Decathlon Quechua - Arpenaz 3 Fresh&Black

Absolutely stick with the 3 man you’ve got. I saw several dozen Quechua fresh and black tents (as well as my own). I feel like that speaks for itself.

Have had the standard Quechua blackout and it has honestly been great. You aren't roasting at 9am scrambling to get out the tent.  A 3 man for one person will be absolutely fine. We are a couple and have the 3 man and are looking for a slightly bigger tent now (it is doable but theres basically no space if its two people plus bags) and will likely just stick with the same brand just in a bigger size. It isn't super light but to be honest at this stage I'd rather take the better tent that I can actually get a bit of rest in and deal with the carrying than get a lighter non blackout tent I can't stand being in. Worried about the weight of the bigger one but think it will be a better experience!

I have decathlon fresh&black tents and they are the best, you can sleep around 2 hours longer when the sun comes out and they are relatively cheap while beeing of decent quality. I don't know if you can get them in the states though.

We picked up the 3 person non-pop up tent today. Had a little more room than the pop up and will be used for scout trips with my wife and kid. Can't speak to it yet but I've heard generally good things about decathlon tents in general

Ive always stayed away from blackout tents because of the lack of ventilation. In fact, I've owned a Quecha (sp) before and it was amazing... except it was hot. When you say "great in hot weather," how hot are we talking? When we camp locally, it doesn't get below 70-75 at night. That made my previous pop-up an oven.

Can concur the fresh&black line with blackout lining is awesome for camping. Have now owned 4 of their tents and they're incredible value for those price points. If you're starting off building up your own camping gear you wont go wrong with their stuff.

Yes! I’ve had my Fresh&Black tent for over three years and I go camping about 30 nights per year. It’s still like new. They’re very cheap, too.

This was my first festival, I got a Quechua Arpenaz 3XL fresh & black tent from Marketplace months ago for £50, I genuinely don’t know if we’d have survived without it. We do camping regularly, we just use a regular tent (not f&b) and I’m always freezing cold at night, sweating in the morning, and awake at 5am with the sun. The f&b meant I could sleep comfortably with just a sleeping bag (didn’t need to overpack blankets and coats), kept cool in the morning, and was able to sleep until 9am and it was still dark inside. It’s an absolute game changer. The only thing I’d change next time is getting a tent that we can stand in and that has a living room area, like our regular tent. 100% worth the money to get a fresh and black.

Get a Fresh and Black from Decathlon and call it a day. It’s by far the most acclaimed series of tents on here.

Decathlon tents are solid for the price, but only certain models are really light enough and compact enough for backpacking. The fresh and black tents are good if you have difficulty sleeping, or perhaps you have small kids and need to encourage them to sleep. Personally, they’re not really my thing because I don’t like needing to use my headlamp in the tent in the middle of the day, and I love the feeling of waking up with the sun when camping.