The 12-Person 3-Room Camping Tent

Product Description

The Ozark Trail 12 Person Instant Cabin Tent sets up in under two minutes! This 12-person tent requires no assembly because the poles are pre-attached to the tent; just unfold and extend. This three-room, cabin-style tent has large windows on all sides and room to stand up. It features a large front awning for relaxing under the shade. In addition, it comfortably fits three queen airbeds or up to 12 campers in sleeping bags on the floor. Two internal room dividers allow you to create separate sleeping and living spaces. Keep cool with the oversized ground vent that also fits an air conditioner.

Features

• 16' x 16' instant cabin tent
• Sleeps 12
• Fits 3 queen airbeds
• Sets up in under 2 minutes
• 7 fully closeable windows

Top Reviews

so I had a pretty good idea what I was getting
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
May 4, 2016

I had what I thought was the exact same tent about 6 years ago, so I had a pretty good idea what I was getting. However I was shocked to find that the poles now come attached to the tent. This makes setting up the tent and taking it down much easier and I was even able to get it back in the bag.

A few recomendations. Set you tent up before you use it the first time. It will probably take two people about 30 mins to set it up the first time as there is a bit of a learning curve. Once it's set up, spray it down with a silicone spray to ensure rain protection. Purchase a 20'x20' tarp that is silver on one side and black on the other. Set this up over the tent between some trees and use this instead of the rain fly. This will allow your tent to breathe much better. Also when stakeing, start with the inside corner first and work your way across the doors first. Getting the tent stretched out is key.
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STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!
by Jennifer L Oberweis (1 out of 5 stars)
August 12, 2018

We purchased this tent back in March for a camp-out that we were going to attend in July. The camp-out in July went off without a hitch and the tent folded up great for use at a later date. I pulled the tent out a couple of weeks later for my daughter's Brownie camp-out and that's when the problems began. One of the main roof poles never clicked into place...Instead, it simply became jammed or locked but never in the correct position so that the poles would actually click into place. We were able to use the tent for the evening but we knew that it wasn't set up correctly. When morning came, the entire tent collapsed. Thank goodness we were out of it by then! As we were trying to collapse the tent to put it back in the bag, we couldn't get the problem pole to collapse! So now we have a giant tent pole that won't lock into place and won't budge the other way either! After contacting the company, I was informed that there was nothing they could do to help me since I purchased it too many months ago. They were very rude and dismissive in their responses to me. They wouldn't even offer to send replacement poles so that I could attempt to fix it myself!!! Unbelievable!!!! I will NEVER purchase anything from OzarkTrail or the seller AlphaBen in the future!! What a complete and total waste of money! For the amount I paid, I certainly should have gotten more than one use out of the tent!
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Great value but Prep for the product to last!
by Stephen Rodgers (5 out of 5 stars)
June 19, 2018

This is an outstanding tent for the money. After reading the reviews I went ahead and prepared the tent and have some feedback. First, it is a breeze to set up. Set up the first time took about 10-15 minutes. Tear down was about 5-10 and the great thing is that after tearing down now four times I can get it to fit perfectly in the bag every time. I have set the tent up and camped in cool, warm, windy and rainy weather and have the following recommendations for you: buy a good quality tarp to fit on the ground as a base. I got a two pack from Costco for 25 dollars. Laying this out first will save your floor. Invest in some good tent stakes... I bought 10 for 12 dollars and it was well worth it. When I set the tent up I also applied seam sealer just to make sure. I had no leaks at all and I did not seal the rain fly seams either. The guy lines were just fine so no need to replace those. The pole in the very middle of the tent under the awning appears to be too short but I set/pushed it inward gently and staked down and it was great. The tent is huge... for those with the gold out queen bed cord or foldable chairs I do recommend getting some felt pads you would use for a dining room table and put those on the feet of the cots that way you won't wear a hole into the floor. I had two adults, four kids and two dogs very comfortably in this tent. You won't regret this purchase!
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I am amazed at the quality of this
by laurie stapleton (5 out of 5 stars)
January 16, 2017

In a torrential downpour, severe thunderstorms for hours the tent is still standing with not a drop of rain getting in. I am amazed at the quality of this tent
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The good stuff first - the main reason we bought this ...
by Joann Larson (4 out of 5 stars)
July 6, 2017

The good stuff first - the main reason we bought this tent was for the space. Especially during rain, having sleeping stuff separate from where we are trying to hang out with three kids was a must and this delivers. The shaded corner is a plus as well, as is the large windows. The learning curve for set up is I think similar to other tents, once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy. I will say, be careful, if you bend a pole or break something you can't replace it. Especially extending the two arms, our first try we had real issues with it, I think mostly because you have to extent them at the same time (if you extend one before the other, it makes the angle just off enough to make extending the second one hard). Don't get frustrated and try to force it, just collapse both and try again. In terms of weather, this held up great through three nights and a day of some very heavy down pores. The wind wasn't fierce so I can't speak to that, but we didn't have leaks, except a little bit in two of the corners on the ground. I should also preface this by saying I put the tent in a bad place (the low place on the campsite where the water was running off to). but the less than one cup of water collecting in the corner was very manageable, especially given the rain we had. One other positive, this tent went back into the bag in came in easier than I thought.

So, the downsides. My husband is not fond of the all in one nature of the construction. Again, if you break a pole the whole tent is trash. Also, hard to clean underside off as you can't just lay it out and flip it over. In hindsight, an undertarp would solve both that problem and the bit of water we had. The other downside is the rainfly and airflow. My husband used this tent and the conditions were just right so that condensation happened on the underside of the fly. Because the ceiling is all mesh, as soon as someone jostled the poles, all the condensation dropped down into the tent, which made for a rude awakening. We didn't have this issue the second time, in part I think because it was warmer at night, and also we did use some battery operated fans to move air, because it was so warm and we had to have fly on for rain. With the fly on, you can have the windows down a few inches (unless the wind is really blowing the rain) so airflow isn't bad, with windows all the way down or fly off, airflow is great.
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Great family tent!!!
by Sarah (5 out of 5 stars)
August 24, 2016

This tent is perfect! We are a family of 5 and it meets all of our camping needs/wants! 3 nicely sized rooms! Our trip was a but chilly and we had to use heaters. The tent retained the heat wonderfully! Very easy to set up! The directions states 2 people and 2 minutes. My husband was actually able to set up the very first time by himself in less than 2 minutes! Super easy! And he was able to get it back in the bag...which never happens with any tent!! Very great quality and will definitely last! Highly recommend!!
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This thing is like a house
by Sheri Bassham (5 out of 5 stars)
March 5, 2017

This thing is like a house! Very cool! My son enjoyed using it on his camping trip. Lot's of room!
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So disappointed!
by Amazon Customer (1 out of 5 stars)
June 24, 2019

So I bought this tent to camp with my 4 kids. We've owned an Ozark Trail tent in the past and it held up for 3 summers (probably 30 camping trips, including wind, rain and a tornado a mile away) So my expectations of this tent were high. I bought the Instant because hey, who doesn't like less hassle when putting up the tent?

The set up: The directions are not clear. There are no words, just pictures you have to try and decipher. After finally getting it up we did not put the rain fly on as it was gorgeous outside.

The sleep: had plenty of room for the air mattresses plus bags. Kids liked having their own entrance. We liked the extra little area outside the door that provided some shade. When I laid down and was able to look out the screened door and just see stars and lake, that was awesome. I was digging the new tent!

The weather: Around 7am my phone started giving alerts to rain rolling in. I jumped up and had my oldest help me get the rain fly on. While attaching it I though "hmmm, that's weird. Usually they attach to the pole and then you stake them down" This rain fly attaches to the tent, in a little loop, sewed into the seam, then you stake it down. So we get them all hooked up and staked. The wind is blowing but nothing too bad. Rain comes in, so far everyone is dry. Winds about 20 mph, nothing my old tent hadn't weathered before and I had high expectations for this one! My kiddo inside says "mom, something is hitting the tent" I walk to the back corner and see that the stake had come loose and the rope was hitting the tent. So I grab the rope about the time a gust of wind (25-30mph) comes thru and rips 1-the rope out of my hand and 2-it ripped the tent. That weird hook for the rainfly? Yeah, it ripped right a that point, all the way up the seam. The corner of the tent just flapping in the wind.

I am so disappointed. This tent was not worth the money. I expected much more, especially for the money that was spent. I strongly advise against anyone purchasing this tent! There was no reason for it to rip. The other tents around us held up well. This one is poorly designed!
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Terrible.
by Amazon Customer (1 out of 5 stars)
September 11, 2018

Came with a hole. Not easy to put up and worse to take down. A queen mattress barely fits in each room. We only needed one bed so no biggie. For the money I don't believe worth it at all.
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Nice tent make sure top two polls are fully extended before puting up the rest!
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
June 8, 2019

It seems like a decent tent its defiantly big. The room with the screen door is bigger then the other two one big tip make sure the two rods on roof that hold the two plastic spider gears are fully extended and locked good or it will collapse. It uses the tension of the tent to hold the roof up with the spider gears locked to it would make it a way better tent so get it in a good position and steak it down good because during windy rainy days it might come down on you but if you doit right you wont have any problems. As for assembly doit once first before caming it's hard your first time but its cake after that.

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