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Subject Topic: Poles v Air Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonKeith1987
03/9/2015 at 8:16pm
 Location: Gateshead Kibblesworth
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Poles v Air

Which do you prefer and why?

myself I don't trust the air! I got my 20th air bed!!


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Personspiritburner
03/9/2015 at 8:38pm
 Location: NE England
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Poles for now & alloy over fibreglass. Not had one break on our family tent yet but carry a couple of 14mm repair sleeves just in case.

When that tent needs replacing I may go Karsten air but hopefully a few years left in our tent yet.


Personduffs54
03/9/2015 at 9:05pm
 Location: Cambs
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Air definitely in our house.

used our Kampa Croyde twice this year and going away next week, would never of had 3 hols with our poled tent a Biscaya.

Hate blooming poles

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Persondubsta
03/9/2015 at 9:29pm
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loved our old outwell pole tent, love our new vango air beam much more!!


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PersonMucker1884
03/9/2015 at 9:29pm
 Location: Derby.
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We've had an inflatable for 11 months now. Only something like 16 nights so far, in all (UK) weathers, with another 15 to come in France, starting tomorrow.

Certainly no complaints here, so far. Absolutely love it.

Shaves a few minutes of pitching time, but loads less effort.

As for you "not trusting air", I'd say you need to concentrate less on the actual air, and more on what is keeping that air (or not!) where it should be, be that the tent tubes, or the bed.

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PersonJoggingHippo
03/9/2015 at 10:41pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Outwell Concorde L View JoggingHippo's Profile View Profile   Reply to JoggingHippo Reply   Quote JoggingHippo Quote  
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Had Outwell Glendale 5 (poles) for 4 years, now have Outwell Concorde (Air) bought this year Pitching time a little bit quicker, but certainly much easier. Used 3 times this year in the UK with no problems to date.

Only concern is that I have a friend who had an Outwell Concorde beam explode on him whilst in France this year (also note a couple of other instances documented on here)

Fortunatley he has been sen a replacement, but correspondence from Outwell has informed him that if it is expected to be hot, air should be let out to allow for air expansion. Which will mean as it cools in the evening then surely a little air will need to be added?

Not a massive issue, but does mean that you effectively have to monitor your tent and weather, where as will poles it is pitch and forget.


Personladycake
04/9/2015 at 5:04pm
 Location: norfolk
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poles. easy to repair! and cheap!

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Personcaral
04/9/2015 at 6:41pm
 Location: Oxfordshire
 Outfit: Vango Capri 500 Airbeam & Zetes 300 View caral's Profile View Profile   Reply to caral Reply   Quote caral Quote  
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Air for us.

I'd just posted why I chose air here, but basically, it's because we live in an apartment, very little space to pitch the tent outside and our air tent can be pitched (with some jiggling and clearly, not fully erected) inside, in our living/dining room.

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2015: Somerset, Highlands, New Forest (12 nights)
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PersonKeith1987
04/9/2015 at 8:04pm
 Location: Gateshead Kibblesworth
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Thanks for some message

One of my mate said he noticed all the air tent are low height, compare the poles tents...

I went to GoOutdoors, test the Airgo Nimbus 8 Tent and realise its low height than some poles 8 berth..

Is there any air tent height are similar as the Outwell Vermont XLP?


VangoMan02
04/9/2015 at 8:21pm
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Pole for me, easy cheap fix if anythng goes wrong.

Air is great but longevity not really tested, would leaks be easy to find and repair by the average camper?

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Personfoggers
07/9/2015 at 9:35am
 Location: Sheffield
 Outfit: Cabanon Guadeloupe Zephyros3 View foggers's Profile View Profile   Reply to foggers Reply   Quote foggers Quote  
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Poles, because of the extra bulk and weight of air tents. My partner is disabled so our tent has to be manageable by me on my own for those days when he can't help. We looked at air tents ( poly cotton) for that reason but the price and weight put us off. If it had not been for those factors, we would have gone for aN Outwell Concorde M.
Our canvas Cabanon Guadeloupe is spacious enough for us two, and a doddle for me to pitch single handed.... It is easy to handle as it splits into two bags, and the second hand price (£300) suited our budget too.

Your worries about airbeams are mainly unfounded. This technology has been around for a few years now and it has been developed and refined through time. Nothing is perfect, and there are lots of very good points being made about how we all weigh up the factors that are important to us in tent choice. I hope you find your way to a happy decision!


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