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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Columbia Cougar Flats II is a 2-room family tent that sleeps up to 8 people. The GoBe Dry Ultimate Rain Protection system keeps you dry, and the Cyclone Venting system provides comfortable air ventilation while the rainfly is in use. The interior includes convenient features like pockets, cupholders, and a gear loft. A wheeled carry bag is included for easy storage and hauling.

Amazon.com Product Description
Bring the family to the campsite and still have plenty of room to spare with the two-room Columbia Cougar Flats II cabin dome tent. The Cougar Flats II--which sleeps up to eight people--is equipped with both a Cyclone venting system and a GoBe Dry rain protection system. The Cyclone system greatly increases the air circulation within the tent, helping you stay cool on warmer days or dry out after a nasty rainstorm. The GoBe Dry system, meanwhile, ensures that the pounding rain won't find a way inside. The tent even includes a patented bay window design that lets you keep the windows open during the storm.

The real highlight of the tent, however, is the spacious interior, which divides its ample sleeping space between two different rooms. As a result, you can give the kids one room and the adults the other, or you can use one room as a bedroom and the other as a living space. In addition, the interior of the tent offers plenty of organizational features, such as internal pockets, cupholders for coffee or soft drinks, and a gear loft that holds your valuables out of the way. And once it's time to leave the campsite, the tent collapses quickly into a wheeled EZ Pak storage bag, which features an expandable zippered gusset for easy stuffing.

Other features include a polyester taffeta body and rainfly, steel and fiberglass poles, two separate doors, and a Camp Port for easy cable passage. The Cougar Flats II measures 15 by 7.16 by 10 feet (W x H x D) and weighs 54 pounds.

Key Features:

Tent Type: Family
Sleeping Capacity: 8 Person
Number of Rooms: 2
Packed Weight: 54 pounds
Tent Floor Length: 15 feet
Tent Floor Width: 10 feet
Peak Height: 86 inches
GoBe Dry Ultimate Rain Protection system
Cyclone Venting system for better air circulation with rainfly
Camp port for easy passage of cables
Two windows and two doors
Internal pockets, cupholders, and gear loft
Wheeled carry bag
Body and rainfly made of polyester taffeta
Steel and fiberglass poles
EZ Pak expandable storage duffle

About Columbia Sportswear
Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company has grown from a small family-owned hat distributor to one of the world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of skiwear in the United States. Columbia's extensive product line includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories. Columbia specializes in developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish and offer great value. Eighty-year-old matriarch Gert Boyle, Chairman of the Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and CEO, lead the company.

Columbia's history starts with Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom, when they fled Germany in 1937. They bought a small hat distributorship in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia Hat Company, after the river bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor deliveries from suppliers, the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products themselves. In 1948, Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal suddenly died of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim, then a college senior. After that it wasn't long before business really started to take off. Columbia was one of the first companies to make jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. They introduced the breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System, in which a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early 1980s, then 60 year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in Columbia's successful and popular advertising campaign.

The company went public in 1998 and moved into a new era as a world leader in the active outdoor apparel industry. Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to more than 12,000 retailers internationally.

Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great for giants. November 11, 2008
No - not Jack-n-the-beanstalk giants, but I'm over 6' and my kids are taking after me. I've been looking for a tent that will fit the growing family of 6. Here's the high and low points for this tent.

Sizing.
My wife and I use twin air mattresses (no sense risking discomfort there). On the 'non-door' side we fit well with our smallest beside us, a space heater (ya - 34 was a bit too cool to go without) and gear. On the 'vestibule' side slept my other mini-giants with all their stuff (waaay too much stuff - gear is an over-simplification). We still had enough room at one of the doors to take off wet shoes w/o messing up the sleeping bags.

H2O.
Enough for a refreshing drink. Amazing what moisture comes about when a cloud moves in over the campsite. During a heavy rain, the tent leaked in 4 places (without any seam sealer - didn't have instructions, so I bypassed this. NorthPole recommends Kenyon 3 or Seam Grip and NO spray for the fabric). Both bay windows collected a bit of water then dripped onto MY sleeping bag through the interior pocket. Pulling out the stakes farther would have solved the dripping. Most of the water came in just beside the doors. Water runs off of the fly and drips halfway down the arch (about 1/2 a cup in 4 hours of the storm). We played a nice game of Carcassonne inside during the deluge, until we noticed the pool collecting on the fly! Yikes - make sure you stake out the fly to avoid this. Even so, I'm the only one who got soaked as I pulled the cords and received the waterfall.

Extras.
The gear loft works well, and I could still stand up with stuff in it. The drink holders are OK, but the shelves are completely gimmicky and a hazard. Only took once to have everything drop on my head to take it down.

Customer Service.
Not by Columbia. I called for 2 different problems. NorthPole sent out the missing part immediately. Very friendly, some wait time. If they are out you get a message and need to call back.

Overall.
Awesome. Look forward to using the bay windows and cyclone vents in warmer weather. Now if we could just get on a slim-fast stuff reduction program...

5 out of 5 stars

everything I was looking for July 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

We needed to purchase a larger tent to accommodate 2 extra large cots. We were honestly looking for a 2 room tent with a removable divider. This tent had many features we liked so we decided to go with the Cougar Flats II 8 person tent.

We set it up in the backyard yesterday and set up was very easy. We have been using a Cabela's Alaskan Guide tent for years and found the Cougar Flats directions very clear and the color coding was very helpful.

We put the 2 extra large cots in one room and they had to extend just a bit over the divider. We set up 2 regular - sized cots in the main entry room. Last night 4 of us slept comfortably. What a night to test the tent! 3 thunderstorms with torrential rain. The air circulation was great with the bay windows and cyclone vents. A little rain came in - very little. I think it was actually from the kids rolling against the tent when they slept. (We always put a huge tarp over our tents anyway so I'm not too worried about the rain)

We're now ready for our 12 day camping trip along the coast of Maine. We're very pleased with this tent. We'll enjoy having the 5 x 7.5 space of the main entry room. (the kids will have their own tent) It's roomy enough to set up 2 chairs and a small table, but for us will make an excellent space for our clothes and for changing comfortably.

5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous, Spacious Tent July 21, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Thus far, we have gone on 3 trips and due to rainy summer, encountered rain each trip. Tent was steadfast through some torential downpours with a very small bit of water on floor (we did not waterproof); nothing to complain about! We have two Intek twins and 1 Queen air mattress. The electric port was very convenient, the loft is great for holding pillows to keep clean. We even brought a regular box fan along last time; wonderful! Locker could be a bit deeper, as most items fall out. Most folks, including myself, did not find the instructions well-written. I've taken the liberty of typing up my own, adjusting as I've gained experience as my upcoming trip will be sans husband, like the first and I needed help as I'm a bit too short, so the order of directions is done with that in mind (along with 2 children helpers!). All are welcome to download my version of the Columbia Cougar Flats II instructions http://www.rocketlaunchers.org/documents/columbiacougarflatsii.pdf

5 out of 5 stars

Cougar Flats II tent July 17, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is an excellent purchase. Plenty of room for a family. We used one side for a king sized air mattress and had plenty of room on the sides to stand and get out of the bed. The other side we used as a sitting/storage/dressing area and had a small table and two camp chairs set up and still had lots of room to move about. The tent was outside for about a week and did experience some pretty heavy rain a couple of days. We only got one small persistent leak in front of the door around the zipper. I did not waterproof the tent prior to using so this tiny puddle was acceptable. One side of the tent had to be readjusted after the rains but that was due to the ground getting soft and making the pole sink in a little too much. There were three of us and a large dog in the tent and never felt crowded. Very well ventilated and never got hot even with a few hot and humid days. Easy set up due to the color coding not the directions. I set up by myself and took about 45min. but would have been much easier with a helper. Very happy with the tent. Would have been nice to see how the remote lights work but they are no longer included with the tent as with the previous model.

5 out of 5 stars

Loved the tent June 19, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

I bought this tent after much research. I turn 60 this year, and am returning to camping after several years. We have owned and worn out a tent trailer.

I read all the reviews from the last year's Cougar Flats Model. I had several criteria: spacious tent in which I could stand up, good protection during rain, and ability to put it up myself. The reviews and the bay windows were the tipping point in buying this tent.

I first put the tent up in my yard, as suggested. I was able to do it by myself. I am not very technically minded, but the directions are clear and the poles are color coded. Everything fit back into the sturdy, wheeled storage bag.

My wife and i just returned from our first real outing with the new tent: a two-week camping trip in which we endured torrential rains, two tornado warnings, and otherwise really crappy weather. We had a few days of sun.

The tent got a real test, and it was everything we wanted it to be. We stayed dry. A little water dripped in at a couple of seams - around the bay window. This was after hours of rain. A dab of waterproofing as recommended by the manufacturer should solve that problem. Meanwhile, as the rain poured outside, we could keep air moving inside because of the bay windows. We sat there reading, sort of enjoying the sound of the rain. When the wind blew the rain sideways, we zipped up the bay windows. The rain fly gave excellent protection. Oh, and we did take appropriate shelter during the tornado warnings.

The two rooms made for the spaciousness I wanted - we could put a small table inside. We slept on a king sized blow up bed.

We had a marvelous trip, the tent performed really well, and we are excited about the next trip in August.