#Vango airbeam lumen 500 full

However, when comparing to the price of hiring a pod or a yurt, I think it's a justifiable investment, & I'm sure we'll get good use out it.Ģ from 2 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: Jazzist Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2013 Rating:

#Vango airbeam lumen 500 full

Spacious & relatively lightweight, simple to pitch, (taking down takes a bit longer, although it comes down quickly it seemed to be full of air & was like trying to get a parachute in a sock!), the guy ropes are a nice touch with their new design runners & little velcro ties. Overall this tent is perfectly suited to what we wanted, a weekend & festival tent. However, as we really intend it to be a bit of a fair weather tent anyway, I guess this won't be too much of a problem. Having spent 5 years in our old tent being soaked by rain running off the top of the tent every time we unzipped the door, we really love the deep porch on the Kampa, but the Genesis has nothing. This seems like a real backward step in such a revolutionary new tent design. My biggist niggle however is that there is no porch over the door, not even an 'eyebrow'. Hubby is in love with 'his' tent - my only reservations are that it does feel a bit basic compared to the Kampa - there are no bells & whistles ie living area storage pockets & I rather miss the front opening & canopy (although I suspect in inclement weather it's a godsend as will presumably be water tight & draught free). We'd packed light, so had the tent up, gear unpacked & were sat out in the sunshine in under an hour, which is what we were looking for in a weekend tent. Hubby reckons he can get that down to 6 or 8, but we shall see. It took 12 minutes to pitch, including pegging. We have only done one weekend in it so far, & it wasn't exactly put through the mill, as camping conditions were perfect for a change. It's actually marginally bigger than our Kampa! I was really surprised by how substantial & solid the air beams are, so we bought the smallest available, the Genesis 500. I wasn't so bothered about having a tent as big as the Kampa, but it seems that the choice is either a tiny tent that you can't stand up in, or straight to a 5 man - & my hubby insists on being able to stand up in the tent! He had spotted the blow up tents last year, to be honest I thought they were a bit of an expensive gimmick, but Taunton Leisure have an outdoor tent display near us, so we went to have a look at them. I'd been thinking about possibly buying a 'weekender' tent for some time. We have a really good quality 5 man Kampa Frinton Classic cotton canvas tent, but there's no two ways about it, it's heavy, the poles are heavy & it takes two of us 40 minutes to put up. A couple of cheap luggage straps would make life so much easier.īy: SweetWilliams Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2014 Rating: The only other point applies to nearly all tents, why give you 2 small offcuts of fabric to tie the tent up with once you've rolled it up. Not sure how long the sewn in groundsheet would last without using a footprint. When the tent is wet it was difficult to stop the water running in when opening the doors. I would have liked 2 way zips on the all of the doors including the bedrooms The bag is generously big so putting the tent back in is very quick. This tent withstood heavy winds and rain with no problems at all.

Plenty of room for 4 people all using single airbeds. Second time around I had an electric pump which made things much easier.

It's easy and quick to erect with the supplied pump, only problem I encountered was that the pump kept disconnecting from the valve which slowed things down a bit. I wanted a spacious tent that I could put up on my own. This is my first 'inflatable tent' having owned more than 10 tents from one man domes to a Vango Diablo 600. I'll keep this brief as the other reviews have covered the main points in depth.

1 from 1 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: Steel Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2013 Rating: