Cabin Tents are also called family-sized tents because their design
bears a resemblance to a simple cabin. These spacious tents have plenty
of headroom and one can usually stand vertical in a cabin tent, due to
the center height. Some of these tents may even have a center height of
more than eight feet. Cabin tents are the perfect tents for families or
groups of people who go out camping in the campgrounds of national
parks, national forests or any other conventional campground. Cabin tents are generally quite large. Most family cabin tents have separate rooms inside them. With the escalating popularity of family camping, cabin tents, designed to hold the whole family, are also gaining popularity. While cabin tents are not meant for backpacking or quick camping, since they take a lot of time to set them up, they are perfect for family get-aways where one will not be moving for several days.
Many of the larger cabin tents have an attached canopy to provide shade and additional weather protection. Large windows, screened-in porches, and plenty of cross ventilation make cabin tents a great choice for warm weather camping. Cabin tents also come with a partition to create a multi-room tent, which often has more than one door. These family cabin tents can also be set up for backyard celebrations, such as parties. There are a wide variety of cabin tents and family camping tents available today, basic features of these tents are:
Size
Cabin tents are huge. They are the ideal tent choice for families or parties who want one tent to house a large number of people.
Height
The height of cabin tents is generally tall enough to allow even tall people to stand straight up in.
Weather
A quality family cabin tent can withstand rainstorms, can remain remarkably cool in hot weather and can easily survive high winds.
Comfort
All of the above benefits allow campers who use cabin tents to be very comfortable. Cots, chairs and tables can also be set up inside these tents, allowing a degree of relaxation that is unavailable in other tents.
A good cabin tent comes with the ease of setup, a non-leaky tent, zippers that don't break, and floors that don't get holed up. These tents come in two general design styles namely:
Truss Tents
The Truss frame consists of three sections of poles that travel up, across, and down the opposite sides of the tent in a straight line, without ever crossing each other.
This stable, strong design can support heavy loads and withstand high winds without bending or breaking.
Umbrella Tents
The Umbrella frame is more often seen in sun shelters and screen arbors. It has four corner poles and four crosses that travel from the corner poles and meet in the center of the tent, creating a self-supporting frame from which the tent is hung.
Located in the campground, Cabin Tents provide economical yet comfortable wilderness accommodations, without the usual hassles associated with camping. These large, bright, airy tents are suitable for 2 or 4 people and feature a wooden floor, screen door, propane lighting, and made up single beds with foam mattresses.
