RoShamBo

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Anyone know where I can get self erecting tents (if they exist) - 2 berth.
Dont want the hassle of putting it up so looking for a tent that younjust take out of its bag & its up....or is that wishful thinking ?

R.

wrxtankie

You can get them but putting them away is an art form.
I'd try Milletts.

Jamie

http://www.camptents.com/#Quickdraw

Scooby Soon!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUECHUA-2-Seco...QQcmdZViewItem

Patt@firstime

That ebay one looks a bargain

Brendan Hughes

I've got the ebay one. Hilarious, great for our teenage son when we went to Picos de Europa last summer. One problem - not good in rain, I think the gap between the inner and outer layers is not enough. I've bought a couple of cannisters of Nikwax to throw at it. I also wouldn't use it for hiking as it packs to a big flat disc, like having a massive dustbin lid strapped to your back, but it slides in the boot of the car OK.

That's a "2-second", which is quite intimate for 2 people - Quechua now do a "3-second", which is intimate for 3 but probably fine for 2. RRP €59, so £40!

Go to www.quechua.com and type tente in the search box. (Not great results I'm afraid)

simo

I find watching late night TV in bed gets a self erecting tent no problems

worley

Don't do it, you'll spend some of your money on the 'putty uppy bits', losing out on a tent that will stay up in a strong wind and keep out a light shower. Have you ever slept in a wet sleeping bag??

Buy a dome tent with a good porch and groundsheet - aluminium poles if your budget can stretch. You can put these up in less than 5 minutes, assuming your not blind or stupid...

Nik

Scooby Soon!

Whatever you do dont get anything square shape(ish)

A couple of years ago I had to sleep in a tent that had a pitched roof, i was sure it wasnt going to be any good even though it was quite expensive.

So off i want to sleep cuddled up to my wife (how ****ing cold is it at night in the summer!) woke up at about 2am it was chucking it down with rain which was dripping on my head.

I stood up and immediatly hit my head on a huge sag of tent filled with water, being slightly tired i for some unknown reason decided to push it out. This created what i can describe as a mini Tsunami which (because we were on a slight slope immediatly came back in to the tent and flooded everything!

That was the last time I will ever sleep in a tent, hotels or caravans for me from now on!

Suresh

Nicely put. That's what I was thinking.

GU5

The Quechua ones were in Decathalon sport shop the other month.

ChrisB

Decathlon sell all manner of Quechua branded stuff and it's not bad for the money.

Might also be worth looking at the Khyam Rapidex tents

Chrisgr31

Hence why my tent is tall enough for me to stand in. After a wet Le Mans got fed uo with having to cralw around not touching the edges! SO new tent is a 5 man tent all for me! Need to find a volunteer help put it up though!

Leslie

I have never heard of those, it must be really entertaining watching them put themselves up!

Les

Brendan Hughes

Les, the Quechua ones actually made me laugh out loud the first time I tried. They are constructed by all the fabric sewn around two fibreglass hoops, of, say, 4ft dia. To pack them, you simply twist the hoops into a figure 8 and fold the two resulting circles of about 2ft dia onto themselves - so they are under constant tension. Thus, when you unpack and throw them into the air, they just spring open again, and voilą! Look around the ebay link, it says there's a video (which I haven't watched).

Leslie

I'll have to have a look for that then Brendan.

Les

Jay m A

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Sounds the same as our daughters mini play tent. NFW can I get the thing back into its small disc shaped storage bag. If that is anything to go by, the 10 mins you save by opening the thing turns into a 2 hour struggle getting the ******* back in from whence it came!

Brendan Hughes

We were foxed for 20 mins by the instructions, until we found another leaflet which had the one crucial fold that the instructions were missing. After that, it was pretty much as simple as described above.

Graz

Had my Khyam tent for best part of 10 years. Not self erecting but quick erecting. I can put mine up in a few minutes. Used it several times a year for car camping trips and festivals and it has never let me down.

The only time it has ever leaked was during the massive storm at Glastonbury last year, even then it was only a little bit, I doubt there were many tents there that didn't.

I will be buying another Khyam tent soon as it is on its last legs now