To: Dave Gore who wrote (473 ) 8/2/1998 1:56:00 PM From: Butch4327 Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Offhand I can only remember one store specifically . . . it was while I was recently up in Montreal (And the only reason I remember that store is because that's where I bought my pack for my upcoming trip to Europe). . . the store was called Baron sports and I believe they have a website at baronsport.com . . . (Sorry, I don't know how to do active links.) Anyway, what I asked the person there was basically what I asked others . . . . I asked if they carried the "Quicktent" tents (Was especially interested in that while I was up in Canada . . . for if Quicktent had reached our friends to the North, that could be seen as a good sign.) . . . He explained to me that they did not carry them and probably never would. So I asked why and asked if he'd ever tried the tents. He said he had tried the QT's once and would never try them again. (He was the one who said that they were rather gimmicky . . . not I . . . I only relayed the comment.) He said that while they may be fairly easy to open, they can be hell to put back. Which would seem to make logical sense since the parts ARE all attached . . . getting them to all fit back in the carrying bag could be quite an endeavor. Further, he said that no experienced camper would probably ever buy it, since for them it doesn't take long to put up a tent anyway, and the standard tents would be easier to put away.
