Airbeam tent review11/25/2023 ![]() It also dries out reasonably quickly for a polycotton tent. When we initially got the tent I wasn’t sure how waterproof it would be but we had 8 hours of solid thundering rain in Bordeaux and it didn’t let in a drop. I really like that the front door is set off to one side so you have place to store your cooking cabinet in the porch outside and room for a table inside without blocking the door. There is plenty of space for two, we unzipped the bedroom divider and had a nice open space with plenty of room for our clothes. The tent pitches very easily and because of the supersized beams it is incredible sturdy once up. ![]() I’d imagine if you have a family you would need a trailer or at least a roof box to store stuff. There are just two of us though so we can forego the back seats. The tent is massive when packed down and takes up a good chunk of our car boot space. Once we had it zipped on we just left it on each time we took the tent down as the oversized tent bag had plenty of room for it. Also I do think the door is a bit bulky and could have been made lighter, but that’s a minor gripe. This was definitely worth buying for rainy days, however given the initial price of the tent it would have been nice for the door to come with it. After using it in Ireland we decided to spend the extra money on the porch door. We bought it to replace our Vango Icarus 500 as we wanted an airbeam with a canopy area for cooking equipment. We have used it for two separate camping trips so far, one long weekend in Ireland and we are just home from 3 weeks in France (in various locations so we pitched and unpitched a few times). Generally we love it but it has a few nightly bits.Ġ from 0 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: TheClods Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2017 Rating: The tent is very heavy but it helps having a wheeled bag. We bought the Vango electric pump to make life a bit easier but feel that this isn’t the best option as it is quite slow and we are still researching what else we can use. The dark technology bedroom is great and really does work. I bought a brown and beige Royal Atlanta high quality carpet cut it down and stitched an edge on for an extra luxury finish. The slide rail & clips are great for hanging the lights, the Vango carpet lets it down, being the wrong colour when the tent is brown and the carpet is a dowdy blue and poor quality excuse for a carpet. We undo the bedroom partition so we have a nice large bedroom, but you can’t remove the partition and it looks a bit untidy and the doors are a bit weird in that when you open them the door unzips to the floor and just flops on the floor! Whereas with other tents the doors hang and you can clip them back. The porch is great with or without the door as it is the perfect shape for shade from the sun wind or rain. We chose the Vango Solace 400 Airbeam as it ticked all the boxes, it’s a good size for two of us although the lounge area is a bit cosy, but we bought the porch door which makes another large room. We used to own the fabulous Royal Atlanta 6 but decided to downsize and upgrade. It’s our fourth Vango tent in succession and won’t be our last.ġ from 2 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: Jujohns Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2017 Rating: I reckon one person could pitch it (if not too windy). ![]() It’s a lot bigger and heavier with the TC, but we’re ok with that. Now, provided it lasts us 10 - 15 years it will have been a fantastic investment. We chose the Technical Cotton because we wanted a more robust tent (our dog put his foot through our last tent after a big stretching session), quieter in the wind and rain, cooler in the summer and warmer in the colder seasons. We like the built in inner for the living area, but also bought the porch door which made the front of the tent a great kitchen/dining area with ventilation. We have camp bunk beds which allows us to fit 3 kids in one of the bedrooms (aged 9, 7 &4). We went for the 400 because going bigger restricted where we could find flat pitches. We bought a Solace TC 400 for a family of 5 plus dog, and found it a superb tent. 0 from 1 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: Stglazier Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2017 Rating:
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