pop-up/quick pitch tents

[Bakunin]

I've always used my guy ropes at festivals, and I've been going to them since I was 17

Guy ropes are great for keeping your tent on the ground, yes.

However, they are also lethal when you're staggering about in the darkness, frantically searching for your own tent while utterly mashed and having trouble staying on your feet as it is.

That said, there are few more amusing sights than some legless geezer going face down in the mire while shouting obscenities that would make a drill sergeant blush.

 

[felixthecat]

That is the sole purpose of pop-ups IMO.

Don't worry about it being difficult to take down. You can be assured that the moment you try to actually sleep in the thing, it will pop-down with great & unexpected ease - Thus ensuring even more good mirth for the onlookers!

believe me, I can't see it popping down with any ease at any time. Once the fucker is up, it stays up.

Bastarding thing

 

[felixthecat]

Guy ropes are great for keeping your tent on the ground, yes.

However, they are also lethal when you're staggering about in the darkness, frantically searching for your own tent while utterly mashed and having trouble staying on your feet as it is.

That said, there are few more amusing sights than some legless geezer going face down in the mire while shouting obscenities that would make a drill sergeant blush.

That legless geezer is usually me btw.

 

[pogofish]

That said, there are few more amusing sights than some legless geezer going face down in the mire while shouting obscenities that would make a drill sergeant blush.

Or a young guy with half-mast "tenting" trousers, trying to stay hot on the heels of a young lady who was down to her bra & heading for her tent fast!

Ahh, the joys of lust & lager.

Gawn, put-out your guys.

 

[pogofish]

believe me, I can't see it popping down with any ease at any time. Once the fucker is up, it stays up.

Just doze-off & down it will come!

 

[felixthecat]

Just doze-off & down it will come!

Well. the boy is off fishing with it this weekend so I'll see how he gets on ............

 

[Bakunin]

Just doze-off & down it will come!

Yep, pop-up tents are the camping version of the Venus Fly Trap.

*Adopts David Attenborough voice*

'The pop-up tent. Silent, stealthy, deadly. It waits silently in the festival campsite, patiently it spies its prey. An exhausted, muddy and inebriated camper is staggering and wobbling slowly across the savannah in search of rest, food and water...'

'The tent waits, and waits, and waits...'

'Suddenly it opens its huge and capacious jaws, beckoning its next meal ever closer with the promise of a night's rest and some food...'

'The camper sees and knows nothing of the tent's true intentions. He staggers inside, thinking that a bed, a pint of water and a cold Pot Noodle are all he needs for the night...'

'And, in a flash, the tent strikes. Snapping shut its mighty jaws, it consumes its prey swiftly and irreversibly...'

'The terrible cycle of Mother Nature, red in tooth and claw, is once more repeated...'

 

[moomoo]

Every time someone talks about pop up tents, I think about the multicoloured one that the children used to have. And then I think about firky and his story about sleeping in a childs tent. And then I crack up.

I was watching someone putting them up at work the other day and nearly wet myself!

 

[Firky]

Every time someone talks about pop up tents, I think about the multicoloured one that the children used to have. And then I think about firky and his story about sleeping in a childs tent. And then I crack up.

I was watching someone putting them up at work the other day and nearly wet myself!

I saw that you had posted to this thread and I knew you were going to mention my play tent

 

[moomoo]

I saw that you had posted to this thread and I knew you were going to mention my play tent

It's got me giggling uncontrollably again.

 

[mr steev]

However, they are also lethal when you're staggering about in the darkness,

I did a proper fall over a guy rope in the dark at endorse it last year... just seconds after my mate had said 'fuckin hell, we've been here two days and ste hasn't fallen over yet!'
I was coming up at the time as well, and wasn't together enough to try and even make any attempt to break my fall. Spent a few minutes lying on the floor, winded, praying that I wasn't gonna end up at the medical tent, much to my mates' amusement

 

[Firky]

It's got me giggling uncontrollably again.

Well the tent I have this year cost a tenner from lidl... we'll see how it goes.

 

[moomoo]

Well the tent I have this year cost a tenner from lidl... we'll see how it goes.

I think I'm about to wet myself!

That made me do a most unladylike snort!

 

[Firky]

It says it is two man and not two children so I reckon it will be alright. If not I'll have to sleep under a van.

 

[baldrick]

Pop up tents are a bit rubbish damn good idea, but the execution is pitiful. Plus they fold down into the most impractical shape ever - impossible to carry comfortably and if you're in a car they take up loads of space.

It's not hard to put up a normal tent, it really isn't.

 

[paolo]

I like 'em. Have always managed to put them away on my own, in about 2 mins. Albeit with alot of swearing.

I've now got a pop up full height communal/gazebo type tent too. And I can put that up on my own in 5 mins.

Tip for taking down, follow the instructions very carefully, and pay particular attention to the 'fold target' marked in one of the steps. If you don't do that, or don't understand where the target really is, it's game over. The very last fold is a leap of faith. It doesn't seem like it could possibly work, but it does.

Good luck!

 

[wiskey]

I've always used my guy ropes at festivals, and I've been going to them since I was 17

I've been going to festivals since I was 1 and I have only felt the need to use the guyropes once because of strong winds.

I have in the past taken scissors to some people who use them as a barrier or, even more stupidly, fail to understand how guy ropes work and put them at the full extension.

I still dont understand why tent makers dont make them all luminous, it does at least give you a slight heads up, especially if you have a rubbish back like mine and falling over in the dark can put a real dampner on your festival.

 

[Bakunin]

I still dont understand why tent makers dont make them all luminous, it does at least give you a slight heads up, especially if you have a rubbish back like mine and falling over in the dark can put a real dampner on your festival.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

*Steals idea*

*Patents it first*

*Makes a killing*

 

[pogofish]

'And, in a flash, the tent strikes. Snapping shut its mighty jaws, it consumes its prey swiftly and irreversibly...'

'The terrible cycle of Mother Nature, red in tooth and claw, is once more repeated...'

We have certainly shared the same camp sites sometime!

Brilliant!

The only thing worse than a pop-up were the ones with inflatable ribs - pssssssssst & down they came! That craze only lasted one season IME.

 

[pogofish]

I still dont understand why tent makers dont make them all luminous, .

Some of us prefer totally antisocial tents that do not attract attention when you are pitching wild in the hills or by a loch with fine fishing.

 

[moomoo]

I've been going to festivals since I was 1 and I have only felt the need to use the guyropes once because of strong winds.

I have in the past taken scissors to some people who use them as a barrier or, even more stupidly, fail to understand how guy ropes work and put them at the full extension.

I still dont understand why tent makers dont make them all luminous, it does at least give you a slight heads up, especially if you have a rubbish back like mine and falling over in the dark can put a real dampner on your festival.

You can get tents with luminous ropes now, I saw some at work the other day.