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Topic: Air beam tent choice?

keelingd

17/6/2016 at 4:21pm
Location: West Wales
Outfit: Trigano Galleon 2014

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Hi, thinking about investing in an inflatable tent and have narrowed it down to a few choices. Requirements are: 3 separate sleeping pods, ideally tunnel tent so us adults can be the opposite end to the kids. My shortlist is:

Kampa Daymer 8
Vango Centara 800
Gelert Bala Air8
Airgo Nimbus 8
Berghaus Air 6.

Any advice on which is best?

Also looking at adding on the side awning, the Berghaus is coming out cheapest but also the smallest.

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Aldi Fan

17/6/2016 at 8:05pm
Location: Newton-le-Willows
Outfit: Many tents and a Dandy.

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Vango seem to be the leaders in this field, we've got a Vango Airbeam and very satisfied with the quality.

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p1egan

18/6/2016 at 3:11pm
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Vango Taiga 600XL & Rhapsody 800XL

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Vango is the best out of your choices.

bmtell

18/6/2016 at 4:52pm
Location: Northants
Outfit: Cabanon Pyramide 4000 Trout Lake 4

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Quechua Air 6.2 XL from Decathlon is well worth a look. Especially as they are £399.

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welshwiz1

18/6/2016 at 6:03pm
Location: Colwyn Bay
Outfit: Kampa Croyde 6 Air

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Just bought a Kampa Croyde 6 air to replace our Croyde 4
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dohare

21/6/2016 at 9:56am
Location: north east england
Outfit: Rivendale 800 xl

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we have the Vango Rivendale 800 xl ,loads of space ,has a fourth bedroom that is away from other 3 so may suit your needs,also got the skyliner to protect the roof and give extra insulation ,not had any problems with condensation yet and first outing was a very warm day followed by a very wet night

CampingRays

23/6/2016 at 12:15pm
Location: Sussex
Outfit: Vango Airbeam

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Hello, We have a Vango Airbeam Capril 600xl and we love it couldnt be happier.

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lidds0

24/6/2016 at 6:41am
Location: Yorkshire
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Quote: Originally posted by keelingd on 17/6/2016
Hi, thinking about investing in an inflatable tent and have narrowed it down to a few choices. Requirements are: 3 separate sleeping pods, ideally tunnel tent so us adults can be the opposite end to the kids. My shortlist is:

Kampa Daymer 8
Vango Centara 800
Gelert Bala Air8
Airgo Nimbus 8
Berghaus Air 6.

Any advice on which is best?

Also looking at adding on the side awning, the Berghaus is coming out cheapest but also the smallest.

I've never heard of Airgo so just googled it to find it's exclusive to Go Outdoors and made by Hi Gear.

On reputation alone, out of your list I'd go for either of the first two. It's interesting that the Vango is a regular tunnel shape but the Kampa has a central hub pole configuration Ia bit like the Karsten). However, reviews for the Daymer 6 (same style but now apparently discontinued) state it has to be pitched inner-first (look) and that it takes 2 people to pitch. I thought airbeams were supposed to be an easy-pitch, so this maybe needs more investigating?

The Vango Centara might be easier to pitch but with those small doors and non-opening windows, it might get a bit warm inside (I realise there are end vents, but still it's not going to be easy to get a cross-airflow and especially since there's only one doorway canopy - you'll have to shut the other when it rains).

I think this is quite a lot of money to spend so reckon you need to work out what factors are important for you.

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