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The Wenzel Grand Lodge is truly camping in style. A super choice for larger families, especially if you like to spend time on the campground. There’s space enough for the children to be playing inside without being under your feet but this beauty weighs in at 47 lbs so you don’t want to be carrying it too far.

Main Features

Despite the enormous size of the Wenzel Grand Lodge, it has been cleverly designed so as to fit inside a standard campground pitch, thereby not restricting where you can go like some of the larger family tents.

Remarkably, this tent can be easily set up by a single adult! So if you’re other half is busy entertaining the kids that’s OK, you can get the job done single handed.

Although the layout is basic, being just 2 rooms, this makes for easy pitching, usage and access.

The full height of the Wenzel Grand Lodge means you can stand throughout the tent. Backache is something other campers suffer with!

Wenzel have used their Weather Armor fabric for the tent but you still must seal the seams against heavy downpours before setting out.

The roof of the Wenzel Grand lodge is mainly polyester mesh with a removable rain fly. This provides excellent airflow but can give difficulties in terms of heat retention when the temperature falls. Make sure you read our user suggestions for dealing with this issue.

The rain fly itself also suffers potential problems of holding instead of shedding rain. It’s very important that you peg the fly out to the ground independently and not attach it to the support poles. The rain then runs off just as it should.

The floor is a welded tub which means no stitching in the corners. The result is no water seepage so no damp soggy corners.

Now we move on to look at the best and worst aspects of the Wenzel Grand Lodge. There are also dimensions and statistics as well as a collection of user reviews and opinions.

Carry on reading this review about the Wenzel Grand Lodge to get the full picture. You might also like to compare it against others in the Wenzel family dome tent range before choosing which is best for your family.

The Wenzel Grand Lodge has to be the Cadillac of all tents. It’s an excellent choice if you have several children - or dogs! You’ll find you have all the space you could want conveniently laid out. This beauty weighs in at 47lb though so don’t park too far from your pitch!

Main Features

Although the Wenzel Grand Lodge is massive, it has been well though out so as it fits comfortably within a standard campground pitch. This means that in general you are not restricted in where you can go as with some other large family tents.

Remarkably, this tent can be easily set up by a single adult! So if you’re other half is busy entertaining the kids that’s OK, you can get the job done single handed.

The layout is basic, just 2 rooms, but this makes for easy pitching, access and use.

The full height of the Wenzel Grand Lodge means you can stand throughout the tent. Backache is something other campers suffer with!

Weather Armor fabric us used for the outer skin but don’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Make sure you seals the seams against heavy rain before setting out.

The roof of the Wenzel Grand Lodge is predominantly mesh screen so airflow is great. It doesn’t get stuffy even in direct sunlight. However, being so large, heat retention can be an issue when the temperature falls so be sure to read our user suggestions on this point.

The rain fly can have problems of holding water but this is easily solved by pegging it out independently. This is explained further in our worst points section.

The welded tub floor does an excellent job of keeping out water. There is no stitching in the corners so therefore no water seeps in.

Now we move on to look at the best and worst aspects of the Wenzel Grand Lodge. There are also dimensions and statistics as well as a collection of user reviews and opinions.