Though as soon as the sun shines through the large mesh front door, it felt fine; and I began to value the shading that the full, dark panel provides. If you position your tent smartly, it can give decent shading almost throughout the day. The Eurohike Air 400 is a small inflatable tent (or air tent) for 4 persons. It is lightweight, compact, easy to inflate and deflate and has decent weather resilience. May be interesting: Quechua Air Seconds 6.3 XL (Full Review) 4. The cheapest: Eurohike Genus 400 (17 points) Take the whole family for a great outdoors getaway in the Eurohike Genus 400 Air Tent, built with easy to use inflatable beams and a speedy 15-minute pitching time. Spoiler alert: there are alternatives worth considering – see also: Eurohike Genus 400 Air vs Berghaus Air 4 vs Eurohike Air 400) Eurohike Genus 400 Review

The problem is that it does not tell you how waterproof the tent itself. You can have a 10,000 HH flysheet if the zips are not waterproof, or the fabric rips where the guylines are attached and the whole tent collapses in stronger winds. Keep your Genus 400 and 800 fit for service. The air tubes are sturdy and strong, but accidents happen. Thankfully damaged air tubes are easily replaced. About GO Outdoors Job Opportunities JD Sports Fashion PLC Modern Slavery Report GO Outdoors Partners Discover Freedom Feels a bit dark inside. Strongly suggested to get hold of a footprint and/or a carpet to protect the groundsheet, so this add-on should be considered. Having said that, even with the add-ons the Air 400 remains one of the cheapest 4 person air tents. Where to buy the EuroHike Air 400 Again, depending on how many people are going to use it, and what their relationship is…I mean, if you are camping with two smaller children it may be perfectly fine, as long as you don’t mind sleeping close to each other. Alternatively, you can save space with a bunk-bed for example.As the Air 400 does not have a 2 nd side door, nor a window on that wall, so the dark blue panel made me feel a wee-bit ‘enclosed’; and the Eurohike Air 400 can feel smaller than it actually is. The strongest contender in this section is the Berghaus Air 4, as Berghaus has an additional porch that is compatible with all Berghaus air tents. Bear in mind though, that the Berghaus porch is almost as expensive as the tent itself.

Because there is only one door and the large PVC windows cannot be opened, the Eurohike Genus 400 can get really warm inside in the summer. On the other hand, thanks to the light-grey flysheet, it feels bright and less depressing than other tents with the dark indigo blue fabric. Weather protection, fabrics Flysheet The Berghaus Air 4 and the Quechua Air Seconds 4.1 has some really nice features like the rain-brow over the side door. The most user-friendly small family air tent The scoring is very straightforward: I review and rank the air tents under every section and each get a point or points according to their rank. The overall winner is the one with the least points. I compared them in 5 categories;

Eurohike Genus 400 Review

Fully waterproof with a high hydrostatic head rating (twice the minimum UK waterproofing standard), the Genus 400 also comes with a detachable groundsheet, which is very handy when you need to give your tent a clean.

A bespoke footprint is available to protect the groundsheet from uneven ground and to help retain the heat. I reviewed the previous generation Genus 800 in this post and later updated it to the current model: Airgo Air Genus 800 Review If you plan to camp in cooler weather, this Kampa camping heater is more than recommended to fight cold and condensation. GroundsheetThe Eurohike Air 400 also has a footprint and a carpet available, but not other accessories. All the Eurohike carpets are ‘universal’, so they won’t exactly match in size with the Air 400, in return, you can use them for the Genus 400 as well.