Air tents work very well in high winds if erected properly. Do not over-inflate and peg out properly. The nice thing is that the air tubes will give and the tent partially collapse in strong wind but then just right itself again. I carry extra guy lines for one side only and use them on the windy side if ever necessary. I have used them on poled tents before but never bothered with the air tent.
I would counter, all tents can survive if pitched correctly. I have pitched geodesic tents in 80mph winds in Scotland and survived the night. Air-beam tents offer a lot of advantages especially in windy conditions.
Trev We camp at the (tent graveyard) Shell Island. The destroyer of tents. It can be so bad, they will give you credit fo days you have not used. If your tent is destroyed. On a bad weekend, I walked the site and assessed the damage. The reason was to see which tents were still standing. Outwell we’re the outright winners. I bought an outwell concord. That same week. It’s an air beam. It’s a fantastic poly cotton tent. Storm guys. Warm in the cold cool in the heat. My kids lend it. So I’ve bought another one. It’s expensive. But it’s tested to gale force nine. We go to shell island because of the space. 20 meter rule unless camping next to family friends. At the moment the concord has a clean sheet against the tent graveyard. Give it a look. I think your family will love it. Fabulous tents 🔥
I have the Berghaus air 6. I have taken it out in all kinds of horrific weather. If you get the air pressure right ( gauge supplied with markings ) and peg it well. It will take a good kickin. I can also recommend the Berghaus gazebo. Good space to sit when the heavens open up. 4 walls and fly net. I would say the only down side is the size of the bags. Takes a lot of boot space. Also never let in a drop of water.
Its my first time camping with my kids and wife and I've just bought the air 6 xl. I was originally a bit worried about it not being the best in the wind but your comment has made me feel much better about purchasing the right tent.
We were camping in Cornwall right on the coast last August year and the year before and survived two named storms in a Vango Airbeam family tent. If you get the pressures right they will flatten but just pop back up. There were similar 8 man poled tents that were literally destroyed where their poles all snapped and fabric ripped. Wouldn’t be in a storm in any other type of family sized tent now.
Memories of a stormy night in the family tent, somewhere in France, some 40+ yrs ago. We had to hold on to the aluminium poles for hours to keep it from taking off like a kite.
It reminds me of our fam camping too last week. It was windy and rainy that it flattens some of the tent in the campground. Was so glad we used our opalus 3 that we can cook inside the tent and it stands against the strong wind and rain for 24hrs. Keep safe and have fun.
We was camping near Weymouth that weekend, luckily we was sheltered a bit and survived, I believe air tent rock but just bounce back, nothing to snap. If a pole snaps in frame tent it's game over pack up and go home,
Well that was different, great vid. Take a look at Outwell air tents. We have emerged safely from extreme stormy nights to find 80% of tents on site down the morning after. Getting the correct pressure for the weather and guying/ pegging out is 'absolute key'. We have an Outwell 'smart air' Hornet 6sa and it has never let us down, even in 60mph, 70 gusts. It's usually user error when air tents fail, with the exception that some are just poorly designed by being way too wide on the upper beams. ''''Just my opinion''' 😁 Basically avoid very wide tents. My all time favourites were the old chalet style, canvas, steel pole tents
Hope you managed a good holiday despite the weather. We have a Vango Rome Air tent and we had two storms last year with 50mph winds in Bude. It did amazingly well. We found the opposite all the pole tents were destroyed in the morning but all air tents survived the week. Storm guying seems to be the key with big tents
It was a good holiday, and the rest of the nights was like luxury in comparison. To be fair, there was a mixed bag of pole and airtents that survived and were destroyed in the end.
We were in that storm in South Cornwall, we were in a bell tent, it barely moved! It was our first time in that tent as we have been in a vango air tent before that in 50mph+ winds with no problems. The air tents survived but the cheaper poled tents literally tore to shreds! The air tents are meant to collapse, then they pop back up. But don't over or under inflate that is the key. We always hit a huge storm whenever we go away!
no way! the same thing happened to my family, we went to Wales for a trip and the weather was indicating some strong winds, (40 MPH) We stayed in 3 separate tents as it was too many people for one tent, When the storm hit we went in the tent of course but the storm was way stronger than what the weather app said, it blew down our neighbouring tent, Ripped a hole in my tent, and bent the poles of the third tent It even blew down wind socks and one fell on a car and damaged it
I was camping in our air tent with family in Bridport that night. Was pretty bad but ours stood up where some poled tents collapsed. Suppose it depends on the tent eh. Mines an outdoor revolution make if you're interested in changing up 👍
putting a tent up correctly helps. The amount of tents you see which are loose is crazy. If it's got creases, then it's a no. 'Y' pegs make a huge difference too.. and are the first things to upgrade.
Hey Trev, I have a Berghaus Air 6XL and it's withstood winds of constant speed of 35mph, with gusts of 50mph. Our friends had the same tent, pitched just a few metres from us, and their's was flattened in the same storm (they had to spend the night in their car). The difference? Well, we were side into the wind, decent pegs for the guys, and were slightly over max pressure in the airbeams (our friends were slightly under). There were a couple of points in the night where the beams folded, but they had enough pressure to just pop back up. Literally every other family sized tent on the campsite was flattened - broken poles everywhere! So I don't think durability is the issue with inflatable tents, if they're pitched correctly. The biggest issue we have with ours is it's just so big and heavy when packed. With a child and a dog, we can't fit the Air 6XL and minimal gear into our Audi Q3, with a 420L roof box packed tight. We have to take a second car (all this faff is one of the reasons I've gotten into the more simple pleasures of wild camping). So, yeah, I wouldn't let (lack of) durability put you off inflatable tents if you have a big enough vehicle to get one into.
Makes great memories. I remember camping with the family in Wales 2011 during a storm. The tent had polycarbonate poles and they were useless. Airbeam tents were just coming out but they faired no better. I vowed to get a better tent. Ended up with a vango maritza 700. Steel frame tent and absolutely huge. No probs with wind. Bit heavy with it being g steel framed buy worth it for piece of mind. Love all your vids btw.
I have a steel-framed 8-man Coleman Festival Octagon, & I'm always in 2 minds about it. On the 1 hand, the frame truly does feel bomb-proof - like I could beat a croc to death with the bag & still have it pop up just lovely. On the other hand, the thing has the bloody wind profile of the Great Pyramid of Giza, so I don't know. I try to take a smaller tent if I'm expecting storms, but then I _do_ miss the living space, once I'm stuck inside! 😂
We've got similar experience from North Wales. Few years ago: Wind up to 55MPH, and we camping at hill side next to the coast. So wind was amplified little by terrain... Our tent was same as this Decathlon tent @6:34 but our was properly hook up. Nothing happen to tent, but We was surprised how much these fibreglass poles can flex. Tunnel tents can survive a lot...
Hey man I remember I was at this same campsite at you when this storm hit it was horrendous luckily I had a good angle on the wind so it did not affect me to much
I have the berghaus air 6xl. Last year at the Lake District we were in similar conditions and only one air beam dropped down once in really high winds when all the tents around us were being destroyed. So maybe it’s to do with the air pressure you put in the tubes or how they’ve pegged it out. We are going Cornwall in 2 weeks and hoping the weather clears up abit
Ah guys, this was all very lovely, family fun, lush food and nerf guns! Then boom, what family camping trip is complete without weather warnings and gale force winds and torrential rain! 🌬🌪⛺ Didn't the family do well tho, batten down the hatches and dont get blown away! Aww sorry you had such extreme weather, you'll look back on this fondly one day....honest 🤗 intresting to see how the tents all compared, wont get a better test! Have a good week, hope the rest of your holiday went well 🤗⛺♥️👍☕
Can highly recommend Outwell Montana 6P stands 60mph winds on a clifftop easily and several storms so far and still going strong. Only downside is pack size and weight, but on the upside you dont need to worry what the weather throws at you.
air tent is the way forward there designed to go flatish in bad weather so it dont blow away my Berghaus air 4 has been through 48mph winds in Cornwall believe me Berghaus air tent is brilliant bit of kit
We spent seven nights on the Isle of Wight at the beginning of August and we had several nights of stormy weather. Took the tent down in near 60mph winds on the last day and broke two poles. Vango icarus 500 dlx with awning was fantastic.
Great vid...a bit different....glad it's not just me that gets tent envy! :-) was out in a storm last year and a lot of my tent poles snapped so was thinking about an air tent....but maybe not now! Or, as comments below suggest, the berghaus air 6 seems to be the way to go....that and pack spare air beam inners and peg out properly....
I remember as a child camping at a campsite on top of some cliffs in Dorset - about 50 years ago. My Dad bought a very expensive canvas family tent and this was its' first outing. The first night was very windy, everyone got woken up as the winds got stronger. People were taking their tents down and many ended up over the cliff in the sea. We had to hold onto the poles to stop ours going off down the cliff. Dad managed to get it down, after much shouting at us to hold onto it. It was completely covered in mud. We had to drive home and then dry it out. Many people, even in caravans gave uo that night as it was so noisy. Fun times as a kid in the 70's :)
Reminded me so much of when I was a kid,great times.Mam said it was only wind and rain lol.Also took our kids camping when they were young and had the occasional storm which they loved.Character building for your kids.Outwell are great tents fyi
I've been through the same thing in Cornwall at least 3 times. I have been up all night re pegging and some times acting as a human tent pole holding the whole thing up while the wife and kids all sleep like babies. We love camping!
made me laugh , we literally just lost our anteus 600 xl last week in some heavy winds in Yorkshire, completely snapped all but one pole and ripped the fabric to the point the tent was basically in two ..... and then to see you walk past one and say how well it is doing lol, right in the feels :-D / funny enough all the airbeam tents survived fine on that site.
Got stuck in the same storm in Newquay! Tent ripped and all pikes snapped. Had to buy the 1st tent we could find as half of Cornwall was going the same 🤣bit more of an expensive holiday than planned 🤣
That's what I was thinking too. They were really crammed in to a tiny pitch each. Camping as a kid there was always room around the tent to run around it.... And trip on guylines... And annoy dad.. 😝
If you're thinking of an upgrade, keep an eye out for Dutch Storm tents. A doddle to pitch, and when up, you're almost hoping for bad weather just to be able to switch off and not worry about it. Amazing things.
True, go for a de waard. Bit expensive but worth every penny. We have a tipi from Nordisk ourselves that survives everything and the belltents from obelink are amazing as well.
Good video, just seen it! Yeah that looked pretty bad but you seemed to have guyed your tent out effectively which helped a lot. I see so many tent failures resulting from improper pitching and guying out. I experienced this about 12yrs ago in Snowdonia where i had an enormous tent, one day all hell broke loose weather wise, i guyed it out with the ropes facing the wind direction using foot-long v-groove stakes, and it stood firm but most of the other tents on site were flattened or damaged!
Those air tents that collapsed were down to just not being pitched properly, one of those berghaus air tents wasn't even guyed out! If you put enough air pressure in them they won't collapse either, you'd be bloody hard pressed to burst one by pumping it up too much!
We have the Outwell trout lake polycotton tent with aluminium poles. We’ve been In similar condition and it’s like a rock pinned down properly.. Air tents for us always been a big no no..
Wow. That was brutal Trev. We were staying in a B&B in Swanage at the same time as the storm & it sounded pretty bad for us. Some of the wind gusts were strong. Glad you all came out of it alright. 🙂🙂👍👍
im from dorset i recommend u try cherry tree farm in portland its a great place for all the family plus stunning views over portland i wild camp a lot love everyone of them
I was in Polzeath during the 75 mph gusts and got to say really glad I bought a poled awning for my caravan, it was carnage and there was several smashed tents but the air ones really are not upto this in my opinion
That looked like a wild family camping trip haha... Glad you all.and your tent survived. Those air tents looked horrendous in the wind though. But that big Vango tent looked pretty stable in comparison. Cheers for sharing 😃🙌🏻🏕
Tip , we use the metal screw in dog stakes to anchor the main guy ropes down also how many tents can you squeeze on to a field. I am sure that must be a fire risk with so many so close together.
We were camping on the Isles of Scilly that night and we took the full brunt of Storm Evert. There was an anemometer on the campsite which recorded 69mph wind (although I did notice they'd mounted it behind a tree, so God only knows what some of the gusts were (definitely approaching hurricane speed). The wind was so bad that there was a rescue helicopter about 300 yards downwind winching people off a yacht, yet we never heard it above the wind! Pretty much all of the airbeam and fibreglass pole tents were flattened and the only tents that survived were the Outwell pole tents and proper canvas bell tents. Some small tents pitched behind walls and hedges survived. It was a miserable night and most of us had to trudge to the community centre with sleeping bags and mats under our arms.
Been in one of them before down there, Gold cap- nearly got blown away, there was even a water spout out in the channel, proper bad, next day was like a summer day- ice cream ad weather; we were going home that day typical. Glad you had a good time.
Loved it! Great to see the whole(?) family out camping!! Glad you survived! One thing I note is I remember 10+ years back your tent would have been considered pretty big, these days everyone seems to have a monster!!! I love perusing go outdoors and I'm always amazed at how tents have just grown grown grown!!
That rain you had in the night, I remember the same rain a few weeks back when I last camped, we didn't have the wind though. You did well, pleased the rest of your stay went well.
We were in our Vango Scafell 300 on a site 2 weeks ago in the dark peaks and the nearest tent to us was a Berhause ( looked great until the storm came) next morning it looked battered and bruised and half deflated! Not a good add for Berghaus
Thanks for the video and not having a go but --Compete opposite of what you said about air tents IMO...correct pressure in the poles and with the right guides they are much sturdier. None of those Berghaus I saw there were guided properly and all older models.
That’s good to know about those air tents. My daughter and her hubby bought one of those. I’ll be sure to advise them not to use in heavy winds 😱 Would have been real useful to have got a proper tour to see which tents actually survived well. I’ll look back on the vid because I know you mentioned the best one… see if I can see what make and model it was. Great to see you out with the family 👍🏼 Your young lady is a live wire 😂 She reminds me of my middle Grand-daughter.
The trick with all tents is to get the pegging right and have some heavy duty pegs for all the main points for such an occasion, especially with large family type tents! Kind regards from deepest Dorset 👍
@@justvin7214 thanks, yeah, I looked it up and it is specifically strengthened for high winds. They no longer make them but I saw a couple for sale second hand. Looks like a pretty decent tent for the price. As they no longer make them, I do wonder if they make an even stronger version now… any way, don’t need one now, but I’ve sent the details to my daughter. Thanks again 👍🏼
@@hArtyTruffle Glad to be of help although I should've checked they were still making them. Vango are always changing their tent ranges and it can be annoying especially when you're after spares.
We are out next week for our family camp. Hoping the weather will have turned by then. I'm surprised that nobody said, " that looks like that bloke from CZcams that only camps in sh*t weather!" Then everyone rushed to pack down leaving you on your own in an empty field🤣😂🤣 Only joke mate, great video and it looked like the kids enjoyed it. We've just upgraded our tent to a Vango Icarus 500dlx. It have the tension band system so should be good in the wind. Thanks again Trev and look forward to the next one 😀
another wicked video trev, we will be on a campsite on monday in the berghaus air 4, i seriously hope we dont get those winds, i think the 4 is quite sturdy in the wind because its not as big as the 6 or 8 man version, i hope lol, we were howling at some of the collapsed tents
@@SummitOrNothing plan and prep...keep an eye on the weather and peg down appropriately.... That year we had a Wynster opposite bedrooms type tent ..but upgraded to Vango Orava 600xl but I've had enough of flappy polyester and poles so we have now got a polycotton airbeam....cant wait ti camp next year 😊
great opportunity to see what tents performed the best in bad weather at someone else’s expense 😂😂 having done camping your experience kicked in and you did the right thing in adding extra guy lines to the poles and having the tent pointy end facing the wind …. i’ve said this before but “all the best memories are made in adversity” …. your kids are going to remember this trip and ‘dad running about outside saving the tent’ for the rest of their lives 👍👍 😄😄ATB Dave Mc
Nice to see the berghaus at 5:11 couldn’t be arsed to peg his guy lines out
Air tents work very well in high winds if erected properly. Do not over-inflate and peg out properly.
The nice thing is that the air tubes will give and the tent partially collapse in strong wind but then just right itself again.
I carry extra guy lines for one side only and use them on the windy side if ever necessary. I have used them on poled tents before but never bothered with the air tent.
I would counter, all tents can survive if pitched correctly. I have pitched geodesic tents in 80mph winds in Scotland and survived the night. Air-beam tents offer a lot of advantages especially in windy conditions.
Trev
We camp at the (tent graveyard) Shell Island. The destroyer of tents.
It can be so bad, they will give you credit fo days you have not used. If your tent is destroyed.
On a bad weekend, I walked the site and assessed the damage. The reason was to see which tents were still standing. Outwell we’re the outright winners.
I bought an outwell concord. That same week. It’s an air beam. It’s a fantastic poly cotton tent. Storm guys. Warm in the cold cool in the heat. My kids lend it. So I’ve bought another one.
It’s expensive. But it’s tested to gale force nine.
We go to shell island because of the space. 20 meter rule unless camping next to family friends.
At the moment the concord has a clean sheet against the tent graveyard.
Give it a look. I think your family will love it. Fabulous tents 🔥
I have the Berghaus air 6. I have taken it out in all kinds of horrific weather. If you get the air pressure right ( gauge supplied with markings ) and peg it well. It will take a good kickin. I can also recommend the Berghaus gazebo. Good space to sit when the heavens open up. 4 walls and fly net. I would say the only down side is the size of the bags. Takes a lot of boot space. Also never let in a drop of water.
Its my first time camping with my kids and wife and I've just bought the air 6 xl. I was originally a bit worried about it not being the best in the wind but your comment has made me feel much better about purchasing the right tent.
We were camping in Cornwall right on the coast last August year and the year before and survived two named storms in a Vango Airbeam family tent. If you get the pressures right they will flatten but just pop back up. There were similar 8 man poled tents that were literally destroyed where their poles all snapped and fabric ripped. Wouldn’t be in a storm in any other type of family sized tent now.
I don’t know if it’s the camera angle but the tents are pitched far too close to each other. If one caught fire………..
correct, way too close.
Good to see how the different tents faired but if that's not a meet, rally, or festival then the tents are far too closely packed together 😳
Memories of a stormy night in the family tent, somewhere in France, some 40+ yrs ago. We had to hold on to the aluminium poles for hours to keep it from taking off like a kite.
It reminds me of our fam camping too last week. It was windy and rainy that it flattens some of the tent in the campground. Was so glad we used our opalus 3 that we can cook inside the tent and it stands against the strong wind and rain for 24hrs. Keep safe and have fun.
We spent the night in that storm in a family tent too, we were in the north coast of Cornwall and it hit us at 10pm. Our tent just about survived!
We was camping near Weymouth that weekend, luckily we was sheltered a bit and survived,
I believe air tent rock but just bounce back, nothing to snap. If a pole snaps in frame tent it's game over pack up and go home,
Glad you all survived Trev ,we'd expect nothing less from summit or nothing high drama at every turn 💪💪👍🏴
Well that was different, great vid. Take a look at Outwell air tents. We have emerged safely from extreme stormy nights to find 80% of tents on site down the morning after. Getting the correct pressure for the weather and guying/ pegging out is 'absolute key'. We have an Outwell 'smart air' Hornet 6sa and it has never let us down, even in 60mph, 70 gusts. It's usually user error when air tents fail, with the exception that some are just poorly designed by being way too wide on the upper beams. ''''Just my opinion''' 😁 Basically avoid very wide tents. My all time favourites were the old chalet style, canvas, steel pole tents
Cheers John. Will bare those tents in mind. Our tent fared surprisingly well considering. Kept us on our toes though 🤣
@@SummitOrNothing That will have been your expert guying and pegging 😁
@@cairnscrow8713 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😎
Hope you managed a good holiday despite the weather.
We have a Vango Rome Air tent and we had two storms last year with 50mph winds in Bude. It did amazingly well. We found the opposite all the pole tents were destroyed in the morning but all air tents survived the week. Storm guying seems to be the key with big tents
It was a good holiday, and the rest of the nights was like luxury in comparison. To be fair, there was a mixed bag of pole and airtents that survived and were destroyed in the end.
What’s storm guying?
@@hArtyTruffle have a look at Gary Cross storm guying you tube. You essentially add extra guys and cross them to help strengthen the tent
@@familygonewild2110 thanks 👍🏼
Witnessed something similar in Scotland. (Not as severe as that though).
Sold my tent and bought a heavy canvas bell tent.
We were in that storm in South Cornwall, we were in a bell tent, it barely moved! It was our first time in that tent as we have been in a vango air tent before that in 50mph+ winds with no problems. The air tents survived but the cheaper poled tents literally tore to shreds!
The air tents are meant to collapse, then they pop back up. But don't over or under inflate that is the key.
We always hit a huge storm whenever we go away!
no way! the same thing happened to my family, we went to Wales for a trip and the weather was indicating some strong winds, (40 MPH)
We stayed in 3 separate tents as it was too many people for one tent, When the storm hit we went in the tent of course but the storm was way stronger than what the weather app said, it blew down our neighbouring tent, Ripped a hole in my tent, and bent the poles of the third tent
It even blew down wind socks and one fell on a car and damaged it
I was camping in our air tent with family in Bridport that night. Was pretty bad but ours stood up where some poled tents collapsed. Suppose it depends on the tent eh. Mines an outdoor revolution make if you're interested in changing up 👍
putting a tent up correctly helps. The amount of tents you see which are loose is crazy. If it's got creases, then it's a no. 'Y' pegs make a huge difference too.. and are the first things to upgrade.
Hey Trev, I have a Berghaus Air 6XL and it's withstood winds of constant speed of 35mph, with gusts of 50mph. Our friends had the same tent, pitched just a few metres from us, and their's was flattened in the same storm (they had to spend the night in their car). The difference? Well, we were side into the wind, decent pegs for the guys, and were slightly over max pressure in the airbeams (our friends were slightly under). There were a couple of points in the night where the beams folded, but they had enough pressure to just pop back up.
Literally every other family sized tent on the campsite was flattened - broken poles everywhere!
So I don't think durability is the issue with inflatable tents, if they're pitched correctly. The biggest issue we have with ours is it's just so big and heavy when packed. With a child and a dog, we can't fit the Air 6XL and minimal gear into our Audi Q3, with a 420L roof box packed tight. We have to take a second car (all this faff is one of the reasons I've gotten into the more simple pleasures of wild camping). So, yeah, I wouldn't let (lack of) durability put you off inflatable tents if you have a big enough vehicle to get one into.
Makes great memories. I remember camping with the family in Wales 2011 during a storm. The tent had polycarbonate poles and they were useless. Airbeam tents were just coming out but they faired no better. I vowed to get a better tent. Ended up with a vango maritza 700. Steel frame tent and absolutely huge. No probs with wind. Bit heavy with it being g steel framed buy worth it for piece of mind. Love all your vids btw.
I have a steel-framed 8-man Coleman Festival Octagon, & I'm always in 2 minds about it.
On the 1 hand, the frame truly does feel bomb-proof - like I could beat a croc to death with the bag & still have it pop up just lovely. On the other hand, the thing has the bloody wind profile of the Great Pyramid of Giza, so I don't know. I try to take a smaller tent if I'm expecting storms, but then I _do_ miss the living space, once I'm stuck inside! 😂
We've got similar experience from North Wales.
Few years ago: Wind up to 55MPH, and we camping at hill side next to the coast. So wind was amplified little by terrain...
Our tent was same as this Decathlon tent @6:34 but our was properly hook up.
Nothing happen to tent, but We was surprised how much these fibreglass poles can flex.
Tunnel tents can survive a lot...
Hey man I remember I was at this same campsite at you when this storm hit it was horrendous luckily I had a good angle on the wind so it did not affect me to much
I have the berghaus air 6xl. Last year at the Lake District we were in similar conditions and only one air beam dropped down once in really high winds when all the tents around us were being destroyed. So maybe it’s to do with the air pressure you put in the tubes or how they’ve pegged it out. We are going Cornwall in 2 weeks and hoping the weather clears up abit
Ah guys, this was all very lovely, family fun, lush food and nerf guns! Then boom, what family camping trip is complete without weather warnings and gale force winds and torrential rain! 🌬🌪⛺
Didn't the family do well tho, batten down the hatches and dont get blown away! Aww sorry you had such extreme weather, you'll look back on this fondly one day....honest 🤗 intresting to see how the tents all compared, wont get a better test! Have a good week, hope the rest of your holiday went well 🤗⛺♥️👍☕
Yea was a memorable holiday for sure, but the tent did survive and the rest of the time spent camping was fine, luckily. Cheers for watching!
Can highly recommend Outwell Montana 6P stands 60mph winds on a clifftop easily and several storms so far and still going strong. Only downside is pack size and weight, but on the upside you dont need to worry what the weather throws at you.
We had an Outwell Glendale 7 in some pretty rough storms in France about 6 years ago, steel poles and stood up to it really well
Wow. We were in that storm as well. We were camping in north Devon it was really blowing. Pleased to say our Coleman waterfall held out well. 👍
air tent is the way forward there designed to go flatish in bad weather so it dont blow away my Berghaus air 4 has been through 48mph winds in Cornwall believe me Berghaus air tent is brilliant bit of kit
We spent seven nights on the Isle of Wight at the beginning of August and we had several nights of stormy weather. Took the tent down in near 60mph winds on the last day and broke two poles. Vango icarus 500 dlx with awning was fantastic.
Great vid...a bit different....glad it's not just me that gets tent envy! :-) was out in a storm last year and a lot of my tent poles snapped so was thinking about an air tent....but maybe not now! Or, as comments below suggest, the berghaus air 6 seems to be the way to go....that and pack spare air beam inners and peg out properly....
I remember as a child camping at a campsite on top of some cliffs in Dorset - about 50 years ago. My Dad bought a very expensive canvas family tent and this was its' first outing. The first night was very windy, everyone got woken up as the winds got stronger. People were taking their tents down and many ended up over the cliff in the sea. We had to hold onto the poles to stop ours going off down the cliff. Dad managed to get it down, after much shouting at us to hold onto it. It was completely covered in mud. We had to drive home and then dry it out. Many people, even in caravans gave uo that night as it was so noisy. Fun times as a kid in the 70's :)
'71, '72?
@@toffeeriot4219 no a few years later, but in the 70's. Did you have the same experience?
@@softsophisticate Yes. Charmouth, early seventies.
Reminded me so much of when I was a kid,great times.Mam said it was only wind and rain lol.Also took our kids camping when they were young and had the occasional storm which they loved.Character building for your kids.Outwell are great tents fyi
Good to see a family camp - very good to watch but wow like a car park for tents ☮️
Didn’t realise how many Trev’s there were!!!! Great to see you all battling the elements!! P
Haha... yea theres a few of us, Paul.. lol. Cheers for watching
I've been through the same thing in Cornwall at least 3 times. I have been up all night re pegging and some times acting as a human tent pole holding the whole thing up while the wife and kids all sleep like babies. We love camping!
That appeared to be a right proper and typical Summit or Nothing camp...
If i see Trev on a campsite.. i will definately, immediately peg out all my storm guys ;)
If I see Trev on a campsite, I pack up my gear, and put it in my car then peg out my car. Because I know really bad weather is on the way.
Great memory's for the family
made me laugh , we literally just lost our anteus 600 xl last week in some heavy winds in Yorkshire, completely snapped all but one pole and ripped the fabric to the point the tent was basically in two ..... and then to see you walk past one and say how well it is doing lol, right in the feels :-D / funny enough all the airbeam tents survived fine on that site.
Awww lovely to see you out with your family, reminded me of so many of my family camping trips as a kid! What a crazy storm! Glad you all were ok 🤗
Got stuck in the same storm in Newquay! Tent ripped and all pikes snapped. Had to buy the 1st tent we could find as half of Cornwall was going the same 🤣bit more of an expensive holiday than planned 🤣
Glad your tent survived. Going out and assessing tents in field conditions of storm. Couldn’t be more Trev.
if there is a storm on it's way, pack up and go away😉
Hi. EVERYONE. BEAUTIFUL. SCENERIES. LANDSCAPE. AWESOME. AMAZING. CAMPING.
It’s been a while since I have on a tent field like that, didn’t they used to put each tent further apart?
Floppy tents, always a ‘fun’ time. 👍
That's what I was thinking too.
They were really crammed in to a tiny pitch each. Camping as a kid there was always room around the tent to run around it.... And trip on guylines... And annoy dad.. 😝
If you're thinking of an upgrade, keep an eye out for Dutch Storm tents. A doddle to pitch, and when up, you're almost hoping for bad weather just to be able to switch off and not worry about it. Amazing things.
Also known as Dutch Pyramid tents. Looked after, they'll last you a lifetime. Also, cheaper than an air tent.
True, go for a de waard. Bit expensive but worth every penny. We have a tipi from Nordisk ourselves that survives everything and the belltents from obelink are amazing as well.
Good video, just seen it! Yeah that looked pretty bad but you seemed to have guyed your tent out effectively which helped a lot. I see so many tent failures resulting from improper pitching and guying out.
I experienced this about 12yrs ago in Snowdonia where i had an enormous tent, one day all hell broke loose weather wise, i guyed it out with the ropes facing the wind direction using foot-long v-groove stakes, and it stood firm but most of the other tents on site were flattened or damaged!
Oh memory's of camping family holidays in England, Haha, well done for surviving the winds and rain ! Great vlog, thanks xx
Corrrrrr..... you know how to treat the family 🤣😂
Don't I just lol
I've got a HELM Compact 1. It's described as "A tank of a tent". (Good for staying up in wind). I've yet to try it out in strong wind.
Those air tents that collapsed were down to just not being pitched properly, one of those berghaus air tents wasn't even guyed out! If you put enough air pressure in them they won't collapse either, you'd be bloody hard pressed to burst one by pumping it up too much!
Man, those kids are growing up fast. Cheers!
We have the Outwell trout lake polycotton tent with aluminium poles. We’ve been In similar condition and it’s like a rock pinned down properly.. Air tents for us always been a big no no..
Wow. That was brutal Trev. We were staying in a B&B in Swanage at the same time as the storm & it sounded pretty bad for us. Some of the wind gusts were strong. Glad you all came out of it alright. 🙂🙂👍👍
Yes was certainly a night to remember. Alls well that ends well though, eh?
Glad you all survived that storm , and that the rest of your Holiday went ok , Be Well my Friend , love and Respect to you and the Family !❤
Thanks Bob. A rocky start but a great holiday enjoyed by all!
@@SummitOrNothing Excellent !🙂
Well good time to see what stands up whats pitched correctly stick with poles trev me thinks grand video great times for family 👍👍
Wow trev that’s some serious wind .
I was looking at those air tents they look hopeless in that wind
Atb Graham
I take my hat off to you and your family Trev !!!
Camping with that much wind is nerve wrecking 😖!!!
Glad you guys got through nicely!!!
im from dorset i recommend u try cherry tree farm in portland its a great place for all the family plus stunning views over portland i wild camp a lot love everyone of them
Well done trev and fam ,all part of the memories
Exactly. We won't forget that in a hurry.
I was in Polzeath during the 75 mph gusts and got to say really glad I bought a poled awning for my caravan, it was carnage and there was several smashed tents but the air ones really are not upto this in my opinion
Great vid mate.and always happy to me that the family.
That looked like a wild family camping trip haha... Glad you all.and your tent survived. Those air tents looked horrendous in the wind though. But that big Vango tent looked pretty stable in comparison.
Cheers for sharing 😃🙌🏻🏕
Tip , we use the metal screw in dog stakes to anchor the main guy ropes down also how many tents can you squeeze on to a field. I am sure that must be a fire risk with so many so close together.
Brilliant video, again so funny and glad your tent was alright in the end of that wind
Yea - a bit unnerving being in such a bog tent with the whole family... but we survived to tell the tale lol. Cheers for watching
We were camping on the Isles of Scilly that night and we took the full brunt of Storm Evert. There was an anemometer on the campsite which recorded 69mph wind (although I did notice they'd mounted it behind a tree, so God only knows what some of the gusts were (definitely approaching hurricane speed). The wind was so bad that there was a rescue helicopter about 300 yards downwind winching people off a yacht, yet we never heard it above the wind!
Pretty much all of the airbeam and fibreglass pole tents were flattened and the only tents that survived were the Outwell pole tents and proper canvas bell tents. Some small tents pitched behind walls and hedges survived. It was a miserable night and most of us had to trudge to the community centre with sleeping bags and mats under our arms.
Your video made me smile. Thanks.
Been in one of them before down there, Gold cap- nearly got blown away, there was even a water spout out in the channel, proper bad, next day was like a summer day- ice cream ad weather; we were going home that day typical. Glad you had a good time.
Loved it! Great to see the whole(?) family out camping!! Glad you survived!
One thing I note is I remember 10+ years back your tent would have been considered pretty big, these days everyone seems to have a monster!!! I love perusing go outdoors and I'm always amazed at how tents have just grown grown grown!!
That rain you had in the night, I remember the same rain a few weeks back when I last camped, we didn't have the wind though. You did well, pleased the rest of your stay went well.
Hahaha this brings back so many memories. Thank you for sharing. had a blast watching it!
We were in our Vango Scafell 300 on a site 2 weeks ago in the dark peaks and the nearest tent to us was a Berhause ( looked great until the storm came) next morning it looked battered and bruised and half deflated! Not a good add for Berghaus
Meatballs in pitta with cheese, thats proper camping food🤘🥰
Certainly is.
Exciting and scary at the same time eh. Glad the rest of your holiday was fun....
That is windy ..didn't fonoff like Dorothy in the wizard of Oz. Great video dude. You guys seem.to have a cracking time.
Mary mother of god n all the saints 😲That rain sounded fab on the canvas but the wind was crazy
Bloody brilliant..loved this
Thanks for the video and not having a go but --Compete opposite of what you said about air tents IMO...correct pressure in the poles and with the right guides they are much sturdier. None of those Berghaus I saw there were guided properly and all older models.
That's our tent "the best one" Anteus 600XL " 😂😂👍👍👍 we love it
Same. Scary as hell in St Ives. Tents binned.
Dutch stormtents are the best for that strong winds!
That’s good to know about those air tents. My daughter and her hubby bought one of those. I’ll be sure to advise them not to use in heavy winds 😱 Would have been real useful to have got a proper tour to see which tents actually survived well. I’ll look back on the vid because I know you mentioned the best one… see if I can see what make and model it was. Great to see you out with the family 👍🏼 Your young lady is a live wire 😂 She reminds me of my middle Grand-daughter.
The trick with all tents is to get the pegging right and have some heavy duty pegs for all the main points for such an occasion, especially with large family type tents! Kind regards from deepest Dorset 👍
The tent Trev pointed out was a Vango Anteus 600xl.
@@justvin7214 thanks, yeah, I looked it up and it is specifically strengthened for high winds. They no longer make them but I saw a couple for sale second hand. Looks like a pretty decent tent for the price. As they no longer make them, I do wonder if they make an even stronger version now… any way, don’t need one now, but I’ve sent the details to my daughter. Thanks again 👍🏼
@@clivenewton7609 yes, well designed tent pegs, pegged out right are a must for large family tents. Thanks Clive 👍🏼
@@hArtyTruffle Glad to be of help although I should've checked they were still making them. Vango are always changing their tent ranges and it can be annoying especially when you're after spares.
We are out next week for our family camp. Hoping the weather will have turned by then.
I'm surprised that nobody said, " that looks like that bloke from CZcams that only camps in sh*t weather!"
Then everyone rushed to pack down leaving you on your own in an empty field🤣😂🤣
Only joke mate, great video and it looked like the kids enjoyed it.
We've just upgraded our tent to a Vango Icarus 500dlx. It have the tension band system so should be good in the wind.
Thanks again Trev and look forward to the next one 😀
another wicked video trev, we will be on a campsite on monday in the berghaus air 4, i seriously hope we dont get those winds, i think the 4 is quite sturdy in the wind because its not as big as the 6 or 8 man version, i hope lol, we were howling at some of the collapsed tents
A good advertisement for people looking to buy a new tent.
Was out in that storm camping in Newquay . Like trying to sleep next to a jumbo jet taking off .. tent survived but loads didn't
Our favourite site is on the cliffs just north of Tintagel..one year we were the only tent standing lol
I can imagine that gets pretty breezy there lol
@@SummitOrNothing plan and prep...keep an eye on the weather and peg down appropriately....
That year we had a Wynster opposite bedrooms type tent ..but upgraded
to Vango Orava 600xl but I've had enough of flappy polyester and poles so we have now got a polycotton airbeam....cant wait ti camp next year 😊
Beautifully real.well done mate.
great opportunity to see what tents performed the best in bad weather at someone else’s expense 😂😂 having done camping your experience kicked in and you did the right thing in adding extra guy lines to the poles and having the tent pointy end facing the wind …. i’ve said this before but “all the best memories are made in adversity” …. your kids are going to remember this trip and ‘dad running about outside saving the tent’ for the rest of their lives 👍👍 😄😄ATB Dave Mc
Get a 20y/o De Waard tent and this would be fun.
You might consider buying a cotton tent. Pyramids are very wind resistant and a lot more breathable then nylon tents.
Love it ❤
Trev you have no weather luck man. Sorry that you went thru that
Great video mate . Lovely family. Weather looked ruff but your tent did well 👍
That’s why i use Hilleberg tents
If you can afford a hilleberg family tent at 10k youd just aswell by a camper van
Great family fun!!!!
It’s always good fun to camp in windy weather! Looks like the whole family had a fab time. Great vid 👍🏻
Was exciting, yes, and the following night felt like luxury in comparison. Cheers for watching!
Those tents look huge!
Well I never expected that !
Vango family tents held up best judging by that footage..........oh the joys of an English summer.