[Closed] decathlon tents any experiences?

Got a 3 man pop up and a gazebo from Decathlon. Both excellent. Easy to get up and down. Have been totally reliable

Got the four person inflatable, an absolute doddle to put up, on the advice of a member on here I bought a ground sheet to match the ground plan, so from getting that out and pegged, putting the tent on top, pegging each corner, inflating it, finishing pegging it and setting the guy-ropes took about twenty minutes. That was on my own, if there’s two of you it would probably be quicker. Taking it down took a bit longer, but it had been raining, everything was wet, so I was trying to knock most of the water off before folding it away; if dry, then probably not much longer than it was to put up. My smaller regular tent usually took closer to an hour on my own, fannying around trying to get the sodding poles through their pockets took an age. When I put the inflatable up at Greenman last year, I’d only just bought it, so it was a bit of an experiment, but a lot of people were very interested, the couple next to me took details and were going to buy their own.

This is the one I’ve got;

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/air-seconds-family-41-xl-id_8384152.html

thanks for the feedback reckon I'll take a trip to go outdoors to see what they can do at the same price point and then most like get the decathlon tent.  quite excited only ever had budget (sub £100) tents

Decathlon tents are good value for money, no doubt. They’re good for fair weather, the only things I didn’t like were : no direct access to air tubes in case of puncture/air leak and ground sheet isn’t sown in. So if it gets windy, you might feel a bit of a draft on lower edges of floor.

Those were my personal observations in the shop, but I’m sold on their new Black&Fresh slogan.

Count Zero, a quick Question for you

i have been been thinking of that tent you have but wondered about the front porch in rain, if open does it drip water into the inside ?

does look like a great deal but can’t quite decide cos of that niggling doubt

We have a Halfords 6 man air tent that cost just £300 in the sale about 3 years ago. We have had about 6 weeks camping in it, including some very heavy Alpine downpours. It has been excellent and well worth the initial £300.

I would buy a Decathlon tent too.

Have three- and four-man popups, and a four-man, err, non-popup that's bigger inside for longer trips, all been fantastic value, good quality and smart design. The popups are just starting to go in places where you fold them down but they owe us nothing, they've had a LOT of use. Fully recommend.

I have a 4 man 'pop' up tent from decathlon I think its called an XXXL Seconds. Considering it cost about £150 its amazing and though we bought it as a weekend/bank holiday tent, its actually been used for weeks etc as our main tent is such a ballache to cart around and pitch.

However they all seem to be air beam style now and I'm not sure what problem this solved....they are more expensive, more fragile, take longer to pitch and don't pack down much smaller. Everyone I know with one of the cheaper pump up tents has had problems or the design is not quite good enough yet everyone who bought the cheap pop up tents loves them.

i have been been thinking of that tent you have but wondered about the front porch in rain, if open does it drip water into the inside ?

Yes, it does a bit, although not enough to bother me, and my previous tent did the same.

I’m pretty sure the ground sheet is an integral part of the tent, it came fully assembled, inner compartments already in place, and it’s first outing was a very wet Greenman Festival last year, and it was perfectly fine right through the weekend. I use a separate groundsheet, but solely for the purpose of keeping the underside of the tent clean for putting away, it cost peanuts, and can be used on its own for other outings.

I can’t speak for the robustness of the air tubes, but I can’t see how, under normal circumstances, a tube would puncture. Decathlon have a repair facility, but I wonder how many inflatable tents costing a lot more are also repairable on-site. As for longer to put up, you did read what I said about mine? As a single person, putting up a large, four-person tent, it took roughly fifteen-twenty minutes, the little three-person tent I have took roughly an hour for me to set up, so where the ‘take longer to pitch’ comes from I have no idea! I love the design, it’s huge inside, I can stand up in the ‘living room’, with about a foot headroom, the bedroom has got stacks of space, and it’s better in so many ways than my smaller tent. I also didn’t think it was that expensive, at a tad under £200.

Had a pop up family tent for 6 years. Excellent product. Great value. No reason to buy anything else really.

"so where the ‘take longer to pitch’ comes from I have no idea! "

From the part where he has a pop up tent that takes about 10 minutes(i also have a 4 man xxxl seconds) to errect vs your 20 minutes for the air beam

I think the air tents are undoubtedly faster than traditional pole tents, but they can't be quicker than the pop-up ones.

They are easier to take down though. I have seen my friends with a 4 man pop up tent, stuck head and upper body, to the waist, "inside" the folds of a pop up as they go through the contortions required to pack it away. One false move at any point and it pops up again, nearly taking you nose off.

I once watched an angry man try and put away a two man pop up tent.

He was at it for half an hour then he got really angry triedto stuff itinto a large eurobin.

You can imagine how wellthat panned out...

Whats Wheobsessionwith speed anyway. I quite enjoy constructing my retro cabanon chambord. Itreminds of an old documentary about a circus with everyone pitching in to raise the big top.

"They are easier to take down though. I have seen my friends with a 4 man pop up tent, stuck head and upper body, to the waist, “inside” the folds of a pop up as they go through the contortions required to pack it away. One false move at any point and it pops up again, nearly taking you nose off."

did he bother with the instructions..... it goes away as quick as it goes up and takes up very minimal space in the vehicle. 4 man airbeams ive seen would need a wheel barrow to get from the car to the pitch

I once watched an angry man try and put away a two man pop up tent.

I have been that man!!!!  Managed to do it in the end (wasn't my tent, the owner had stormed off)..........

The biggest disadvantage of the airbeams do seem to be the weight and size.

As to the op. I have a 3 man ultralight backpacking tent from decathlon 10 year old. Still good loads of use. Last year bought a 4 man "family" tent non inflatable. So far so good.

Just following to get the general feeling of newer Decathalon tents.

Looking at one of these to use as an awning:  https://www.decathlon.co.uk/air-seconds-base-xl-inflatable-camping-shelter-id_8358157.html

We had a 4 man "pop up".

Had no problems with it and it was well designed, even had a little washing line inside. Camped in it quite a bit and it went through a few downpours.

The "pop up" part doesn't really seem to save that much time and made it a bit more confusing to put up, which is mainly an issue when you lend it to somebody then find it all twisted up the next time you use it!

Only sold it when we had a baby. I'd just get a normal tent next time.

Seriously? Lay out the groundsheet, take out the tent, nail it down - even on my own it takes literally about five minutes to put up our four man. Bit longer to take it down, mebbe ten or fifteen, but they are quick to deal with.