Coleman Exponent Northstar X6 Tent

My wife and I purchased this tent as a basecamp tent for 2. I was a little leary because of the odd shape and I have always stuck to dome tents for their rain protection. The Coleman Northstar X6 may not be a dome, but it does have full fly coverage and bathtub style floor. It is a 2 room tent with one room setup as your sleeping area with 2 windows and 2 roof flaps that zip/unzip to regulate the inside temp. The other room is all noseeum netting and setup as a screen room.

This layout was perfect for my wife and I. We had a fullsize, double height deluxe aero bed in the bedroom with 2 coleman corner storage units and it felt very cozy and roomy. In the screen room, we also had 2 coleman corner storage units and, when it rained, 2 zero gravity recliners. It was tight, but comfortable.

I put the tent up for the first time (at the campground without a practice run) in about 20 minutes BY MYSELF. I wouldn’t have believed it if it hadn’t been me doing it. Now, that didn’t include the fly. I needed help from my wife to lift that huge fly up and over the tent, but then the 2 of us working together had the fly in place, latched and locked within about another 10 minutes. Not bad for a first run.

On our first outing with the new tent, it rained off and on for 2 days and steady rain for hours at a time. After setting up the tent, I had seamed sealed the bathtub floor wear it meets the walls, but not the fly which was factory taped. The tent didn’t leak a drop of water and that’s with the awning up at times. I was super impressed.

I’ve owned Kelty and Eureka tents, but never a Coleman. This was my first and I’m very, very impressed. I’m told that this tent is one of their premier tents and I believe it. It was expensive, but I think it’s the best tent I’ve ever owned. The thought put into the little details like having 2 awnings on either side of the tent, 2 see through windows in the fly, loops (for hanging things) inside the tent that connect to the poles outside for strength, power cord ports, 2 vestibules, zip open/close roof in the bedroom, etc … It’s a great tent.

The one thing to be warned about is this tent does NOT come with 5 awning poles like all the websites claim. It only comes with 2 AND their is NO 14 foot awning. The door in the fly on either side can be made into an awning by using the 2 poles, but only one side or the other, not both. However, I do believe with extra awning poles, you could rig up a 14 foot awning, but it’s not part of the original plan. I called Coleman’s hotline and got the 3 extra awning poles for free even though they told me it was a misprint. If nothing else, I can now have both awnings up at the same time.

I love this tent and I’m excited about my next camping trip hopefully rain free.
Rating: 5 / 5