Set up your tent in just a minute or two!

I was set to record my own "Coleman Instant Tent" Video when I learned something important. It's really a two-man job. So I left this week's video to the professionals. The product managers at Coleman. They came up with the "Coleman Instant Tent -- quite a feat of engineering:

Coleman Instant Tents - $137/Up – Coleman makes Instant Tents designed for four, six or eight people. , so they’re big. Set up takes 1 minute. The Coleman 4-Person Instant Tent is of course the easiest to set up. The tents feature an innovative one-piece design: the poles are pre-attached to the tent, so there's no assembly and no parts to lose. Just unfold the tent, spread out the fabric, extend the poles, and click and lock. The 4-Person Instant Tent has a footprint of 8'x7', with a center height of 4'11". It's made of heavy-duty 150D polyester taffeta. Coleman says that that's twice as thick as standard tent material. Every seam is fully sealed, so you don't need a rain fly. Campers who reviewed this tent said that is a big time saver. The 16mm and 20mm steel poles are durable and strong. There are also six and eight person tents available. There are a lot of videos of people setting up their Coleman Tents on YouTube. From watching many videos and doing a little experimenting of my own I've learned that you really need two people to set it up quickly. If you know what you’re doing, a minute set is possible, but heck - even it takes 4 minutes, that’s pretty quick! MSRP for the four person tent is about $140. An excellent video to watch is the two Coleman product managers setting up one of their tents and explaining each step:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BkPQqBJzYJI

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