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See the 13 tests

1. In the Box
2. Set Up & Pack Away
3. Peak Height
4. Livable Space
5. Base Area
6. Vestibules
7. Doors
8. Storage
9. Windows
10. Ventilation
11. Rain Protection
12. Quality
13. Portability
14. Pros, Cons, Recommendation
15. Bonus – MUST Read!

In the Box

Out of the box, this is what I got:

• Tent body
• Footprint
• Rainfly, with pre-attached guylines
• Poles × 3 (2 long, 1 short)
• Stakes × 10
• Carry bag
• Instructions

Set Up & Pack Away

• Set-up time (1 person) 7 min
• Pack away 6.25 min

Very briefly, here’s how to set up the PEAK1:

1. Lay down the tent body and footprint.
2. Secure the 2 long poles into the 4 grommets in the tent body and footprint.
3. Secure the 13 pole clips.
4. Secure the ridge pole above the long poles with the 2 top grommets.
5. Secure the color-coded rainfly.
6. Stake the tent down — 4 corners, 2 vestibules, 4 guylines.

Peak Height

• Peak height 40.5in

Livable Space

• Extreme left width 34.5inthe extra ridge pole at the top carries the height across
• Extreme right width 33.5in

Base Area

• Floor 88 × 50.5in
• Inner base area 30.9 sq ft

Wider 25-inch pads will be a very, very snug fit, all the way to the edges. Anything bigger won’t fit — the 50.5in width of the tent is the limitation.

Vestibules

• Vestibules 2 (26in wide, 88in long)
• Area 7.94 sq ft each, 15.88 sq ft for both

• Stake-downs 2 per vestibuleso I can keep either the right or left panel open

Doors

• Doors 2one under each vestibule
• Door size 45 × 28in
• Zippers 2 per doorsmall and unbranded, but not snaggy
• Held open by 1 toggle per door

Storage

• Pockets 2 (triangle, 12 × 10in)
• Gear loft 1 (13 × 11in)
• Loops 3used to hang up the gear loft

Windows

• Star-view window 1 (triangle, 24 × 22in)at the back of the tent
• Layers 2 (mesh + fabric)1 toggle and 1 zipper for each layer

Ventilation

• Mesh ~50% of the tent body
• Fabric ~50%
• Vents 1the shut star-view window becomes a rainfly vent, held open on a kickstand

Rain Protection

• 1 hour light rain No leaks
• 1 hour heavy rain No leaks
• Seam taping All rainfly and flooring seamsplus the gap in the tent body the rainfly doesn’t cover

• Tub-like floor Runs all around the tentseams in the corners and down the side, but none around the edges

Quality

• Flooring 68D polyester
• Footprint 68D polyester
• Rainfly 68D polyester
• Tent body / canopy 68D polyester

• Poles 7,000 aluminum
• Mesh Micro mesh
• Guylines Shockcord
• Stakes Y-stakes

Portability

• Packed size 22.5 × 9 × 6.5in
• Pole length 21.75in

• Total weight 5.93 lbs (94.9oz)
  • Tent body 31.7oz
  • Rainfly 29.9oz
  • Poles 17.8oz
  • Footprint 7.8oz
  • Stakes (10) 5.2oz
  • Carry bag 2.5oz

Pros, Cons, Recommendation

Now, what are the pros and cons of the Coleman PEAK1 2 — and how does it compare to other Coleman tents, like their most popular Sundome?

Higher waterproof rating

Tests	PEAK1	Sundome
HH Rating	2,000mm	450–1,000mm
Rain Test	>1 hour	15–30 minutes

Better seam taping

The seam taping in the PEAK1 was also much better, while the rest of the budget Coleman tents don’t tend to have very many taped seams.

Better quality flooring

The flooring is better quality too — 68D polyester in the PEAK1, compared to polyethylene in the rest of the tents.

Comes with footprint

On top of better flooring, the PEAK1 also comes with a free footprint for added durability. Other budget Coleman tents do not have these.

Better quality poles

The poles are made of 7,000 series aluminum, instead of the fiberglass most Coleman tents use.

Better stakes

Even the stakes are higher quality — beefier Y-stakes, while the rest of the tents come with shepherd-hook stakes.

Better carry bag

I also liked the carry bag; it’s a roll-top dry bag, so it compresses everything down nicely.

Much longer warranty

The warranty comes in at a whopping 5 years, much longer than the 1-year warranty for other Coleman tents.

Roomier

Compared to a similar-sized 2-person Sundome, the PEAK1 is much roomier thanks to the ridge pole on top. Most of Coleman’s smaller dome tents don’t have this ridge pole. It’s the same trick that makes the Nemo Aurora 2 the most spacious 2-person tent I’ve tested.

Much more mesh

There’s also a ton more mesh on the PEAK1 than the rest of the tents. Basically, almost everything here is better than Coleman’s budget range.

Not enough storage

The pockets and loops are still very small and don’t hold a lot of things.

Cheap zippers

The zippers are still small and fairly cheaply made.

Rainfly can be better

The PEAK1 doesn’t really have a full-coverage rainfly; there’s a weird triangle gap at the back. And at the front, the rainfly can’t be pulled away from the tent body, which isn’t great for ventilation.

Very long poles

And the poles pack down super long, so not exactly a backpacking tent.

Bonus – MUST Read!

Every figure above is from my own testing — measured by hand, bought with my own money.