Berghaus Freedom 5 Nightfall Review

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What Is It?

Name- Berghaus Freedom 5 Nightfall
Price- £999
Style- inflatable tent
5 berth family tent

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Key features Of The Berghaus Freedom 5

Nightfall blackout technology – removable darkened bedrooms with divider for peaceful sleep
Built-in sheltered porch area with windows
Side entrance (to living space) with rainhood to prevent leaks
Revolutionary air tube design – pitches in minutes
Two-way stirrup pump with gauge included
Quick-release air valves – deflates in seconds
Mesh door panels for ventilation
6,000 Hydrostatic Head (HH) waterproof fly sheet
Breathable polyester inner – allows condensation to pass through for freshness
Fully sealed groundsheet
Air flow ventilation
Excellent head room in living area and bedrooms
Extra-large windows – with adjustable height curtains
Zip electric hook-up access point – on both sides of tent with Velcro tidies to run the cable to a lantern point
Spacious storage pockets
Adjustable pegging points
Hi-visibility guy lines
Valve tightener and repair kit
Robust, wheeled carry bag with adjustable buckles – assists transportation
Flame retardant materials
Sleeps: 5
Weight: 36.5kg
Dimensions: 235cm (H) x 355cm (W) x 705cm (L)
Pack size: 90x68x55cm
Pitch time: 25 mins
Inflation time: 10 mins

Campers Content Thoughts

If you’re wanting a tent perfect for family getaways with the kids, or you’re liking the idea of a couples camping trip with a little more room, then this might be the perfect tent for you! Campers Content has rated this tent five stars for a reason so lets have a look at everything this tent has to offer and find out why!

Ease of use

The brand Berghaus is well over half a century old and it is renowned for creating pioneering outdoor gear for campers, hikers and climbers. They offer extremely high quality products that will last for years and their range of air tents revolutionised the camping world. Their innovation has allowed tents to be pitched and taken down in a fraction of the time of equivalent poled versions. Air tents don’t just save time, they save marriages 😉

Pitching

Falling out with your family and friends the moment you arrive at the campsite and begin to start pitching your tent is never a good start to the holiday! This is why we love air tents, they make it so simple. The Freedom 5 Nightfall is one of the latest Berghaus has brought out and is made up of five air beams. All you have to do is use the pump that comes with the tent to blow each one up in turn which takes about 10 minutes, you then fasten your guy ropes and well, that’s it! The main shell of your tent is up. All in all it takes around 25 minutes to do everything, not bad at all considering the huge size of this thing!

As you can see from the specifications above, the ground sheet and rain fly sheet are built in, so you don’t have to worry. Inside the tent, setting up the bedroom is easy as well, because each ‘clip’ is colour coded so you know exactly where it has to go.

Packing

Taking the Freedom 5 down is just as easy and believe it or not, even quicker than putting it up. There’s pressure release valves at the base of each air beam and you simply press them and gravity does the rest of the work for you. Getting it back in the wheeled carry bag which also comes with the tent can be a struggle though, as it is with most air tents! The carry bags are fitted with adjustable straps, which helps, however if you are thinking of purchasing this tent we would recommend having a few practice runs at getting it back in the carry bag. It is worth mentioning here that the packed weight of air tents is a lot heavier than poled tents. An average family tent that uses poles is around 16kg whereas the Freedom 5 weighs about 36.5kg all packed up which is really heavy for a 5 berth tent. The packed size is much bigger too, so just bare in mind that it will take up a bit more room in the boot of your car.

Space And Comfort Of The Berghaus Freedom 5

Headroom

I don’t think this tent will leave you wanting for room! To start with the headroom is really good and you’ll be able to stand up throughout the tent due to its tunnel design. You can see on the diagram that there’s 235cm of height across the whole tent, so even at the edges you wont be ducking down. Berghaus has improved their air beam design by making them more vertical compared to the previous range of air tents. The difference is a 20% increase in room!

Layout

Lets have a look at the tents layout. The main thing I love about this design is the huge amount of natural light this tent lets in. There’s clear windows to the front and sides of the tent giving a panoramic view of outside. All the windows also come fitted with mesh and blinds if you require more privacy.

Bedrooms

The other great feature about this tent which makes it perfect for both couples and families is the ability to either have one large bedroom at the back, big enough to fit a large air bed in with lots of extra storage space, or you can close the privacy screen and split it into two rooms. This is obviously perfect for kids so you can both have private bed spaces!

Both bed spaces of the Freedom 5 are large and you’ll be able to fit airbeds for everyone in with no problems. As well, unless you’re a giant you’ll be able to lie out completely straight when getting those z’s. Like all the tents on the Berghaus Air range, its definitely possible to fit the maximum number of occupants in but I don’t recommend doing this for longer holidays as it will be snug unless some of the happy campers are kids!

Berghaus Freedom 5 Layout

The Freedom 5 has three doors, one at the front and at either side. This is a massive plus as it just makes the tent so much more versatile and practical being able to access it from three different directions. For instance if you’re on a smaller caravan/ camping site its not always easy accessing a tent from the sides due to other vehicles being parked close as well as you guy lines being out to the edge of your pitch. The extra doors and windows of course allow loads of light on and there’s much more airflow through the tent during those hot (fingers crossed) British summer months.

Another big big plus of the Freedom 5 is it does come with a built in porch. This huge area is completely sealable for when you’re out or during the night. Its also very useful to stop wind and rain coming into the tent during bad weather. For the daytime its easily big enough to sit under and shelter from the sun, or could be used as a cooking area. The point is its really up to you what you use it for, its just handy having space outside the main body of the tent as it gives you so many more options.

What Is Nightfall?

The reason Berghaus call this line of tents ‘Nightfall’ is because of the material of the inner wall of the bed spaces. It basically prevents any ambient light from passing through, so the morning sun waking you up on those summer mornings won’t be an issue. These bedrooms are the equivalent of having blackout curtains in your bedroom at home, so they make for a perfect nights sleep!

Extra Features

This tent has a lot of storage pockets! They’re everywhere and all of a good usable size. You can find them under the windows and down the side sections of both bed spaces as well as in the bed spaces themselves. Another small feature which I really like is the lantern hook in the centre air beam. You can either use a battery one or supply a mains electric light using the small sealable openings at the base of the centre air beam. The cable then can be run up the beam using Velcro tabs. Or of course you can supply any other part of your tent with electricity.

How Does It Cope With Weather?

The Freedom 5 comes with a hydrostatic head rating (a waterproof rating) of 6000. Anything above 3000 will cope with pretty much any rain Europe can throw at it, so its definitely not going to leak! All the seams throughout are tape sealed and the base sheet is built in so not only will this stop any unwanted creepy crawlies but it will also stop any ground moisture striking up.

Four Season Tent?

Berghaus call this a four season tent. Please take that with a pinch of salt, as I would say that’s more of a marketing tactic than the actual truth. The thing is most buyers don’t actually know what a two season, three season or four season tent means so manufacturers place it on their advertising as they know most people will likely think a four season tent must be better than a three season tent as I can use it all year round’. It doesn’t help that individual manufacturers all have different specifications for what qualifies as what and this definitely leads to a lot of the confusion. Basically a four season tent means that it is designed to be used in the fourth season, as in winter. Yes, this tent could easily cope with the winter rain but any air tent would not be my first choice for camping in the bad weather in winter months! They’re simply not designed to cope with high winds and the weight of snow.

On the contrary the Freedom 5 will cope extremely well in warm conditions. Its duel skin will stop and condensation forming on a night in the bedrooms and there’s a clever set up of both low and high vents that allow cool air in at the bottom and warm air out of the top, keeping your tent cool and fresh with no damp. All the windows and both doors have mesh, so can be left fully open to allow air in without the worry of unwanted insect guests appearing.

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