With its spacious interior, its wealth of organizational features and even its own integrated
lighting system and charging station, the Big Agnes Gilpin Falls Powerhouse 4 mtnGLO
Tent offers maximum comfort for three season camping.
We are going to take a closer look at all those features and the construction of this
tent.
Certainly one of the stand out features on the Gilpin Falls Powerhouse tent is the integrated
LED lighting.
Big Agnes has brought into play its mtnGLO technology.
There are actually two different strands of lights here on the interior of the Gilpin
Falls, each of which has its own push button mechanism, powered by three triple A batteries.
Those batteries are not included.
Powers a strand of very durable, flexible LED lights that are em-bedded right in the
seaming of the tent.
That design anticipates the fact that you are going to put up the tent, you are going
to take down the tent, you are going to pack it away.
And that has a certain stress or potential for wear and tear over time.
But you can expect these to stand up to that wear and tear.
If there should be reason for them to be replaced, the design here allows that strand, quite
easily, to be replaced.
Any family that has been on a camping trip or is even just anticipating going on a first
camping trip is sure to appreciate the idea of built in lighting.
Taking the rain fly off of the tent so we can have a closer look at the inner tent body.
I am going to start by talking about the pole structure on the tent.
You have got four different aluminum poles in play here, one large pole running from
each corner of the tent to the back corner.
There are also, then, two smaller pole sections on each end of the tent, on the front and
the back of the tent that increase the overall spaciousness of the tent, give it a little
bit of a peak here on the front which increases the internal size of the vestibule which we
will talk about later and just gives the tent overall rigidity.
It is a free standing design.
We haven't even staked out the tent here today.
Big Agnes does, however, include stakes and it is always worth staking out the tent.
You are going to have wind, conditions like that, it just stabilizes it, keeps it in place
and gives the tent even more rigidity, stability.
But you can see even unstaked this has got some really, really nice structure to it.
The end result: 60 square feet of internal space, 96 inches long, 90 inches wide and
a nice, user friendly 68 inch peak height.
So you can see a real roomy interior there.
As the name of the tent would suggest, it has really got four campers in mind.
You can put four in here comfortably.
Obviously, if you have got fewer than that, you have got even more room in which to sprawl.
So obviously I have moved inside the tent.
We are going to talk about some of the features here on the interior.
Start by talking about the construction a little bit on the tent.
The body is constructed of polyester rip stop and polyester mesh.
The floor itself also has a 1500 millimeter waterproof PU coating.
So you are definitely getting some bolstered protection on the floor of the tent.
Also worth mentioning that there is a custom fit foot-print available from Big Agnes, sold
separately, that can further protect the floor of the tent.
You are looking at basically the exact same materials, but, again, custom fit so that
it stays beneath the tent and gives you that added protection.
All that mesh gives you great breathability, works in tandem with vents on the fly, which
we will show you in a bit, to improve overall air flow and help the tent breathe a little
bit.
Talked about all the floor space, but that floor space is maximized by the fact that
you have got all kinds of pocketing inside of this tent.
So other than your sleeping bag, your sleeping pad at the bottom, at the floor of the tent,
pretty much anything and everything else can go up overhead or out into the vestibules.
So you have got stacked mesh pockets.
You have got them here.
It is basically mirrored on the other side of the tent as well.
There is 12 in total mesh pockets.
There is also gear loft loops on the tent that can work in tandem with various Big Agnes
gear lofts.
Again, they are sold separately, but available to equip this tent with even more out of the
way storage.
There are media pockets on this tent.
If we look higher here on the side wall.
And you have got one of these on each side.
You can see there is a pass through here for head phones or cords.
These are designed in such a fashion that you could actually put a tab-let.
You could watch as a family movies on the camping trip.
And while that might not be the ideal for everyone, we think with small kids or extended
trips rain can roll in, what have you.
There is days where you are looking for some sort of entertainment and maybe it is fun
at night to watch a movie together as a family.
You can do that here in the Gilpin Falls with those media pockets.
With the modern family in mind, Big Agnes includes this neoprene case in which you will
find a Joey charger.
So basically what you have got here is a way, a mobile way to charge your electronics, your
phones, your mobile devices while you are at the campground or far away from home.
There is integrated ports here that allow you to plug in a variety of different electronics.
There is a USB cord, one USB cord that is included with the case.
You can also see some hanging loops here on this side.
There is actually some integrated loops that let you hang this on the interior of the tent
which just makes it that much more convenient to do the actual charging, great value built
into the tent with a device like this that keeps all of your electronics charged throughout
your trip.
The charger and the case even have their own dedicated pocket on the briefcase style carrying
case that comes with the Gilpin Falls tent, which you have also got a dedicated pocket
for the poles as well as the stakes and two sleeves for the tent body and the fly.
Put the rain fly back on the Gilpin Falls tent.
The fly is constructed of polyester rip stop.
It has got a 1500 millimeter waterproof PU coating, so you have got great weather protection,
fully taped seams on the fly, as is the case on the tent body as well.
So, again, bolsters that weather protection.
There are many vents built in to the rain fly.
That allows warm air to escape.
If you have got four people in here and warmer weather, humid conditions, you want that warm
air to be able to escape, taking advantage of that mesh body on the tent.
Those vents allow that to happen.
So a well thought out feature there from Big Agnes.
You can also see here the large front vestibule.
There is a rear vestibule as well, not quite as sizable as the front.
Together those two vestibules provide 19 square feet of external storage space, so maximizes
the interior livability by giving you a place to put packs or coolers or chairs or gear,
whatever you might have on your camping trip out of the way of the interior of the tent,
but still protected from the elements.
Fully equipped with anything and everything that a modern family might want or need on
their camping trip, the Gilpin Falls Powerhouse 4 mtnGLO Tent is a perfect option for adventurous
families.