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Hi, fairly new to this site and camping, just back from France camping with my Sunn Camp Vario 400 (which I love). Whilst we were there we discoverd Quecha / Decathlon and the "seconds" tents and were really impressed. Really want to get one for a quick over nighter instead of using the Vario.

Doing a bit of research online and a bit of shoppin around found a few different styles of pop up - the Outwell Jersey, Gelert Quick Pitch but really like the Quecha 3 Seconds Air (which gave me the bug for the pop up initially). However the Outwell has a higher hydrostatic head - 3000. Eeek! To much choice!

Would love to hear your comments and help me decide with my new camping shopping addiction

hi trokey,

we have the outwell jersey as a pup tent for my twins,we chose it for its higher HH and it matches my monty  Putting it up is childs play, but hold onto it when unfolding, rather than frizbeeing it,lol! Putting it down is easy too,once you know how (watch the Quecha video)

i liked the look of the 3 second air,in the heat wave we have had it would be perfect, but not sure the rest of the time?

Last year we met a family from Germany who had Quechua tents. They had 2 and it took them seconds to get sorted. They were travelling around England and only stayed a night or two in each place. We were quite envious watching them pitch in a few mins after it had taken us 30 mins!! Not sure they would be ok for longer hols, but for short away days they look perfect.

Karen

We used a Quechua 3sec tent for 2 weeks touring in scotland earlier this year (Spring bank) together with a khyam freelander for longer stays.Get one you wont be disappointed.

 bought popup tent, a few years ago from makro.

 dead easy lay groundsheet out pull cords at top and presto one tent.

 trow fly sheet on and peg down . time for beer

We have just come back from a lengthy camping trip to France, where we used our three-second Quechua tents for overnights and short-stays. They were simply brilliant; pitched in the blink of an eye, spacious enough for a double airbed and overnight gear (and with enough headroom to sit up in, on the beds) and stood up to all the Mistral could throw at them, not to mention rain which was like a solid sheet!

All tents have plus and minus points, but these did what we wanted and were relatively inexpensive. So, they have an unusual and quite big pack size, no porch provision and rain can drip in if you open the doors during a downpour but we liked that they can be pitched virtually anywhere in an instant and are easily packed up (if you practice first!).

You can't go wrong, for the money.