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I have been researching lately about the Quechua 2" tent and here is a funny story I found in a camping/survival forum.
>here's the story believe it or not..: outside moab, little state park campground next to the colorado river right under a cliff. we (buddy and I) came in after dark. all camping pads where empty. free choice. on the one we choose, i took the spot with that sand patch that was flat as a pancake. beautiful. went to sleep. i woke up at night from thunder. it started to rain. rainstorm. after 20 min. i thought " gee, what a heavy rain - that can only happen in the usa" (you must know i moved here from germany in 2005). so the roof was caving in. 3 min. later i felt the water was trying to lift up the tent. quickly packed my stuff and yelled to my buddy: "lets get outta here, try to get to the car or we gonna drown". grabbed my stuff, opened the tent and started to run. after 10 ft. of running, i realized: there is no rain. turned around and realized: my tent is exactly under a waterfall (yeah, keep the lols coming). that thing stayed dry inside until i opened the zippers. that material they use for the bottom/floor part, is also a part of the sidewall and goes up about 5 inches (as in any other tent i guess) and that kept the water from coming in from underneath/the side... again: i had that thing in a little lake under a waterfall and it stayed dry.
so, if you are looking for the best tent 50bucks can buy - get one of these.
>side note: next morning we put the tent up for drying. did not use the tent pegs. a wind gust picked up the tent and tumbled it bout 20 yards over hard pack. i still use that tent.
