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See the 11 tests

1. In the Box
2. Set Up & Take Down
3. Base Area
4. Peak Height
5. Vestibules
6. Doors
7. Storage
8. Ventilation
9. Rain & Wind Protection
10. Quality
11. Portability
12. Pros, Cons, Recommendation
13. Bonus: Must Read!

In the Box

• Poles Pre-attachedfiberglass, built into the tent
• Stakes 8in their own bag
• Guylines 4pre-attached, with tensioners
• Compression straps Included
• Gear loft Includedwith 4 S-hooks

Set Up & Take Down

Unfold the body flat, open out the side with the two longer poles so the base goes from square to rectangular, then slide the two ends of the locking mechanism together.

Then grab the drawstrings at the top of the center hub with one hand, lift, and push down on the hub with the other. Every pole runs to that hub, so the whole tent goes up at once.

• Pop up (no staking) 2 min
• Full set-up (with staking) 3.5 min
• Take down (no staking) 2.5 min
• Take down + pack up 3 min

Coming down is the same in reverse, and pressing on the gray poles at the top folds the whole frame flat in one go. The smaller Vista 1 pitches the same way and goes up about 45 seconds quicker, mostly because there’s less of it.

Pro Tip When you drape the rainfly on, check that the vestibule zips end up on the same length as the doors. Get it 90 degrees out and you’ll be climbing through a wall.

Base Area

• Inner length 83in
• Inner width 62in
• Inner area 35.7 sq ftmy most spacious 2-person pop up tent
• Total area with vestibules 44.3 sq ft
• Single sleeping pads 2with a lot of floor left for gear

• Almost-queen mattress 180 x 56in, with a few inches spare by the door
• True queen (80 x 60in) Fits, no space left

Pro Tip If you’re running a queen bed in here, pick one that inflates from the side rather than the head. The Vertex’s side valve lets me inflate it from outside the door. With a bed this size filling the tent, that matters.

Peak Height

• Peak height 40inat the center, though the walls slope off from there
• On a 6in mattress Comfortablesit up with a few inches of headroom, at 5’3

Vestibules

• Vestibules 2identical, 4.3 sq ft each
• Vestibule width 15in eachlongest point
• Vestibule latches 3 per sideI only ever use 2

Doors

• Doors 2one at each length, rare on a pop up tent
• Door size 52 x 32inand they’re identical
• Door zippers 2 eacheach works from inside or outside
• Door latches 2loose, so the fabric unravels on me

Storage

• Pockets 2one on each width, 9 x 4in
• Gear loft 1hooks onto 4 ceiling loops with S-hooks

• Lantern loops 4the gear loft loops, but a lantern still fits alongside it
• E-port None

Ventilation

• Mesh coverage About two-thirdswith the rainfly off
• Cross ventilation 2 doors + 2 vestibules

You don’t have to strip the fly to get airflow either: unzip both vestibules, clip the fabric to the sides, and the two big mesh panels do the work.

• Rainfly vents 1kickstand and Velcro, outside access only
• Rainfly-to-ground gap 2in

Rain & Wind Protection

• Seams taped from the factory Flooring seams + the whole rainfly
• Seams NOT taped Floor-to-body, fabric-to-mesh, vertical, door

• Heavy rain test 1 hrwater hose, stopwatch
• Rainfly after the hour Slightly damp underneathsome water seeped through
• Mesh and tent fabric Still dry
• Leak found Floor-to-body seama few drops, because that seam isn’t taped

Pro Tip Seal that floor-to-body seam yourself and nothing gets into this tent. It’s a 10-minute job and it’s the single best thing you can do for it.

• Guylines 42 front, 2 back
• Wind Light to moderate easilylow peak, aerodynamic dome, and it barely moved

Quality

• Body, floor and rainfly 75D 190T Taffeta
• Bathtub flooring Almost 5ingenuinely useful
• Mesh No-see-umsmooth, silky, holes small enough for the tiniest bugs
• Poles Fiberglassnoticeably thicker than my other pop up tents

The body fabric is good for the money. My one wish is a heavier floor. It wasn’t wet after the hour, but it felt like it wouldn’t have held much longer, so I’d use a groundsheet.

• Stitching Consistentmostly double, single on the pole clip attachments
• Loose threads None
• Defect found 1 pole clip not sewn downsmall, and not enough to put me off

Portability

• Packed size 33 x 8 x 8inabout 30% longer than a Coleman Sundome 2
• Weight (tent + bag) 6.6 lbs
• Weight (with stakes + strap) 7.0 lbs

• Overall packed volume About 80% largerthan that Sundome 2
• Carry bag Shoulder strapa tight fit, but that’s why it packs small

Pros, Cons, Recommendation

So what are the pros and cons, and would I recommend the Teton Vista 2 Quick Tent?

For pros, this Vista Quick Tent has an insane number of features that other pop up tents do not have.

2 doors

It has 2 doors, for a serious amount of cross-ventilation. None of my other pop up tents come with this many doors. And these doors are huge.

2 vestibules

It has 2 vestibules, both generously sized as well.

Lots of storage

It comes with a gear loft, plus 4 lantern loops and 2 pockets.

High quality

It comes with a lifetime warranty.

Very spacious

This Vista Quick Tent is my most spacious 2-person pop up tent, by far, with a whopping 35.7 square feet of space inside the tent, plus an additional 8.6 square feet of vestibule space, for a whopping 44.3 square feet of space in total.

Versatile

Also, this Quick Tent is easily my most versatile pop up tent. You can stake down either side of the vestibule, because both sides come with loops.

Removable rainfly

You can also just take the rainfly off entirely for tons of ventilation on hot days. This is not a common feature for pop up tents because most of them have pre-attached rainflies, plus not a lot of mesh.

Reasonably priced

All for a ridiculously inexpensive price of slightly over $100 bucks, which is how much I paid for it. That’s crazy value for money, considering how high quality this tent is. It holds its place against every cheap tent I put head to head.

Doesn’t pop open right out of the carry bag

If you’re expecting your tent to pop open right out of the carry bag, well, this Quick Tent doesn’t do that. But even so, it takes only 3 and a half minutes to set up, and just 3 minutes to pack up, so still pretty quick. And that’s including staking and guying out the entire tent.

Needs seam sealing for heavy rain

The seam between the bathtub flooring and the tent body is not taped, so you gotta seal this yourself if you’re expecting heavy rain.

Carry bag a bit of a tight fit

I found the carry bag a little bit of a tight fit, but hey, that means it packs down really small for a 2-person pop up tent.

Bonus: Must Read!

Every figure above is from my own testing. Measured by hand, bought with my own money.