i just bought "the oversize" kamp-rite this week. i will be taking it for it's first adventure this weekend.
let me say that i got it specifically for situations where i am by myself and setting up in a new location each night - for that scenario the bulk, weight, and small size of the unit are negated by the ease of setup (hopefully). i have plenty of other tents/cots/therm-a-rests etc to cover backpacking, base-camping and just about any other scenario.
however, for the by-myself-new-location-each-night thing, i first tried the backpacking tent and a therm-a-rest. that didn't have much room and the therm-a-rest takes a while to layout and inflate and then is a pain to deflate and roll back up quickly.
so then i moved to a coleman folding cot and coleman small 4-pole dome tent. that setup is quick to deploy and put away and gives you plenty of room as well as i like the cot for being able to sit in a natural position while getting ready for bed.
one downside to this most recent setup was when we wanted to pack up quick in the morning and the underside of the tent was wet - i would have to give it time to dry. i considered getting a separate groundcloth so that if it was wet, it could still be rolled up and stored on the roof rack... but then that's yet another piece to the puzzle.
i had this setup down to a science, everything packed and unpacked and setup the same every time and could be done in 10 minutes... but i'm always looking for something quicker.
i've known several people with the tent-cot, some with the cabela's and some with the kamp-rite. i don't see any difference in them but color and i'm sure they are made at the same factory. the people's i had seen in person where "the original":
i really never considered getting one as it seemed like not enough usable space and if you can't even sit up in then it's not for me. i had heard there was a larger one and so recently i finally went to bass pro to see that one in person. so here is "the oversize" - 6" longer, 4" wider, 16" taller, and 5lbs heavier:
hey even at 6'1" i can sit up in that thing! and it's 90" long by 32" wide so you can actually stretch out inside it... maybe this will work after all.
the first thing i noticed was that the reviewers are right, the built in 3/8" foam pad is useless in the comfort department for a side sleeper anyway.
i tried putting in a luxury xl therm-a-rest (exact right width, and leaves a few inches on each end). i couldn't get the unit to fold back up "well" with the therm-a-rest in it.
next idea - remove the hard foam pad from inside the tent-cot and replace with the therm-a-rest. now if you are in a cold climate you will want both the built-in pad and your own secondary pad that you'll just have to pack separate, but for AZ i think the therm-a-rest alone will be fine.
so right now i can open the therm-a-rest valves and then fold up the unit just fine (the folding up action pushes enough air out of the pad). when setting up i leave it a few minutes to inflate and then blow in about 6 breaths and the pad is just right. slept in it 2 nights, with the factory pad, i woke up several times - with the therm-a-rest, slept all night.
bad cell-phone pic, but you can kinda see how i have the corner therm-a-rest valves coming out of a leg opening in the cot's fabric for easy access:
setting up and tearing down can be confusing at first untill you get a system down and follow it... i wish it didn't have the lounge chair function, i never anticipate using it for that and it just means that unfolding one side always takes a second longer to get it to hinge right and avoid the chair setting.
after a few practice runs in the living room and can set up or tear down completely in 3 minutes 15 seconds flat including re-bagging it and carrying it a few feet.
the biggest downside i see is not having storage for your junk out of the elements... if a rain storm comes up you either need to put stuff in the cot with you (not impossible given it's size), or put stuff in your vehicle. they do sell a little gear bag that hangs underneath the thing that i'll most likely get if i keep it after more testing.
only other downside so far is that with the rainfly it is HOT, and that's setup inside the living room with A/C on! they need to put more vents in the fly, or make it so the bottom of the fly stands away from the cot some to allow more air flow. if i keep it i will most likely be doing some mods.
that's it for the thorough living-room test. i'll post up after the real world test.
I am assuming the #25 in the thread count might have been my reply. 
