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10/6/2022 at 8:58am
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I think you will find the lack of info quite a widespread situation with many things that existed and were popular before WWW became well established in early 1990's. It's almost like the world didn't exist before 1992 in many respects! Maybe because 'the internet' was predominantly a 'young' persons thing in it's early days, and they didn't relate to much before the 1980's!
I've got a 1960's PTC (Pneumatic Tent Company) Igloo tent that was given to me, which was the original 'Airbeam' tent, they seemed popular and quite commonplace if you look at campsite photos of the 1960's and '70's. I certainly used it in late 60's, 70's, and even into the 1990's, but because it's pre-WWW, there is not a lot of info considering how popular they were and how groundbreaking a concept, it took another 50 odd years before 'Airbeams' were 'reinvented' and popular again, but without a nod of acknowledgement to the PTC Igloo! I'm sure my Igloo is still in perfectly serviceable condition, although it hasn't ventured out of the loft in a few years now!
Of course frame tents, like my Igloo fell heavily out of favour when lighter weight synthetic fabric fibre poled tents became the norm, reckon my 2/3 berth one room canvas Igloo is heavier and a bulkier pack than my large 5 berth 3 room (bedrooms, living space, plus porch) synthetic fabric (even with it's steel poles!) Outwell of around 2010 vintage, so perhaps not surprising they don't show up much in modern camping discussions. The 'Retro' lovers may appreciate them, but TBH things have in some ways got better.
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