Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent Review (Bought & Tested!)

I bought this tent with my own money and put it through 11 hands-on tests.

Setup 2.5 min
Peak 39in
Base area 29.6 sq ft
Weight 5.4 lbs

The author testing the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *My Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent.*

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Discontinued The Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent has been discontinued and Decathlon no longer sells it. I’m keeping this review up as a record of my testing — every measurement below is still exactly what I found. The version Decathlon sells now is the Quechua 2 Seconds Fresh & Black, which I bought and tested too — the buttons on this page go to that one. If you’d rather compare the whole category first, start with this pop up tent roundup.

Test scorecard · scored against pop up tents

8.1out of 10

Rain Protection10

Ease of Use9

Quality8.9

Spaciousness8

Comfort & Features7.4

Portability7

Ventilation5.7

The Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent is easily my most storm proof tent, and it’s very user-friendly with it — the pack-up is guided, so you won’t struggle with it. Its biggest weakness is that ventilation is definitely limited on both hot and rainy days.

What won me over

Waterproof
Sturdy when guyed out
User-friendly
High quality
Inexpensive

What let me down

Limited ventilation
Base area not very big

Fresh & Black – 2-person Fresh & Black – 3-person Fresh & Black – Updated Easy model

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If you prefer watching to reading, check out my video here instead.

See the 11 tests

In the Box
Set Up & Take Down
Peak Height
Base Area
Doors
Windows
Storage
Ventilation & Condensation
Rain & Wind Protection
Quality
Portability
Pros, Cons, Recommendation
Bonus – MUST read!

In the Box

I bought mine in a physical Decathlon store, so there was no packaging at all — just the tent inside its carry bag.

The Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent as bought from a Decathlon store. — *Straight out of the store: no packaging, just the tent in its bag.*

Poles Pre-attachedfiberglass, built into the tent
Rainfly Pre-attachedgreen, full coverage, and it doesn’t come off
Stakes 9
Guylines 7not pre-attached — you tie them on the first time

The stakes and guylines live in a pocket inside the carry bag.

Set Up & Take Down

Slide the tent out of the yellow strap and it opens into a bigger circle.

The yellow strap holding the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent together. — *The yellow strap is the only thing holding it closed.*

Undo the 2 red buckles, turn the tent 180 degrees, undo the 2 yellow buckles, then unfold it — and it pops up into a freestanding tent by itself.

The author unfolding the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent into a freestanding tent. — *Unfold it and it pops up by itself.*

Pop up (no staking) 0.5 min
Full set-up (with staking) 2.5 min
Take down (no staking) 2 min
Take down (with staking) 2.5 min
Stake loops 42 at the front, 2 at the back

There are 7 guy-out points: 3 at the back, one of which is the rear vent, and 4 at the front. With the guylines already tied on, staking and guying takes about 2 minutes. You can skip it, but I’d at least stake the body down and guy that rear vent out.

The author guying out the 3 rear guy-out points of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *The 3 guy-out points at the back. One of them is for the vent.*

The pack-up is where this tent earns its money. Pull the red buckle out from inside the back, pick the tent up and it folds itself into a big circle, fasten the red pair, flip it, fasten the yellow pair. Then grab the red strap, push the body down, and it makes a figure 8.

The Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent folded into a figure-8 shape. — *The figure 8. Fold it in half and you’re done.*

Fold that in half and you’re back to the small circle. 30 seconds for the stakes and 2 minutes for the tent, so 2.5 minutes all in — I leave the guylines attached.

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It’s easier to watch than to read — here’s my set up and take down video.

Peak Height

Peak height 39inat the front of the tent
Lowest height 30inat the back

With nothing on the floor I can sit up straight at the front without my head touching the top.

The author sitting at the peak height of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *At the front I can sit up straight.*

At the back I can’t, even with no mattress in.

The author sitting at the lowest height of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *At the back I can’t, even with nothing on the floor.*

Base Area

Length 82in
Width 52in
Base area 29.6 sq ft

The width is too small even for a full-sized mattress. My almost full-sized Coleman (73 x 53in) didn’t really fit.

A full-sized camping mattress inside the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *An almost full-sized Coleman mattress (73 x 53in) in the tent.*

One end bulges out the side, so a queen is out of the question.

A full-sized mattress bulging out the back of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *One end bulges out the side. A queen is out of the question.*

Single sleeping pads 2
Full mattresses 1, sort of
Queen mattresses None
Max pad thickness 2.4inDecathlon’s own recommendation

That Coleman is about 8 inches thick and it felt pretty claustrophobic. I could sit up at the center but my head still touched, and at the back I couldn’t sit properly at all.

The author sitting on an 8-inch mattress inside the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *On the 8-inch Coleman there’s barely any livable space left.*

With a Klymit Double V at 2.5 inches of loft it’s a lot roomier and I can sit up everywhere. That pad (74 x 47in) is only slightly bigger than 2 regular pads put together, so it fits perfectly.

The author sitting on a Klymit Double V pad inside the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *On the 2.5-inch Klymit I can sit up everywhere.*

The inner tent body also droops downwards quite a bit, with minimal contact with the rainfly. That keeps condensation off the walls, but it makes the tent feel more closed-in than it is. And there’s no vestibule, so shoes left outside will get wet.

The inner tent body of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent drooping inwards. — *The inner body droops in, barely touching the fly.*

Doors

Doors 1a green outer door over a white inner panel
Door size 41 x 36in

You can zip the green outer door up entirely without touching the white inner fabric.

The author zipping up the green outer door of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *The green outer door zips up on its own.*

Windows

Windows 1the white inner panel, zipped shut
Window size 31 x 8in
Zippers 2 per paneleach one opens from the inside and the outside

Or zip up the white one instead, which leaves you a small window for more ventilation. To close the door from inside you have to unzip the window first.

The window of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *Zip the white inner panel instead and you get the window.*

Storage

Pockets 27 x 6in each, one per side at the front
Lantern loops 1at the back of the tent
Gear lofts None
E-port No

The lantern loop takes something small like a Black Diamond Moji. I once forgot to take mine down before packing up, and it just rolled out nicely on its own.

A lantern hung from the lantern loop of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *The one lantern loop, at the back, with my Black Diamond Moji on it.*

Ventilation & Condensation

Vents 1rear, and it has to be guyed out to open
Rainfly gaps 2one per length, and no water gets in through them
Mesh Regularand there isn’t much of it

The one vent is small, and it only opens if you guy it out.

The rear vent of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent from the outside. — *The only vent. It has to be guyed out to stay open.*

There’s very little mesh on the inner body either, and the green rainfly is full coverage and not removable. Out of all my pop up tents, this one has the least ventilation.

The inside of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent, showing very little mesh. — *There isn’t much mesh in here at all.*

On a rainy day the outer green door has to be closed completely or water will get in for sure. The rear vent can stay open though, and so can the 2 gaps in the rainfly.

For condensation I slept in it on my own overnight with both the window and the door closed. Airflow was definitely limited and it was warmer and stuffier inside than out, but not unbearable.

The author zipping up the door of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent at night. — *Shut in for the overnight condensation test.*

In the morning the walls were completely dry, with a few drops of condensation on the roof. It would probably be worse with 2 people in here.

Condensation on the roof of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *A few drops on the roof by morning. The walls were dry.*

Rain & Wind Protection

Rainfly 2,000mmpolyester, full coverage, every seam factory taped
Flooring 5,000mmpolyethylene
Bathtub flooring Yes, 5in

The roof is curved, so water doesn’t collect at the top — it just drips down.

The curved roof of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent in the rain. — *The curved roof sheds water instead of pooling it.*

The bathtub feature extends about 5 inches up, which I found especially useful when there’s minor flooding.

The author measuring the bathtub flooring of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *The bathtub flooring goes about 5 inches up.*

Rain test 3 daysheavy afternoon thunderstorms, about 3 hrs a day
Result A trickle at ~30 minthrough 2 worn seams at the back corners
Body seams Untapedthey sit fully under the rainfly anyway

Here’s the problem. The 2 corner seams at the back were factory taped, but this is a very old tent of mine and I never re-sealed them, so a little water started leaking in at around 30 minutes. It’s just a small trickle, nothing too serious. The front seams weren’t as worn and didn’t let anything in.

Water leaking through the back corner seams of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *The 2 worn back corner seams. This is where the trickle came in.*

Nothing came through the rear vent or the 2 rainfly gaps. I even left the rear vent open during one test and, surprisingly, no water got in.

The rear vent of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent left open in the rain. — *I left the rear vent open in one test and still nothing got in.*

The test itself was a whopping 3 days of heavy afternoon thunderstorms, about 3 hours a day. Apart from that back corner seam the tent body was remarkably dry — from the 1-hour light rain test right through to the 3-day heavy one, I never once found the walls or the roof wet.

The Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent in a flooded yard during a heavy rain test. — *Day 3 of the thunderstorms. Half my yard was under water.*

For wind there are 7 guylines, 1 for the rear vent and 6 for the body. Fully guyed out it was super stable even when I shook it quite vigorously. I didn’t actually test it in wind, but I’m pretty sure this tent can take quite a beating.

The author shaking the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent to test its stability. — *Fully guyed out at the front. I shook it hard and it barely moved.*

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You can watch the rain test on my channel — it covers both of my Quechua 2 Seconds tents.

Quality

Flooring Polyethylenethick and rugged
Rainfly Polyesteralso thick and rugged
Tent body Polyesterquite a bit thinner, but no issues with it
Stitching Double, consistentnot one loose thread anywhere in the tent
Zippers Catch-freenot super smooth, but nothing snags

Every rainfly seam is taped, and so is every bathtub-flooring seam. This is an old tent though, so I should have re-sealed them — the tape is worn and peeling off in places.

Worn seam tape on the floor of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *The floor seam tape is worn, and peeling in places.*

The fiberglass poles are still going strong after a few years of light use; none of them have broken on me. The carry bag is polyester with pockets for the stakes and guylines, and the tent has always gone back in without a fight.

Portability

Packed size 26 x 26 x 6in
Weight 5.4 lbsthe tent and carry bag alone, without the stakes
Straps 1 handle, 1 shoulder strap

The Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent beside a Coleman Sundome 2. — *From left to right: Quechua 2 Seconds, Coleman Sundome 2, 32-oz Nalgene.*

That’s it beside a Coleman Sundome 2 and a 32-ounce Nalgene bottle, for scale.

Pros, Cons, Recommendation

So what are the pros and cons, and would I recommend the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent?

Super storm proof

The biggest one by far. I put this Quechua 2 Seconds Tent through 3 days of heavy afternoon thunderstorms, and no more than a few drops of water leaked into the tent.

Sturdy when guyed out

It’s also super, super sturdy when fully guyed out.

Very user-friendly

It pops open in 30 seconds, and if you want to stake and guy it out, the full set up takes only 2.5 minutes. The pack up is guided, so you won’t struggle with it, and takes just 2.5 minutes as well.

The color-coded yellow buckles of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *Color-coded buckles and straps: the pack-up walks you through it.*

High quality

I also found the materials high quality.

Inexpensive

And it’s pretty inexpensive for a good quality 2-person pop-up tent.

Ventilation is limited on both hot and rainy days

The green rainfly is not removable, it’s full coverage, there are very few vents, and very little mesh on the inner tent body.

Base area not very big

A full-sized mattress bulges out the back of the tent, and you can fit only 2 pads with a little leftover space. To be able to fit a full or queen mattress, you have to get the 3-person version instead.

The author measuring the base dimensions of the Quechua 2 Seconds Pop Up Tent. — *Measuring the base. 29.6 sq ft is not a lot.*

Overall recommendation

Overall, I really like this tent despite the limited ventilation. I’ve had this pop up tent for many years now, I really do think that Decathlon makes great products, and there is no other pop-up tent in the market that can beat the rain and wind protection of this tent. If you’re choosing between this and the newer version, my regular vs Fresh & Black head-to-head covers every difference I measured.

Bonus – MUST read!

I bought, tested and compared 7 of the best pop up tents on the market in this pop up tent roundup, so if you’re shopping now that’s the place to start.

Or, check out the Fresh & Black version that replaced it: