Comments about TheNorthFace HOMESTEAD DOMEY 3:

I fell in love with the Tibetan Heat Map print a full twelve months ago. Now that we're a year later, I had to pick it up. I am in love. I decided to write a review having read all previous reviews, from someone who isn't terrible strong, and a casual camper.
re: Set up issues: Tibetan has two purple poles and one orange pole. (different colours for different patterns, I'm sure!) In my case, you must do the orange pole last! Set up the two purple poles through the sleeves and it takes a little effort, but not impossible with one person. Then, thread your orange pole.
One your poles are in, it's an easy set up. Make sure you keep your edges taut, it looks nicer and the rains slicks right off. Rain cover sits on top and doesn't budge.
Negatives: we camped three days in solid rain and noticed some pooling in the very corners- about a tablespoon or two of rainwater. Suspect it's coming through the seams, given the low volume. We will be spraying our seams before next outing.
Some condensation gathered on the inside. During the warmer breaks of the day, we opened up the doors and allowed the sun to dry out the tent quickly and efficiently. I would not recommend this tent for the heavy rain we just endured, just given the pooling. However, for summer camping with light rain, and plenty of sun, this tent will do splendidly.
Overall, I love this tent and we will be using it for years to come. The colour is so striking and pretty. It kept us very warm, and dry. (rain in the corners stayed in the corners) There's a drying line that runs the inside of the tent that I strung battery-operated string lights to, and seeing the twinkling against the warm colours was really pretty.

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Loved the design of this tent and the whole homestead collection, even bought the matching shelter. I read the reviews carefully warning of some difficulty with set up and the poles but decided as a strong, fit and healthy 5'11 woman this would be a piece o'cake for me. To the contrary, I struggled right out of the gate as the directions have no written words only a series of sparse black and white pictographs Helpful hint to the next buyer, match the pole colors to the color coordinated pole sleeves...hard to know this without words and with black and white directions. The bigger issue was trying to arch and snap the poles into the grommets requires HERCULEAN strength. I couldn't do it no two ways about it...It took my 6'6 brut of a Dad 20 mins of struggle to get it snapped in...sturdy Is excellent but the tension is too tight making set up excessively difficult if not impossible. This tent is super cool looking, a great size, waterproof, semi-reasonably priced, sturdy, well made, lighter weight that I could feasibly haul it backpacking, exactly what I wanted, but I returned it because I often camp solo and there was absolutely no way I could set this up myself. Looked at the Tuolumne 2 in its place but it's not waterproof and I can't pitch it on the beach which is where I do half my camping, so I'm now tentless with a $300.00+ store credit for a brand I'm not sure makes the right tent for my needs and I returned the shelter too as it won't match whatever other tent I do buy. Disappointed, please address this issue North Face.

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Great tent plenary of room for my son and I backpacks and gear. Set tent up by myself in 10 minutes

Comments about TheNorthFace HOMESTEAD DOMEY 3:

Great tent! I got the water color pattern and it's very striking without being too loud. It's big enough to fit our full-size air mattress with extra room on the sides for our dog. The material is quality and the details like the drying line inside make it very convenient. The only downside is it's significantly hard to set up, I actually can't set it up alone and still struggle with another person. The tension of the rods are so much you have to be the hulk to get them into the grommets at the base. It's actually so much, that after only 3 uses the grommet is ripping out from the straps at the base. At this rate, it will definitely need to be repaired in its lifetime. Upside is, it's pretty dang sturdy when it finally is set up. Bottom line is, great tent, but if you are a mostly solo camper then this probably isn't for you.

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I was excited to get this tent and try it out. Loved the print and reviews looked like it would be perfect for me and my two daughters (10 and 12 y/o). When the tent arrived, I could not pitch it. The blue pole would not go in the grommet, and wouldn't even come close. I guessed it may be defected, and exchanged for another. I was able to pitch the replacement with some difficulty (as a reference, we have TNF Trailhead 6 tent which has since been discontinued, but I can pitch that tent by myself in under 10 minutes) so we took it out for the weekend. All three of us were able to pitch the tent without issue (I still can't pitch it by myself without a lot of effort) and it seemed to be great. Then it started raining. The fly worked well and kept the water out, but we woke up to horrible condensation along the entire tent wall, so much that there was puddling at the bottom and I thought there was a leak. I had all the vents open, but with the rainfly and doors closed there was no way to beat the condensation. Also, we were pretty tightly packed in the tent. We use sleeping pads (Thermarest Women's Trail lite pads) and there was just enough room for a average sized backpack per person. With the rain, we had to keep shoes inside because there is no vestibule for this single wall tent. Maybe I'm just spoiled with my Trailhead 6. Overall, I'll keep the tent but with the condensation I'm not sure that it will do very well in other than perfect weather.

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I'm in Total Love with this tent ! We Set her Up and slept in it watching the moon sail over head till I fell to sleep. Awoke up to a rain shower, jumped up put on the cover and presto , snug as a bug in a cozy nest.
Last night we had the BIGGEST STORM EVER , three inches of rain in five minutes ! Coming in sideways, ,
But not a drop in my super cool tent !
Our last tent ,also North Face , lasted more then 20 years of heavy duty camping.
NORTH FACE , THE ONLY SOURCE FOR DEPENDABLE, DURABLE , DELIGHT !

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This is a very spacious tent and can fit two adults and two kids easily. I love the height of the dome. This is a great tent for camping with the family. It's very light weight and portable.

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great for camping with two kids! Roomy, dry and light weight!

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This tent is great. Quality material made to last. Big enough for a weekend get away with the family.