In the market for a new pop up tent but not sure which one to get?
Pop up tents make camp set up and pack down super easy, but there are a ton of different
options out there so it can be difficult to choose the right one for you.
In this video, I will run you through the best pop up tents in Australia.
First, I’ll introduce you to my top 4 picks, then I’ll compare each of these models against
a number of criteria such as price, weight and waterproofing ability to see which one
comes out on top!
As always, you can find links to all of these tents as well as their latest prices in the
video description below!
There’s also a link to the full comparison of these tents over on my website, OutdoorExplorer.com.au.
Let’s get started!
The 4 tents that I’ll be taking you through today are:
Explore Planet Earth Speedy 4 Black Hole
This is an outstanding tent, and my number 1 pick when it comes to pop up tents in Australia!
It is built really well, has excellent waterproofing and is backed by a 3 year warranty.
However, the best thing about this tent is that the tent material is sunlight blocking!
This makes it easy to sleep in beyond the crack of dawn when you are out camping.
It also has built in LED lighting so that you can use the tent day or night.
Kmart 3 Person Pop Up Tent
I know that not everyone has the budget to afford some of the better quality pop up tents
out there, so I have included this cheapie from Kmart.
It’s very cheap, but it’s noticeably smaller and poor quality than the other models I discuss
in this video.
The tent material feels very thin and I only recommend it for use in fair weather as it
is only water repellent, not waterproof.
Outdoor Connection Easy Up 4
This is another very well built tent from Outdoor Connection.
It is spacious, has great ventilation and has large doors on both ends for easy access.
Malamoo Cicara 3.0 Pop Up Tent
This is the largest and most spacious pop up tent on this list, thanks to a large vestibule
at the front of the tent which is very useful for storing gear.
Despite its large size, it is still relatively affordable.
Unfortunately, people have complained that the poles on this tent are a bit flimsy and
prone to breaking.
Oztent claim to have fixed this in the latest model.
All of these are 4 person tents, except for the Kmart one, which only comes in a 3 person
variety.
In saying that, the Kmart tent can only comfortably sleep 2 people, so it is considerably smaller
than the other tents.
The other tents come in a variety of sizes, ranging from 1 person up to 4 person sizes.
Let’s see how they compare against each other.
All right, so the first thing we'll take a look at is how the price compares for each
off these pop up tents, and you can see that most of them apart from that came up.
10 are all sitting in that 2 to $300 range, with the speedy black hole in the outdoor
Connexion 10 being right on $300 basically, and the malum you seek are being a little
bit cheaper down there.
At about 230 the K Mart 10 is far, far cheaper than the rest, sitting at around $50.
So, yeah, I do recommend that came out.
10.
If you are on quite a tight budget and your budget can't stretch Teo, afford some of these
other more premium tents.
But as you'll soon see them by going with the Kmart Ugo, you know it is a lot cheaper,
but does lack the quality that the's other tents do.
You have, of course, these prices that correct at the time of me shooting this video.
But they will change over times.
Police cheque out the video description for links to the latest prices, as well as to
the price comparison on my website, where you can access their latest prices from all
of the retailers.
So next up we have the sleeping area of each of these tents, and basically the Mala Moussa
Kara is firing above Thie largest tent when it comes to a sleeping area.
I've got it down here at eight square metres, but that's actually a little bit of a guess
as they don't give the precise sleeping area thie area that give includes the vestibule
at the front of the tent, which is fairly large.
So I've made allowance for that, and I'm estimating about eight square metres, maybe a little
bit less for the actual sleeping area.
In any case, it's far higher than the other tents.
So yeah, you can see that you do get a lot more extra area there on DH.
That's even considering that it is cheaper than the big, speedy black hole in the outdoor
Connexion.
10 became a tent is the smallest by quite a way, at only four square metres.
Yeah, it's really only suitable for two people.
In my opinion, even though they do call it a three person pop up 10, it is quite a bit
smaller, so just do consider it, even though is cheaper than these other models here.
It's kind of not really on the same level playing field because it is actually more
of a two person tent.
If you were to look at the two person 10 of each of these other varieties, you would find
them to be far cheaper and a little bit more comparable to the came up 10 in that case,
so that the cost difference is not so great when you factor in the smaller size of the
came up.
10.
Next up, we have the internal head high, which is kind of just giving you a feel for how
roomy the tent is.
Can you sit up fully inside the tent, or is it really low squat 10.
Where it was really like you haven't got much space above you?
There's a fuel like a little bit claustrophobic, and you can see that the Kmart tender is really
quite short of just 105 centimetres off internal head height, so it does feel a little bit
claustrophobic in there.
You can sit up fully inside the tent, but you don't have a lot of clearance above your
head.
It's quite tight there you had for a tall person you had probably brushing the top of
the tent when you sit up.
Where is the other tents?
Have arm a fair bit more space there and again, The Mala Moussa Kara I'm comes out on top
with 145 centimetres of internal head height there a CZ well as being the largest for overall
sleeping area.
So yeah, the Mallamo is definitely the most spacious tent on this list.
Next up, we have the pact of volume.
I mean, if you're going to find a tent in your car and driving it everywhere, they're
going to be using it.
This is not such a big deal for you, I suppose, assuming that you've got plenty of space in
your boat to store it.
But you can see here there is a pretty big difference in the packed a volume of these
tents with the came out one of course, being much a smaller tent packs away to a much smaller
volume as well.
Where is the outdoor?
Connexion is actually fairly bulky when packed up, comparatively speaking in saying that
all these tents don't take up a huge amount of space if you if you transport them in your
car, you won't really notice the extra volume that the outdoor Connexion tent takes up there.
So, yeah, that's not really too much too big a deal.
In my opinion, wait is a bit of a similar one.
If you are going to be covering the 10 a lot.
This is important for you, but most people won't be.
They'll be talking in the boat and they'll be pulling up to where they're going to camp.
Checking the 10 straight out onto your campsite so it's not a big deal but you can see again
came out.
10 is much lighter than the other ones in saying that the other models a row in that
kind of the 67 kilogramme range, which is still quite lighting very easy for one person
to carry on their own.
No problem.
So yeah, the role.
We're all quite like tense.
Thankfully, next up is thie season rating.
Feature of these tents and season rating is basically a number a scientist tents to give
you an indication of what kind of whether they could be used in where they're suitable
for winter camping or just for a kind of saline and autumn spring camping.
And all of the 10 c R rated as 2 to 3 season tents, whereas the K Martin doesn't actually
give a season rating, so that may be indicative of it not being suitable for perhaps more
adverse weather conditions and you can say as well.
With the waterproof rating on the fly feature of these tents, the speedy black hole comes
out on top with a nice 3000 millimetre waterproof rating, and the outdoor Connexion in Malibu
are also pretty good at 2000 millimetres there that came out 10 is actually only only has
a ready in 1000 millimetres sort of right in that borderline where it's actually barely
considered waterproof.
Mohr just over water repellent material on That's what I don't really recommend using
the Kmart tent.
If you think he might be camping in rain or any kind of adverse weather, it's probably
not really suitable for that.
It's really a tent meant for really fair weather camping.
I'm nothing, nothing too serious when it comes to whether they're so you keep that in mind
as well.
Next up, we have ventilation off the tent, and this is quite important for two reasons.
Firstly, in summer, you want plenty of ventilation.
You tend to help you get some fresh air in there and keep you cool.
But in winter, new ventilation is important as you'll find out if you have a 10 with poor
ventilation that you get an accumulation of condensation in your tent overnight, a cz
the the air in the tenant humidifiers and becomes more moist and then as it cools down
when it hits the edge of the tent.
Then you and I were with condensation forming unit with a lot of water inside your tent.
So it's important you have a tent with some decent ventilation.
Andi can see that the speedy black hole and the outdoor Connexion both have excellent
ventilation.
They've got plenty off access doors than Windows.
Teo, help you clear out.
Get some fresh air in your tent.
People have said that the malum ooh is not so good.
You out so many windows.
Although the double access doors do help in that regard as well, unfortunately, came up
three person tent his has considered to have quite poor ventilation and that you do get
quite a bit of condensation building up in that tent overnight.
Unfortunately, Andi, also that there's a lack of ventilation also means that will be quite
a hot tent in summer as well.
So keep that in mind.
Another important one is the warranty period that you get with your tent and you could
see that the speedy black hole fall comes with a three year warranty, which is really
excellent us.
That's quite good for a pop up 10, especially when you consider the kind of arm, high wear
and tear environment that they tend to operate in.
The Malibu comes with a two year warranty in the outdoor Connexion with a one year warranty.
The Kmart tent does not come with any manufacturer's warranty.
Unfortunately, just the three month statutory warranty or products in Australia required
to provide.
So just keep that in mind.
You are saving a lot of money when they came up.
10.
But you really don't have much of a warrant it all if it breaks up for a couple of months
of using it, whereas with the Explore planet Earth Speedy Black Hole you, you'll get a
nice three year warranty, so it might be worth stopping up a little bit.
Extra money for it in that regard, lastly, is bit of a subjective measure, but the build
quality it's just how well the into the tents feel like they've been built and that the
outdoor Connexion wins here.
A lot of people say they feel like this is a really sturdy, well built 10.
It's got a lot of nice features to it.
Zips feel great down.
Everything feels like it's Yeah, it's built to last and you'll get plenty of years of
life out of it.
The Malum o.
On the other hand, people have said that the 10 poles are not very good on this 10 that
they can break quite easily, although it was 10 arm claim that they have fixed this in
their latest model of this 10, the latest version, hopefully that issue is resolved
now became a 10.
It is very cheap, as I've said many times, and build quality is considerably lower, a
CZ you would expect for being so cheap.
The material feels very thin.
The waterproofing is poor.
The sips aren't very good on its release attempt.
For for really light use camping in fair weather, it's not built for the rugged Australian outback.
You know, I wouldn't use it any kind of severe weather conditions.
So yeah, that's that's how each of these tents basically stack up.
To sum it up, the Speedy Blackhole 4 tent is my recommendation for the best pop up tent
in Australia.
It is a great tent at a reasonable price.
I love the sunlight blocking and the built in LED lighting, it means you can actually
sleep in a bit, unlike other tents which let in a ton of light as soon as the sun is up.
If you are on a very tight budget and you are sure that you won’t be camping in any
rain, the Kmart tent could be an option for you.
Just keep in mind that it is only suitable for 2 people and that it doesn’t come with
a manufacturer’s warranty.
If your budget can stretch a little further, the Outdoor Connection Easy Up 4 is a high
quality unit that is well built and comes with some nice extra features, like access
doors on both ends and large side windows.
Anyway, I hope that you have enjoyed this roundup of the best pop up tents in Australia!
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