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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
I was thinking about getting a REI Hobitat. They are huge. You can play basketball in them.
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I considered the Hobitat for a while as well.
Here are the cons that made me choose otherwise:
The structure is not made to resist high winds. This may not matter for you, but my family does quite a bit of camping in the high desert, were wind can be a serious issue. The Hobitat is more likely to buckle.
The fly does not cover the entire tent. Again, this isn't such a big deal if the rain is coming straight down, but as soon as you have wind and rain combined, the hobitat is going to start getting cold and wet.
The hobitat looks like an ideal camping tent for car camping in forrest conditions, where the trees tend to break the wind and the rain comes down straight. I bet you would be happy with it, but it isn't the right tent for all conditions.