Posted: 8/19/2024 6:30:39 PM EDT
| What is the wisdom of the air stayed tent over tents with poles other than being easier to erect by one person? This is for recreational camping not SHTF use. |
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Not familiar with using an air tent. Interesting idea. What happens when it leaks? I’ve got a cheaper Magellan hub tent that’ll pop up in a couple of minutes with two of us. Maybe an extra minute or two if just me. It’s an 8x8. |
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How do they do in the wind? Reading reviews for one on yomamazon that starts at $300 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGLKWS8T?tag=arfcom00-20 Pland a full week's camping trip for two months and ordered this tent left it in the box and blew it up for the first time when I got to the camp site the tent never stayed inflated more than two hours and ruined the whole trip left the next day thanks for nothing don't buy this tent Faulty seal Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2024 Size: 10*6.9ftVerified Purchase The first time I used this tent it deflated halfway through the night. I didn’t think much of it, maybe the plastic expanded or the temperature dropped a significant amount. On the second use it was obvious there was a small tear around the air valve. Since this tear is part of the valve and not the inflatable portion it is not able to be repaired by the included kit. This appears to be a manufacturing defect Junk Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024 Size: 10*6.9ftVerified Purchase This tent's a piec e of s*** |
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Originally Posted By Philmore: Not familiar with using an air tent. Interesting idea. What happens when it leaks? I’ve got a cheaper Magellan hub tent that’ll pop up in a couple of minutes with two of us. Maybe an extra minute or two if just me. It’s an 8x8. Personal experience. Dad got suckered into an 8-man inflatable, air supported tent, back in the late 80s. Issues we experienced with it: - heavy AF - PITA to setup. I could setup an 8-man tent with poles, faster and with far less effort than manually pumping up that stupid thing - one of the trips we used it, we arrived and setup in the late afternoon. Temps, probably in the 90s. That night, a thunderstorm rolled through. Temps probably dropped to low 60s. Woke up to the friggin tent sagging, due to the drop in temps resulting in a drop in pressure. The saggy tent began letting the heavy rain into the tent. - brought the stupid thing by boat, on a large group scuba trip. One uncle had the bright idea of using a scuba tank to inflate the tent. Completely forgot that rapidly discharging air from a scuba tank, results in very cold air. 5 minutes later, as the air warmed up, the sleeves containing the air tubes ripped, as the air inside expanded. Amazingly, the tubes didn’t pop. Mom had to sew the long rip in the sleeves, after the trip (let out some air, and the tent remained usable for the week long trip). - then my brother borrowed the tent to go on a trip with his friends. Don’t know how they punctured more than one of the tubes, but the tent wouldn’t hold its shape. At that point, it was just, “Screw this shit”, and it got tossed. Have they improved? No idea. But my tents with poles have lasted way longer, and the tents that use poles and clips (vs poles and sleeves), are very easy and fast to setup, don’t sag because the temperature dropped , and won’t risk popping/ripping if the temperature rose 30-40+ degrees from when it was inflated, and a thorn poking into one, doesn’t compromise the structural integrity. |
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Originally Posted By birdbarian: How do they do in the wind? Reading reviews for one on yomamazon that starts at $300 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGLKWS8T?tag=arfcom00-20 Any tent can become a kite, in wind. They all need to be anchored. One of the things I like about my Mountain Hardwear tents, is that they’re actually tested and used by people who regularly go out in harsh conditions. Eg. The Trango3 (great 2 person tent, if you like more room for gear, and/or a dog), is designed so you can put the tent up in shitty conditions. - anchor the windward side of the rain fly (so it doesn’t get blown away). - lift the rain fly so you can get under it, and anchor the 4 corners of the tent, windward side first (and stick your pack in the tent, so it’s sheltered, and weighting things down) - insert the ends of the color coordinated poles into the grommets. Stretch the tent up and clip to the poles (all this can be done under the rain fly). Clip the rain fly to the poles. - finish anchoring and guying the tent https://www.newsflare.com/video/560419/upside-down-tent-flies-through-the-air-carried-away-by-wind-in-indonesia  Germany: Tornado blows away tents at festival |
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I've never used an air tent but my main concerns would be a leak and it not filling with enough air and being too 'limp'. May work great in the short term. But from what I've seen with air matresses they go to shit. Conventional tent for me. They are cheap and easy. |
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Originally Posted By VACaver: I just looked at a Moose two person tent. It weighed 5.6 kg. 12.3 pounds for a two person tent? No, thanks. I have an older Cabelas 4 season that weighs like 50 pounds. Rock solid in severe thunderstorms and 60+ mph winds. A tool for the job if you will. I have my 2 person tarptent stratosphere, its like 2 pounds.. One I use for backpacking and one obviously not. |
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Looks like everyone here had bad experience with them. The Korean glamping videos look fantastic but they doesn't show somebody folding and stowing them. My last hunt camping trips used a cheap 4 man dome with a big tarp over it. Folding chairs and a folding table and a gasoline lantern. |