Eskimo quickfish 3

[deadeye]

Well I finally pulled the trigger on a hub house last night...

I ended up getting kind of a disappointment with it though. As soon as I got it home I had to set it up and see what it was about. Thats when I ran into trouble, I think I got a friday night product.

It ended up having the canvas twisted up in a way that I had to take all the poles out and untangle the mess to set it up. I have set up a pop up shelter countless times and it usually takes a minute or two depending on the wind. So it was a little bit frustrating when it took me a 45min to untangle a mess.

Kinda grumpy at that point I finally got it set up to find that the vents were sewn shut...GRRRR....It took a six pack to make my grumpy face go away.

Im taking it back for a exchange since a have used a friends several times and really liked it.

I guess the moral is set it up in the store if possible. I know sometimes the stores don't really like that, but they will get over it when you give them money. Usually I do that and in my excitement and haste to get it home I didn't set it up. SO..if possible set it up to make sure its all good and save your self a headache. I know some are assembly required but hubs should be ready to go out of the box.

[mrpike1973]

deadeye sorry to here about your experience i bought one also i'm very happy with but i must say 2 that when i took it out of the box it was a struggle 2 i had 2 remove a couple of poles to yours sounds worse hopefully you can get another one

[NCLaker]

I had good luck with my QF6, got it home opened her up with no prolems, works like a champ.

[deadeye]

Well I ended up picking up another one tonight. Pulled it out of the box and it was up in about a minute

Now if there was only ice.....

[shizzy]

strange. when I bought mine last season it came right out of the box and popped right up.

[jimmyjames76]

I love my Quickfish 3 once it's set up, but I've had problems getting mine set up too. About half the time it's all twisted when I go to set it up (was the first time I set it up too), and it's been like that since it was new. I guess I should have taken it back when I had the chance. Anyone ever had this problem with the Clam pop ups? I think the quickfish is going in the dumpster, and I'm buying one of those next.

[shizzy]

I love my Quickfish 3 once it's set up, but I've had problems getting mine set up too. About half the time it's all twisted when I go to set it up (was the first time I set it up too), and it's been like that since it was new. I guess I should have taken it back when I had the chance. Anyone ever had this problem with the Clam pop ups? I think the quickfish is going in the dumpster, and I'm buying one of those next.

I think it has more to do with how its laid on the ground. many times its "a little funny" when I pull it out of the bag. all I do is grab a leg, lift up and if its not right I flip it to the side and grab another. usually after just one or two flips I have founf the proper corner and it is ready to go.

like many things in life you need to finesse it, not force it.

[BrdHunter01]

Well I wanted to buy a quickfish 3 but couldn't find it in any stores around here for the life of me! So I searched the internet and found the Cabela's brand (which is made by clam) was on sale. 150 bucks but its on backorder on the HSOforum so I had to treck down their and pick it up. They honored the internet price, got home and she popped right up! Its also 2 inches bigger on both sides than the Eskimo and cheaper than any price I saw online (what I could find of them, auction sites and some other HSOforum that I guess has all eskimo products, thats what they told me anyway)