G'day Peter,

Our Features & SetUp video shows how the vestibule pole is attached using the ring and pin, check it out between the two and three-minute mark. The straight upright awning poles with the spigot on them are to use when the front is open as an extra undercover space, have a look between the six and seven-minute mark for this one. If you have a tent and are struggling to set it up, feel free to email us some photos of the poles that are confusing and we'll do our best to advise.

G'day Zee, 

You can certainly go for the 8 x 16ft Ultramesh Tarp with the Instant Up Gold 4PV Darkroom. You can peg through these tarps with a little bit of suggestion, we would suggest setting it up in the same orientation each time so the pegs go through the same hole each time.

G'day Zee,

I've double checked with Ben, who is featured in the video promoting the features and set up for the Coleman Instant Up Gold 4PV Dark Room Tent and he says the tarp is the OZtrail Ultramesh Tarp 8 x 12ft.

G'day Mike,

Coleman doesn't give a specific claim in regard to the Instant Up Gold 4PV Dark Room mesh. What we do know is that it's an Ultra-fine mesh so should do a fairly good job of keeping the sandflies out. 

G'day Rachael,

We've just checked and we're pretty confident you'll fit the Oztrail Deluxe Bunks and a single mattress inside the Instant Up Gold 4PV tent. The Bunks will need to be somewhat centralised so they're not touching on the tapered side of the wall. You should still have a little bit of extra space to spare though. 

G'day Matt,

It's hard to say with 100% certainty whether the Dark Room 4PV will be cooler in winter or not. I'd dare say you won't get quite the same warming effect during the day as the non-Dark Room style tents, however, I think the difference would be negligible. 

G'day Richard,

Either the Instant Up GOld 4PV or the Instant Up Gold 6P should be fine. I can definitely advocate for the Darkroom version as they are great with young kids heading to bed early during daylight savings! If it's just two adults and the five-year-old then the 4PV should be fine. 

G'day Tim,

That's a tough one to answer as 'sturdiness' is fairly subjective. Certainly, the Coleman Instant Up tents have steeper, flatter walls than a Tuff Dome so they will tend to catch the wind a bit more. Having said that Coleman does carry out wind testing on their tents and are pretty confident in them. Personally, I'd say the other advantage of the Tuff Dome pole system is it's fairly easy to carry some generic spares and repair it in the field, whereas the Coleman poles will need specific parts if the wind does manage to do any damage. Either way, make sure you guy the tent down thoroughly even if you're not expecting nasty weather. It's easier to do it now than in the middle of the night when it unexpectedly turns bad. 

Hi Lisa, this isn't an easy one to answer, I don't have the information in front of me without pulling out and separating everything from one of the boxes. I'll do my best to estimate the weights for you though.

The total tent weight is 16.8 Kg (let's just say 17 Kg to make the math easy). The inner tent and main frame are going to account for about 70% of this weight (and space) which works out to about 12 Kg. This leaves the two awning poles at around 1 Kg, the flysheet at about 1-2 Kg and the tent pegs being the smallest (but densest) package at about 2kg.

Hopefully, this helps, sorry I couldn't be more specific.

G'day Deb,

Unfortunately, the Coleman Instant Up Gold 4PV Dark Room only comes in the khaki and brown colour I'm sorry to say.

G'day Deb,

The Coleman Instant Up 4PV Dark Room Tent is similar to the Instant Up Gold 4PV Dark Room Tent in that it has the "dark room" feature but beyond that, they are two very different tents. The Gold has twice the waterproof rating, has stronger poles and has a vestibule, which the other doesn't have. 

G'day Grace, 

I've just confirmed with one of my team members who has set this tent up, and the Instant Up Gold 4PV Dark Room does not come with a detachable side awning like the Instant Up Gold 4P. 

If you would prefer the extra side awning to the heat and light reducing properties of the Dark Room Fly, then it sounds like the original Instant Up Gold 4P is your best bet! 

G'day Siobhan,

The dimensions of the Coleman Instant Up Gold Dark Room 4P are 2.4L x 2.4W m plus an additional 1.5m for the vestibule.

The dimensions of the Coleman Instant Up Gold Dark Room 6P are 3.3L x 2.7W m plus an additional 1.5m for the vestibule.

G'day Siobhan,

Happy to clarify - the 6P will be 3.3m with the addition of 1.5m for the awning.

G'day Stuart,

The hook and loop strip system on the Coleman Instant Up Gold 4PV Dark Room Tent can attach to any of the Coleman Deluxe Gazebo range.

G'day Mark, 

We haven’t yet been able to independently measure the Coleman Instant Up 4PV tent, but according to info provided by Coleman – the external dimensions of this tent are 2.4 x 2.4 ( 1.5m vestibule). 

For a groundsheet, the Ultramesh Tarp is a solid choice. And as for size – it looks like the 2.44 x 4.88m should be the best size to cover the whole area which you can check out here.