If you’re wondering what all the fuss it about airbeam tents or are debating whether to change yourself, here’s some points to think about. Although the deals will reduce now as it’s getting nearer to peak camping season. So I’m now on the watch out for nearly new or returns of the tent I liked. The Kampa airbeam tents are great, but tend to be 6 man which is probably a bit too big for us. If I’m upgrading I want to get improvements here too. Although one I’m not sure of the front shape as it’s sloping which isn’t great for keeping out the rain, and the flysheet waterproofing and denier isn’t any better than the tent we already have. I’ve found a couple of alternative possibilities. Up to 32kg was feasible but any heavier and I think I’d struggle until N is old enough to help me carry it. I’ve been to Go Outdoors which is our nearest outdoor shop, to try and lift various air tents. So I’m rethinking and looking at alternative tents. Not to me! The Vango Edorus was sold out everywhere except at Vango themselves where of course it was on sale for the full price. I found a great package deal, but I dithered and the last one was sold. And only up to 10 kg heavier than our current tent, making it still liftable in and out of the car. But not so long that it wouldn’t fit on a standard campsite pitch. I found what would have been a perfect air tent for us – wider, longer, same layout (I could have probably still used the extension side porch on it). And air beams are super speedy to set up – maybe 10 minutes faster than the current 20-25 minutes it takes me now (assuming I get the poles in the right order). I love Vango for the easy oversized bags for repacking. They’re still 5 man but are wider and have bigger living areas. I like the porch area, and we have a side porch extension for extra storage space and for leaving shoes. It’s a good size for the 2 of use although we’ve never had bad enough weather that we’ve been stuck inside. We currently have a Vango Padstow 5 man tent. Thankfully it was on the last night and it didn’t rip through the flysheet. Especially as 2 years ago at 3 Cliffs Bay, one of my tent poles snapped in the strong winds. But now it’s really making me feel the need to make a decision. They need a bigger tent than us and they go camping more frequently than us. Until one of our camping friends went to this year’s camping and caravanning show and bought a very nice inflatable tent. But I’ve been dilly dallying and thinking as we don’t need to change. All of our camping group has poled tents, and several of us have changed tents and/or added porches over the last 4 years we’ve been camping. I’d been looking all through winter, through the sales, and through all the chat about new tents on the Facebook tent group I’m in. The current dilemma is whether to stick with our poled tent which we’ve had for the last 3 years or to upgrade to an airbeam tent. Every time we go camping we see amazing tents or features that would be ideal for us.
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