Napier® - Sportz Dome-To-Go Hatchback Tent

The Napier 86000 Sportz is an ideal solution for a small family. It is probably too small for a 4 person 3 week holiday, but for 2 people it works very well. There is enough room in the tent for 4 people, but since it is a one room solution it is just not enough for a longer holiday for 4 people, a married couple without children could stay in it for a full holiday. It is quite easy to disconnect the car and drive away from the tent and connect again - for short trips in good weather the connecting tunnel can be left hanging on the tent, if it is windy it may be better to disconnect the tunnel from the tent, it is just zipped on. The tent is easy to rise an take down, it takes about 20 min. to rise it and a little longer to take it down (in ideal conditions - no wind, no rain, about 20°C). The bag is big enough to store the whole tent and everything needed to rise it, which makes storage and transport simple. We camped in Sweden and Germany for totally 4 weeks during spring and summer 2019, the weather was quite good with only little rain. We had some minor leaking between the car and the tent, but that was because the car was too far away from the tent after a trip. It would be nice if the connecting tunnel was a little longer (20 ~ 30 cm) and the sail extended over the connection.

Tent looks good and the first time we used it a lot of folks said "what a great idea", the ground cloth we used was way too big and since it rained both nights it just held the water, but none seeped inside from the seam on the floor, there was a little seepage around the car sleeve but short of taping the sleeve to the car I was impressed. The tent did not leak, the rain fly has taped seams and I had sealed the zippers with a homemade seam sealer as well as the tent seams as high as I could reach. The first night we had both 'awnings' out, I had brought extra poles to cover the camp table but it took us so long to set up the tent we didn't get the tarp out to cover the table until the next day so I used those to hold the other awning up, the rain did not leak into the tent even though I had the 'windows' down.

My vehicle and this tent is the perfect combination for camping. I was surprised about the quality of it and how easy it was to set up. This tent is tall and I fell free to stand up in it.