There is little to no information on the thickness of the groundsheet, but it tells a lot that groundsheet protector and carpet are sold separately – and I strongly suggest to invest in at least one of them to ensure that water does not seep through a small rip on the groundsheet.Īs mentioned before, there is no groundsheet under the porch area, but otherwise it’s fully sewn in. Vango stargrove 450 600xl Sentinel Active fabric in ‘herbal’ green The UV protection is rated at UPF30+, meaning it blocks out 96.7% of UVA and UVB rays. This is something you’ll have to live with, although this ultra quiet dehumidifier or this Kampa camping heater may help a bit. It is also very likely that condensation will build up on the inside wall of the flysheet in colder weather. The flysheet on the Stargrove tents is made of Sentinel Active, which is a 70D polyester fabric with 3000mm HH rating ( see more on acronyms and what’s what in the tent lingo here), all seems are factory-taped so you don’t need to worry about proofing them.Īs it is made of polyester, it dries easily, but it does not have great thermal properties: will be hot inside in the summer, and will be fresh inside on a cooler autumn morning. The Stargrove tents sit on the lower end of the imaginary scale of Vango fabrics. What’s more important is that you have large entrance doors that are fully meshed, and that you can further extend the porch by a canopy (sold separately). Having said that, it is not a big a issue at all. Vango stargrove 450 600xl – no groundsheet for the porch area The size of the rooms themselves are average in this price range, and the living area is decent. Who are the Vango Stargrove II Air Tents for?Īs I said, the smaller sibling is a 4-person tent, while the 600XL is a 6-person tent. So the Stargrove II air tents come with this heritage, the experience of making airbeam tents before everyone else. They all come with a handpump, or you can the 12V socket of your car to run any electric pump like this Kampa 12V electric pump The tents themselves can be inflated in 10-15 minutes. They are less prone to damage, deformation etc.Įspecially on bigger tents, where you’d spend hours trying to fit all the pieces together, there’s a huge benefit: setting up takes 20-25 minutes including everything. The idea was, that having inflatable beams, erecting the tent would be easier you just need to inflate the beams, no fiddling with the fibreglass poles. Vango Air Tents 101įor those who are new to the world of inflatable tents, Vango was probably the first to come out with the idea (and design) of airbeam, that replace the ordinary fibreglass poles. Note, that most of the observations made on these two airbeam models would apply to the poled models – Stargrove 450 and Stargrove 600XL as well.

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