Single tent for teen with Dyspraxia

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DS is going wild camping with scouts, he needs his own tent that he can put up and take down himself. Can anyone recommend something? I was thinking of the pop up tents but can they be difficult to manage to put away? He is completely stressed about this to the point that if he can't put his tent away as quickly as the others he won't go at all. We will practice in advance obviously. TIA

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Look at the video of how to pitch this.

Whats the budget?

loads of practice is key, its well worth doing some garden cooking too. I hope he enjoys it.

Are they hiking a long way? Will he need to carry it?

Thanks @UpTheJunktion but it’s too fiddly. He cants do knots or ties, it’s a great little tent though I’ve sent the link to his pal. They are doing 20km per day of the Wicklow way, he doesn’t need to carry it thankfully.
@PurBal I’d go to 100, just so he’d be comfortable using it, he always needs help and he feels he’s one of the older ones and should be giving the help not getting it.
@Funf thanks I hope he will, we’re planning a couple of nights in the garden with his pal beforehand, I won’t be eating the cooking😁

I’m dyspraxic and have never yet managed to put away anything described as “pop up”, the twisting motion to make it pop back down is totally beyond me.

I think I’d go for a more old fashioned frame and cover type, then practice a lot.

Is there a tent showroom (eg a big decathlon) you could go to try some out/get advice?

He will need something that packs small, pop up tents are massive when packed. Plus are a pain to pack.

Can him and his mate get a two man and carry it between them (one takes inner and poles, one takes outer and pegs)? Then his mate can help with the putting up?

Or, if he's happy in snug places, maybe either a bivy tent (like this one)

or (even snugger) a hooped bivy bag like this one or this one.

@JustKeep that's a good idea, I've just discovered there's a decathlon about 25 minutes away, I believe the queues are horrendous but I think that's a plan, I didn't think that they would be set up.
@Aroundtheworldin80moves We'll have a look, going to head to this decathlon place later.
@rbe78 The have to be in single tents, due to Covid, only siblings can share.

Thanks all, he's excited to head out to try out a few, I'll let you know what we decide.

Will the scout leaders give a discreet hand? Dyspraxia is a SEN and surely they would be happy to help in a ‘looks casual’ sort of was so as not to embarrass him?

Also, a lot of tents that involve tying or toggling the inner to the fly on first pitching can then be packed away with the inner still attached and the re-pitched ‘as one’. The Tamar tent sold by Millets is like that, but would still involve threading of quite long poles.

FWIW, he will not be the only one who gets himself at sixes and sevenses putting up a tent, ooooh no! And maybe they will team up to help each other pitch?

P.S sorry, didn’t mean to sound as if I don’t take his issue seriously. X

Surely they will all help each other! If it’s windy they’ll have to.

Eurohike Tarmar tent, but you do have to thread 1 long poles which are those connected ones that fold down. I cannot find a video of it going up but lots showing it on YouTube.

Lay out tent flat, thread poles to make a cross, insert pole ends into eyelets and it raises up itself. Going to tent shop is a good idea though so you can see it in reality.

Label all the poles at home as to which connects to which.

The scout leaders are great and wouldn't have any problem helping, my son has the issue as he is one of the bigger ones and should be the one helping the younger ones. We had a trip to Decathlon, OMG the queue, but got one that he was able to manage, it's called 2 seconds easy tent I think, can't link at the moment. It's a kind of toggle mechanism and he was able to manage it after a couple of minutes in the shop, so fingers crossed it all goes well. Thanks to you all for the help, wouldn't have thought of heading to Decathlon and trying them out.

Great! Well done. A few practices before he goes and he will be ready to have a great adventure.

We got DS a vango banshee pro300 -figured that bigger was easier to manage starngely teh extra weight was marginal ...it is easier to shuf in its back... good note is that most tents are fine being 'stuffed' like a sleeping bag they dont have to be rolled /folded..
and practiced a couple of times - he's just used it for the first time this year and even though not all the guys were quite right (he'd forgotton they were adjustable) he was ok as is just 2 hoop tunnel really..

we do practice before each trip though as it takes longer to build muscle memory for him - its like starting again every time...
we found pop ups an absolute no-no - and even though I am not dyspraxic (in theory) ....it got me to tears and DS just could not fathom it at all..... my neice just did it in seconds though and she is also dyspraxic! so you cant tell..
best of luck to him..
definitely practice putting up and packing again.....

oops missed update ! good for him braving decathlon! :)