Hi just a quick question is there such thing as a "good quality and easy to use pop up tent for 3-5 people with enough room to at least stoop in if you are 6'4".
My brother wants a tent but hates putting them up!.....even our Icarus 500 and canopy ion a total time of 25 mins he was moaning.
Any help would be greatful
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I'm not sure what you mean when you say "good quality" but the quechua base standards 4.2 is a great tent and can be put up and down in minutes - even i can do it on my own!
I bought a Quechua and love it! I use it for loads of things than just camping - changing tent on the beach, shelter in the garden in the summer as well as an alternative for the awning on our FC. The fun bit is learning how to put it away again which should be practiced in the garden otherwise you may be the source of much amusement in a campsite! but once learnt is dead easy!
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The only large poup tents are made by Quechua so thats your choice. large popup tents bring their own problems tho. Packed away they are a disc about a mtre wide & quite thick & heavy, so awkward to handle & fit in a small car with all yer other gear.
De-erecting is a knack, folding them requires a fair bit of force & if they are wet with condensation & you are de-erecting on wet grass you can get quite wet.
Certainly quicker than erecting a conventional tent but the larger ones are not quite as easy as the name 'popup' would suggest.
Quote: Originally posted by Tentz on 01/11/2010
The only large poup tents are made by Quechua so thats your choice. large popup tents bring their own problems tho. Packed away they are a disc about a mtre wide & quite thick & heavy, so awkward to handle & fit in a small car with all yer other gear.
De-erecting is a knack, folding them requires a fair bit of force & if they are wet with condensation & you are de-erecting on wet grass you can get quite wet.
Certainly quicker than erecting a conventional tent but the larger ones are not quite as easy as the name 'popup' would suggest.
Kyham quick erect tents are worth a look as well.
just to add...
drying them properly also really needs them to be openned up, while a pole tent's flysheet can just be draped somewhere...
I have the quechua base seconds and it is a very high quality tent. I haven't read anything other than the op so I apologise if I'm repeating someone elses advice, but the answer may well be two base seconds butted up against each other - one for living in and one for sleeping in.
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