Eureka Bitterroot 11-Foot by 11-Foot Six-Person Square Dome Tent
Eureka Bitterroot 11-Foot by 11-Foot Six-Person Square Dome Tent
Eureka Bitterroot 11-Foot by 11-Foot Six-Person Square Dome Tent Reviews
First of all let me say that from experience I can tell you without a doubt that we will ONLY buy Eureka brand tents because of their quality of construction, durability, and speedy ease of setup/breakdown.
I bought this tent under the Amazon review/recommendation that two queen beds would fit inside. The truth is that technically they do “fit” inside but not comfortably. When this tent arrived we set it up in the yard to make sure everything fit well together before taking it on a trip. I inflated two of our queen mattresses and put them inside. They fit *exactly* side by side with NO room between mattresses to put a lamp, gear, or even your foot. There is plenty of room at the foot of the beds for your gear but if you are like me, when you get out of bed you want to be able to put your feet down and stand up, not having to shimmy your way to the foot of the bed to crawl out at the foot of the bed. Queen mattresses are 5′ wide. Together that is 10′ which leaves only 1-foot of space between them which sounds like it would be okay but it isn’t because mattresses with bedding are poofy and take up all the space. Period. I believe this tent would best accommodate one Queen with one Twin, or, Two doubles. In rainy weather you’d want to move your items away from the inside walls of the tent, with two Queens side by side you can’t really do this so trust me, this tent is better suited for a queen and a twin.
That being said, this tent has some EXCELLENT features. The ceiling height is absolutely HUGE. I could not touch the ceiling even on my tippy-toes. The gear loft is marvelous and would be very useful. There are two vents in the ceiling and windows on all FOUR sides which I really like for maximum ventilation! I also love the high/low vent on the door. I love the interior pocket. I love the deeply pitched rainfly over the windows – serious protection from rain coming in the windows and the fact that the seams are taped as well as double sewn. Very well done Eureka! The color is gorgeous, the rainfly sparkles like a new copper penny in the sun. The mesh is ultra fine – better than any other tent I’ve ever owned. The tent took mere minutes to set up right out of the bag and was just as easy to break down. The zippers worked smoothly, no chance of the zipper fabric getting caught in these because there isn’t any! Another finely engineered tent by Eureka! My only regret is that this tent does not come in a 13×11 size.
I want to say once again that the peaks on the rainfly are ideal for keeping wet weather away from the windows… just compare them to any other tent style to see what I mean. It’s a no brainer. The ceiling height is cavernous, really excellent of them to finally make a super tall ceiling. You’ll want to play basketball in there.
I also want to say that Eureka is spot-on when it comes to guy-line free tents! This tent is stable even without being staked down and there will be NO guy lines for you and the kids to trip over, not to mention never having to rely on the soil’s ability to hang on to a stake. Anyone who has had their stakes come out in soft or sandy soil knows exactly what I mean! No worries with this tent!
PS: We also own the Eureka Sunrise9 which fits the teens’ two twin beds beautifully and has a lot of great features. It’s also a keeper!
UPDATE! Over Memorial Day weekend we ended up taking the Bitteroot on a Disney Camping trip… gave it to the kids to use as a ‘spare’ tent and OH WHAT FUN they had! They were able to fit 2 twin mattresses in there with loads and loads of room to spare. Even I, Mom, was envious. The tent is is giagantic and roomy inside but I personally wouldn’t put two queen beds side by side in there. There was so much room in this tent it was unbelieveable. They had a lot of camp-site-friends come in to play – no problem at all and ventilation was great even with a lot of goofy kids inside. It was very easy to set up. I was skeptical because we had planned to take the 9×9 but ended up packing this 11×11 instead. This tent plus another 13×10 AND a 12×10 canopy will fit in a Disney Fort Wilderness tent site no problem!
Another Upate: This tent spent it’s second trip at Hillsborough River State Park over Thanksgiving. People actually stopped by to ask about it because they watched us set it up in minutes and it’s so pretty and large. They couldn’t believe how big it was inside. Later that trip we added a third twin bed with no problems. This tent also took it’s first rain like a champ with no leaks or odd smells. I love this bitteroot!
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