Cabin Tents

Black Pine Sports Pine Cabin Tent: CM

This is a higher-quality cabin tent that is designed for up to 8 people. It's got a convertible room-system that lets you partition it into up to three separate rooms. The material is 2000 mm (a measurement of weather resistance - 2000 is about the minimum for a year-round tent). That means it's great for the summer, but it will still function in the winter. It's got 4 windows you can open up for ventilation, as well as several skylights for stargazing. Overall this is a good tent, especially if you want some room. If you are primarily camping in the winter, though, I might look at a different one. It costs roughly in the $290 range.

Coleman American Heritage Weathermaster Cabin Tent: CM

This is another very good tent, made by Coleman, which is one of the top few camping equipment companies (you can pretty much always trust their products). You can fit about 6 people in, maybe 7. It uses tent poles and stakes to hold it up. There are a couple of room dividers that you can zip up to create separated spaces. The one downside: it is hard to set up, and you will need two people to do it. So if you don't have anyone else who is at least semi-competent to help you, I wouldn't get this - otherwise it's a great tent. It costs about $235 or so.

Columbia Ten-Person Cabin Tent

This is one of the biggest cabin tents you can get. It comes with two remote-controlled lights, and a bunch of little features like cupholders and storage lockers. The features I really like are that it's got a floor cleaning system where you unzip the floor and just dump out all the dirt that you've tracked in. It's also got a pretty unique venting system in that the tent is designed so that hot air will be in motion and get flushed out of the vents at the top. It is also very good at surviving rain, hail, and winds. The downsides: you definitely need more than one person to set it up (but frankly, you shouldn't get a tent this big for one person). It is probably a summer-only tent - it's 1200 mm, which is about right for summer but won't be thick enough for cold months. You also need a big campsite. All in all, though, it's a good brand, and if you need space, it's for you. It costs around $300.

Trek Family Cabin Tent - Two Rooms

This is a somewhat smaller cabin tent that can be good if you're going with a standard four-person family and want something cheaper. It can fit up to eight people in it, but it's a good size for just four. It can make two rooms with a divider, and it's got little pockets to store stuff and interior flaps to zip up if there is bad weather. It doesn't have as many features as the more expensive ones, but it is great as far as cost goes - it's closer to $125, so it will let you go camping on more of a budget.

Texsport Big Sky 3-room Family Cabin Tents

This is another budget cabin tent. It's a lot bigger - designed for 9 people. It's got two room dividers, so you can make it have up to three rooms. A pretty good ventilation system, storm flaps to block the rain, and mud mats to put out front so that people don't track in dirt. It's a good deal for the price range - around $190.