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InTents Glamping™ starts with the perfect tent. The perfect glamping tent designs and distribution are dominated by the UK and a few from New Zealand.
Without getting knowledge and access to the best tents, gear and equipment, campers are not enjoying the greatest camping experience possible.
What makes a perfect glamping tent?
- EASE OF PITCH
- go with inflatable beams (poles) – no more messing with metal poles and looking for help – being able to erect 3-8 person tents by yourself in a matter or minutes
- SPACE
- for sleeping, living, entertaining and even cooking
- STANDING ROOM
- tunnel design and being able to stand from corner to corner and front to back
- VISIBILITY
- having large clear plastic windows and huge mesh, clear plastic or paneled doors.
- ZONES
- 2-4 zones for sleeping, living, entertaining, and even cooking
- NO RAIN FLY
- not having to “cocoon” up your tent or keep another sheet of plastic over it in case it rains
- INNER TENT SLEEPING ZONE
- dedicated and separated inner tent (toggled inside back of main tent) usually with darkened fine mesh walls
WHO MAKES THE BEST FAMILY GLAMPING TENTS?
We currently owned and have glamped for 1 to 6 days with tents from the three major manufacturers from the UK. Those include Kampa, Outwell and Vango. Although the standard design is tunnel with inflatable beams, each manufacturer offers slightly different feature, function and price point sets.
Kampa
beautiful large windows and doors with extreme Hydrostatic Head of 6000 (how it keeps the water out), storm bands and drop panels for entry ways
Outwell
beautiful high end materials with embossed fabrics and tinted windows, drop down entry steps, and full front three way doors (window, mesh and panel)
Vango
the originators of airbeams, affordable with many great designs and a few available through Amazon US. This was our first inflatable and we are hooked.
WHY CAMPERS & GLAMPERS LOVE THIS SITE
Instead of regurgitating or cut and pasting information and pictures about equipment – we research, buy, test, implement, use, abuse, stack, fold, burn, break and do everything else that a family with kids can do to camping tents, equipment and gear. Up to 90% of the reviewed and recommend tents, gear and equipment on this site we have bought and use. We are the experts.
Don’t Go Camping Till You Learn About InTents Glamping™
Why This Information Is So Important To Anyone Who Camps
Our research, purchase and field (camp site) tested usage shows the tents available in the US – from the best retailers and distributors – are about 8 - 10 years behind (in technology, materials, design, feature/functions and configurations) what is being sold, used and enjoyed in other parts of the world.
Why is that? Because American campers are just now catching on to what’s available and demanding more and better equipment. The average camping time for Americans is 1 ¼ days, when most European, Australia and New Zealand campers will camp up to 2-3 weeks at a time. That means UK and European campers are must more demanding, discerning and innovation conscious than what is available in the US.
In addition, where too many Americans view camping equipment as an expense or spend to be used a few times, Europeans see camping tents and gear as long-term serious investments to stand decades of heavy use. They know if you buy good equipment you will use it more and you will enjoy it more – don’t buy cheap stuff.
The quality of tents available in the UK and Europe is extremely high. For example, where a name brand tent like Coleman might be able to handle strong wind and rain gusts of up to 30-40 miles, one of the tents we own from the UK has been tested to stand an astonishing 100 MPH. Does that mean its okay to camp in extreme gale force winds? No, it means that storms that are typically experienced by America campers will not bend, break, penetrate, or ruin high-quality tents.
Last year over 1.4 million Americans enjoyed camping for the first time. More women and girls are joining the ranks of being a camper and they aren’t sure what is available, what to buy and where to get it.
Our company mission and goals are to review, recommend and provide access to resources so that everyone – anywhere in the world – can be learning, purchasing and enjoying the best of the best tents, gear and equipment.
