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I bought (and returned) a tent from him just when he was getting going. When the tent didn’t work in my circumstances he was probably one of the best people I’ve ever dealt with in manufacturing/retail.
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Interested to see reviews on this air beam alpkit tent. Small pack size due to no poles (which is what I'm after)
but nothing on the inner dimensions that I can seehttps://alpkit.com/products/aeronaut-1
Finally a chance to use the Schrader end of my pump.
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This is more my jam...
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Ah man, that was my first choice but the other one came up so I grabbed it instead because you know, it's a bike forum and I should be doing something productive :D
This was second choice because it starts with "pump it"
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Yeah it's not clear of that's internal usable space or not. There other tents have it listed out separately pretty nicely.
I know they've just released the soloist XL so I'm wary of being stung if they've designed it too short again. My matt is pretty plush aswell limits usable space for the long legged.
Figure the air beam is as good as a pole for the kind of camping I'm intending to use it for. 2 person trips I'll keep using the hubba hubba, but the poles are a pita for solo trips.
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People seem to be pretty pleased with the Nemo Gogo Elite that has an inflatable beam too, though it is tiny. I read some used it in SRMR without problems.
https://bikepacking.com/gear/nemo-gogo-elite/ -
Is that the same one Mike Hall used for his Round the World Record ride?
EDIT: Probs
Mike camped out a lot and was delighted with the tent choice that he made.
“The tent was one of the best pieces of equipment I’ve ever used,” he says. “It was a Nemo Gogo Elite which is pretty much a bivvy bag with an inflatable hoop. It uses an air beam with an integrated pump.
“You blow into this bag and then squeeze the bag and it amplifies the pressure you can get, so you can blow it up in 20secs. It’s almost as light as a bivvy bag and you get fully enclosed to keep the rain and midges out.
"I took a Rab sleeping bag that had down on only one side to make it superlight and packable, the thinking being that you squash the down you are lying on anyway and you use a good air mat. I used Nemo's Zor mat."
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“The tent was one of the best pieces of equipment I’ve ever used,” he
says. “It was a Nemo Gogo Elite which is pretty much a bivvy bag with
an inflatable hoop. It uses an air beam with an integrated pump.“You blow into this bag and then squeeze the bag and it amplifies the
pressure you can get, so you can blow it up in 20secs. It’s almost as
light as a bivvy bag and you get fully enclosed to keep the rain and
midges out. -
Tarptent Moment ending in 8minutes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tarptent-Moment-DW-single-person-tent-with-solid-interior-and-crossing-poles/333932492801?
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sorry to be blunt but if anyone thinks a blowup tent is a good idea, given that
- it has precisely no advantages over a proven great technology (poles) - it's not lighter, it's not more durable, it's not more packable if you have sensible pole dimensions
- you can get an ultralight carbon pole handmade for any tent for less than £30
they need to have another think.
special hate for alpkit, whose warranty isn't worth the piece of paper it's written on, and who make the leakiest inflatable sleeping mats known to man
- it has precisely no advantages over a proven great technology (poles) - it's not lighter, it's not more durable, it's not more packable if you have sensible pole dimensions
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