The Kelty Wi-fi 6 is a roomy, well-styled three-season dome tent that’s been a part of my equipment for 4 years. It’s perfect for {couples} who need correct standing peak with out hauling a mansion-sized tent round. Learn on for my evaluation after 4 years of tenting in it.
What’s it?
Kelty Wi-fi 6 Tent RRP: £300
General Ranking 
(3.5 / 5)
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Specification
Seasons: 3
Variety of doorways: 2
Variety of vestibules: 2
Variety of poles: 3
Capability: 6
Packaged weight: 7.79 kg
Ground space: 8.07 m2
Dimensions (L x W x H): 300 x 269 x 193 cm
Pack dimension: 68.6 x 20 x 20 cm
Tent fundamentals
The Wi-fi 6 is a three-season dome tent with two doorways and vestibules, and a peak peak of 190cm, which, for reference, means it’s taller than me by 22cm. That peak is each a blessing and a gentle supply of comedy, however I’ll come again to that.
Ground house clocks in at slightly below 87 sq. toes, with two vestibules including an additional mixed 28 sq. toes of coated storage. On paper, that’s a six-person tent. In observe, it’s a really snug two and simply accommodates our double folding camp mattress, a desk and our normal baggage.
Pitching
Pitch time is genuinely quick – solo you’re taking a look at round 10-5 minutes, with a associate its even quicker, because of a intelligent quick-corner pole sleeve design.
The fly sheet, nonetheless, is a unique story. At 168cm I’m, apparently, not tall sufficient to wrangle a 190cm tent and not using a diploma of bodily comedy. Getting the fly sheet excessive entails a mixture of throwing, leaping, and what I can solely describe as interpretive dance.
The identical goes for clipping the interior tent to the poles on the very high, the decrease clips are superb, however these high ones require a little bit of attain. This isn’t a deal breaker, it simply wants acknowledging, significantly in the event you’re on the shorter aspect.
Sensible options and magnificence
The 2 vestibules are genuinely helpful and simply accommodate my camp bathroom (an absolute important), or a small desk and a camp range with room to manoeuvre. That issues when it’s bucketing down and also you don’t wish to deliver moist equipment inside.
The inside is surprisingly roomy for a tent that packs down into a reasonably compact bag. The intelligent nook vestibule zip design additionally means they’re straightforward to entry from inside which is a small element that makes an actual distinction by way of usability.
There are solely 4 smallish nook storage pockets, which received’t win any awards in the event you’re an individual who likes to have a spot for all the things, however I don’t have a tendency to make use of storage pockets except I’m in a really small backpacking tent, which after all, this isn’t.
Aesthetically, I actually prefer it. The styling is clear and trendy and I like the colors. It doesn’t seem like a price range tent, and it packs into Kelty’s signature duffel bag which makes loading it again into the automobile satisfyingly straightforward.
The elephant within the tent – condensation
That is the place I’ve to be completely trustworthy with you, and it’s additionally the place 4 years of actual tenting use really tells you one thing {that a} first-impressions tent evaluation merely couldn’t.
We’ve had important condensation points with this tent – greater than with another tent we’ve owned. We initially put it all the way down to utilizing an EHU hook-up in chilly climate, which led to a humid flooring underneath the air mattress. Cheap rationalization, we thought. However we’ve since skilled the identical subject in hotter climate, with out an EHU, so it’s not that. I even purchased an extra groundsheet to see if that will assist with flooring dampness – it didn’t.
Unbiased reviewers have flagged air flow as a identified subject with the fly sheet on, and a fast trawl of Reddit confirms I’m not alone right here – this appears to be a reasonably widespread expertise with the Wi-fi 6. It’s not a tent-ending drawback and it hasn’t stopped us utilizing it, nevertheless it does imply it’s essential be ready – air it properly within the mornings, maintain a small towel useful, and don’t depart damp equipment inside to compound the issue.
Ultimate ideas
I like the house inside this tent, it’s excellent for weekend tenting journey for the 2 of us. I additionally like taking it on solo tenting journeys after I need a bit extra space, however don’t wish to take our enormous Vango AirBeam.
The 2 vestibules genuinely add some further usable house and for such a compact tent, it supplies a shocking quantity of house inside. However while the standard is nice, the condensation is a matter, and while It hasn’t stopped be utilizing this tent, it’s the cause I’ve scored it the best way I’ve.
The place to subsequent?
Kelty Wi-fi 6 Tent
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