Best 2 room tent in 2023 – Top camping tents for a large group or family

Having separate rooms in your tent can be great for getting the most out of your tent. You can use them as two private sleeping areas or as a bedroom and living space.

Which is why we’ve written this roundup of the best 2 room tents!

Regardless of what you need a 2-room tent for, we’ve got you covered. We looked at a huge selection of multiroom tents to generate this list of the best of the best.

So stick with us as we go through exactly why we loved these tents, and why we think you’ll love them too!

The best 2 room tents are:

1. Coleman WeatherMaster 6-Person Tent – Best Overall
2. NTK INDY GT 4-5 Person Tent – Best for Small Families
3. CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent – Best for Friends
4. Crua Core 6-Person Tent – Best Alternative Design

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Our Quick two room tent recommendation

If you don’t have time to go over all the details and you just want to go with our recommendation, that’s fine!

We LOVED the Coleman WeatherMaster with Screen Room. It’s a fantastic family tent that is spacious enough inside the main body of the tent but the screen room really elevates this tent to new heights.

It’s great for bug-free sitting and watching the kids play around the campsite or storing camping gear you don’t want to leave in the tent – like smelly hiking boots.

Best budget tent with two rooms

When it comes to getting the most bang for your buck, the Coleman WeatherMaster impressed us once again. It’s a low-cost model but offers high-quality features you’d expect to find on a tent double it’s price.

Not only is it our recommended option, but it’s a great budget option for families looking to save some dough.

Reviews of the Best 2 Room Tents

Capacity: 6 | Weight: 32lbs | Height: 6 ft 8 in | Dimensions: 11 ft (W) x 9 ft (L) – 99 sq feet | Bag Dimensions: 41” x 10” x 10” | Doors: 1 | Power Cord Vent: Yes | Hydrostatic Head Rating: N/A | Price: $

If you want a 2 room camping tent you can hang out in as well as sleep in, the Coleman WeatherMaster is an excellent choice. It has two sleeping areas, fitting three sleepers in sleeping bags or two on air beds in each.

The mesh screen room provides a comfortable area to hang out, sit and watch kids as they play outside, and more. It won’t protect you in the rain, but it’s decent for sunny or cooler days. On those days, it’ll protect you from those pesky bugs that you’re sick of eating you alive.

If you wish to leave the tent and take on the bugs or venture into the wild, the hinged door makes it easy, especially if you’re carrying a child or animal.

The door also allows kids to easily package in and out without fumbling with zippers. That’s also a great feature for friend groups who’ve had a few beers and can’t coordinate their hands with a zipper.

Once night falls, you can collapse into your sleeping areas, separated by a screen. It’s easily removed if a child has a nightmare and wants to sleep in one room. With it up, the screen provides a nice feeling of privacy, for parents away from kids for the night or couples in a friend group sleeping separately.

However, if it rains at night, you’ll want to add an extra full coverage tarp on top of the rainfly. Waterproofing spray and seam seal will be your best friend with this tent, too. The tent comes with Coleman’s Weather Tec System which includes a waterproof tent floor and inverted seams

Without extra weather protection treatment, the tent has some minor leakage, but once that’s dealt with, the “WeatherMaster” in its name rings true.

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Capacity: 4-5 | Weight: 14.73lbs | Height: 4 ft 7 in | Dimensions: 12.8 feet (W) x 8 feet (L) – 102 square ft | Bag Dimensions: Unspecified | Doors: 2 | Power Cord Vent: No | Hydrostatic Head Rating: 2500mm | Price: $

The NTK tent is an excellent choice for small families with kids who like to get dirty. Like the pick above, this 2-room camping tent has a tent screen room although it’s mainly for use as a vestibule—a safe place for mud-covered kids to change into clean clothes without dirtying the tent sleeping area.

Three of the area’s walls are removable, so you can also turn it into an awning if you’d like to get some sun and don’t mind bugs.

NTK’s vestibule also has a floor, making it a great space for kids to sit and do activities like coloring and playing with their toys.

On colder days, shut the space on all sides and view the great outdoors through the tent windows. When you retire to the sleeping area by night, you can store your gear in the vestibule.

The actual 6-person tent sleeping space doesn’t have two rooms, so you can repurpose the expansive vestibule for that if you wish. The sleeping area is large enough to sleep four, but you’ll need to use sleeping bags instead of air mattresses.

Plus, the more people you have in the sleeping space, the hotter it gets. The tent ventilation isn’t great, but it’s more bearable when you open the front and side tent doors.

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Capacity: 9 | Weight: 27.82lbs | Height: 6 feet 5 in | Dimensions: 14 ft (W) x 9 ft (L) – 126 square ft | Bag Dimensions: 48” x 11.5” x 11.5” | Doors: 2 | Power Cord Vent: Yes | Hydrostatic Head Rating: 600mm | Price: $$

Families can make do with the smaller tents above—what about friends? You’re not as close and need more tent space to sprawl out, or bring partners into the mix. This spacious, great peak height 9 person tent does the job.

The two rooms can work as separate bedrooms, although one is marketed as more of a living room. The large mesh zippered doors and enormous windows let light in and allow livability.

However, the tent’s 9 person capacity includes that living area. Perhaps it could work as a living and sleeping space? If there are fewer people on your trip, both tent spaces fit an air mattress for a more glamorous trip.

The instant cabin tent is easy to set up—with CORE claiming it only takes 60 seconds. For those friend and family camping trips with a long drive to your destination, nothing is better than an instant cabin tent that’s easy to set up within minutes of arriving.

A nice feature we liked in the CORE is the electrical cord access vent. You can charge devices or run an extension cable into your tent to bring in a power supply.

Your trip gets slightly less glam when you realize the tent’s seams can be a little leaky, a common problem with the CORE range. Some seam seal fixes that issue, and the high-quality steel poles hold up against all other weather issues.

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Capacity: 6 | Weight: 33lbs | Height: 7.5 feet | Dimensions: 16 ft (W) x 12 ft (L) – 192 square feet | Bag Dimensions: 33” x 19” x 18” | Doors: 1 | Power Cord Vent: No | Hydrostatic Head Rating: 5000mm | Price: $$

This large camping tent with a phenomenal tent livability and peak height has areas for sleep as well as hanging out. It’s far from a tent for privacy upon purchase—six people fit side by side in a large sleeping area. The vestibule area serves as a hangout space; it’s large enough to be considered a second room if necessary.

You can utilize this excellent 6-person tent in all weather conditions, including snow.

The 2-room tent aspect comes in a little differently, though. This Crua Core attaches to other, smaller tents in the range, adding additional sleeping or communal space to your heart’s content. The tent also attaches to your car to expand your space that way.

Regardless of what 2-room tent you purchase and how you make the connections, you’re getting a tough tent you can sleep comfortably in. The dark tent interior is a plus when it comes to slumber—but the tent’s lack of windows removes some of the livability inside.

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Capacity: 5 | Weight: 40.9lbs | Height: 6 ft 8 in | Dimensions: 16 ft (W) x 9 ft (L) – 144 square ft | Bag Dimensions: 27.5” x 14.17” x 13.77” | Doors: 1 | Power Cord Vent: Yes | Hydrostatic Head Rating: 4000mm | Price: $$

Update: This tent is great, but sadly it is now close to impossible to find it! Unfortunately, we therefore no longer recommend it.

Did you like the tent above but your family is larger? This tent has a spacious living area with large, clear windows that can work as a second tent bedroom. The entire family can fit comfortably inside this tent.

There are two dark room sleeping areas as is—one sleeping three people and the other two, all in sleeping bags.

It’s a great family camping tent for a group that needs lots of sleeping space, although you could easily split the living area into a half bedroom, half living area. The sewn-in groundsheet and well-sealed walls make it work for either.

Vango Airbeam’s living area is also great to hang out on rainy days but still has an excellent view of the outdoors.

Before getting inside the tent to experience this luxury, the spacious camping tent with an excellent peak height (great for tall people) has the added bonus of being pitch-free. Instead, it blows up. There are no tricky tent poles to deal with, and as it’s a blow-up tent, the fabric is extra durable to prevent mishaps.

Customers found no flaws in the 5-person tent, inside or out, but did complain that the entrance zip snagged almost every time they used it. They also noted that rain could pool on the roof. Thankfully it doesn’t impact the tent’s structure—but be sure to sweep it off when the rain stops.

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Which tent gives you the most space?

Comparison of tent floor size and height

The Crua Core tent gives you plenty of space inside the tent to sprawl out or store some gear and is the biggest tent in this lineup.

Tents	Height	Length	Width
Coleman WeatherMaster tent with screened room	6′ 8″	9′	11′
NTK Indy GT tent with screened room	4′ 7″	8′	12′ 9″
Vango Airbeam Odyssey 500 tent with screened room	6′ 8″	9′	16′
CORE Instant Cabin 2-room tent	6′ 5″	9′	14′
Crua Core extendable room tent	7′ 6″	12′	16′

Which tent is the most comfortable?

Best: Vango Odyssey 500 5 Person 2-Room Tent & Crua Core 6-Person Tent

If you’re looking for a camping tent with lots of space for hanging out together, the large Vango Odyssey 500 tent is an excellent option. The communal space is light thanks to the huge windows and the peak center height is tall enough most campers won’t need to worry about it.

The Crua Core tent also comes with a large amount of usable space. It has an even taller peak height of 7′ 6″ and comes with 192 feet of space for you to sprawl out.

Plus, you can add smaller, private camping tents to the Core tent and increase the size and comfort of the tent. You can use the smaller tents as extra rooms or storage space.

Do you need a lot of space in your tent for gear storage?

Best: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

If you’re looking for a camping tent with floor space for camping gear, the Crua Core tent is a great choice. The large porch area at the front of the tent is perfect for storing your gear.

All of the camping tents we reviewed came with handy storage pockets for personal belongings. However, we were disappointed none of these camping tents came with a gear loft! We love a gear loft – they’re great for storing things out of reach from curious kids.

Which tent is best for you?

Which camping tent is best for fitting everyone in?

Best: Crua Core 6 Man Extendable Room Tent

The Crua Core tent has to win out here. The sleeping space holds six as it is. Add the ability to attach additional tents, and there’s no denying this two room tent wins capacity-wise, no arguments.

No matter how large your group size, you can add more tents with two rooms to make sure everyone can fit together.

If you’re wanting something bigger, you can check out our roundup of the best 3 room tents.

the best two room family tent

Best: Vango Airbeam Odyssey 500 5 Person 2-Room Tent

Privacy is important in family camping tents as the kids get older. If you are looking for a large family tent that will work for years of trips together, the Vango is the ideal choice. It’s a great family tent because of the extra space, durability and privacy it offers.

Obviously you can’t expect a ton of privacy from 2-room family tents, you can still hear through them after all.

Short of connecting other tents to yours, the Vango tent offers the most privacy in its two rooms. The room divider is quite thick, providing a feeling of separation that the other family tents can’t match.

Which tent is best for camping with friends?

Best: CORE Instant Cabin 9 Person 2-Room Tent

If you’re camping with friends, the CORE tent is great for hanging out and spending time together. You can toggle the removable room divider so that it’s out of the way and all share the camping tents together.

Which 2 room tent is easiest to setup?

Best: Vango Airbeam Odyssey 500 5 Person 2-Room Tent

Nobody likes a difficult setup, no matter how avid a camper or energetic the person.

For an easy setup, you can’t get anything easier than the Vango Airbeam tent. Granted it’s not the fastest in the world, but it certainly takes the least effort on your part. Plug in the pump, stand back and relax for a moment.

The CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin tent is also an easy tent to setup. With pre-attached poles, you just need to unfold this tent and extend the telescopic poles. Voila! It’s pitched.

Can all these tents be setup by one person?

All of these camping tents will be easier to setup with an extra pair of helping hands but if you’re left alone don’t panic. The best tents with two rooms – all the ones on our list – can be set up by one person.

The CORE tent and the Vango tent have quick pitch technology to make set up easy which helps when you are setting up the tent by yourself.

Top two room tent for coping with bad weather

Which of these camping tents come with extra weather protection features to keep you sheltered during bad weather? Are there any camping tents that are only suited to mild conditions?

Best tent in the rain

Winner: Vango Odyssey 500 5 Person 2-Room Tent and Crua Core 6 Person Tent

If you’re going to be camping in the rain, the last thing you want is a leaky tent.

Both the Vango tent and the Crua tent are designed for camping in the UK so come prepared to deal with light to moderate showers. These top waterproof tents also have a pretty impressive performance in heavy downpours as well.

The Vango two room tent comes with extra features like their fantastic patented Diamond Clear Windows. They’re great for letting lots of natural light in whilst keeping the rain from getting in your camping tent.

Which tent is the most condensation proof?

Winner: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

With the excellent ventilation of the ground vents and spacious interior, this camping tent won’t have issues with condensation even when it is cold and rainy.

Other two room tents might have issues with condensation in the rain as the ventilation gets blocked by a rainfly or closed to prevent the camping tent from leaking water. The angled windows on the Coleman WeatherMaster tent are great for allowing ventilation to circulate the tent even in light rains.

The CORE Instant Cabin tent features a mesh roof. Lots of mesh is great for ventilating the tent in summer but in the rain it can cause problems with leaking.

Can these tents stand tall in the wind?

Winner: Vango Airbeam Odyssey 500 5 Person 2-Room Tent

These camping tents come with Vango’s patented Tension Band System which helps keep their tents stable in strong winds. It’s an excellent feature that helps keep this camping tent standing tall in high winds.

Tall, cabin-style camping tents might catch in the wind as their vertical walls aren’t the best design for windy conditions.

We were also impressed by NTK’s INDY GT tent which comes with their extra thick nano-flex fiberglass poles to improve sturdiness in heavy winds.

Best tent is for 3 season camping?

Winner: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

You don’t want your trip to be a one-off. It would be nice to go out again next year, or perhaps multiple times annually. Can the camping tent survive the test of time, and weather, come to think of it?

As a four season tent, the Crua Core tent with two rooms says yes to the latter. It’s also generally regarded as tough and durable, so the former is covered, too.

If you’re planning some summer camping, the CORE two room instant cabin tent has excellent ventilation to keep you cool even as things start to heat up. The simple design with a ceiling made of mesh materials keeps this camping tent cool in warmer weather.

Which camping tent is the most durable?

Winner: Vango Airbeam Odyssey 500 5 Person 2-Room Tent & Crua Core 6 Person Tent

Both of these two room tents are made from quality materials that should last for years. Their frame and materials are designed to cope with harsh weather which should not lower the life expectancy of these camping tents.

The CORE Instant Cabin tent has pre-attatched poles which can break and are difficult to replace. But the Vango and Crua tents are fantastic and durable camping tents.

As a side note about the longevity of tents with two rooms, Vango’s customer service is wonderful when it comes to trying to extend your tent’s life. Recently I emailed them about a camping tent I had bought second-hand which didn’t have poles and they helped me figure out exactly what I needed to get the tent operational.

Whilst some companies might see a broken or missing pole as an opportunity to make customers buy replacements, Vango really seem committed to helping you get the most out of your camping tent models.

Frequently Asked Questions about two room camping tents

What Are the Advantages of Two rooms in a camping tent?

The biggest advantage of tents with multiple rooms is privacy. The different rooms let trip participants sleep separately and talk amongst themselves while getting a break from the larger group.

If the group is smaller, models with multiple rooms provide separate sleeping and living areas, great for longer trips and glamping.

Lastly, tents with two rooms are fantastic money savers. Picture this: two couples going on a camping trip together. Instead of both spending time shopping for two two-person camping tents for camping, instead, they can pool their money and purchase a tent with two rooms.

Shared ownership lets the couples take camping tents out individually for more glamorous trips, but they can also go together, bond with each other and have a good group time.

Of course all of the tents with two rooms are quite bulky and certainly will never be as light as some of the 2lb ultralight backpacking single room tents out there.

Can you fit queensized air beds in these tents?

Yes! There’s lots of space for queensized air beds in the rooms of these two room tents. The CORE Instant Cabin camping tent can even fit two or three queen size air mattresses. You can also use this space for other gear such as camping cots and family gear.

Fixed or Removable Room Dividers: Which Is Better for camping?

Choosing between fixed and removable room dividers for two room camping tents is a matter of preference.

Fixed room dividers make camping tents feel more like cabin tents (find out about the best camping cabin tent) and can create a sense of enhanced privacy. However, the camping tents with fixed room dividers can also be trickier to set up as the tents are no longer a simple and easy shape.

Removable room divers don’t have this issue, and they have several other advantages. One is the ability to knock through the rooms and open up the two room tents. This makes them feel wonderfully spacious, which is also great for inviting other people to spend time in your tent by day. It creates a single room communal area to hang out and have fun.

Families can utilize removable room dividers for another purpose too: night terrors. Kids get scared, and the younger they are the more likely they’ll have night terrors about bears or haunted woods.

Roll away the camping tent’s removable room divider and you’re all in one room, giving the child a sense of comfort.

How to Connect tent Room Dividers

Connecting room dividers depends on the type of multi room tent you have. Sometimes the room dividers will zip into the camping tent’s ceiling or walls, other times they’re pre-attached.

Read the instructions that came with the camping tent carefully, and search for zippers, velcro and buttons around the inner tent walls if the instructions don’t mention anything.

What’s so great about a screen Room / screen house?

Unlike other two room camping tents here, the screen room is a third room to the sleeping area’s two.

Screen rooms are excellent asset in camping tents — especially tents with multiple rooms. The more rooms you have, the more camping tents can feel like a home away from home. The screen room only adds to that.

Kick back in the camp site with some beers, sit in safety and enjoy watching the kids make a mess, turn it into a sleeping area, a place to store gear or throw a tarp over it in the rain and hang out. There are numerous possibilities, making it an incredible bonus feature to have.

One of the key features of the Coleman Weathermaster tent and NTK tent are the screen rooms. The Coleman WeatherMaster family tent is also shortlisted on our latest review of the best large tent going.

How Much Privacy Can You Expect in a Tent with two rooms?

You can’t expect a ton of privacy from multi room tents. Room dividers are thin, so you’ll still hear each other when speaking at full volume unless your 2-room camping tent is extremely expansive.

Still, a room divider can provide mild comfort to privacy-loving campers.

You don’t have to see your friends snoring away when they’re hidden away in other rooms. You can whisper to your partner so your friends or kids can’t hear, and you can enjoy cuddling without prying eyes and teasing pals.

The Best 2 Room Tent

The best 2 room tent has to be the Coleman WeatherMaster 6 Person Tent as it doesn’t have two rooms, it has three!

Yes, one of those rooms is a screen house, but it has many, many uses alongside the two sleeping areas which fit a queen air mattress each.

It’s a great 2-room tent for livability, and it’s highly versatile. Plus, it’s a total bargain. Sure, it has its flaws when it comes to mastering weather, but they’re easily fixed.