I didn’t think it would be much bigger than our last tent, but it definitely is and that extra room is going to be great for rainy days. The pump is easy to use and even the children are able to use it under supervision. The tent arrives with everything you need, including the pump, valves, pegs etc.

The poles or AirBeams are a lot thicker than we thought and are very sturdy considering it’s essentially air inside a fabric bag! I placed a normal sized water bottle next to the AirBeam to show the size of it. Definitely a lot quicker and less faff than pole tents. Now we know what we’re doing I think we could get the tent up with one person in half an hour. Once that’s done and a couple of guy ropes pegged down at the front you can blow up the remaining poles and peg all the ropes down. It really would be easy for a single parent to put it up, simply peg it down first, inflate the first ‘pole’ and slot in the only actual pole for the porch area. Plus with no poles it might be a bit more flexible in the Scottish winds!Īs it was our first time putting the tent up we worked together, but it was fairly straightforward and could easily be done by one adult.

My hope was that this tent would be easy to put up with just one person, meaning the other parent could entertain the kids. I specifically chose an AirBeam because our last tent broke a pole and was fiddly to put up.

We were sent the Vango AirBeam Capri 400XL tent to review at the weekend. Don’t forget a first aid kit though, especially if you have accident prone kids like ours! Setting Up Camp If you don’t have space to bring your bikes then you can hire bikes at the campsite too. The perfect place to take two bike mad children! Every day was spent on the bike track and skills park, I think we all felt a lot fitter after our 3 days away. Comrie Croft is a great eco-campsite, with several camping areas, woodlands, pond, tea room, shop, bike shop and workshop, bike tracks and bike skills park.

We’re just back from a brilliant weekend camping at Comrie Croft near Crieff in Perthshire.

Airbeam review