ClarionShelter 6P Family Cabin Tent

You can stand up in it. On a rainy Saturday that is worth more than any other feature.

Near-vertical cabin walls mean the floor area on the box is close to the floor area you can actually use — unlike a dome, where the outer third is head-height only for a spaniel. A room divider turns it into two spaces when the kids go down early.

Manufacturer-stated specifications:

• Sleeps: 6 (see the honest sizing note below)
• Floor: 120 x 108 in / 305 x 274 cm
• Peak height: 74 in / 188 cm — standing height for most adults
• Packed weight: 20.9 lb / 9.5 kg
• Waterproofing: 3000mm hydrostatic head, fly and floor, taped seams
• Poles: Steel uprights with fibreglass roof poles
• Features: Removable room divider, large mesh panels, electrical cable port

Honest sizing. Rated for six; genuinely comfortable for four people plus their gear, which is the more useful number. This is the size we would point most families of four toward — it is the one where a rainy day stops being a crisis.

Every figure above is the manufacturer's stated specification. Cabin tents catch more wind than domes because of those vertical walls — guy it out properly on exposed sites.