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Pop up tent for camping near car

Pop up tent for camping near car


Postby kaiserstein » Thu May 01, 2014 11:35 am

Can anyone recommend a pop up tent for camping near car during spring to autumn. I have found this which is in my price range and seems reasonable:

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/tent-2-seconds-easy-3-green-id_8300684.html
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Re: Pop up tent for camping near car

Postby RiverSong » Thu May 01, 2014 6:46 pm

It looks a really good tent and seems good value for money. However they are a nightmare to fold up again.
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Re: Pop up tent for camping near car

Postby The Rodmiester » Thu May 01, 2014 7:04 pm

RiverSong wrote:It looks a really good tent and seems good value for money. However they are a nightmare to fold up again.


I second that! I had to resort to U tube to fathom how to fold up again, no wonder most of them are left in situ at music festivals :lol: :lol:
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Re: Pop up tent for camping near car

Postby scoob999 » Thu May 01, 2014 10:34 pm

We just use a high gear pitch and go pop up tent when we have to :shock: does the job, not much else to say really :?
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Re: Pop up tent for camping near car

Postby murwilson » Fri May 02, 2014 7:56 pm

scoob999 wrote:We just use a high gear pitch and go pop up tent when we have to :shock: does the job, not much else to say really :?


Photo's? I need to see this 8) in fact, a video of Fi folding it might be better :lol:

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Re: Pop up tent for camping near car

Postby doggy » Sat May 03, 2014 9:25 am

Plenty of videos on youtube show you how to fold them, once you get the knack they're easy.
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Re: Pop up tent for camping near car

Postby kaiserstein » Sat May 03, 2014 3:56 pm

Tent purchased and used last night. I managed to pack away without use of youtube. Helps that there are colour coded clips which hold it together through each stage of the packing up process. Use of some colourful expletives helped also. All in all seems fairly decent quality for price.
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