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They ensure that the tent performs in adverse conditions, especially in strong, changeable winds. They are with buckles to detach when not needed, see the picture below. This is a set of straps that attach on the ceiling and on the side. Several bedroom pockets are on the walls.

Cable entry port is on the side, you can see its position on the picture with the floor plan given above.

Lantern hanging points conveniently positioned to attach your lights, see the picture below.

This will allow air circulation and help against condensation.Īll in all, with respect to ventilation, there is practically nothing one could object to this design, ventilation is the best you can have in such a type of tents. So there is a gap of around 10 cm or so everywhere between the inner tent and the shell. Note that the inner tent hangs attached to the shell, this is clearly visible in one of the pictures shown above in the text. You have long vents under the side windows, above the door, and behind the inner sleeping area.īut the external door is also with a huge mesh area to use whenever the sky is clear. The tent is equipped with several low and high vents. They are equipped with inner shutters for privacy.

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Windows: You have their Diamond Clear solid windows that maximize light and visibility, see the picture below. The inner tent has its own extra floor, so you have two floors in this area, both are sewn-in and sealed.

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So you have full protection from bugs and from groundwater. This is a very robust and hard-wearing fabric to stand up to the rigours of the most active campers. The floor: You have a fully sewn-in and sealed waterproof PE groundsheet. Note that the inner sleeping area is described as a Lights-out design, which means this is a darker fabric that reduces the amount of early morning light. They claim the fabric exceeds fire retardant standards from European EN5912. They also claim that the fabric satisfies ISO5912 standards regarding requirements on safety, performance, and rain resistance. Note that in their more technical and smaller tents they use ProTex fabric which can be either nylon or polyester. According to their statements, it is a strong 70D polyester with a 4000 mm HH rating.

#Airbeam tent review plus#

The shell fabric: They use what they call a specifically designed Sentinel Active Plus fabric. The floor plan and the most important dimensions. The picture below shows the floor plan and the most important dimensions. View into the sleeping area.This is why the tent is a hybrid double-single layer where the sleeping area is a double-layer part. The two inner doors are part mesh for ventilation. You can also remove the inner tent completely and use the shell alone as a single-room space. So you can remove the divider and have a 2-room configuration with one large sleeping area. It includes an inner tent with two separate rooms (see the picture below) and a divider between them, plus a large living room in front of it. The tent can be described as a 3-room structure. No matter where it belongs, this is a very tall tent with an 82.7 inches (210 cm) peak height. But I have included it in my list of best tunnel-type tents. The pre-angled beams are straight on the sides, so the tent looks like a tunnel-cabin hybrid. Note that there is one short solid pole added to support a brim above the door so you have a dry entry design. I have included this tent in my list of best inflatable tents.

#Airbeam tent review manual#

In any case, you have a manual double-action pump included, and one person can pitch it in under 10 minutes or so. There are also many inflatable tents by Coleman on the market, and a few more brands build such inflatable tents. They claim they are leaders in this specific design, but this is not really so. Vango has started building such air beam tents about a decade ago. There are 3 of them and you can see the valves on the sides in the top picture above. This Vango Airbeam Odyssey Air 500 Villa Tent is an airbeam tent also with inflatable beams instead of poles. You can see this Vango 6 Person Odyssey Air 600 Tent as a great example of the tents with inflatable beams.

Vango has many tents in the Odyssey series, some are with classic solid poles and some are with inflatable beams.