduced the experience....

1. the pegs as supplied are rubbish especially for a tent this size. We invested $120 to replace all the pegs supplied with ones that can do the job

2. The veranda poles as supplied are under spec for the job. During a minor storm the poles failed and caused two of the brass O-ring fittings in the fly sheet to rip loose.... we bought new upgraded poles at a cost of $110. We are looking to get the fly sheet O-rings repaired under warranty

3. Perhaps the biggest surprise was that one of the main instant up poles fibre glass sections came out of the main frame.... will be looking to have this repaired under warranty

Overall the tent performed well but pegs, poles and fly sheets should not fail so my customer experience wasn’t great, in fact well and truly diminished

Would I recommend this tent? .... maybe but Coleman need to rethink some of the components and up the QA/QC processes

Great tent with a few major design faults – This is a great tent however there are a few major design faults. When the awning is up the rain pools in the middle of the anex in between the tent & the poles despite how tight you have it. We have only had the tent for 3 years and used it about 5 times for short trips but the seal on one section is now leaking. For such an expensive tent you would really expect that the leaking awning would have considered.

AMAZING – We brought this tent for $640 (BARGAIN) worth $1099. Worth every cent would of happily paid full price if I knew what we were buying! We just spent the weekend on the Vic Coast in Victoria’s worst down poor in 20 years. It held up unbelievable, not one drop in the tent. The winds reached 55km over night and it didn’t move an inch. The dark room is… Read more

fantastic. It works amazing, only downfall was a little to dark during the day as we couldn’t have the tent open at all due to the heavy rain. Super spacious inside and love the 3 rooms, bunk beds don’t fit great have to sit in the middle of the room but that is a minor complaint. Overall I massively recommend!

Perfect family tent

Manufacturing defect experienced – Just recently purchased one of these for our summer camping trips, and decided we should do a 'just-in-case' test in the back garden before going on our first trip, with poor results. The tent pops out of the bag, you lay it out and erect the poles which snap into place. However, in one half of the tent the roof poles had been installed upside… Read more

down, meaning that the snap-together process, and locking buttons which hold the poles up did not work.

A lot of mucking about later and we had it rectified, but absolutely not what I expected for such an expensive tent. Very poor manufacturing/assembly.

Brilliant – We are a family of 6. 2 Adults 4 little ones 9/7/5 and 3 years old so this tent had a lot to live up to ! We have had the tent just over a year now and its brilliant. Been camping with it 6/7 times and twice in some really bad storms! In the summer we leave the awning up providing the weather is ok - in the winter we drop the whole lot down and… Read more

its really cosy inside. Kids on camp bunk beds on one side / Adults other side and "movie' room in the middle !

Its easy to put up and down although taking it down you have to ensure all the collapsed poles are aligned but if you get that sorted its back in the back in less than 10 mins.

We love this tent and highly recommend it to any family !!

Great family tent – We purchased this tent in March 2017. we have used it 2 times so far. (I suggest witching the tutorial on youtube for setup and pack up) with 2 people we found it easy to put up, the fly is a little tricky to get over the top if you are short like me. We are a family of 4, we use the 2 end rooms for sleeping and the middle section for storing… Read more

our items. You could comfortably fit 3 people in the middle section. Pack up is very quick and easy, folds up and pack back in it's bag with no struggle. We chose this tent based on instant (3min) to put up and The Dark room rainfly and windows that are said to block out up to 95% of sunlight and reduce heat in the tent by up to 5°c. We found that this tent stood up to it promise and would highly recommend this tent for a family of 4- 7 people.

Poles and brackets are too light duty – The first time we used this tent after an easy assembly I noticed the strain on the poles due to the design then after packing it away I noticed even after the first use all the plastic brackets were deformed and wooden poles were cracking. Second time I used it after following the easy instructions one of the poles snapped during part of the… Read more

process where you have to pull down on handles from the roof to lock the structure into place. We then had to pay for accommodation instead of camping as we had driven some distance. After returning home I laid out the tent and notices that 3 other poles were about to break and two plastic brackets had cracked, the structure is way too light duty and cheaply made, it does not stand up to the strains that come from the exo-skeleton design.