Pop up tents..
Discussion
Just bought one of these
http://tente.quechua.com/en/tent/r-8,a-62,tente-2-...
Anyone had any experience with half decent pop ups like this? I love camping but hate pitching tents so hopefully this will be the answer.
http://tente.quechua.com/en/tent/r-8,a-62,tente-2-...
Anyone had any experience with half decent pop ups like this? I love camping but hate pitching tents so hopefully this will be the answer.
We've got a slightly smaller Quechua 2 Seconds. It's been great.
Watch their folding away video several times until you know it by heart. Then go in the garden and try it a few times. The diagrams on the tent itself are hard to follow, because showing a 3D motion in a 2D drawing is tricky. You see people at festivals struggling away but it's actually very easy if you know what to do.
Watch their folding away video several times until you know it by heart. Then go in the garden and try it a few times. The diagrams on the tent itself are hard to follow, because showing a 3D motion in a 2D drawing is tricky. You see people at festivals struggling away but it's actually very easy if you know what to do.
sherman said:
I have a pop up tent. I spent more time trying to get it back in to its bag than I did sleeping in it. I shall never buy a pop up tent again.
A decent quality normal tent with poles that you have to thread your self is much easier to use.
sjg was there. Laughing at you trying to fold it back up A decent quality normal tent with poles that you have to thread your self is much easier to use.
This is the one we have: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1MHuwLBcwE
It really is as easy as she makes it look.
It really is as easy as she makes it look.
We used this one last year
http://tente.quechua.com/en/tent/r-7,a-3,base-seco...
Takes 10 mins to put up and down . The first time took a while to work out how to put away but is easy now.
http://tente.quechua.com/en/tent/r-7,a-3,base-seco...
Takes 10 mins to put up and down . The first time took a while to work out how to put away but is easy now.
I've had a Quechua pop-up tent for years now, bought originally from e-bay in 2004 it's gone all over the world with me and I love it.
As a single camper, it's so much easier to assemble..... get it out, throw it in the air, peg it to the ground and away you go.
Putting it away is a little more skilled and I struggled for a while initially, but a bit of practise will see you right.
I wouldn't have another type of tent now that's for sure.
As a single camper, it's so much easier to assemble..... get it out, throw it in the air, peg it to the ground and away you go.
Putting it away is a little more skilled and I struggled for a while initially, but a bit of practise will see you right.
I wouldn't have another type of tent now that's for sure.
The main problem with pop up tents, apart from trying to un-pop them, is their lack of flysheet. You've only got one bit of nylon between you and the elements, which means condensation and leaks when the rain comes down for any length of time.
It takes me less than 15 minutes by myself to erect my 3 man tent with its porch. Even it's raining, the flysheet is already on the tent and therefore the inner chamber remains dry while I put it up.
It takes me less than 15 minutes by myself to erect my 3 man tent with its porch. Even it's raining, the flysheet is already on the tent and therefore the inner chamber remains dry while I put it up.
Going to have to disagree with you there Alfa... my tent's been used in all kinds of conditions, including one memorable bank holiday weekend in Brean where most of the rest of the campsite gave up and went home in the middle of the night due to the high winds and driving rain.
I slept through (unassisted by beer) until morning, woke up dry, warm and un-condensated!!
(more than could be said for one of the other families that I was with, their (normal) tent ended up in the campsite skip!
They really are good... in fact, the only downside for me is that I have to bring my shoes inside the tent at night as there's not really any kind of porch area.
I slept through (unassisted by beer) until morning, woke up dry, warm and un-condensated!!
(more than could be said for one of the other families that I was with, their (normal) tent ended up in the campsite skip!
They really are good... in fact, the only downside for me is that I have to bring my shoes inside the tent at night as there's not really any kind of porch area.
alfa pint said:
The main problem with pop up tents, apart from trying to un-pop them, is their lack of flysheet. You've only got one bit of nylon between you and the elements, which means condensation and leaks when the rain comes down for any length of time.
It takes me less than 15 minutes by myself to erect my 3 man tent with its porch. Even it's raining, the flysheet is already on the tent and therefore the inner chamber remains dry while I put it up.
There are lots of cheap crap ones that are like that, for the disposable festival market. The Quechua ones are a proper inner and flysheet design and just as weatherproof and able to vent condensation as anything else. Ours had dealt with several downpours just fine.It takes me less than 15 minutes by myself to erect my 3 man tent with its porch. Even it's raining, the flysheet is already on the tent and therefore the inner chamber remains dry while I put it up.
If it's tipping it down, I just throw it out, four pegs in and jump inside. Even the pegs are optional if you're in a real hurry to get in the dry, they just keep it on the ground.
rhinochopig said:
Excellent country pub tent to keep in boot of car. Get beer head on but have car. Ask if you can camp in the beer garden and get drunk all day then stumble to your car throw the thing in the air and crawl inside and pass out. Try that with poles and 8 pints! 
I wish I could restrain myself to 8 pints if I was on an all day session...As others have said, Quechua pop up tents are brilliant. The air ones are good as well, as you can adjust (from the inside) a flow of air to cool you down, if it's hot or warm. They come with an inner and outer sheet and are put up in around 15 seconds.
Putting them down can be an art and depending on the model and size they are sometimes a little different to put down, which can lead to confusion - friends of mine offered to help put mine away, they've both got Quechuas as well but a bit older... They couldn't put mine away.. It's a bit akin to those puzzles you get, there's the one key step you need to be aware of and remember (!) and then it comes down and packs away really quickly.
If I could buy shares in the company I would.
Putting them down can be an art and depending on the model and size they are sometimes a little different to put down, which can lead to confusion - friends of mine offered to help put mine away, they've both got Quechuas as well but a bit older... They couldn't put mine away.. It's a bit akin to those puzzles you get, there's the one key step you need to be aware of and remember (!) and then it comes down and packs away really quickly.
If I could buy shares in the company I would.
Quick update here..
I got the tent through and thought I do an experiment. One go with no instructions.. less than five minutes to put up and gave up trying to put it away
Quick watch of a youtube vid and had another go... 2 minutes max to put up and 4 or 5 to get it away and in the bag.
Fantastic bit of kit and highly recommended. It comes with a base layer of nylon and you pitch over that with a second base and it velcro's on to that.
Away this weekend in the Forest of Dean (climbing Tintern Quarry) in it so I'll pop up what it's like when I've been out properly with it. Weather doesn't look great so maybe I'll find out how weather proof it is
I got the tent through and thought I do an experiment. One go with no instructions.. less than five minutes to put up and gave up trying to put it away
Quick watch of a youtube vid and had another go... 2 minutes max to put up and 4 or 5 to get it away and in the bag.
Fantastic bit of kit and highly recommended. It comes with a base layer of nylon and you pitch over that with a second base and it velcro's on to that.
Away this weekend in the Forest of Dean (climbing Tintern Quarry) in it so I'll pop up what it's like when I've been out properly with it. Weather doesn't look great so maybe I'll find out how weather proof it is
Edited by Tiger Tim on Tuesday 3rd April 12:56
We've got a couple of these pop up tents, they are great. The first time we used it on a campsite we got large crowd assembling watching us trying to pack it away, i think while i was folding it i let go and ended up inside it! 
The OH has mastered putting it in the bag in about 10 seconds now
The OH has mastered putting it in the bag in about 10 seconds now Tiger Tim said:
Just bought one of these
http://tente.quechua.com/en/tent/r-8,a-62,tente-2-...
Anyone had any experience with half decent pop ups like this? I love camping but hate pitching tents so hopefully this will be the answer.
We have one exactly the same as that. All the tips are there in terms of putting it up and taking it down. Watch the video a lot. Get used to it. Test yourself again a week later!http://tente.quechua.com/en/tent/r-8,a-62,tente-2-...
Anyone had any experience with half decent pop ups like this? I love camping but hate pitching tents so hopefully this will be the answer.
The only other downside is the bag they come in. The shape isn't really useful for carrying far. Ours is for use as a base tent, so gets put up next to the car on a camp site, and was fine.
The only time I'd buy anything else is for backpacking, when shape and weight are more of an issue.
Yes, the big disc bag is not ideal to cart about. Easy enough to attach to a backpack for a walk from the car at a festival but not a backpacking tent by any stretch.
Quechua do a "quickhiker" tent though with two arcs of separable poles, which folds into a small bag:
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/quickhiker-ii-tent-id_8...
Quechua do a "quickhiker" tent though with two arcs of separable poles, which folds into a small bag:
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/quickhiker-ii-tent-id_8...
K50 DEL said:
Going to have to disagree with you there Alfa... my tent's been used in all kinds of conditions, including one memorable bank holiday weekend in Brean where most of the rest of the campsite gave up and went home in the middle of the night due to the high winds and driving rain.
I slept through (unassisted by beer) until morning, woke up dry, warm and un-condensated!!
(more than could be said for one of the other families that I was with, their (normal) tent ended up in the campsite skip!
They really are good... in fact, the only downside for me is that I have to bring my shoes inside the tent at night as there's not really any kind of porsche area.
Don't think you'll get your car in as well, unless you have a popup porsche I slept through (unassisted by beer) until morning, woke up dry, warm and un-condensated!!
(more than could be said for one of the other families that I was with, their (normal) tent ended up in the campsite skip!
They really are good... in fact, the only downside for me is that I have to bring my shoes inside the tent at night as there's not really any kind of porsche area.
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