Do those of you with the really large family camping tents find it more difficult to locate a suitable leveled spot to put it up? Sometimes I have a bit of trouble finding a good spot even for my smaller tents.

With a family, I think I'd rather have two smaller tents than one jumbo, multi-room tent anyway. It would give the parents some space, older kids some privacy, and little kids a bit of on-their-own adventure. It's also less hassle when the whole crew isn't going.

My wife and I have used a Coleman brand tent for several years when car-camping. It's easy enough to erect or strike, roomy enough for full airbeds and dogs, and nothing has ever torn, ripped or broken on it. The only problem was that the original stuffsack was way too small to ever get the tent back in once removed for the first time. Also, the tent never seen a serious rain or wind storm, and I have enough doubts about it to always bring along a small mountaineering tent, just in case.