This Inflatable Tent Can Be Set Up In Just a Few Minutes

Wrestling with unruly tent poles and yards of fabric is every camper’s worst nightmare. Designer Liu Yibei with Air Architects decided to tackle this challenge head-on and created an inflatable tent that only takes about eight minutes to blow up completely.

The house-shaped tent measures about 8 feet by 7 feet with a super-high ceiling that makes the tent feel more like a vacation home than a camping tent. There are large windows on each side of the tent, including the roof, that help connect campers to the nature around them but can also be closed for privacy and added protection from the elements.

The waterproof and fire-resistant fabric the tent is made from is a crisp, airy white that not only glows at night when a lamp is on inside but also feels fresh and breezy in the daylight. It’s also easy to spot this inflatable tent in dense forests, so no need to leave breadcrumb trails back to your campsite when you go off for a hike.

The tent has columns and beams that look similar to actual home structures that fill up with air through a standard battery-powered air pump (like the ones used for air mattresses), which comes with the tent. This tent also comes with six ropes and pegs to stabilize it and carrying cases for both the tent and the ropes and pegs. 

The inflatable tent is currently being sold at Tsutaya Home Appliances + in Japan, but keep your eyes peeled for Air Architecture’s design if and when it grows in popularity and becomes available stateside.