A flip tent is faster moving then a pop up but popups aren’t that bad especially if it is not windy and you don’t have to spend time installing screw anchors. I have often just left my pop up set up and just drug it over to a new location(if only going a short ways) in which case it doesn’t take much longer then flip tent.
If it is warm enough you can spend most of time hole hopping and just have pop up as a home base to get warmed up in.
In the end it depends what you want for mobility. If you want to be able to jump hole to hole with tent(so can hole hop in cold weather) then get a flip tent. That is their main advantage since with a pop up you will be more reluctant to move especially if cold and definitely if windy.
The evo tents have more room then a flip over tent and have comfortable seats. A bit more set up then a basic flip tent though and have to stake them out if windy.
One thing not previously mentioned is that with kids one thing to think about is free space if they want to do something other then just fish. With a flip tent you have a seat to sit on and a bit of leg/hole space and that is about it. With pop up tents you can lay down mats and they can have more room to play around with other stuff. You can do that in flip tent if you don’t drill holes on the one side but there is not a bunch of room. Warm free space and cameras are two of the easiest ways to keep kids entertained when ice fishing.
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