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Niche Product: Tent Tree House

By on December 9, 2012 in Ideas

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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  • http://ebswebdesign.com ebswebd

    Exellent article i’ll keep them in mind when i work in future projects.

  • http://www.interestingfoto.com Interesting Foto

    cool tent but pricey

  • http://www.melissadata.com Ray

    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.

  • http://www.yosemiteblog.com Loyd

    Yeah that’s pretty cool. I’d love to have one of those if I lived in the mountains with a lot of trees.

  • http://startupresources.biz Phil @ Startup Resources

    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

    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.

  • http://www.business-opportunities.biz Dane Carlson

    Nan: Exactly!

  • Yoginder Sharma

    What happens in case of cyclon or high winds. Doesn’t it get destablize?

  • annie roach

    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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