By jimandbeamer from High Desert Country... on 12/23/2007

I need to point out that this review covers three different tents, pointing out the differences between their construction - Columbia Bugaboo, Eureka Sunrise and the Kelty Trail Dome.
The Kelty tents offer heavier Nylon cloth construction for the tents. It appears that between them the 1800 mm double coating on the flooring of the Kelty?s would possibly be a better buy than the 1200 mm that goes with the Columbia. The 70-denier fabric appears to be better on the Kelty tents. The Kelty comes with different fabrics for its walls and fly, being a 68 denier for the walls but a generous 75 denier poly rip-stop for the fly.
But, the Eureka Sunrise uses heavier fabrics: 75D poly for both the walls and the Fly, with a triple dose of 1200 mm for their StormShield coatings. The industry standard for waterproof rain flies are all constructed of polyester taffeta with 800 mm coatings, but both Kelty tents have 1800 mm waterproof ratings while it is 1200 mm for the Columbia Bugaboo and the Eureka Sunrise.
Each has sealed seam flooring, generally made of nylon taffeta. However, the Eureka has heavy duty 210 denier polyester oxford cloth for their tub flooring. And their tub design is a full eight inches off the ground. Although the Columbia tent appears to be made of somewhat lighter material than the two Kelty tents, it has a polyethylene floor. Also, both the Kelty tents are seamless floor areas while the Columbia does have a sealed seam which may become a problem. The Kelty and Eureka tents tub design does appears a bit better, keeping the seams watertight and above the ground.