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Quechua 2 Seconds II
Tent
(Sleeping Capacity 2 persons)
The
Tent
Our first
Quechua
tent was
in red and used 'everywhere', mostly as a pup tent
for the kids when caravanning, but also for me when
off-roading and wild camping. Stood up to lots of
weather and general abuse, pitched and packed away
with a scant brush over if it's lucky, when wet we
just folded it up and re-pitched it at home to dry!
The inner tent clips to the outer and is removable
if you're pedantic about cleaning it, or if the
outer gets soiled by tree or bird droppings! but
generally stays clipped together. I doubt the tent
would work unclipped as the inner provides a lot of
the stability to the tent, the poles being a single
circle, twisted to form a double figure eight
almost, very clever design.
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This
is our old
one, wild camping |
We usually used it as a pup tent for the
kids |
The only reason we bought a new one was the outer
zip went. Hardly a manufacturing fault in my
opinion. The newer one, available now, uses thinner
poles so is a tad lighter than previous, has a
squarer footprint and slightly larger space inside.
It just takes a double airbed, but two narrow
singles are better. Despite the size, and especially
when alone, there's still plenty room for
bags rucksacks etc, there's a couple of handy
pockets sewn in, a light / lantern hanging point,
enough vents and a door fly screen to keep the tent
warm or cool as necessary.
In bad weather it's
extremely stable, we mostly only use four
tent pegs to
pin it down, occasionally eight, and we've never
needed guy lines, it's that stable. High winds are
just shrugged off, whichever way it's facing which
to me is a sign of good design. In good weather I
reckon it'd get by without any pegs, other than the
front and rear 'poles' pop up slightly so get in the
way of getting in and out, so two pegs would be
enough.
An acquaintance used one as a roof tent
Reservations on it
are similar to any tent these days, it seems, the
sloping doorway lets water in if it's raining, when
you're getting in and out. That's it!
The Verdict
Overall I'm well impressed with this Quechua tent. Many
people see a £30 tent as a festival tent these days,
but these are such good quality, still to give the
new one some real hammer yet, that they have so many
other potential uses. I can't see us ever being
without one, even though we also have two other
tents to choose from!
The
Cost
Currently at
Decathlon
for £29.99 and that's a bargain for such a well put
together tent!
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Reviewed
by Fantic for 365 Camping Caravanning
Reviewed
2010
Note We
recommend with all tents that you see them fully erected and satisfy yourself that the
product is right for you prior to making a purchase.
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