{"id":13041,"date":"2025-03-01T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=13041"},"modified":"2025-01-01T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:46:20","slug":"inflatable-camping-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=13041","title":{"rendered":"Inflatable Camping Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gear Patrol<\/a> reported on a new four-season capsule tent that assembles in under five minutes, can sleep four, and fits into a backpack. It’s called the Air Station Pod-01 and it’s made by Exod<\/a> – a company that also makes the Monolith inflating tent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shelter supposedly takes just five minutes to assemble with the included hand pump, and once set up, it offers a self-standing design with 4.2m\u00b2 of floor space. The exterior of the capsule has two tunnel doors, a pair of windows and multiple ventilation points. All four walls can also be easily lifted up to create an open-air shelter. It weighs 18.7 lbs and can be disassembled by one person in five minutes, including the time it takes to stuff it into the included 25 x 35 x 64cm\u00a0carrying backpack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s claimed to be rigid enough to stand up in four seasons – but I’m curious how it would do with 3″ of snow on it (4.2m\u00b2 = 6430in\u00b2 * 3″ of snow = 19,440in\u00b3 or 11.25 cubic feet. Snow weighs about 12 pounds per cubic foot, so 3″ snow would weigh roughly 135lbs); or if its tie-down system could stand up to 20-35mph winds on a ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At $2,679 (now $1930 at their website) it’s not cheap, but it certain is cool looking and would likely be right at home at a Burning Man style festival where wind\/snow might not be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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