Guide

Family tents you can stand up in

Seventy inches is where a tent stops being something you crawl into and starts being a room — most adults can stand, and getting dressed stops being a contortion. These are every tent here that clears it, ordered by how much floor each rated occupant gets, because a 10-person tent at 78 inches is not the same purchase as a 4-person one.

How this list is ordered

Peak height of 70 in or more. Ordered by floor area per person, highest first.

9 tents qualify. Top of the list on that measure is the Snow Peak Alpha Breeze — 19.3 sq ft per person at 24 lb 3 oz, ~$499.

#	Tent	Type	Sleeps	Sq ft each	Weight	Peak	Floor area	Approx. price
1	Snow Peak Alpha Breeze	Family cabin	4	19.3 roomy	24 lb 3 oz	77 in	77.35 sq ft	~$499
2	Kodiak Canvas Flex-Bow Deluxe	Family cabin	6	16.7 standard	68 lb	78 in	100 sq ft	~$700
3	Nemo Aurora Highrise	Family cabin	4	15.6 standard	13 lb 12 oz	75 in	62.5 sq ft	~$400
4	Gazelle T4 Hub Tent	Family cabin	4	15.3 standard	34 lb	78 in	61 sq ft	~$400
5	Big Agnes Big House	Family cabin	4	14.5 standard	11 lb 9 oz	70 in	58 sq ft	~$550
6	Big Agnes Bunk House	Family cabin	4	14.5 standard	14 lb	72 in	58 sq ft	~$650
7	Core Instant Cabin	Family cabin	9	14.0 standard	37 lb	78 in	126 sq ft	~$250
8	REI Co-op Wonderland 6 Titanium	Family cabin	6	13.9 tight	26 lb	78 in	83.3 sq ft	~$699
9	Marmot Limestone 6P	Family cabin	6	13.8 tight	17 lb 10 oz	76 in	83 sq ft	~$529

Prices are approximate snapshots from the last catalog update. Floor area per person, weight per person and pad fit are our arithmetic on published figures — the formulas are on tent specs, explained.