I have had a few tents over the years. I prefer a cabin tent over a dome tent. A cabin has the larger metal poles, 3 or 4 "U" shaped pole assemblies. These are so much easier to set up than a dome tent, those long, thin, flexible fiberglass poles in a dome tent are very slow and tricky to set up. a small dome tent for a couple of kids isn't too bad, but the large ones are not fun to set up. I can set up my 10 x 16 cabin tent by myself easily in about 20 min. Also cabin tents have walls which are more straight up so you have more head room closer to the walls. I recommend a cabin tent size 9x12 to size 10 x 16. Any bigger and you can have trouble finding good space to set it up. Be sure it has a "tub" floor, meaning the waterfroof floor actually goes up the walls about 4 inches. Many new cabin tents come with a rain fly for added protection just like the dome tents. Check out the Coleman Hearitage Classic, the side walls are very verticle. I would get one like it and a small tent for gear or one or two more people. Any name brand tent can be good quality, just be carefull, and be gentle with the zippers. If you adjust the poles too tight you stretch the tent and put a bind on the zippers. I did buy a nice big dome tent a year ago, used it one time and hated it, will never use it again. My 15 year old sears cabin tent is great except it doesn't have the tub floor so heavy rain has flooded through the floor seams. I hope this stuff helps a little.
