Is the floor the same material as the walls or is it a heavier, waterproof material like a coleman tent? I don't want rain to seep through floor.
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The material is a different color, seems quite sturdy. I know it didn't leak when I was in a significant rainstorm. Water went between my homemade tent footprint and the tent, and no water came in. I like this tent far more than Coleman's. It's built better.
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To answer your question, the tent floor is thin like its walls. I've used a tarp for the outside floor and a blanket for camping pad for the inside. It's a great tent! Survived a heavy downpour earlier this summer
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The floor isn't very thick but is fairly waterproof. Slumber jack sells a thicker tarp with the same footprint of this tent, but I think it's mainly to avoid damage from twigs or rocks.
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Yes it is unfortunately but have had great success using a 10 by 12 tarp as a footer and then tenting the tent with it works great
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It has a coated fabric water-resistant "tub floor" and I haven't experienced any leaks yet. However, I've never experienced a "frog-strangler" while using it. For the money, I'm well pleased with it overall.
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I apologize if you have already received an answer to this elsewhere, and if you are more experienced than I am assuming from your post. I understand from your post that by "bathtub" you are referring to the material, but generally tent manufacturers use the term to describe a floor on which there is a lack of seams which touch the ground. Seams are an inherent weak spots when it comes to waterproofing, because no matter what your material is made of, once you puncture it with a needle, you've made a very un-waterproof hole, which then requires further treatment (i.e., taping or sealing) to make it waterproof again. Most modern tents use a "bathtub" floor. It is so common, that most higher-end manufacturers don't even refer to it any more; it seems to be a given. This tent's manufacturer website identifies the floor material on this tent, as "75D 185T Taffeta Floor with 2000mm coating". For comparison, the Eureka Apex 2XT uses, "75D polyester taffeta, 800mm" and the MSR Hubba uses, "40D x 238T ripstop nylon 6 3000mm DurashieldTM polyurethane coated". All three are intended to be light weight and waterproof. The tarp material you're referring to is woven polyester which is then often coated (I believe). It is heavy, it is waterproof, and it is noisy. In the time after canvas tents, it was often used as tent flooring. That is not the case any longer. Very often, ground cloths are used to protect the floor of your tent from damage by rocks and roots and whatnot, and to provide an additional layer of (very) minimal insulation, and perhaps a small degree of wetness protection. The best argument for a ground cloth, however, is damage prevention. If the tent costs a hundred bucks (or over two hundred like the MSR Hubba), and the ground cloth costs twenty, then it's easier to replace the ground cloth. I hope this helps.
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Well. I don't know. It's a good solid floor but I still had a big tarp underneath so tent wouldn't get dirty. I did spray it all with 2 cans of repellent and it never leaked. And I had it up for months, with a real bed mattress in it.
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Since I cannot find a Coleman footprint/groundsheet available for this tent, I would recommend a thin tarp without grommets a little smaller, not larger, than the dimensions of the tent. You don't want it larger because that would catch water and channel it under the tent between the tarp and tent bottom, actually increasing the chance of a leaky floor.
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The bottom "floor" is the same material as the tent sides. The bottom is not open to the ground.
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It has a thin plastic floor. It will keep you dry and bug free but you'll need to find a good spot to set up camp because you'll feel every rock and root through the floor.
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No. The tent does have a relatively tough floor but if using a second waterproof material consider using a light weight tarp or poly and cutting it slightly smaller than the tent floor or use it inside turned slightly up on the sides.
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The rain does come through the screen, although how much depends on the strength and the direction of the rain. The tent has a pretty good ventilation though that can be controlled through the side windows inside the tent (quite well protected from rain). We used a tarp to either cover the stuff in the screened area or we hung it over the porch's walls. It worked pretty well. The water did not get through the floor at all, so once everything was covered it stayed dry.
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Yes. It rained the trip I used it, and no rain got in. The floor is waterproof and integral to the tent. However, you have to zip the door completely closed to keep the rain out.
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its just like tent material yes everything touches the tent the cot is tough nylon it survived a rain storm in Colorado it was damp inside just like a normal tent no major leaks or wet stuff I am still suspect of everything touching the tent
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It is a heavy vinyl material. I've used it on two trips and have been satisfied with it. The cover/lid has a flap that folds down to cover the zipper. I feel comfortable saying it is waterproof and that you would have other bigger problems if something did end up wet!
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That would be a VERY bad idea. The floor of the tent is really nothing more than a medium duty tarp. The walls are a very light nylon and, I am assuming by the look and feel, fairly flammable. I wouldn't recommend it.
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I wouldn't call it a floor. You would require a Heavy Duty tarp underneath tent for best protection.
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The tent has a built in floor of water resistant fabric. The floor material is a bit thicker than the rest of the tent. You might want to get a foam pad or sleeping mat so you don't feel the rocks under you. For kids a sleeping bag might be enough. There is a front door mat included.
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This is a child's play tent, so it is not waterproof but is water resistant. The adult tents are waterproof.Thanks
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This material is actually building wrap. It's a semi-permeable material designed to let warm moist air pass through from inside a home to the outside. As ground cloth for a tent it will protect the tent floor and keep the interior floor drier.
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we sure have found it to be. we have moved our motorized equipment into one and the other is our wood shed. because the ground was wet when we erected them, the first time we opened it up it was filled with moisture inside. it has since dried out and held up to winds and rains quite well. The fabric is a woven mix of fabric and tarp like material. i hope this helps