Air-supported tent - an interesting RTT alternative/improvement

[JIMBO]

:sombrero: OK, now I understand what you're saying

The zippered opening is actually on the long side of the Goldfinch, because the two openings of the tent, are on each of the long sides, but

The pics on their website show the rainfly on the tent.
Here...

You can see the front of the rainfly (divided by black vertical zipper in picture above) extends out from the tent to form a sort of dry 'vestibule' when set up on the ground.

Up in the air, the rainfly is not so functional/effective, so IMHO this would someone limit it's effectiveness. At best I'd consider it a summer only solution which may fit many campers needs.

I tend to camp through 3 seasons occasionally even in the rain hence the reason for my comment... but again, that said, aside from these 'flaws' (for my style of camping anyway) this could probably be an excellent summer rooftop camping solution as the footprint is only 5x8.:ylsmoke:

Here again, I carry my rainfly, but I haven't had to set it up, I put up my tent on the trailer (pic), attached the rainfly and sprayed it all around with the hose and there were no leaks, but, of course, thats no acid test !!!

I got the Goldfinch, because the footprint is exactly the size of my TENTRAX when opened up, 5' x 8' !! I guess unless you camp on top of a rock, rain is a PITA anyway

Cheers

:snorkel::safari-rig::safari-rig: JIMBO

 

[off-roader]

Jimbo,

Yeah the Goldfinch is a nice small size. Other reasons for screen windows you can zipper shut is dust intrusion. I've faced that on most trips where there's any kind of breeze.