Camu Privacy Pop Up Tent

On my last camping trip, I purchased a Matter of Time travel toilet thinking it would help avoid the stinky public latrines. The only crack in my ingenious plan was lack of privacy. This time around, I decided to purchase a privacy shelter. I read reviews about this products and others, and discovered the range of public opinions on privacy shelters, swung between poor quality to the difficulties of re-closure. Ultimately, I settled on this product, but not without hesitation. I must have clicked the buy and cancel buttons three to four times, for the simple reason, the issue of collapsing it back down. I went on Youtube and watched several videos and reviews. In the end, I clicked the buy button and walked away.Having "Prime" membership, the tent arrived on time, despite getting several emails from Amazon that it would be delayed. (Don't know why?) But once I received it, I popped it open and with quickness of ease, setup the whole tent in 30 seconds. I examined the tent, zipped and unzipped, climbed inside, and squat down Asian style to get a feel.Now for the dreaded repacking. I must admit, I had succumbed to a tiny pinch of anxiety initially. I skipped reading the accompanying instructions, looked length and confusing, and followed the videos demonstrations I saw on YouTube. To my surprise, I managed to close it down super fast and easy in 30 seconds. With several additional practices of opening and refolding, I am confident the many comments about difficulties are overstated.I do have reservations regarding this product. First, why are there connecting rope lines on the floor of the shelter? I don't believe they provide any structural support for the tent. I even contemplated cutting them off. However, I noticed there were several pouches included that you could add sand too for what I assume is the purpose to hold the tent down in windy conditions. Second, off course the tent stakes, no matter how cheap or expensive camping equipments are, the tent stakes are always your classic garbage that just adds to landfills. Without a second thought, I invested in getting some MSR mini tent stakes to replace the original package ones. Third, this is a privacy shelter, not for shower, there are no openings on top for insert or hang portable showering equipment. Fourth, if you are 6 feet or taller, it will be cramped standing inside. Not a lot of room above and with a travel toilet, not a lot of room to maneuver at the bottom.Overall I still recommend this product. Super fast to open and close, provide much needed privacy for nature's calls at campgrounds. In fact the carrying bag that comes with is big enough to hold both the privacy tent and my 20 gallons pop up trashcan I purchased from amazon. Fits compact for travel. Happy trails :)

This tent was purchased for use as a portable "out house" for various occasions. I was looking for a simple, easy to use, easy to assemble tent for camping/concerts and perhaps the occasional back-yard event.Setup doesn't get any easier than this tent. Simply pull it out of the perfectly sized pouch (about the circumference of a 50 gallon barrel), and literally toss it into the air. The tent expands open (no polls to deal with!), and all you need to do is pull the unit apart to make it 3 dimensional.Collapsing the unit can be a bit tricky as already mentioned, but with a little practice it can be done quickly.The downsides of the tent are the height: I feel like if it were a little taller, it wouldn't be as claustrophobic inside (it's not terrible, but it seems a bit tight... and I'm only 5'9"). The door is a little on the small side as well... And it'd be nice if it had some sort of privacy flap for the vents at the top (Nothing like looking at people nearby as you're emptying your bladder).Durability remains to be seen: It feels like it'll do the trick for occasional duty, but I don't see the fabric and frame lasting all too long. But for this price point, I think I'll get my money's worth!Overall, the Tent is a great value, and hit most of my needs.

First of all, keep the folding instructions (lol). It's sooo easy to remove from the bag and set up, but if you don't have the feel of how to get it back into the bag - it's easy to bend the spines. We got it the first time, but before leaving the beach we had to google how to fold it again. The utility tent is made well enough to hold up in 30 mph winds over an entire weekend. I think we did get a little rip in the fabric, but we can still get a lot more use out of this. The top would bend over, but we never had to chase it down the beach thanks to the spikes and bags (included) that we filled with sand. We had several campers with us and the tent got a lot of use over the weekend.

It's a real trick to be able to fold it up, but once you get it it's not so bad. Some of the videos make it seem easy, and it might be with some of them, but depending on the inherent twist already in the stiffening bands, it might be MUCH more difficult than the videos would make you believe. I have been folding up band-saw blades for decades, and this is exactly the same thing. I had trouble trying to do it, so I watched the videos. They were doing the same thing I was, so that didn't help. Once I forget the videos and let out a loud kung-fu yell as I did the final motion, it did what it is supposed to. Just realize that it might take an extra effort to get the bands to flip they way they need to to fold into three rings.

This is my second privacy pop up tent. I love how easily it goes up and the space is takes up. I am glad they came out with the camo. The other one they offer (green) has huge letters written across it " privacy pop up.com". I'm buying a privacy tent not a billboard, which was a big turn off and detracted from the look of the tent. I covered mine with black duct tape. This one has the advertisement on it also, but at least it's more subdued and blends in with the color of the tent. I say you don't have to put your .com address on this product. If people like it, word of mouth goes a long way. Don't cram it down our throats.