Just for some background, I have a tent made by Wenzel from 2003 that is still going so I had high hopes for another good tent. That is not the case with this one. When I received the tent I decided to set it up in my house since I had extra space, that's when I realized this tent is not freestanding, you have to have it staked out in order for it to remain upright. It will just keep falling over from side to side if you don't. This means if you don't have a backyard and need to setup your tent in your driveway or garage to clean it out, you will not be able to do this. And I wouldn't trust this tent if you are staking it down in sand either. The only guy wires are on the rain fly, nothing attaching to the actual tent itself.A couple days after the initial attempt at setup, we had a rain storm coming so I thought this would be a great opportunity to make sure it's watertight before I take it out to the forest. Well I staked it out and then put the poles in. There were some odd things I noticed right away with the first setup that aren't going to work for a tent.The two middle poles should have been in an "X" pattern instead of parallel, that would have eliminated a few of the problems with this tent.Pros:- It actually fits back in the bag- The rain fly had taped seamsCons:- Not freestanding (X pattern on middle poles would have prevented this)- I could not get the material taut in the middle. (X pattern on middle poles would have prevented this)- The sleeves for the outside poles is split into 2 pieces making a gap in the middle, hence another place for the poles to get snagged on while setting up or tearing down. The middle sleeves were one piece so not sure why they did this.- The middle poles go from a large diameter down to a smaller one at the ends. This one puzzles me, I have no idea why the majority of the weight bearing poles would go from thick to thin.- The end poles were too long and stretched the tent corners a little too much. It ripped my stakes out of the ground and seemed really close to ripping the stitching out.- I had an extra 6-8 inches of extra flooring material at the corners of the tent. I don't know if this is due to the poles being too long for the tent or the floor not being the correct size. The extra flooring is shown in my picture and the sidewall corner stitching is stretched to the max.The biggest problem with this tent.... IT LEAKS!!!! After a 2 hour light rain there were puddles in every single spot that had a stake or pole. Nothing inside the tent was seam taped and there is a seam going around the entire tent about 18 inches up from the bottom and not covered by the rain fly. My old tent had every single seam taped even ones covered by the fly. Even the stitching on the flooring wasn't seam taped on this tent.Oh, I almost forgot.... And just for extra piece of hatred for this terrible tent, when you go to open the door all the water that is sitting on top of the rain fly runs off directly over the front of the tent and onto your back. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. It's a good thing I was only in my backyard and it wasn't cold rain.Wenzel missed the mark on this one. It's a shame their quality isn't what it was 20 years ago. I bought this tent strictly because of the good experience with my other Wenzel tent.First Time camping and bought this tent after looking over several in the same price range. Love this tent!! Setup is very easy... stake ends, insert poles, stand it up, finish staking, attach rain fly, enjoy. It takes 2 people to setup only when standing up the tent. You probably could do it with 1 but why would you be camping alone in this big thing anyway?Anyone with a little bit of common sense can set this up. The poles aren't labelled but the longer, thicker poles are the 2 main hoops, smaller ones are on the window ends, and a very small one for the rain fly. Also look for the seam on the rain fly to get it on right. Only problem I could see would be getting the rods into the stake points holders as it does take a little muscle to get them in. You don't have to be a strongman by any means but smaller men and women could have some issues with it.I will say I am impressed with this tent. The morning after our first night a thunderstorm came blasting through. 40+mph winds, driving rain, everything but hail and frogs falling from the sky. Luckily I had the tent fully staked including the rain fly ropes. Ran for "real" shelter as the wind collapsed one end of the tent and bent the leftmost pole into an "S" and I figured the tent was toast. Nope. As soon as the wind eased up a little, the tent popped back into its original shape!! After the storm I thought I would probably have a swimming pool inside the tent and my stuff would be soaked. Wrong again. There was about 2-3 CUPS of water inside that probably blew in when it was on the ground. Needless to say I was impressed.(Full disclosure: I did use 3 bottles of Gear Aid Seam Sealer on the seams and there was still a little water that wicked in through the staking points)We have a toddler that will NOT sleep if she is in the same room as us. This has made camping difficult. With the large size of this tent, we can easily put her in a pack'n'play and put the partition up. She sleeps well.This was the first large tent we have purchased. It is easy to put up (except for one problem below) and kept out the rain during our recent camping trip.The opening canopy on the rain fly is simply not functional, as it does not keep rain out of the tent and does not provide cover for persons entering the tent. Since it rained when we took this camp out a few weeks ago, this was clearly an issue, but it is minor quibble (after all, you buy a tent for cover, not for cover outside the tent).We did have a problem with the one of the tent's seams (one of the pole stitches was stitched poorly and installing the poles was frustrating and caused the tent to rip). After we contacted Wenzel, they sent us a very quick replacement. All they asked was for us to destroy our current tent. Excellent service. No crazy forms or unreasonable customer service reps.Despite these two issues, I recommend this tent. Lots of value for what you are getting and certainly met our needs. I can't remember this kind of service for other camping products. I will buy Wenzel tents from now on.We went for a week to France, a mix of lovely sunny weather and torrential downpour. The tent was easy to put up (myself and my 10-year old daughter), and take down, and a relatively small package for the huge interior size. It is a very well designed tent and perfectly constructed, not a single flaw that we could find. After two days of almost non-stop rain, there were some damp spots inside, where it was starting to leak where items were pressed against the fabric. Highly recommended for a family trip.Given the enormous size of this behemoth, it is extremely light and very simple to put up/take down. Once it's up it's stable and sturdy - we used it once as a 'fort' for a bunch of 2-4 year olds who were throwing themselves at the walls and it handled them just fine. Another plus is the amount of ventilation you get through both the roof and the end windows, and being able to take the roof off is a masterstroke. It heats up inside under the sun, just as any other tent does, but you certainly feel the benefit of having the openings when they let a light breeze in.It's not the best tent in the world when it encounters rain. I've had it up twice in moderate rain and woken up with some leakage around the door and end windows, nothing too drastic but enough for a little harumph. You'll need to plan ahead with a towel or newspaper to put inside the door for taking your mucky boots off too. We once had to take it down while it was really teeming down and that was a disaster. Given that when it loses the structure afforded to it by the poles, the huge opening in the roof of the tent gets exposed, this meant that by the time we were ready to fold up the tent there was a fair puddle sloshing around inside and it was not easy to get that water out without a multiple-man operation flipping and tipping a wet, heavy, cumbersome tent.I got this tent for around £120-130, can't remember exactly, but for that price it's a steal. If you get this then obviously the main thing your going for is size on a budget, and on that front you can't go wrong.Used this weekend. Very easy to pitch. Great size. Held up extremely well to high winds and major down pour. Very pleased with my purchase and fits back in to it's bag easily. Definetly recommendef.did not arrive despite lots of messages, not worth a star at all, but you have to give one!Realmente excelente producto, no estorboso y facil de armar. Pero se necesitan 4 personas para volver a guardar. Muy satisfecho. Como consejo, mientras mas grande mas frio en las madrugadas. Asi que tiene buen tamaño sin ser ostentosa como otras de 3 habitaciones. Recomendado de verdad. Entran 2 colchones inflables twin y hay mas espacio. Todo el techo tiene ventilacion para que no sude por las noches pero ojo porque se pueden volver un poco fria