Needed to purchase a light weight and specious tent for a camp trip to Nepal. Both my son and I needed to tenting solo but wanted to make sure we had enough room to spread out ourselves and gear. Neither is to say I found this tent and though well, it's only a week and for the money, we can make do. After arriving, at camp, I found myself in a pretty isolated, neglected campsite overgrown with vegetation and extremely saturated as it has been raining for weeks before our arrival. Since it was the middle of monsoon season in Nepal, it stayed wet the entire time we were at camp and when it rained, it rained really hard.

The tent is a three season tent, not one I would use in hard cold weather, but otherwise, it's great. Lots of ventilation and a confident floor, capable of sustaining your average terrain as long as you mind where you're settling for the night. (Remove any hard debris, rocks and sticks obviously).

Conclusion, despite the wet conditions, and fluctuating weather 50s-80s, the tent performed above expectations keeping us and our gear completely dry. My son, had the second one and both tents did great! I would definitely recommend this tent to anyone on a budget but wanting superior performing tent.

Great tent for the price. I enjoy motorcycle camping and i need to be able to pack light and be ready for any weather condition and have shelter. I used this tent recently and it held up to a very strong thunderstorm that lingered for an hour with intense heavy down pour. With the rain fly on, zipped and secured, i didn't even think twice about the wind, I felt nothing. Didn't have any worries about gettin wet either.

This tent packed up in its bag, fit in my backpack a little better than the one person tent that I've been using, just a litter wider. Although i found this bag when searching up backpacking tents, i think this tent is a bit heavy if you plan to hike with this in your back pack. There was a very noticeable difference in weight when compared to my single person tent. I wasn't expecting the additional yards of material to make that much of a difference.

The tent is roomy. I am 6'1 and the length of the tent is sufficient. Still had room to spare for a pillow if you have one. I was able to have all my gear in the tent with me including my portable chair and I laid down comfortably.

Setup was a breeze, they created a great design with the poles. It's basically a one piece pole and it's idiot proof. Couldn't have been easier, straight to the point. My one person tent is more of a process than this tent. The provided stakes are good enough if you don't beat on them. They fit the points in the material perfectly so if you have stakes that you bought separately, make sure they are compatible (especially with the rain fly)

The zippers, and the way the tent seals up was the way I'd expectevery tent to seal, i had zero bugs/ants in my tent and i was surrounded by ant hills and little bugs with wings.

All in all, highly recommended if weight isn't a huge factor for you. And again, this review is only after one 3 continuous days of use, I'll have to wait and see how many trips this thing can survive. I take care of my things and treat them gently though, so my experience may vary from others who might be rough and careless

Oh, and i saw in other reviews mentioning the base of the tent being thin or what have you... i didn't see much difference from this tent to others I've had. I literally swept the area my tent was going to be placed with my feet, clearing rocks and sticks and the base of the tent was a non factor.

I use this tent alot. It has held up so far. Great for a large backpack and keeps my dry in the rain. Setup is easy and quick.

I needed something to strap on the rack of my gravel bike, as I wanted to start doing solo tours around my home state (MI) and slowly expanding to other states if I enjoyed it after my first few outings. I wasn't about to spend half the price of my bike buying a tent, though. The nice thing about bikepacking over backpacking is the weight isn't as important on the bike; you have two wheels to help spread the weight distribution around. As I prefer "groomed" trails like the numerous rails-to-trails around us, I'm not hitting soft sand or mud much at all, so I decided to go for "best bang for the buck" equipment to start out, and upgrade to lighter stuff next year if needed.

After watching tons of YT vids on the "best" tents to buy for this type of trekking, I came across a couple of vids which has decent things to say about Forceatt tents. I read up some more online and found that what everyone reported as pros and cons made a lot of sense, and for the price I decided the pros added up quite well on paper. I opted for the larger 3-person tent, as I was looking to stash my pannier bags and other items inside; MI has been quite a mix of rain and sun the past month, and October looks to be more of the same. Better to be dry and cold than wet and anything else!

I come from decades of camping with a family of four, and before I was married I toted around early dome-style tents for years while camping and canoeing with friends. The build quality of larger and/or older tents is quite different from these newer double-wall tents. I feel like newer tents are made more for handling ease-of-assembly issues and ventilation, where older tents are made to handle unknowns better (such as rain). Maybe that's me, just an opinion... :)

With that in mind, some thoughts:
1) This tent has a much thinner floor/pan than older tents. Make sure you get an under-floor or tarp to help protect it!
2) The Forceatt tent went up very easily, and didn't require instructions at all (but they are there! Look in the large bag, they should be printed on a big tag sewn inside). Hints on setup below.
3) It's possible to leave the fly/outer wall off, if you're certain you'll have no rain AND if the air is quite dry. Remember that once the sun goes down, the moisture in the air can drop almost like a fine rain (especially in the fall in the Midwest US states!), so you don't want everything in your tent to get damp before you even get in!
4) I had this up in the rain the other night, which was light but steady and lasted almost six hours. Not a drop inside the pan, but the fly underside was quite damp to the touch. I'll be adding some Nikwax waterproofing to the fly this week while I have it up again, just to make sure I stay dry as possible.
5) The vestibules at either door are... barely vestibules. If you're going to use them to put your boots/shoes outside the tent proper (or anything else for that matter), bring along a light-weight kitchen garbage bag to protect anything you leave in those areas. I found each morning that the grass I pitched on was damp under those areas because of the gap around the entire fly area (it's not designed to be touching the ground because of airflow).
6) The 3-person tent has a ton of room for two people to be comfy. For one person, it's close to luxurious! One of my pics shows my Klymit Insulated Static-V Luxe (30" W) in the center of the pan, and there is a ton of space around all sides. If two people had 24" W pads or smaller, they'd fit fine. Probably would have room at their heads for stuff, too.
7) 3-season description is accurate, but untested by me. Two nights ago I slept in it with a regular old-school synthetic filled sleeping bag (waiting for my new UGQ quilt to be built). It got down to 39F on a very clear night. The tent was perfectly dry inside, very wet outside from condensation drop, but it was not windy at all (so I can't guarantee it'll stand up to 30+MPH winds yet). It was quite cold in the tent all night, and I think some of that comes from the large amount of airflow in the overall design of newer tents in general. The thinking now is: it's better to be cold and dry than damp and cool. This tent is good for cold/dry, for sure. Make certain your sleeping bag/quilt and pad can handle the cold you're going to see! Bring extra clothes or a wool blanket if you have doubts.

For those looking for help setting it up, it's actually a very simple tent to raise compared to many I've owned. I followed the instructions and had no problems:
Leave the floor unstaked when putting the metal ribs in place, then you can slide it around to get perfect placement. Stake the four corners, put the cover in place, clasp it to the corners, then put the other stakes in place. At the doors, zip them up before staking, and only stake the left side (why there's a loop on both side of each door, I dunno). There's supposed to be a couple-inch gap for air flow, it's OK. Finally, make sure to let out the small vents once everything's staked down (the points with the little velcro 4" pieces); that's important for letting out condensation from occupants breathing while sleeping.

The thickness of the polyester fabric is quite nice, but only time will tell if it's actually durable. Again, I didn't buy this for ultralight backpacking trips, nor to do camping trips out in the heavy woods, so my needs are not necessarily yours. But from what I've seen, you could do far worse than this Forceatt tent for light-to-medium use or as a "feeler" tent to see if you like camping/bikepacking. It's fairly heavy but worth a good look!

Pros:
-Easy to setup and tear down
-Pocket in every corner
-Hook for flashlight inside
-On the lightweight side

Cons:
-Lack of ventilation causing some condensation to form
-Mesh zippers are somewhat flimsy
-Interior space. It feels crammed with a twin bed in there, compared to another tent with similar interior floor dimensions. Most likely has to do with the tent design and the walls not being as vertical as the other tent.
-I immediately replaced the stakes with aluminum ones. A lot nicer and more lightweight.

Unknowns:
-Waterproofing

Overall:
-Good tent for the price