Review – Coleman Sundome Beach Shelter
July 11th, 2009 by Craig Alan Williamson
The ultimate chill-out room for father and child
Tell yourself that this is a man shelter to protect you and your family from the sun in the best possible style.
Tell your wife that for £15 you can’t go wrong.
There are two problems with taking your kids to the beach – sunburn and…
Avoid such unpleasantries by taking the Coleman Sundome Beach Shelter with you. Not only will it shield you and your children from the sun’s harmful rays, but it will also provide a pretty sizeable ground sheet so your little man can romp around without his little man getting covered in sand.
As ever with my Dadgets, I did plenty of research on beach tents and even though there were much more expensive possibilities out there, I stuck with this cheap, effective and manly model from Coleman.
Pain-free erection
While some of the pricier models are pop-up, the Coleman actually requires a little construction like any ordinary tent. Now I must admit that I’ve only been camping once in my life, and it was only made tolerable by a large bottle of Good Times whisky and the lack of a bowel movement, but even to my inexperienced hands the assembly of the Sundome was completely pain-free. All of the poles snapped quickly into place and then slid effortlessly through the guides on the tent itself. It took a little bit of brute force to bend the poles into their final position, (locked by little rubber holders), but the whole process took only a few minutes.
Moderate wind
Once constructed, the tent has that sizeable groundsheet as well as a zip-up window at the back if you want to let the breeze through. The groundsheet can also zip up to provide a fully sealed tent for a quick clothes change, or perhaps to hide your valuables when you head down to the sea. The Sundome can be anchored to grass by the supplied tent pegs using the two attached guide ropes and other fixing points. There are also a few sand bags scattered around so, for use at the beach, you can quickly slide in some sand to provide stability against moderate winds without having to use any pegs.
Nice package
The tent is really well proportioned and can easily seat two adults and a couple of small children. When folded down, however, the whole package falls down to a very reasonable size that packs away neatly into the supplied carry bag that will barely take any space in your car boot. It is also light enough to carry around if necessary. In a stroke of pure genius the carry bag also has the assembly instructions sewn inside it.
Overall, the Coleman Sundome Beach Shelter looks the part, does the business, and should be as essential as slip, slop, slap this summer.
Dadgets.info says that the Coleman Sundome Beach Shelter is cracking value and a must-have item for a long hot summer.
Grin like a child at the Sundome’s manly attractiveness, its spacious dimensions and its amazing price.
Cry like a baby at the fact that it isn’t self-erecting.
Dadgets.info rating: 9 out of 10
Categories: Reviews
Tags: beach tent, bowel movement, camping, chill out room, Coleman, Coleman Sundome, erection, good times, moderate wind, sand, sand bags, sea, self-erecting, sun, sunburn, tents, valuables, whisky
