Saw a few airbreams collapsed on site but the only fault we found was that the front awning had leaked a bit on the frontal slope. If you are not sure what does the HH rating means, I recommend this explainer post: Tent materials, fabrics, specifications and all the acronyms. NEGATIVES: Front door hooks are high up so I extended them with a hair band loop to reach door toggle more easily.

One of the poles developed a small crack after about a year but we just wrapped some duct tape around it and never had another issue. I have come a cross with all type of weather with vango iracus 500 dlx , I will definitely recommend this tent .

Erection with the highly tensioned poles needs to be practiced, but OK in the end, and a very solid tent as a result, especially when its unique tension straps system is used. Only reason it lost one star is because the zips don't line up, one is straight and the other is curved meaning every time you get in or out of the tent you have to undo the two zips separately. To regulate the temperature inside the tent, the Icarus 500 DLX has plenty of ventilation vents, as well as full mesh front and side doors (and half mesh bedroom doors).

The front and side doors are fully meshed, while the bedroom doors are part mesh, so it’s relatively easy to keep the tent well-ventilated.Somif you pack up in dry conditions and have aired the tent out, you dont need to dry the groundsheet off when you get home. Tent had a small tear on outer tent where you use a peg I have tried telling Black's this could be resolved with a patch I am going back on holiday next week and they couldn't guarantee me having same tent by then. The tent has two zipped full mesh doors, providing an entrance at the front and side of the tent, and two zipped half mesh inner doors, offering extra privacy. Me and the wife love this tent it is very easy to put up and take down, looks good and is very roomy for just the two of us, we use campbeds with air beds bunge roped together to stop it slipping and there is loads of room in the bedroom for clothes, bags, and a small side table. The is perfect and after putting it up in the garden the kids wanted to use it for a week in Wales, it stood up to some good old fashioned Welsh weather with no leaking and has plenty of room for us.

If you haven’t made up your mind yet, it may be worth considering the Coleman Mosedale 5 with similarly good weather protection, although it is a bit more pricy than the Icarus 500.In the living area I had 2 folding chairs, a folding single camping table, kitchen equipment under the table in boxes, and a camping stove which you screw gas canisters in to, very economical. If you're the kind of family that brings everything and the kitchen sink, you'll probably only manage four people at the very most. The sleeping area can be divided into two bedrooms, giving you some privacy and separation from your fellow campers. This also allowed us to put our child to bed but have space between us and her without disturbing her with lighting or noise whilst we played cards. Easy to pitch, prepared to do it myself but helped by a couple of other campers, would be able to do it easily a second time.

Amazing tent Im still using this tent, I've had it for 4 years and used it about 2-3 times per year. Overall we have been very happy with this tent and are considering on purchasing a Air beam one just so I can go camping for the weekend on my own with our child (6yrs old) without the struggle of trying to get a poled tent up alone. In the main living area we placed our roof box to one side to use for clothes/valuables storage (as it was lockable) and meant that it we didn;t take space up in the bedroom with clothes bags/luggage. There are quite a few options, that’s why I prefer 5-berth tents over the 4-berth tents, and, in some cases, they can be more versatile than a 6-berth tent. The 4000mm HH polyester flysheet is both waterproof and durable, ensuring that you stay dry even during heavy rainfall.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Its early stages of our use but the very first night absolutely chucked it down for hours and the tent was bone dry inside in morning- there may be worse conditions to come but that’s a very good start for the tent. Snapped tension bands, guy rope tighteners did not hold, leaks via side door, awning ripped from trim near clips, another clip had failed stitching, stitching incomplete around one of sleeping compartment doors.