Good family tent - Marmot Limestone Tent - 8 Person

Overall we really like this tent as a car camping family tent. We are a family of four with two little kids and it is nice to have the extra space for bad weather when we end up spending more time inside. The tent is not as gigantic as we feared it would be, especially if using larger car camping sleeping mats. For the inner tent storage pockets are spread out evenly, and there are pockets to hold headlights in the sealing.

We were initially reluctant to buy this tent due to some bad reviews claiming it will collapse in strong wind. Have not yet tried it in more than moderate wind speeds, this was not a problem at all. The tent does not come with enough pegs for all the external guy lines, so while ok without the guy lines in low wind speeds we will buy additional pegs for more windy conditions. Also the inner tent sags a little around the tunnel part unless the tunnel is bein tightened up by the two guy lines at the end.

Used the tent for a week long camping trip in Michigan where the tent stood up to a couple of days with heavy rain, and while the rain fly soaked water in some areas it didn’t leak through enough to drip inside. When we ordered the tent it was not clear if it would come with awning poles or not, it indeed came with awning poles included. We also bought the footprint for the tent hoping this will make it last a bit longer.

This is our first season with this tent, so can not say anything about the durability yet.