How wish to have a transportable treehouse that additionally floats on water?
Tenstile is an revolutionary out of doors model best-known for its line of tents that may be suspended from bushes. Whereas various by measurement and construction, every product consists of a flat, triangular flooring and a system of ratchets and straps that wrap round close by tree trunks — image a hammock with a protecting, however higher. The result’s a singular and elevated (pun meant) tenting expertise.
Now, take that already candy setup and add one other ingredient: water. Tentsile’s newest creation, dubbed the Tentsile Universe, is a tent succesful to be used within the air (aka the aforementioned suspension method), on the bottom (like a traditional tent), and on water.
“Designed for household adventures, the Tentsile Universe is the one tent you’ll ever want. The enjoyable can proceed on the bottom, within the bushes, or on the water, regardless of the place you end up,” stated Tentsile CEO and founder Alex Shirley-Smith in a launch. “This world-first addresses the necessity to have an all-terrain, multi-use, fun-packed product that encourages each adventurous play and primary sensible wants in any setting.”
Thoughts you, the Tensile Universe is beneficial to be used as an precise four-season tent solely on the bottom and within the air. There’s sufficient house for 5 adults and provides over six ft of headspace. Like Tentsile’s different fashions, a versatile set of poles holds a mesh barrier that gives air flow whereas protecting bugs out, adopted by an non-obligatory rainfly. If the climate is really attractive, you may ditch each and easily take pleasure in your environment.
The water function is for recreation. As Tentsile places it, the Universe is an “extremely secure SUP-style Huckleberry Finn day-raft” that you simply entry by “rolling again the vestibule doorways and securing the rain fly to the poles in every nook, and eradicating the insect mesh.” The PVC flooring is what permits the Universe to drift on water, ideally a quiet lake. All in all, the tent/SUP hybrid weighs about 100 lbs, so it’s preferrred for automobile tenting conditions and never off-grid excursions.
All this versatility will value you a fairly penny. Pricing for the Tentsile Universe begins at $1,999. The second costliest Tenstile providing, the Safari Stingray, is priced at $950 and a fairly priced, extra-large SUP board prices upwards of $1,100, so it could be the higher deal for those who’re contemplating each items of kit.
We’ve had our eyes on the Tentsile Universe since we first noticed it on the 2018 Out of doors Retailer Summer time Market — it received The Handbook awards for innovation. Nonetheless, we’re excited to share that the Universe is formally accessible for pre-order (pre-order was initially scheduled to open in August).
To sweeten the deal — and have fun the model’s sixth anniversary — between now and March 18, Tentsile will embrace a free UNA Tree Tent with each pre-order. The corporate may also raffle one free Universe through a Fb Reside occasion on March 18. Tickets can be accessible for buy on the Tentsilve web site between March 11 and March 18; for every $2 raffle ticket buy, Tentsile guarantees to plant not one, not two, however 10 bushes.
Article initially revealed July 26, 2018. Final up to date February 28, 2019, to incorporate data on availability.
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