Inflatable Tents
Submitted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 14:49
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Member - Bretto&Laus(WA)
never seen one before, anyone used one?
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Reply By: DaLUX - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 15:21
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 15:21
Never seen one, dont know how rigid it would be and $1000 little step for me
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Follow Up By: Member - Bretto&Laus(WA) - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 15:23
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 15:23
yeah.. price tag seems a tad over the top
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 15:50
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 15:50
based on the tent, should be more like $199....
Not sure of how it would handle wind and rain....not very
well i suspect (given that some fibreglass ones struggle).
Andrew
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Reply By: Dirty Smitty - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:07
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:07
Just buy a $199.00 tent and add the air filled pillows, should be able to get them manufactured for under $200.00. Or Clark Rubber might have an equivalent product. Goodluck.
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:16
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:16
Gee Whizz,
For $1100 you can get a 30 sec Oztent, or a Black Wolf Turbo tent, plus some change.
Much better choice IMHO.
Bill.
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Follow Up By: G.T. - Monday, May 26, 2008 at 13:09
Monday, May 26, 2008 at 13:09
Yep - a Black Wolf Turbo Lite 270 Plus cost me $599.00 on special at B.C.F. ( usually $699.00 ) It, in my opinion is a far superior tent and it will handle bad weather far better.
Regards G.T.
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Reply By: Member - Greydemon (WA) - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:54
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:54
This looks very similar to a design which was around in the UK about 30 years ago. I hope that they have improved since then, most of them seemed to spring slow leaks and end up pretty
well flat by morning!
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Reply By: Member - Bretto&Laus(WA) - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:57
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 17:57
yeah, agreed.. end of story LOL
Bretto
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Reply By: Ray - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 18:37
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 18:37
I remember when I was a Boy Scout, don't ask me how long ago, we had some inflatable "tents". They were actually ex R.A.F. aero engine covers and had an oval opening each end to fit over the aeroplane. We used to sew a piece of canvas over one end and convert the other end for a door. Unconverted they also used to be used by workman, I use the term workman as workperson did not come into vogue for some years later, when working on underground
services. Bloody heavy though.
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Reply By: Mike Harding - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 18:51
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 18:51
Seems to me it's a product blown up out of all proportion.
Mike Harding :)
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Follow Up By: Member - Bretto&Laus(WA) - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 19:01
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 19:01
Indeed, wouldnt want a
puncture in the middle of the night..
One could meet the maker due to carbon monixide poisoning :-/
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Reply By: Member - Vince M (NSW) - Friday, May 23, 2008 at 18:04
Friday, May 23, 2008 at 18:04
as one of the few Australian inflatable boat builders (3mtrs to 18mtrs) they are common place in big tents as Portable hospitals, aircraft hangers, etc, now some are made
well, most are not, most quality inflatable (Air holding) fabric is expensive even if it is for light & small items .One of the problems is most work on high volume low psi & this is effected by temp so pump it up in the middle of the day & at 4am its going to be pretty flat as the volume will drop with the temp. I can,t comment on the one your looking at the site link would not work for me. I have a large inflatable tent that I use at Surf Life saving carnival's but for camping I still use a canvas job.
check what it is made from & that it can be repaired
regards Vince
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