Outwell Jersey Pop-up Tent - 2 man

Advantages: easy to put up, quality, size inside, price
Disadvantages: size when stored, no porch.

...I already own 2 "normal" tents, but went on a 7 day bike race where i needed to put up and take down the tent 7 days in a row. I splashed out £45 for a "pop-up" tent. The thought of it errecting itself was very appealing!! Sceptical at first, I popped the tent out of it's bag and pegged it down with 4 pegs.....job done......in about 60 seconds. I couldn't believe it could be so easy!!!! Once the tent is up it is like any other, with an inner and outer sheets (don't go for the cheap single skin ones). It has vent to help reduce condensation, although some did form, but then i've never been in a tent where there was no condensation!!! The one I have is a 2 man version which accommodates 1 person + luggage with ease and would accommodate 2 people with some luggage. This tent took on some heavy rain and wind in the 7 days i was...

EasyExercise.co.uk 30.08.2008 · Read review
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Samsonite Pop Up Bubble Travel Cot

Advantages: Lightweight, compact and great value for money
Disadvantages: Nothing that can not be overcome easily

...This product follows on from the Samsonite Pop-Up Travel Cot (which I have also reviewed). It is a brilliant, innovative product and was one of the first of its kind on the market. It has won various awards including the Baby Gear Gold Award 2005 and the Mother & Baby Gold Award Best Travel Item 2005/6, which it fully deserves. When our daughter became too large for the Samsonite Pop-Up Travel Cot (she was just over 8 months), our first port of call, when looking to 'up-grade' , was the Samsonite Pop-Up Bubble Travel Cot (suitable from 6 to 18 months, although some sites say from 0 to 18 months). We had found the Travel Cot so useful and convenient while she was a small baby that it made sense to look at the next product in the Samsonite range. We were keen to avoid conventional/traditional travel cots as they a) tend to be...

FunkyFaulkner 24.07.2006 · Read review
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Pop up Ball

Advantages: Cheap and Cheerful
Disadvantages: annoying voice over

...Vtech Pop Up surprise Ball Yet another one of Jack's Christmas presents up for review and this time it is the Pop up Surprise Ball from Vtech. I bought this from Argos way before Christmas and it came as part of a three toy set costing just under £20. It came with the Vtech nursery Rhyme Book and the Vtech Mobile phone. I thought this was a very reasonable price for the three toys together as I had previously seen the nursery rhyme book for sale singularly at a price of around £8 and that is pretty much the price you would pay if you went out and bought this pop up surprise call separately too. The mound of toys that Jack received at Christmas were not really all played with on the day, as there was just too many of them, I do think I went a little overboard! Eventually Jack got around to playing with this pop up surprise...

newby2 29.02.2008 · Read review
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Samsonite Pop Up Travel Cot

Advantages: Extremely small, lightweight and easy to use
Disadvantages: Nothing that can not be overcome easily

...This is the first of two products in the Samsonite Travel Cot range and it leads on to the Samsonite Pop Up Bubble Travel Cot (which I have also reviewed). It is a brilliant, pioneering product and was the first of its kind on the market when I bought it while still pregnant with my first child in 2003/04. The Samsonite Pop Up Travel Cot is available in three colours - pink and blue in the standard model and stone in the deluxe model. The standard models are made of cotton and nylon, although the baby only lies on cotton, with the main outer body being made of the easily cleaned nylon while the deluxe model is all cotton except the nylon mosquito net - this does seem to make it slightly cooler but more difficult to clean any stains. I chose this travel cot over more traditional ones based purely on it's size when folded up...

FunkyFaulkner 24.07.2006 (12.10.2006) · Read review
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The ups and downs of a family tent.

Advantages: Lots of space for everyone.
Disadvantages: No longer made.

...The Khyam Michigan 12 was only made in 2007 so can be hard to come by now. But if you are after a large, well set out tent, and you find one of these then grab it whilst you can. The tent is an outer pitch first, or all in one. Personally we leave the inners in place which reduces the pitching time. The tent itself is large and can be difficult and heavy to put up. Saying that I am under 5ft and have limited mobility so if me and hubby can put it up between us then I'm sure others could easily. We have reduced the pitching time to around 30 - 45 minutes now, which is not bad considering. One good thing though, is that although the tent is large it still fits on most pitches so no extra charges. The tent has 3 inners. All or some can be removed if wanted. The largest is 6 berth. This is used by our 4 children and is just big enough...

LUNAH_C 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Hold my big ball and see what pops up!

Advantages: Fun and educational (for a while). Good value
Disadvantages: Requires batteries; Noisy & Irritating

...Actually, it's not my ball, it's my son's. And the thing that pops up is plastic! Intrigued? Well, this is a first for me. As my son is exactly nine months old today, I thought I'd take a look at one of his newest toys, which was kindly given to him by his Nanny last week. Now vTech, the manufacturers, call this a Pop-up Surprise Ball - it's "a fun and friendly toy". Probably the first surprise is that there's no real surprise at all! The so called "surprise" element comes from a section of the ball, which when depressed pops up a figurine supposed to resemble a puppy, but let's not get ahead of ourselves and start from the beginning. This is from the range of interactive toys, from vTech, known as Smart Start. The manufacturers claim that this series of toys have been specially designed to bring out the best in...

eldergill 25.11.2005 · Read review
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One pop and away you go.

Advantages: Light, small and easy to assemble
Disadvantages: expensive

...Overview I bought this travel cot for my daughter after borrowing a friends smaller version and marvelling at the smallness. We travel around the country visiting friends and going on holiday a fair amount but our standard travel cot is very large and bulky. I wanted something that would take up less room in the car but also something that was practical. This fitted the bill completely. It folds to a surprising 30 x 60 x 18cm yet is big enough to take an 18 month old child. In fact my son was 2 when I bought it and he could still have slept in it! Its just like the pop up tents that you get, but with rods to hold its shape and a fold up mattress for the bottom. I've used it many times and never had a problem. I thought that perhaps once my daughter started rolling or walking it would be hard but its comfy so she just goes to...

vickigroth 29.02.2008 · Read review
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chad valley pop up tent

Advantages: easy to assemble
Disadvantages: none

...I would strongly recommend anyone considering buying one of these tents, to visit woolworths and try one of these. It really does pop up in seconds(on its own actully when you unzip the bag!!!!!!) and is as easy to put up and down as advertised. I have seen the assistant struggle in the ELC to try and demonstrate their own brand tent. I bought mine for my daughter several years ago and have found it well used,i also bought the tunnel to match and they are useful in the garden in the summer. Another idea is when you visit anyone who are childless at least the kids have their own space in the tent to get out all their little bits and they cannot get under anyones feet. Well worth the money and over the years since i got mine they have got better value. Worth a look....

anita.jones 22.03.2001 · Read review
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  Wave Bye-Bye To Pop-Up Advertising

Advantages: Free 'n' Easy
Disadvantages: Those DHTML thingies slip through grrr

...Most people have come to appreciate that in order for the internet to carry on thriving there needs to be some means by which site owners get paid for their time and dedication spent in bringing these sites to us. Affiliate schemes, banner advertising etc. are amongst those revenue generating schemes, which most of us can deal with because they aren't too intrusive upon our own browsing experience, but pop-up ads are a different thing entirely for many. Having another window, often a full screen one these days, sometimes with sound and video playback (grrr!) opening up unrequested is not only annoying, but also slows up your browsing experience as well as, it has to be said, seeming to be the cause of the most crashes on my system. Ignoring switching to the Opera browser as a means of combating these things, there are fortunately...

wampyrii 07.08.2002 (01.03.2003) · Read review
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Indoor Camping!

Advantages: cheap, fun
Disadvantages: will fall down a lot

...Chad Valley Pop Up Play Tent........... Chad Valley is the Woolworth range of toys and toy related products. I purchased this tent a few months back now for Jack and even though the age range was 2 years and over he has lots of fun playing in it and even though he was only just over a year when I bought it we have had no problems with using it at this age. It was on special offer in Woolworth's for £5 which I think was around half the original selling price. This is a very good price as similar items in places such as the Early Learning Centre and Argos are priced at a lot higher. The tent itself is rather small and I cannot fit all of me into it (I can just pop half my body in it). Jack however is able to stand up so I guess it is around a meter in height. It is made up of different bright colours, which are blue, red...

newby2 02.01.2009 · Read review
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