Equipment Details

Manufacturer: Jeep
Brand: Jeep
Model: J35004
Color: Blue/Black
Product features:

Enjoy roomy family camping with spacious dome tent for up to 8 sleepers and two rooms
Rainfly with taped seams provides superior waterproofing; can stand alone as a shade canopy
Two patented bay style windows provide interior space and excellent ventilation
Integrated mud mat helps keep tent floor clean; two gear lofts and two closets for convenient storage
82-inch center heigh; 129 square foot total area; 35.5-pound carry weight

Sports reviews of Jeep 14x12 8-Person Family Dome Tent

Customer Review: This tent is HUGE and GREAT quality
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars

After hours upon hours of tent searching I arrived at this one but found very few reviews associated with it. I purchased it for my wife and I to go camping for our first anniversary while I was home on leave from Iraq.
The first thing that I noticed is that it is a heavy tent! No big deal if you're driving to the camping spot and unpacking your truck right there but you probably won't want to be backpacking this thing into your site. Dome tents are designed for more headroom but that adds to the weight factor as well.
The tent, the fly, the stakes, and the poles all come in a nice gym bag type carrying case that says jeep on the side. I absolutely LOVE it because the material is strong and will protect your tent while it's in storage. It has two handles that make it more than easy to transport. The overall weight is between 35 and 40 pounds. My former cheaper tents came in poorly constructed bags that ripped and fell apart over the years. This one's carrying case is wonderful and will last as long as your tent!
Putting the tent together was fairly simple and took my wife and I about 30 minutes from start to finish our first run through-it should go much quicker now that we know how to set it up. There are eight long and pretty solid poles that make up the four corners of the tent (two per corner) They can be seen in the above pictures and will be used in setting up the tent or just the canopy alone. These are great quality poles, hollow inside so they're light weight.
The top of the tent has two poles that make an X over the center of the tent going from corner to corner. They are very easily fed through the top and hook in quite nicely. Raising the tent is easiest when you put it all together lying on the ground then lift it all at once with at least two people. Once it is up it is easy enough to set the eight legs in place. That's the bulk of the tent-two long fiberglass poles across the top and eight long legs at the corners.
Without the fly you have a very open tent and it's wonderful on a cool summer night. The windows and large door allow for a lot of ventilation.
The door is large and has two sets of zippers one running along the bottom and the other running from the bottom right side up and around to the top left of the door when looking at it from the outside. The screen and sold door each have separate zippers. The screen can be rolled back and held in place on the outside of the tent and the inner solid door can also be rolled back and held in place on the inside of the tent. The tent comes with a convenient little hook and loop system to allow for this which we frequently used.
The windows are also quite large and very nice! The two on the sides have their own poles that are inserted from the inside to give them the arc. You then must extend it outwards and stake it down. The tent comes with 'guy ropes' for this and it's easy to figure out. You can see in the pictures how it is done. The space it creates inside is great and adds a luxurious feel to the tent. There are also two extra "windows" at the front left and right corners. They run from the ground to about four feet up. They're about a foot and a half wide at the bottom and narrow towards the top making a triangle. These can be unzipped from the inside as well. The picture of the tent without the fly shows this most clearly on the right side.
The center of the tent stands at 82 inches-more than enough room for almost everyone. The sides are almost vertical and give you plenty of headroom all around the inside of the tent-not just at the center as in smaller tents. There is lots of room to walk around because the arc of the roof begins six feet up at the end of the long poles at each corner. There are clips at the center of the inside of the ceiling to create the "loft" which comes with the tent. You simply loop the material around the hooks and your loft is created. This is very handy as we stored keys, flashlights, or other small items in this convenient out-of-the-way spot.
There are also two little organizers hanging from the inside of the tent on each side. These can be used to store small gear the same as the loft. There are also "closets" in the front right and left triangles of the tent. You can see the one on in the picture at the left of the door. On the bottom of the khaki colored part there is a zipper that is shaped like a J. There is another zipper inside as well so you can access whatever is in there from the outside as well as the inside. The closet on the right is the same way.
The room divider is extremely simple to put up. It uses the same hook and loop system as the loft and the doors. There is a zipper in the center of the divider for access between the rooms. If you want the divider up but open you can roll each side back and attach it with another hook and loop just like you would the tent door.
One of the things that won me over during my search for a tent was that there is waterproofing material that runs about 6 inches up the side of the tent. I found this in a few of the more pricey tents and I LOVE it! It protects the side of the tent from the morning dew that often soaks anyone that is sleeping too close to the wall. It will also save you in a rainstorm if you're sitting in a few inches of water. Great feature!
The colors of the tent are MUCH more impressive in person! I was excited from the pictures but was thrilled with the actual tent. It's a gorgeous piece of equipment!
The polyethylene floor is thick and feels very strong. My wife and I still used a large tarp underneath for added protection. The side of the tent and fly are polyester and feel thicker than the cheaper tents I've owned. Again, the price paid for this tent is worth it because of the excellent quality!
The fly itself is very very easy to put on the tent. It has eight male clips that attach to the other eight female clips at the corners. You put them together then tighten it up like a backpacks straps. Very simple! I loved it! One of the nicest features was the overhang above the door. There is one last pole that easily feeds through from one end to the other and makes a nice lateral arc above the door and extends it to about a foot and a half out. The fly itself does not adhere to the tent like traditional flies. This way you still have circulation within the tent through the ceiling even if all of the windows are up. It will also not leak through the roof like many I've experienced before. The fly can stand alone as a shade canopy which would be excellent because of the large dimensions-12x14 feet.
There is also a "mud mat" on the outside of the tent just before you step in. We found this to be pretty handy as well. It runs the length of the tent between the two closets.
Some of the reviews I previously read had people upset about not fitting everything back into it's carrying bag. We had no problem at all with this! We folded the tent in one direction until it was as the same width as the bag and then tightly rolled it the length of the tent. The fly and the divider were neatly folded and the poles come with their own case too. All of the contents fit neatly in the bag with room to spare.
My wife and I are thrilled with this purchase!!! We paid $199 but I would be willing to pay much more. We camped in the Monarch Mountains in Montana and had a little bit of rain. Everything stayed dry and we had no problems at all with the tent. Wind is an issue in Montana but this tents strong poles system stood firm. It was so nice!
I recommend this tent to those who are seeking a large tent and aren't worried about the price or carrying weight. This is a very solid and unique tent and more than worth the money! I have no problems with it and can see that this tent has many of the camper's nightmares kinks all worked out. Very easy setup and take down with plenty of room inside. It's best to have two or more persons setting this up together but one could manage.

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Description of Jeep 14x12 8-Person Family Dome Tent

Enjoy roomy comfort and convenient additions on family car camping trips with the Jeep 8-Person Family Dome Tent. Big families or those with camping dogs will enjoy the open space within this tent. The two rooms offer privacy and lots of windows for ventilation and light. Storage space and the spacious windows make this a good choice for camping vacations. It's fully of homey features to keep everything neat, including two closets and a gear loft for storage. And its color-coded fiberglass frame makes set-up easy--especially if you're late pulling into the campground.

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