Vango Ventanas II Air 650XL Review | Are Air Tents Worth The Money?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Join us as we test and review our brand-new air tent, the Vango Ventana II Air 60XL. A huge family air tent. We purchased this tent from Attwoolls Outdoors for approx. £1350 and it came with the footprint and carpet bundle.
So how did we find it?
Are air tents any good and would we recommend this tent for any other fellow campers?
Things to note: 1) The foot print for this tent is large, with it coming in at nearly 8 metres by 6 metres, so before anyone does head off to buy one, ensure you know campsites which will allow tents of this size. For our first trip we took it to Globe Vale Holiday Park in Redruth, Cornwall, as we know they have pitches that accommodate tents of this size.
2) And this tent weighs the same as small elephant at 51kg. We have a Volvo XC60, not the smallest car, but without a trailer this trip would not have happened.
We also need to point out that this is our very first air tent. We purchased it on the basis that air tents are easier to pitch than the standard pole tents. When you see us pitch it, you will see that is not exactly correct.
We previously had a Vango Casa Lux, a great family tent, with plenty of space, but it was poled and normally takes us at least an hour to pitch. We did not want a smaller tent, and after much hunting the Vango Ventanas II Air 650XL, was the one we decided would be the perfect replacement (it is actually bigger than the Vango Casa Lux).
After unloading the beast, from the trailer we proceeded to start pitching, down with the footprint, in with the initial pegs and then the air. We did not have a clue what end of the pump to use, how the valves worked and as a result wasted a good 20 minutes deflating as opposed to inflating.
We think these teething problems were the reason our initial pitch, instead of it being 12 minutes!, as advertised on the bag, actually took us nearly 90 minutes. But…we have to say that when it was up, it is a beast of a tent.
There are 3 entrances, 1 main at front that opens right up, and 2 on the inner sides, all with fly mesh!
It comes with great black out inners on the bedroom areas, which we opened up as one, but can be split into 3 if wanted. The other great thing we found was that the carpet in this Vango Ventanas came with Velcro fasteners - and what a difference they made, simply wrap around the inflated air pillars and it stays in place. This made the whole tent look tidier during our camp. Other points to note about the specifications for this tent are it is made out of Sentinel Exclusive 150D Fabric with Colour Lock (5000mm HH), the beams are very sturdy when inflated and apparently are meant to mimic villa construction? That being said we did notice it is a very high tent, with lots of room. We had purchased some Vango Flexi lights which were easily fitted in this tent due to it having skytrack hanging points.
It has an additional side compartment that for us allowed us to store the kids Portaloo, out of site and mind, which just gives it that extra bit more room in your lounge area. Now if you really wanted there is a font extension you can purchase for this model, which would probably push the length of the tent to in excess of 10 metres, but we can say that for 4 of us and a dog this was sufficient.
We were staying in Cornwall for 7 nights and during this time we encountered all sorts of weather, mostly the unpleasant type, but it did let us test the Vango Ventanas in the rain and wind (lots of both). No leaks and the air beams are so solid it hardly moved, which made a huge difference to poled the Vango casa Lux, which did sway and flap quite a bit in the wind.
It can also be noted that this tent does come in a polycotton version. So, wind noise and temperatures would be a lot easier to bear, but that does come at a price - approx. £1850 instead of £1350. How much that weighs we would dread to think...
After our week away - struggling to pitch, and as you will on the video, struggling to pack away, what did we think of our new air tent?
The room this tent gave us, along with all the other little extras i.e. plenty of doors, fly nets, great bedrooms. All more than compensated for the struggles we encountered.
So, if you are thinking of getting an air tent, we would say YES - Definitely worth it. And if looking for a big family air tent, you will not go wrong with the Vango Ventanas 2 Air 650 XL.
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Awesome family tent. We are an older couple with a Vongo 450 air model which is more than big enough for our needs.
The tip on the twist on the strap is a good one. We were in Sliverdale last year (2023) and the wind got up overnight. The strumming straps woke ke and it took me about 15 minutes to work out what to do.
Hi and thank you for the comment. Glad you found the strap tip useful, unfortunately we didn't find it until about our 5th night, but it certainly made a difference..
Always fold from the side, and towards to valves. So when you fold, the air goes out the valves and doesn’t get trapped in the beams! Great videos! Keep it up!
Hi and thanks for the comment and tip. Pretty obvious now that you have said it, but at the time we never thought about that and just concentrated on rolling towards the tent doors...everyday is a school day..👍
Hi Scott nice to see you all again on a camping video , tent looks awesome it will get easier to put up and away , I have a berghaus air tent first time it took me a while but now it’s second nature, look forward to your next camping video . Regards steve
Hi Steve, Thank you for the comment. Scott wanted a Berghaus tent, but we actually struggled to find one that had the same dimensions as our casa lux? We are actually amazed people want to watch our videos, so really feel humbled.. again thanks
Hi guys! A long welcomed wait to see your final camping decision 😊
It's a huge tent but seemingly perfect for you guys. Congratulations in order!
About those metal pegs with an eye, they are supposed to be used on all four corners on the tent separate from the annex.
We just bought our own new Outwell air tent where both Outwell and Vango seem to have a very similar air ventilation system, which is just fantastic on very hot camping days. Our second trip this year to Denmark was a very hot weekend and once it was up, I was really sweaty while watching my wife being inside the tent, where I told her why don't you go outside? She replied that it was cooler inside and I couldn't believe her. All tents in the past has been choking inside on a hot day, but not anymore 😊 Even a siesta inside the sleeping room was a cool pleasure inside a dark bedroom even though the sun was shining at it's best outside.
Like you guys, a trailer is a must for us as well now with a huge 50 kilo package. So you're definitely not alone, but hey, the space and the freedom you get with these tents compared to any other camping options, it's definitely worth it!
Also thank you guys for the velcro tip with the carpet! Our carpet did not come with a "built in" solution, so I took your tip and it works great for us 😊
Now I am looking forward to see more of your adventures and experiences, you seem to be really enjoying the camper experience as a well joined camper couple! 😊
Take care you guys, as always a pleasure watching your videos, and if you're ever on TikTok, I've started to publish some shorts there about our camping experience with the account NorwayGlamping 😊
Hi and thank you for the comment.
We will make a point of checking out your Tik Tok channel. And yes, a trailer is a must now. Either that or a caravan to carry all the gear in🙄. We never really had the weather on this trip, so we're unable to fully appreciate the vent system on the tent. But hopefully we will on the next trip👍
Thats was great. Gotta love the stressful begining of a camping trip. Nice 1
Hi, lol. I do not know if Scott will agree with you..I think he likes the relief when it is all done though...
Another entertaining video. We're just back from a camping weekend ourselves, we've got the slightly smaller Vango Lismore Air TC 600, and our neighbours had your tent. It was like the Vango showroom!
Lol, I think the Vango brand is pretty popular. We did look at other makes, but the Casa Lux was so good and reliable, we decided to stick to what we know...
Always fold from the non-valve side leaving the tent doors as well as the tube valves open.
Attwools demonstrate this in their online videos. 👍
Hi, thank you. A few people have told us this and definitely so.ething we will be doing in the future. At least I suppose our video does demonstrate how not to do it🙄
Wow Ang Ganda ng Camping tent na yan ah❤
Enjoyed watching your videos as we have a Vango Casa Air Lux, was amusing to see you had got a trailer as having the exact same thoughts myself, air tents are massive!
I’m mulling over the idea of a used trailer tent at some point, maybe a camp-let with the full awning setup.
Also made a few notes for myself for taking the tent down, might be handy:
Taking down tips:
- Tie up guy lines
- Leave doors open at bottom to allow air to escape but zipped enough to prevent over stretching when putting up again
- deflate air beams from back to front
- Aim to fold to a bag shaped width (put bag at end to help with judging the fold width)
- Roll up towards valve side of beams
- Put tent bag over top and roll into bag
Hi, yes air tents great, but huge even when folded. Scott is just looking to buy a small trailer now and get roof bars as we have a roof box already. We found the dog took up half the boot, which was the main issue. We saw a few trailer tents this time, and they do look really solid, but we also saw one chap having a nightmare assemble it. May have been his first time? And lol, the thing with all these tents is they never have a how to pack away guide..why??
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These videos have inspired me to take my girls camping next year, great memories with the kids, im going for the vango lismore air 700dlx tent. Really looking forward to it 👍
Hi and thanks for comment. Lol, unsure how grumpy Scott can inspire anyone, but he is quietly pleased. Kids love our camping adventures, and are pestering us already for the next one..you will have to video your Vango Lismore adventures so we can see what that one is like, although I do not think Scott will be wanting upgrade again that quickly🤔
@TheHadwinsTV the tent you have is a really good one, especially the way the interior door zips all the way down to make a huge living space, the lismore 700dlx air is a bit cheaper, I think 900 or so with footprint which for a large family tent, mesh doors/side doors isn't to bad. Will only be summer camping june/july/August across the north east. I think my girls will love it. But most importantly quality time together. Looking forward to you're next video, 😄
Great video again guys. Actually making pitching a tent entertaining, when we all know it isn't fun🙄
Glad you enjoyed it
I went on a camping weekend with my family who were using a ginormous inflatable tent for the first time (having declined the offer of a vango poled tent). I put up my poled tent, unpacked everything, brewed up, and still had time to sit back and watch them figuring it out which took well over an hour (feeling a little smug). Hard work, by their own admission.
Hi, lol. Yes, we can relate to that. Think the air tent, when we get used to it, will be easier. But they are not as easy as they say they are by any means...
Hey Hadwins we have a similar tent to you the anantara 650xl with the large studio also from attwools, we have used it once,inflating it wasn’t to bad but the pegging it down took ages, we have also said we think that a caravan is our next buy, we also have a spaniel lol, hope you have some great adventures enjoy
Hi and thank you for the comment, and so glad it is not just us that found it to be not that quick to pitch. We will probably be doing the caravan late next year. Will be making the most out of the Vango Ventanas for the next 18 months though. Great tent, lol when it is actually up and secure...
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Your tent is big and modern. I will buy it when I bring my family to camp.
Hi, yes it is a great tent and we would recommend it for anyone looking to go camping..
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Those pegs that look like ground stakes are for the corners of the tent. When you want to deflate the air beams the tops of the caps have keys to turn the valves hope that helps i got my 1st airbeam tent last year rome ii 550xl took abit of time to figure out but goes up in 10mins now easy.
Hi, and thanks for info with pegs. And good to know it does get easier, might stop Scott from buying a caravan if we can master it..
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Matibay ang tent na yan kahit malakas hangin Hindi umuuga
great video, you will get used to it. we have a 8 people air tent have had it for about 3yrs and can pitch it in about 15min but we have an electric pump which I would really advise you to invest in.
Hi and yes that definitely sounds like a good idea. I will start looking for one of them now...but Scott needs the exercise, so I might tell him about it though😁
Great video I dropped you a wee sub.
Hi and thank you, glad you liked it👍
Great looking tent and awesome rig! What made you decide not to go for a caravan in the end out of interest?
Hi, a caravan is still on the cards, but Scott is travelling abroad a lot for work at the moment, resulting in myself working weekends. When we weighed it up, it meant we would not be able to use a caravan that much, so it would be money wasted. But in a year or so, Scott's job will be more settled and this will then mean, more weekends free. So we are thinking near end of '25, we will be in a position to buy and actually one and then get our moneys worth...
@@TheHadwinsTV ah OK sounds amazing. Thanks for the reply and keep up with the great content 😊
What decided you against the Caravan in the end? Not that the tent isn’t gorgeous just seemed a lot of work. 😉
Tip - you can use the pump to help deflate as well, when we take down our air awning we let the air come out then attach the pump and put it in the deflate position. Also, if you leave the air valves open when putting away it helps trapped air escape when rolling around on it. You may have already done these things, if you did sorry for teaching you to suck eggs 😂
Enjoy your next trip 😊
Hi, it was a very tough decision. As it turned out Scott is now having to do a lot of travelling during the week days, and I am now having to work some weekends. As a result it meant all the weekends we were planning in our caravan, would not happen. So spending a small fortune and not being able to make the most of it, swayed us towards a tent. And ref valves, we did leave open in the end, but did not think about using the pump to such all out.. wish we had, would have saved some rolling around and confusion...
Nice car bro
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Ditch the manual pump and get the Kampa Gale dometic 12v pump saves a load of time
Hi and thanks, couple of people mentioned pumps, but never gave us make and name. It's on our shopping list now👍
@@TheHadwinsTV we glued the Adapter off the hand pump on to our kampa Gale as the adapters that come with it don’t fit properly but it works a treat and if you want to buy a spare adapter it’s one for a sup board 👍
Get the Vango TUrbo Electric Pump and the Vango Power Bank. The pump is designed specifically for the Vango valves. Set it to 7.0 psi and it will pump up the beam and the automatically cut-out at the correct beam pressure. Whiel its pumping, you can get on with other things. The power banks has plenty of charge to pump up the tent and charge phones etc. We have the same tent and once you have put it up and packed it away a few times, it becomes quite easy. Honest!
Can I ask, why a tent and not a caravan? I’m looking into both options but I don’t have a tow bar. With you using the trailer I’m worried now I’d need a tow bar either way. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi, we only chose the tent due to Scott working away a lot for the next year or so. This meant I am working more weekends, so we would have spent a lot of money on the caravan, but would not have been able to use it often.
With the tent, we did it before with just a roofbox, that was the casa vango lux (poled and not air, so smaller in bag). So it can be done, it was more the dog taking up room in the car this time. No dog, we could do it with just a roofbox..
@@TheHadwinsTV thank you.
Sold all my camping gear last year,way too much to take,stressful putting everything up,gone back to basics,wild camping setup,love it,plus since covid campsites have gone way too expensive per night,gorgeous tent btw
Hi, completely agree with the prices. We only started camping e years ago, then it was £25 a night. Now £39 is a good deal!
Scott and I would live to have a go at wild camping, but with kids and dog in tow, it will not be happening for a few years...😩
Please don’t buy a caravan. This is so much more fun to watch and you’re entertaining everyone at the campsite. Just kidding. Your new tent is huge. You should always make sure you have a large level pitch. We’ve seen many campsites where that might be a problem. We always stayed in a tent with our kids and loved it, but we never had rain for a full week. That’s however exceptional and a holiday you’ll always remember.
Hi and thank you so much for the comment. Lol, and yes I think Scott did entertain all the caravans whilst they watched him try to pitch the tent. Fortunately the site we were at had great pitches, but we have also struggled to find level pitches in the past..bigger the tent the harder to find the level pitches. If you know any good campsites, with level pitches for big tents, please let us know👍
Plenty of beautiful level campsites here in the Netherlands. So maybe you could cross the channel and explore it here. Can’t promise you good weather however.
Pitching and packing guide: th-cam.com/video/1RQX-JmbeGQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FO-XLrFEJPNvnAVr
General guide for air tents: th-cam.com/video/Ouf6nTSmK6M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1VGbzZ_0n24LhdcR
Lol, thank you. But then I think if we knew how to do it, Scott would never do a video. It's more fun watching an incluless fool, than it is a professional😁
Mahirap lang talaga mag pitch ha
I have 2 air tents, a 5 man (Outdoor Revolution Airedale 5.0s) and 8 man (Vango Tahiti 850 XL). So I agree it's like moving a baby elephant around. I must say though I find them to be far superior to pole tents, and once you figure the air beams out they go up and down quicker, I also find them to be a lot sturdier in bad weather, as we camp in the UK you know we need that. LOL Are you in any camping clubs? I am in the Camping and Caravan club, it's great club with 1000's of sites across the UK, and when you are member it is so much cheaper, which is good for me as I am out a couple of times a month from April to October, most if not all of there sites are both kid and dog friendly. please keep the videos coming I luv them. ⛺⛺⛺🏕🏕🏕👍👍👍 ps I posted a short video of my small tent on my TH-cam channel please feel free to check it out, video of big tent coming soon.
Hi, we like the sound of the caravan and camping club, but for this year at least, Scott is travelling quite a bit, so we are a bit short of breaks. We normally love to get away at least 3 times a year in a tent .so all a bit gutted. Dread to think how much your 8 man tent weighs🤣 but you are right, they are far more sturdy, and it really surprised us. Will check out your video now👍