|
 Topic: Should we buy an Inflatable tent!
|
  |
05/2/2015 at 7:39pm
Location:
Outfit:
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 29/6/2008 Diamond Member 
Forum Posts: 12116
Tent Reviews: 1
| Site Reviews Total: | 4 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 1 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 14 |
|
To be fair I have looked at a good number of inflatable tents, but it wasn't until I went to the Karsten display at Cheshire, that I realised there was only one brand that I would spend my money on.
The Karsten Tent's simply take the concept to the next level, that there is no doubt.
As for chasing the Sun, I guess your plans are not to camping in the UK!
|
05/2/2015 at 8:54pm
Location: Kent
Outfit: BL6 & Nevada M etc
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 12/7/2005 Platinum Member 
Forum Posts: 902
| Site Reviews Total: | 11 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 1 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 7 |
|
Each to their own, but about 2 years ago we garaged the trailer, sold the bear lake 6, cleared out all the stuff we didn't use and weet back to basics. Why?, because i was fed up spending a whole day erecting tents and putting everything up and in place WAISTING OUR HOLIDAY TIME.
We now have a Vanqo Evogue with awning, back box we use on occassions and every other item we use beds etc has to fight for it's place in terms of usefulness, can it do more then one thing and is it easy to erect etc etc.
In summary, its the best thing we ever did. We can be all done within 1-2 hours, rather than nearly all day. IMHO, camping should be fun and easy so we can enjoy our holiday. I think some people love camping so much they forget about their holiday / location and spend so much time with ovens etc etc.
-------------
atko
|
05/2/2015 at 9:16pm
Location: Garstang
Outfit: Outwell Vermont 7SA
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 30/12/2014 Silver Member 
Forum Posts: 103
| Site Reviews Total: | 5 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
I can back atko up on that. Bought a Vango Icarus Airbeam 800
Last year plenty of room for us 5 using 4th double compartment as a store/wardrobe. My toddler is now 2 and is a handful and the girls are as much use as a chocolate fireguard. I can have this
Pegged out and blown up on my own in less than half an hour. Leaving them to explore. Such a bonus as we aren't getting stressed shouting at each other. Gradually everything else goes in and after about and jour and a half of not breaking sweat everything is set up. Then I call them back, time for a beer and relax :)
-------------
2 Weeks in Watergate Bay August 2017
lots of weekend escapes as soon as it warms up.
Apr - Wyreside Fisheries and Camping
May - Swiss Farm Touring & Camping
|
Advertisement
|
06/2/2015 at 2:12pm
Location: Kent
Outfit: BL6 & Nevada M etc
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 12/7/2005 Platinum Member
Forum Posts: 902
| Site Reviews Total: | 11 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 1 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 7 |
|
Hi Cath,
I can only tell you what we do which might be of some help. We also have 3 children 14, 12 and 9. We usually go to France end of May for a week and to be honest we stopped camping and hire a mobile home on a french site usually about £250-£300 for week so well worth doing that. In August it's a different matter and we do camp.
We have an estate car with roof box and the Thule back box which is a godsend. It means you can get so much more in and travel without towing our trailer etc.
We have a vango evogue tent(not cotton), after having many heavy, large canvas tents etc. It's not too big a size packed down, reasonably light and very easy to erect. We use good self inflatable beds as pack down really well. We take a cadac which gives us so many cooking options or a coleman dual fuel burner (both not both). We use the dvd players in car if it's raining in tent. We hire fridge from campsite, i know it's more money but they are so much better than camping fridges and this alone saves space. We also find we don't have to shop so often for milk etc. We take unltra light sleeping bags, kids alo use these for sleepovers etc. Light fold down camping chairs from Decathlon. The table we use folds in 2 so easy to erect and pack. We also only take 5 plates, bowls and cutlery. The list goes on. We stopped taking the sat, tv, oven etc etc.
Honestly, We take the minimum, but still want to clamp and it's improved our holiday experience so much.
As ballycfc said above, my wife and i would also argue so much putting the tent up etc, now it takes so little time it's a much better start to our holiday.
-------------
atko
|
06/2/2015 at 2:24pm
Location: Garstang
Outfit: Outwell Vermont 7SA
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 30/12/2014 Silver Member
Forum Posts: 103
| Site Reviews Total: | 5 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
Hmm the Thule Back Box? Is that the 949 Easybase, I'm looking at one of these. If so do you just use the base or do you have the hard box aswell. Been trying to justify the extra price of the box. Might just buy the base this year and the box next year.
-------------
2 Weeks in Watergate Bay August 2017
lots of weekend escapes as soon as it warms up.
Apr - Wyreside Fisheries and Camping
May - Swiss Farm Touring & Camping
|
Advertisement
|
06/2/2015 at 7:31pm
Location: Kent
Outfit: BL6 & Nevada M etc
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 12/7/2005 Platinum Member
Forum Posts: 902
| Site Reviews Total: | 11 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 1 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 7 |
|
Good luck.
As regards to the thule base, yes that's the one. We only use this base so we can use the hard thule back box, which we like as more secure, weather proof and hard wearing. We've had ours for years and it's very robust.
I love this bit of kit because you can pack loads in it and strap some things to the rear in between the box and the car. This is much better than taking the tailer i.e you don't even know it's on the back, can go faster, feels secure, adds loads of extra space, reversing is easy, easy to get on and off and much cheaper than pulling that anssems gt750 trailer of mine.
In other words i love it!
-------------
atko
|
07/2/2015 at 1:22pm
Location: Kent
Outfit: BL6 & Nevada M etc
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 12/7/2005 Platinum Member
Forum Posts: 902
| Site Reviews Total: | 11 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 1 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 7 |
|
Cathbut,
That's the reason we bought the canopy. Some Vango tents come with built in canopy, but we tried these with a table and 5 chairs underneath, but canopy was not big enough, so we went for the vango evouge with seperate canopy which was much bigger.
We don't take the cycles, if we did it would be a trailer job.
-------------
atko
|
|
) Holds 315 litres (110 x 55 x 53cm).
