Tents..

[JodiB]

Wanna see more 4.1 action ?

Putting up...

[jimmyd93]

we watched our neighbours (group of young lads) for ages last year. we offered to help, they refused. so we sat and laughed. took them a good 15 minutes to work it out.

[r0cky]

Have to admit I didn't look - just zoomed in, picked up the Base Full, and zoomed out.

There is of course an upside to the modular bits. For smaller festies, the XL III is all I need. It's only Glastonbury where I *really* want more room. On site for 10 days this year, so having a 'lounge' is real boon.

And of course, being able to open all the sides should make for nicer daytime sleeps... which I'll need now I'll be a photo-stalker down in the all night area

[JodiB]

The Quechua Base 4.2 is pretty ace too.

[Langdale Wolf]

I don't usually do tent-envy, always been the first to sing the praises of Coleman tents... but i NEED one of those in my life.

Hmm, Merry Hell's only a hop, skip & a contraflow up the M6 for me too.

[JodiB]

I'm telling you I have done it twice now and it is a piece of piss !

[Langdale Wolf]

I'm telling you I have done it twice now and it is a piece of piss !

[JodiB]

I had a smug grin once I done it ! Wish I did work for them, would have got staff discount. To be fair I have used the Base full for 2 years already and putting it away is exactly the same.

[r0cky]

I don't believe you - I think you're on the payroll at Decathlon. Or even Quechua.

How many times did you have to practise? Did you do it whilst wearing a smug grin?

[Langdale Wolf]

LW Trust us, the Quechua Base tents are really easy to pack-away. The first time I did it, it was straight into the round bag it comes with. I was surprised at how easy it was. There's no complicated twisting on the Base, perhaps due to it's size/shape.

I think the smaller Seconds pop-up tents require a more complex fold, as you described earlier in the thread.

[r0cky]

Saying that, I wonder how I will find the folding process Monday morning after Glasto, when I'm completed exhausted!

[bambina]

I own a Base seconds with the inner bedroom tent and have used it as my luxury one person festival tent for the last 3 years. Folding it down does take a bit of upper body strength, but ive done it when I have been hungover and having had no sleep.

Im liking the look of the 4.1, what sort of base does the sleeping area have? Im just wondering how robust it would be.

[markeee]

all about the tent Felna mentioned ..il be ordering one soon, looks like a luxury tent compared to what I'm used to, a porch I can stand in...ahh good times

[paulo999]

One of these years we'll build 'camp Quechua'. A line of interlinked Base Fulls & 4.1s, with a surrounding village of regular pop ups.

[themuel]

I love this thread! Tent porn is awesome.

Vango seems to be hugely underrepresented though!

I have one of these...

It is a great tent and I recommend Vango to anyone, they are a solid brand.

(Having said that, that Quechua base 4 looks like heaven.)

Edited March 20, 2010 by themuel

[fowls]

Man, the Quechua Base 4.1 looks like tent heaven. Pity it's so expensive.

Think I'll do one more year with my old faithful Tesco tent and then get a decent one for next season. Is there anywhere else other than Decathlon that sells the Base 4.1? There isn't a Decathlon near me

Edited March 20, 2010 by fowls

[incident]

Another new one for this year seems to be the rather nice looking 4 man Seconds XXL:

http://store.quechua.com/tente-quechua-2-s...26_8129414.html

[r0cky]

Is there anywhere else other than Decathlon that sells the Base 4.1? There isn't a Decathlon near me

[fowls]

Decathlon now do delivery if that helps?

[r0cky]

Can't seem to find the 4.1 on the online shop. Can find the 4.2, but that just has the store pricing with no link to buy online. The Decathlon online shop is still in its infancy, so doesn't seem all that useful

[themuel]

I just bought this baby. Pop-up heaven.

Quechua Base 4.1 £139.

[JodiB]

I'm a bit confused. On the Decathlon site it seems like you buy these kind of things as little bits and join them together? Is there anywhere I can just buy that set up from?

Also, the Base seconds 4.2 tent on the decathlon site seems pretty good?

I've always been quite strongly against pop up tents because I haven't thought they were sturdy enough to stand up to bad rain/wind? Are they double skinned?

[themuel]

The Base 4.1 is available in-store, just not on Decathlon website.

Quechua pop-ups are brilliant, will stand up to anything you can give them and are obviously double skinned. In extreme winds (enough to pull out your guy ropes and pegs) they do tend to fold in on themselves but that is also their strength because they will not break and just pop straight back out when the wind subsides. Other makes of pop-up (gelert etc) are not double skinned and should be avoided. Quechua poles are very very break resistant and you can even have people jump ontop of them (as they like to do at Reading & Leeds) and they will just spring back to life un-harmed.

Edited March 20, 2010 by themuel

[JodiB]

Cool thanks!

What do you reckon to this one then, being an experienced pop up tent user?!

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/seconds-base-4-2-74200814/

[thelizardking]

Or something to that effect..