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Niche Product: Tent Tree House
Ever wish you could have a tree house when you were a kid? Alex Shirley-Smith has made your dream come true, sort of. He has created a unique tent that can hang in the air using a unique frame or by hooking it to a couple trees, reports Tottenham and Wood Green Journal.
Whether the tent, priced from £1,000, is hung between trees or on its own steel frame, campers can get in using a rope ladder.
There are separate hammocks in each corner of a five-man tent with a double bed in the middle – the tension in the materials making it possible to walk around inside without everything sliding into the middle.
He added that it takes 40 minutes to erect the tent on a new site, but just five minutes if the anchor points on trees are already set in place.
“My passion has always been treehouses.” said Mr Shirley-Smith. “And the concept behind this is to create one that fits all environments and is also zero carbon.”
Screenshot from Tentsile
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ebswebd on June 9th, 2011 12:38 pm
Exellent article i’ll keep them in mind when i work in future projects.
Interesting Foto on June 9th, 2011 8:11 pm
cool tent but pricey
Ray on June 9th, 2011 10:52 pm
This sounds awesome, but I’d imagine that there are weight requirements, tree restrictions, and trees at the perfect distance for this to work. i have a hard enough time camping and finding flat ground.
Loyd on June 10th, 2011 5:58 am
Yeah that’s pretty cool. I’d love to have one of those if I lived in the mountains with a lot of trees.
Phil @ Startup Resources on June 10th, 2011 6:28 am
If I had the money and space I would so get one of these I would prob play with it more than the kids.
Nan on June 10th, 2011 10:30 am
I really need to get busy and create a ridiculously over-priced, useless, shiney product. I can see by the comments that people are willing to pay for almost anything for them.
Dane Carlson on June 11th, 2011 9:30 am
Nan: Exactly!
Yoginder Sharma on June 22nd, 2011 5:45 am
What happens in case of cyclon or high winds. Doesn’t it get destablize?
annie roach on June 25th, 2011 6:48 am
Love this idea! planning to send it to a friend who a.)could afford it and b.) has land with plenty of trees and children and manpower to try it. Will report. great find. keep up your good work.
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