 Okay, let's get it done over here. Once this is lifted up, this is another bedroom. So that's the size of that. So this is quite wide and that takes you. So there's an opportunity, you can add a bedroom in this area here if you want to. You have the porch over there. The side bedroom attached now and sort of go in where it is. So this is a bedroom and then you've got these bedrooms over here. Okay, so thanks for coming. We need to weather our tent. This is a brand new tent and it's made from poly cotton which is got some cotton in it. And straight out the factory, the cotton hasn't quite got its weatherproofing. So these premium tents, they need to be weathered and that means basically pouring loads of water on it, letting it dry, letting the cotton expand, absorb the water and get the weathering and the waterproofing that it's designed to have. So what's really important is that you put out all the guy ropes so that they're not touching the sides of the tent, that you peg in everything all the way around the tent. And you stretch the tent out as much as you can so that the surfaces are taut. Once you've wet it and you've covered all the tent with the water, let it dry and then do this once it's dry, do it again and do that a couple of times, maybe two to three times to just help the cotton get into a natural position. Okay, so one of the things that I really like about this tent is this carpet that comes with it. It's really nice, it's really soft and it's got a waterproof and thermally reflective surface so it helps keep you extra warm and it's conveniently, what's sensibly called a snug rug so it's snug. Another thing I really like about this, in this side annex over here, you can either put an extra sleeping area or it comes with a pole for hanging your wet clothes. So this area has your mud room and then you can hang your clothes here before everybody goes inside the tent, which is pretty cool. And it's versatile. It's got some really cool features with the doors as well. So these doors, they can stretch the full length but they have these little clips. That makes it hard, basically stops the door from opening at a certain point but if I unclip it then I can make it much bigger and it's the same for the main entrance as well. You've got really great handy pockets, big, I mean you can put a whole A4 sheet of paper in here and there's plenty of pockets inside these inner chambers. We mentioned this before but it's got lots of fixing points, Velcro straps for putting on lights, hanging things that maybe have Velcro attachments. So I know that outdoor revolution do their own little pocket things that you can strap on here but you can add your own if you've got Velcro. So your storage options are quite extensive really with this. So there's all of the various places you can fit things and every beam has that. You've also got clearly labels input for your electric if you need that and even the carpet has an electric input in it too. So you can thread your cable underneath and have your cable come out through the middle of your carpet which is kind of fun and nobody will be tripping over wires. Okay so my biggest bugbear with this tent is not the tent itself but actually the bag that the tent comes in. This thing for one of a better word is rubbish. I mean it's a heavy duty fabric and the fabric itself is not really a problem, looks like it's waterproof and all the rest of it. It's just the handles. There's one for a tent that weighs 65 kilos. You need sturdy supports and sturdy things to be able to manhandle this bag in and out of your car, into your shed or garage or wherever you're storing it and getting it places is difficult. Oh it's got this very one small handle here which is the towing handle. On the back it doesn't have a handle at all. No handle. It's got two wheels, okay that's nice. If the ground is flat and concrete but it's useless in mud you don't want to be dragging this over mud or grass or anything wet it's just going to be really unpleasant. It's got some reinforcements underneath but I don't feel like they do much. They're not, you know this thing bends a lot and certainly didn't give me any comfort when I was trying to lift it. Okay and finally there are two straps at the top but I'm not Superman. I'm not going to be able to lift this tent up like that practically on my own. We just about make it work but it's not the best in the world. So I would prefer to have two handles on both sides here and here and I would prefer to have maybe three wheels on the bottom and possibly a third one of these in the middle just for that extra bit of reinforcement. And you know I'm not, there's no way to secure the tent inside. The bag itself doesn't allow easy put back in so we haven't put this tent away yet so I might have even more problems with this bag later on but putting it back in cleanly and smoothly might be quite difficult because there's no, I have to somehow get the huge tent in to this bag and then get the bag over it and in it and all the rest it's going to be quite challenging. So this bag really is the worst part of this tent so far. It doesn't even have those buckles so even the Christmas tree bag it's got the, almost like the seat belt for, so other bags I've seen they've got, they've got a method of actually securing the tent inside and then compacting it down but this I mean granted the tent fills this bag it's, there's not any spare space in here for the pump for instance. The pump is totally separate to this bag which is another point. The bag really should probably include the pump I guess. It is a big pump so maybe that's not feasible but you know it's not in the world either it's just, it's just a gripe. So I'm probably going to end up buying another bag because this thing sucks. And those straps are very thin. I'm surprised at how narrow the straps are for a 4 of 65kg. That's a good point as well. Picking up, I mean this one luckily it's got a nice padding on it. This side doesn't. So yeah I can, I can do this and do it together and that's probably how you're supposed to actually lift it up but it's, it's lifting it like that's not great and you know again two straps so that you know two people can lift it easily and manipulate this very large bag wouldn't be for the price of this tent not a hard, not something that you wouldn't want or you know it's not going to be a great expense is it but it really does impact the experience. Okay so what I really like about this having come from Coleman tents is these guy ropes are, they're really nice. They, they've got this really interesting mechanism that's really easy to use to tighten or to loosen the string it says. You know how to loosen them, not that it goes easy. It just sort of goes up, goes down and it clicks into place and it's really really nice. Also they're, you can't, probably can't see them easily but they've got reflective beading on the, on the lanyard, can't see it but there is, there is this reflective beading on there which at night time shows up and also when it's wet, which is nice. Okay the other thing I really like relatively speaking to the tents that I've seen the much cheaper tents, it's how thick these given tent poles are. Those are, those are substantial at least you know that the thickness seems to be twice as thick as the standard tent poles that I've gotten in the past. Obviously you know more professional campers are going to want to replace these anyway with something a bit easier to use but I think this is a nice touch they didn't necessarily have to give us substantial poles like this. Okay another really nice feature is these air vents. I'm not 100% happy with them but I like the fact that they're there and there's so many of them. So these allow you to get air in, cooler air from the bottom so obviously heat rises so cooler air is going to be at the bottom of the ground. And this allows you to ventilate your tent nicely without having water ingress. I'm not sure about these straps but that you know the Velcro and all the rest of it seems to be a bit fussy but maybe that's just something that I've done wrong. Outdoor revolution call their airframe and oxygen airframe. I'm not really sure what that means other than it's airbeam or whatever but you've got a socket here. They call it proprietary, I think it's proprietary but I'm not sure exactly but it's got this little neat little pump here which the pump connects to and locks into place and then you use the pump to blow up the airbeam. And then it just gets covered over with this and locked into place like that. It's very neat and then this just tucks away and it's almost invisible. We haven't actually got the porch out yet or the front extension but this is where it will connect to. Got a zipper that it must zip into and then a cover that I guess gives it a weatherproofing and then that will go forward. The one thing we didn't buy for this is the sun visor shade thing I guess. It's like a porch or veranda. It comes out and it straps into these little hooks and then it comes out a good meter or two, no maybe it's about here and it gives you a nice area to sit out under and cover but not inside your tent. But we felt it's a bit. We've already got a massive tent that we need it right now, we'll see. So following on from the saga of the tent and the bag, I decided before we put the tent away I'm going to order a new bag and what I've done is I've ordered the Van Gogh Smart Roller Bag and that's just arrived. So let's have a look at it. It's not 80.5 kilos. I've got a thing I'm talking about right. Initial thoughts are positive. It's got three wheels, sturdy wheels as well with some grip on them. It's got two handles on this side and two handles on this side. So people on both sides can use it to lift up for 65 to 70 kilo tent. That's really important. And that tent out there is rated at 65 kilos I think. So yeah, that's a lot of weight. Okay, it opens up straight out like that. So you can roll your tent in and into the bag. You've got straps to help compress the tent down. And you've got, okay this I like, I didn't know this was there but you've actually got metal reinforcements. So it's even more, it's less likely to bend and flex. So that's really nice. That's a nice addition I wasn't expecting. Yeah, it's got a decent fabric, solid fabric. It's the same type of fabric as the other bag to be fair. It's just a thick water resistant canvas. And let's have a look at the other side. It's got further straps on the outside so that not only can you strap it in on the inside, but you strap it in on the outside as well, further compressing. So that maybe you've got separate tent holes to the tent. So you can still keep it nice and compact. Zip it all up, okay. The maximum height of this looks to be that tall. Any tent that wide and that tall. So it's quite tall, quite a large, passive bag. You've got some, you've got the same sort of rigid plastic under support, but then you've got these corner supports as well which is nicer than the bag that came with the tent. So all in all, it looks pretty good. The porch has already gone down, we've already taken that down. But as you can see, it's nice and dry. The sun has been really lovely and hot and very obliging. As you can see, there we go. Looking good. We deflate this tent now. It's got these lovely flaps. Inside you've got a, I probably haven't sorted this out nicely, but you've got the thing and it's secured with this little jobby. And you've just got this button and you push the button. Can you see that? Yeah. And it's really straight forward. Obviously not taking out all the air. So you can use the deflate option on the pump to then suck the air out of the tube. Come back in five minutes. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. So is this actually bigger than? It's actually packed for that bag. I don't see how that bag is useful. So we can use it for the other stuff. Okay, we'll zip it up. No, those are going to have to go into a separate bag glove. Probably squish it down a lot more. Because certainly it came in a different size bag than all the rest. But, you know, it's definitely a lot of tent and this is a lot of bag. But I'm not going to break my back using this bag to lift it, which is nice. We'll have to figure out what we're going to do with the ground sheet, which we didn't get in here. The poles. Or the poles, or the pegs, or the instruction manuals, or the pump, or any of the other stuff. The tube is decided, but we could get it in this bag and that's, you know, the main tent anyway. And I mean, I'm sitting on it and it's definitely squishing down slowly. So, you know, maybe there's something to, uh, to being patient with it. But I don't want to have to take this down in the middle of a thunderstorm. That's for sure. Okay, well, let's get on with the rest of it. Yeah. One handed. Oh, yeah. Airbeam tent. Well, it's certainly lighter in terms of the beams and the poles. It's still a lot of work to do the pumping, but hey, you can always get an electric pump for that. Yeah, yeah, no idea. But it's a good workout though. Yeah, it's a good workout. It's something that I can see definitely the kids having a lot of fun doing. Yeah, we could do like one kid beam. Well, there are, in fact, enough beams for that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that's a way of making it fun. Yeah, and also not having to do quite so much work, but the, you know, it's obviously a huge tent. So one of the challenges we're probably going to face is flat terrain and trying to get a spot or a size that doesn't fit. But we're up for the challenge. So this isn't always going to suit every circumstance or every situation, but I think we're probably going to be going for situations where it will. So we're not exactly going to be, you know, and hoiking it around, you know, in that bag. Yeah, because the bag is huge. So my biggest criticism right now, having just put it up, is the bag is just massive. Yeah. And, okay, practical, it's a massive tent, but the bag itself is a bit pants. It doesn't have enough handles. Yeah. And they're not well located in my opinion. They feel quite flimsy as well. Well, the handles that there are, there are worse handles out there, sure. But they're not, they're not sturdy. How are we going to help them flying over? So I feel that, you know, if I, I don't like the bag, I'm not going to do anything about it at this point in time. The money we spent was 10, but, you know, it's, it's something that I would want a better bag in the future. Certainly something that Lawrence, the incredibly heavy, you know, size of 10, you know, something that's going to facilitate. Yeah, it does have wheels and that's nice. But actually the wheels are pretty rubbish and it's got very little support. It just basically is a giant, unsecured bag with no rigidity to it. So it is really hard to manhandle. Yeah. I don't know. We're sort of... So why the polycotton? So polycotton, it's supposed to be cooler in the summer and warmer in the, in the heat. It's supposed to be cooler in the heat and warmer in the cold. And that's because the fabric breathes. So I mean, I'm not a fabric expert, you are. Yeah, all fabric breathes. Yeah, but to a greater extent than polyester does, which is what most tents made of. The other thing is it's more naturally water resistant, apparently. But it needs the wetter. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the reading that I've done says, you know, put it out before you use it and get it wet and let it dry. And the process of the fabric getting wet and dry a couple of times improves its ability to then flex in the future. So when it does rain, it will swell. And when it's dry, it will shrink and allow more air through. So that's kind of like the logic there. Okay. And it's a more durable fabric as well. So this tent will last a lot longer. Allegedly. Allegedly, yeah. Then polyester tents, you know, your cheaper sort of 100 pound tents or whatever. And I mean, you're not going to get a massive tent like this for 100 pounds even with polyester. But, you know, it is a nice fabric. It feels really nice. You know, it's kind of, it's more close to, it's not shirting fabric per se, but it feels sturdy. I'd be hard pressed to imagine my kids tearing accidentally when just running around. Whereas a smaller tent. The Coleman, the Coleman that we had before the fabric was a little bit eat some. You get the edges. And I mean, I'm sort of, I'm appreciating the, what there is in all the zippers and little bits and pieces. Oh, the zippers are saying pretty sturdy. You know, they have metal zippers in most places that I'm looking right now. That's pretty good. Metal zippers makes me feel like, you know, it's going to be sturdy. The actual zips themselves are plastic, but the actual, yeah, these are, these are plastic zips. But I guess you don't really want metal ones. No. This extra weight and stuff. You know, the, the, but the actual metal thing is, well, the actual zipper itself is metal. And then you've got plenty of catches and things, belt pro for putting your bits and pieces on. And you've got all sorts of, I don't know, uses that we haven't thought of yet, really. Air vents and, well, we also have, we haven't put it up because it's still in the box, but we also have an extension porch thing. So, yeah, this can go an extra, this can go an extra bit as well as what we already have. And the extension bit, we got that because previously we had been looking to get an event shelter, which we use for our Normandy camping trip. And it was really lovely to have a space that wasn't within the tent that we could kind of just hang out in and cook in. So we had been looking at event shelters. We had to return the one that we got at that time because it was absolutely pants. Basically, it was fine when it wasn't raining, but then when it started raining... The seams were leaking over the rest of it, wasn't it? The problem was also the poles with that one. I think did we do a video on that one? Yes, we did. We did a video, so there's a video. The video link is going to be up here or there or there or whatever. But the problem was the poles. So when we got it new, we put it up as we're supposed to do. The pole broke completely here. But you should go check out that video because it's got all of the details on it. The pole came out of the bag broken. So we basically were like, well, we need it for this weekend because I kind of waited a little bit too long to actually put it up. So it was like, okay, I'm going to fix the pole and if it's okay, we'll live. And then it leaked when it rains and then putting it down another pole broke. So it was like, well, these poles are clearly very dodgy. We bought it on Amazon and Amazon has got really great returns. We are prime. We're Amazon prime. I don't know what it's like on the whole Amazon. But yeah, so we were able to return it and because we had actually recorded the process of putting it together and actually showing that the thing came out of the event shelter broken. So when we found out that this particular tent that we also had the option of buying an extension that's sort of like adding an event shelter, we're like, yeah, no, we'll get that. I think it's going to be a bit more than just an event shelter in terms of the extra space. But it's a space to hang out in. And to be fair, when you're spending the kind of money that we have on this tent, it's basically the cost of an event shelter on top of it to have something straight in, which you connect directly to the tent. You don't have to have as a separate thing and it's just a cohesive living space. So we'll see what that's like later. And just for context, we've got five kids and they are growing now. The youngest twins are seven years old going on to eight. So our previous tent, the last time that we went camping, they seemed kind of small enough for us to squeeze in there. But when we went camping to the Lake District recently, it was just too small. It's like the children had had growths first and it was very clear that going forward that we needed to invest in a bigger tent because we love camping and we enjoy camping. And in normal years, we would be camping twice a year once in the UK and once in Europe. But this year it's going to be twice in the UK. So we've already done our Lake District camping trip and we're going to be off to Scotland, which is why we needed to set this tent up and to make sure that everything is okay with it. And the next step is... In good time, not like the week, a couple of days before. Yes. Always do that with a tent. This is the case of doing it in good time because we just... This is a new style. I've never done an air beam before. Oh yeah, yeah. But it was awesome though. Yeah. It comes together so easily and we were able to put it up just the two of us without the kids helping. Yeah, for something this big is what it's a bit like. An outdoor revolution they do guarantee their bare beams for life. Yeah. So that was a big selling point for me. I don't really trust this technology. But if you're going to back it up with a lifetime guarantee that it won't fall, but won't have you from general normal use, then yeah, sure it went up. So far so good. Yeah, so far so good. Well anyway, thank you so much for watching. We hope that you found the video informative, useful, and entertaining. And if you did, give the video a big thumbs up down below. If you haven't already, do subscribe. It's a lifestyle channel so we just share bits and bobs of what we get up to as a large family with five kids and all of the things that come along with that. Until the next video, we wish you all a blue skies, good health, and happiness together. Bye. Bye. He's lying down. 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