Kelty Villa Tent - 4-Person, 3-Season

The tent is fairly roomy for two adults and a child. The gear area in front is a nice idea, and keeps things pretty dry. Its a challenge to setup the first few times as the foot print is not labeled well. The poles connect to the tent with pins that go through the bottom of the poles, which can be tough to install. The biggest issue is the rain fly does NOT fit well, and makes it nearly impossible to zip the doors closed. It eventually made the zipper on both doors fail.

I am currently shopping for a replacement. I was disappointed with this tent from the first use. There are 6 poles and all must be fed into sleeves. I will never again buy a tent where all poles must fit into sleeves as this makes set up and take down extremely difficult. Also the poles are too long. One pole bent sharply the first time the tent was set up. The fly fits poorly, and contacts the side of the tent in multiple locations even after tightening the adjustable webbing. The fly door is right next to the tent door opening so it offers no protection when entering in the rain. The tent does not come with set up instructions, makes initial set up even more confusing. Keep shopping, not worth the money.

This tent sure doesn't deserve 5 stars but I am surprised by the very low ratings. I would not want to have to hurry and set this tent up in a rain or wind storm but overall not bad. 15 minute set up time tops after you do a couple for practice. OK NOW THE RAINFLY. The rainfly is fine BUT you will have to use all the guy ropes to get it taught and tight. I survived a torrential downpour in this thing with no problems. I purchased this tent ALOT cheaper than listed here so the price/quality ratio gets 4 stars. Otherwise there are better tents for the $$$.

- good materials, but very disappointing design flaws for a name like Kelty - fatal flaw is there is no windproof zipped inner lining of the 2 large screen doors, so cold breezes just whip low through the tent with no way to block them as night gets colder, or wind picks up - door zipper and fly zipper are opposite each other (very odd), so you have to mostly unzip the screen door then reach across the opposite way to unzip the rainfly to get out...noisy and cumbersome at night...I opted to to crawl out on my stomach than repeatedly double unzip every time. - fly fits poorly (cannot be be pulled taut) so even light breezes cause flapping - has that "socks on a rooster" feeling. - aluminum poles bend VERY easily...likely due to the odd (but cool) arcs they are expected to negotiate. -reverse the door zippers, add solid zipped door liners, recut the rainfly, and add some clips to take stress off the poles... then, this would be a quality car camping tent.

This tent is a palace for 2 adults and 2 dogs. incorporate the ketly carport off the front and you have some serioous weather protection with tons of room. The shelf in the vestibule is great to be able to keep stuff off the ground out of your way outside the tent.