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Eskimo Quickfish better than fatfish?

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For years I have owned and fished out of my Eskimo Quickfish 3 and Quickfish 6 pop-up shelters. I have always found them to be good shelters and good to use in high/gusty wind conditions. This past weekend I was able to use my father-in-law's Eskimo Fatfish 949, non-insulated, that he bought in winter 2012. This past weekend being only the second time his Fatfish had been used. We were fishing in windy conditions and I could not keep the wall the wind was hitting from bowing into the fish house despite anchoring two chords to that wall's hub. I had pulled that hub away from the house as much as I could but the two bottom poles bent in as much as they could bend. I also turned a different wall into the wind on our second day fishing and got the same results. It appears that the poles and hubs are more vertical in the Fatfish design due to the bottom poles being outward. This results in the wall/poles being more easily pushed inward. The poles and hubs in the Quickfish houses provide more outward pressure on the wall due to the lower poles being more towards the center of the house. Anyone else experience this? I bought a Fatfish 949i last week for the insulated fabric, but still have it in the box. I'll return it and keep using my Quickfish houses if wind is a problem with the Fatfish houses.

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I really like my 949i, but haven't fished it in high winds. In fact, I usually just stay home when it's that windy. smile Props for being hardcore! I'll be interested in what others have to say. I know they redesigned the hubs last year and they are supposed to be stronger, but not sure if the change improved wind performance.

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I believe people had issues with the first Fatfish houses that came out. The poles were slightly to long if I recall, resulting in the house doing what you say. I'd guess they fixed that on new houses.

I agree though that the quickfish houses are solid, I have not seen any negative reviews on those houses (beyond possibly a small bag).

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