Review of NEMO Morpho AR Tents
Some tents claim to be at the cutting edge of camping
equipment technology; the NEMO Morpho looks every bit the part.
Sleek, elegant and brimming with advanced features, the Morpho is an
outdoor adventurer’s science fiction dream.
In most cases, products that appear flashy and impressive turn out to
be duds, but the Morpho has proven to the many satisfied consumers who have
purchased one that its beauty is not merely fabric deep.
Promoted as an incredible three-season tent that can withstand all
but the most hazardous of climates, the Morpho’s waterproof, single-wall
silnylon shell is breathable but tough enough to keep out torrential rain,
strong winds and early-season snow. The
front canopy acts as a vestibule in inclement weather and converts into a
mesh panel for ventilation for light breezes.
The tent features multiple other vents that allow you to control the
temperature inside the tent, reflective guypoints to facilitate finding the
tent in the dark or dim lighting, and a number of interior pockets to hold
various items. The Morpho also
built to specifications that are fantastic for its tent class, weighing in
at a little less than five pounds and providing an abundant interior space
of 40 square feet.
What really sets the Morpho apart, though, is the fact
that it does not use tent poles.
Rather, it practically assembles itself using a revolutionary technology,
registered by NEMO under the name AirSupport, in which the tent is supported
by air-filled beams, or Airbeams, that are easily inflated by the
accompanying air pump and allow a person to set the tent up in approximately
45 seconds. The Airbeams have
been tested both by NEMO and by various tent users on the field, and the
general opinion is that they are superior to aluminum poles, being about
twice as strong, but much more flexible, bending and bouncing back instead
of snapping against a potent wind or another damaging force.
The Airbeams are themselves constructed out of a durable laminate
fabric that is relatively easy to repair, as a puncture certainly requires
much less maintenance than a bent or snapped metal pole.
The AirSupport tech ensures that the Morpho is just as easy to pack
as it is to set up, since all it requires is that one deflate the tent, from
which position it can be stored without any problems.
Praises abound for the Morpho, primarily due to the fact that it packs lightweight and small, and is ideal for backpacking in foreign countries or for long hiking trips where every extra pound of weight will matter significantly over the long run. It also gains points for its unparalleled marriage of simplicity with technological advancement, which demonstrates itself in how amazingly the tent performs under a number of differing conditions, in spite of its streamlined, no-frill design. With no rain fly or tent poles to worry about, the Morpho is practically a complete package all its own, and certainly represents how far tent design has come since the inception of tipis and yurts. You can buy it online here.
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