How to pack away an Inflatable Tent (Tutorial Video)

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This is a video show you the best way to pack any inflatable tent.
This method can be used on Vango, Outwell & Kampa models.
This video has been filmed by us here at Attwoolls.

[@uche3725]

This guy is an absolute LEGEND 😀. Used his tutorial step by step to dismantle a 9-man Berghaus air tent pretty much single handedly as I have really young kids & no one to help. His tips about what to do in windy conditions were absolutely ESSENTIAL because heavy gusts made the job 10x harder. Using his technique, fitting the tent in the bag was actually the EASIEST part as I somehow still had loads of room in the bag 😂.

[@ianhughesroyalenfield]

What a star, followed his advice to pack away a Khyam Airtek Kampa Pro 5, which I had previously struggled to fit in the bag. Now the awning is in the bag, plus the pegs and pump. On this awning, it is possible to use the deflate function on the stirrup pump, to remove all the air from the tubes, which also helped. Thanks young man for posting this video.

[@paulclifford-jones5960]

A couple of really useful tips in there. Having watched I was able to get the tent back in the bag with room for the carpet and pump. Thanks, good work.

[@robcodsall]

Excellent video. This afternoon I got our Berghaus Air 6 XL tent back in its bag at the first attempt thanks entirely to this video - which I've never achieved before! I'd always previously folded both halves into the middle before, then folded again. But clearly this is a much better technique to use for putting away an air tent - folding it steadily - at the width of the bag - towards the side with the (open) valves. Much appreciated!

[@JBM425]

It helps that Vango and Easy Camp (the model I bought) come with bags large enough for the task. Too many tents are folded ultra-tight at the factory, and to save money, the bags they come with are sized for the factory-packed tent... not for a tent that has been taken out of the bag and repacked.

[@midnightbluenoz]

So true

[@sinord5288]

Thanks - excellent presentation. Helped a lot.

[@lewisclement41]

Fantastic video. I just purchased a vango air tent and I’ve learned a lot watching this. Thank you.

[@alisonb4898]

This is the one I’ve been trying to find 👍

[@paul_gordon]

Great video guys, thanks so much. I was struggling to pack my Coleman Valdes 4 and following this nailed it.

[@lufcscott1]

Top advice.... I used this method today and packed it up much easier and much smaller than it was before....

[@cdmans67]

Life saver - thank you. Borrowed a vango air beam 6000 so kids try camping in garden. A mare to put up and a dream to take down. Not that I’ll ever be taking that noisy mob camping again.

[@angelikaberber3860]

Sooo helpful! Thank you, keep up the great work!

[@itslynseypvideo]

Best tent vid I've seen yet! Great real time demonstration! Doo doo doo ;)

[@kevontubes]

Thank you for all the information your videos give and has helped me so much, I watch all of them! kind regards.

[@damienlovestheoutdoorsandr6110]

thank you for this video. I'm going to try this method on our outwell Vermont.

[@harleydanger8244]

I had trouble deflating with the pump, until I took off the pressure gauge then it worked fine. Try it! Top job on the vids👍

[@1ignis]

In the early days of camping, I remember "igloo" tents with pneumatic tubes in a cross shape. These are far superior, and as I'm considering taking up camping again and want to take a bike, an air frame is now on my list.

[@philipleejones]

my mum and dad used one when they travelled from Australia to England back in 1970, absolutely bombproof tents!

[@1971efc]

TOP VIDEO... I struggled with our 6 man airtent first time out . Now it goes back in the bag everytime...

[@Mmikeyboy1]

Very helpful video, thanks guys.

[@seekonlytruth512]

thanks guys your technique worked for me first time

[@JohnOLooney]

Excellent video - thank you for sharing it

[@alanjamest83]

good video i have just bought a royal portland 4 air beam so good to see a tent like this put away and teddy bear rolls well demonstated many thanks

[@Totalavulsion]

Worked for me! Berghaus Air 6XL

[@dogmandoug1715]

Thanks for the advice 👍🏻

[@dunholm1]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@Golly87]

Top vid!! Cheers much help!!! Keep up the good work. :)

[@jlhuk52]

After a few bothched attempts I used this method on my Rivendell800xl the same as in this video and it worked perfectly leaving space for the pump, pegs, ground sheer and mallet. And any newbies out there you can leave the valves open without using the pump adapter to realease air! Something I didn't realise 😬 I am also going to invest in a heavy duty wheely bag you can purchase from Vango which should make it easier.

[@TrimTV1]

Thanks! Big help 👍🏻

[@RobertHeritage]

Rather than tying up the guy ropes, I do the opposite that you said with the ground peg straps - I slide the toggle all the way up so the guy rope is a short loop - I find that tying them up is a bit hit and miss with helpers and it can result in worse knots/mess. Making the guy ropes as short as possible is enough to stop them tangling and snagging in most cases.

[@leeseoflife2483]

OMG I'm glad it isn't just me that does teddy bear rolls on my air tent! (Thought was my consumption of wine that made me do it) Lol I only have an urban escape 4 air tent, put it up for first time other week, trial run as going camping with my daughter for fist time next week, so glad saw this video as some good tips.

[@neilfields5914]

Excellent

[@stardarkroomequipment9495]

MOST professional

[@michaelgoode9555]

I recently bought a Vango Brecon 450 Air. Even following your instructions I struggled to get the tent into the bag. Maybe next time ...

[@MadTeal]

Great videos (inflate and deflate). Simple, honest advice. Cheers for that. Most useful 👍🏼

[@karlwilliams8407]

I've just purchased a Regatta Kolima v2 4 man tent, can I hell get it back into the bag. I'll now give this method a go after watching your video. Thanks for the advice

[@danparry6719]

Great vid - I've just packed up my Berghaus Air 6XL based on your recommendations and it worked perfectly well! Thank you very much - Dan

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

You're welcome, glad to be of help!

[@carlseddon2392]

I see where I went wrong I had the doors closed and folder it totally wrong it was a right pain. Getting it out and starting again

[@rachelsalmon8870]

Thank You! This really helped!

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

Glad to be of help.

[@CaptChaos1964]

I wish you’d do a video on how to get a 48kg tent into a pick up truck! I’ve just bought a Vango tent, and I’m now very worried 😟

[@craigrowlands1797]

Just use another peg upside down to pull up stubborn pegs

[@kathleenhancock6425]

Thanks for all your advice, one question though, did you use an elastic band to keep the guy ropes in place once you had rolled them up? Couldn't see how you did that! thanks

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

Actually no, I just looped them around themselves to keep it neat and tidy.

[@Andrew-uy5gh]

Like the video. Will this work with airgo stratus 400?

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

You certainly can use this method for your Airgo Stratus 400 Tent, as you don't have a front canopy, you would just start folding from the one side.

[@Bluesjanet]

Can you make a video taking it down in windy weather also?

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

Bluesjanet it would be pretty much the same process but when it got to the tent being folded and packed away you would want to rotate the tent around so that the back of the tent is facing the wind allowing the breeze to help thrust the air out of the open front door. Hope this helps.

[@prettyandpolished]

what tent is this

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

This is the Vango Rivendale 800XL

[@clairebriggs4333]

yes a good idea in theory as it gets the air out but who folds the ground sheet onto the fly sheet it's a massive camping no no! We tried various ways of re packing our Rivendale 800xl and this one did not work! We rolled it the same as it came from out the box and it goes back in the bag oh and a the ground sheet doesn't touch the fly sheet.

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

I would agree but with the sewn-in groundsheets these days, everybody should be really purchasing footprints, it is an necessity, as it keeps the bottom of the tent clean and dry. We have packed up hundreds of different inflatable tents using this method and it is yet to fail us. Packing the tent up the same way the factory that the has is also a good idea but can be tricky to remember sometimes.

[@danielmudd805]

I agree with with you Claire, however I have a footprint, so this works for me. Attwoolls, i'm sorry to say but if it's essential, include the footprint as part of the tent, otherwise in my opinion you aren't selling a complete product

[@JBM425]

@@danielmudd805 Although I agree with you in principle, in fairness to Attwoolls, the manufacturers determine what comes with the tent. It's not like Attwoolls or any other dealer get a complete package and strip out the footprint in order to sell it separately to make a double profit. I'm aware of some tents that a few years ago came with the footprint included but now it's sold separately. If you want the manufacturers to include the footprint, be prepared to pay an extra $50/£40 or so on top of the cost of the tent.. As Hall & Oates would sing, "What you think, you'd get it for free?" :)

[@user-vz4ir7rv5f]

Why does the front door look like it's sagging inwards?

[@midnightbluenoz]

So much for takes just one person putting it up. You need two to put it away

[@AttwoollsCoUk]

You can only have one person pack it away but for the purpose of the demonstration we thought it would be better with two. On all of the bespoke pitching videos we do, Mike put them up and down on his own.

[@robinadams1934]

looking at this footage, im going to stick to my pop-up tent, much quicker

[@JBM425]

I thought about a pop-up tent, but the cabin-style pop-ups don't do well in moderate to high winds. Airbeam tunnel tents do better in these conditions.

[@lufcscott1]

Top advice.... I used this method today and packed it up much easier and much smaller than it was before....