#VANGO ILLUSION 800 AIRBEAM TENT UPDATE#
#VANGO ILLUSION 800 AIRBEAM TENT WINDOWS#

The internal fitted carpet acts like you are on an ice rink and I only bought it to keep er in doors happy. The recurring comments about double zips on the doors is also a concern for us having a rather active 2 year old.

#VANGO ILLUSION 800 AIRBEAM TENT WINDOWS#

It also leaked above one of the windows despite having been weather by a couple of torrential storms in Somerset earlier in the year. We have the complete front awning, but because of how it sits when zipped, water runs backwards and pours through said zips onto floor. It will never look like it does in the show room though. Someone will need to go inside to help the beams up.Ĭarry on and pump up all 5, straighten the tent, peg all the outer pegs and then guy. We open the zipped side door to prevent a vacuum forming. Simply peg out 4 corners and inflate from the rear going fowards. Putting air into the beams is hard work so don't be fooled on how easy it looks on video. You are looking at 30-45mins at a conservative guess. It is relatively easy to erect, however do not be fooled by the Vango propaganda and promotional videos.It does not go up fully inflated, pegged and guyed in 10mins. Tweeted but got ignored.ģ from 3 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: Djespie1 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2016 Rating:īought this tent to go back to basics of proper camping under metaphorical canvas. Had to go home early with some very disappointed children. Called the Vango helpline which rang, and rang and rang with nobody licking up. I bought it so I could manage alone with my kids and dog but one of them is still having nightmares about the whole episode. This was the only tent on the site that fell fowl to the weather and it was probably the most expensive one there-more fool. Then the next night the wind blew and the tent was destroyed. Managed to dry the thing out with aid of other kind Campers and wash all clothes which were floating in the flood. The wind flattened the beams on one side of the tent which allowed a pool of rain to build up and gush into the tent. Was told this was good as a wetting will have sealed a membrane to prevent any leaks ever again (was v dubious to hear this news). By the way I'm selling this one, so if any of the folks who think this is a great tent want to recommended it to their friends I have one doing cheap.Ġ from 0 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: Loxyfoxes Reason: I've used one Made in: 2016 Rating: As I said before I have been camping for nearly 30 odd years and never experienced such a consistently awful product. I cannot believe the other reviewers that praise this nonsense, have actually seen rain or understand what a tent is supposed to do. There is no other conclusion.This is just a crap tent, no way around it, I can't go along with the fiction anymore.It simply doesn't function as a tent. Pitched it again when we got home to dry the tent (yes we are those sort of people) no one in the tent and pitched pin tight and still it leaked. This year, it rained properly and but the tent was pitched as tight as a gnats chuff but still it leaked. Now please bear in mind this was the third iteration of this tent we were trying so I assumed it must have been my fault (cognitive dissonance at work) so I got up early and cleaned the pools of water that only formed when it rained.Before my wife could get up and tut about this white elephant I had bought. No leaks (condensation anyone?) Next year we had a little rain but I had pitched the tent at NASA levels of perfection, so while it leaked a little it wasn't so bad but then neither was the rain. Even with all of use breathing heavily inside it. So, the year we got the new version of the tent. Paying nearly 1 and a half grand for a collection of inner tubes and heavy duty Doritos packaging will drag you down that cognitive dissonance highway pretty quickly. It is how religious cults work, the more you put into something the more you have to justify your choices with blind faith and obedience.

However, there is a principal in psychology called cognitive dissonance. To be fair to Vango they replaced the tent we had problems with with a brand new 2017 model.

#VANGO ILLUSION 800 AIRBEAM TENT UPDATE#

Thought I ought to update my review of this tent from a few years back. If you have a photo of this Tent click here to upload itīy: Tonyd3 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2017 Rating: Member Uploaded Images - click to enlarge

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