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It didn't let a drop of water through its highly rated water resistance 5000mm water column provided from the ProTex 70D polyester flysheet. Initially we were a tad sceptical and fearful about how such a large tent with essentially inflatable tubes would hold up to viscous winds, and ironically the weather it had to stave off was an amalgam of heavy downpours of rain and harsh gusty winds. So over the course of 30 days we left the tent outside to stand a range of different weather conditions. This basically means the fabric is darker and reduces the degree of light let into the area in early mornings, so you don't get disturbed by the sun and wake up. The sleeping area is made from breathable polyester, which features 'lights out'.

There are pockets for storing immediate possessions like torches, books, smartphones and also decent helpings of space for people to move around and travel into the front awning area with ease, aided by the two zipped doors with mosquito meshes for improved ventilation if required. However, five people sleeping in the Vango Genesis 500 300cm x 210cm sleeping area will actually have a comfortable and roomy experience, and four people would have plenty of distance between them to stretch their arms freely in the morning.

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Often we find the sleeping areas in tents intimate when at full rated berth capacity. Optional mosquito meshes can also be zipped, and as well as keeping wildlife out, they also enhance ventilation of the tent during warm days and nights.

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The two main opposing door entrances with easy to undo Duraflex buckles and zip pullers are quick to locate to enter and exit the tent.

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So the three PVC windows running along the front of the porch really open the area up to be a friendly recreational residence if desired, and with the doors fully unzipped, it's the next best thing to a canopy. We always welcome windows in family tent design and this tent would have been a bit confined without some. We enjoyed the flexibility of being able to adjust the amount of light and heat let into the tent via the functionality of the porch. Like the rest of the tent, the porch area is flame retardant, which is reassuring when storing things like cookers and operating lamps in the tent with you. But if you're travelling light, you could sleep an extra four-five people in this area too, you just don't want to touch the sides of the porch as there is no internal sheet under the polyester flysheet. BBQs, cookers, bags, seats, tables, cool boxes, etc can all be stored within the front porch. The porch also measures 205cm in height, so most average height adults should have no problem being able to stand up in this area. This is a generous floor space with a lightweight 300 denier Oxford ground sheet sewn to the flysheet via an external storm skirt which the entire tent features at its base. The front porch area of the Vango Genesis 500 measures 265cm x 320cm. The tent's tunnel shape has many aerodynamic design incorporations and is taller at the front porch area, diminishing narrowly as the design tails off. The Genesis 500 could quite easily be mistaken as an awning at first glance at its peak it measures 495cm in length, 210cm in height and 320cm in width. It looks smart on the Genesis, but if we had to nit pick we'd have preferred the 2013 lighter shade of green coupled with black colour scheme to have remained. Like most of the 2014 AirBeam tents, Vango are using a dark olive-like shade of green. Once in its bag the tent can easily be transported in the boot of a car, but does weigh 16kg, so trekking is off the agenda.

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This is speedy, and a dream scenario when arriving at a campsite or patch of land where it's pouring with rain and you just want to hop into shelter! When it came time to take down the tent, we discovered that this actually takes longer than pitching it, with the main time consuming challenge being getting the tent to squeeze back into its bag, which at this stage always seems as if someone has switched the original bag for a miniature replica.

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