When it comes to family camping, decent storage and camp furniture can make a big difference to camping comfort. In our latest review, we put the Vango Mammoth Duo Wardrobe Camping Storage Unit to the test. Read on to find out what we thought!
What is it?
Vango Mammoth Duo Wardrobe Camping Storage Unit RRP: £80
Stockists
Features
- Steel frame – Strong and reliable
- Hard edge shelves – Strong and durable
- Mesh panels – Improves ventilation
- Handled zipped carry bag – Allows smooth, quick and easy packing and transportation
- Easy to assemble
- Maximum loading weight: 30kg/4st 10lbs
- DuoWeave
fabric – Vango’s DuoWeave fabric is set to revolutionise the design of furniture for outdoor living. It is extremely resilient, whilst being soft to the touch, providing a perfect balance between superb comfort and long lasting durability - Texturised Frame – Gives the frame a rich, premium finish
- Hanging Pole allows you to store both hanged items of clothing but also folded items with collapsible shelves.
- Zipped shelves offer the ultimate flexibility in storage. Made from Duoweave fabric with a separate, removable hard shelf – they zip in half to drop to the edge when not in use.
- Four pockets in each fabric shelf offer great storage options for multiple uses.
- This multi-functional piece offers either: Hanging storage only, hanging & shelf storage or shelf storage only. Use for storing multiple items.
What we thought
One of the most annoying things about camping for any real length of time is the fact that you can end up living out of bags and it’s easy for a tent to get messy, especially if it’s a longer or family camping trip. Proper storage can really help to transform the camping experience, leading to much less mess and it makes it far easier to get organised and find what you’re looking for. In fact, after a comfortable and warm sleeping set up, the next most important thing as far as we’re concerned is in-tent storage.
Over the years we’ve used lots of different camp furniture, from simple folding tables through to fancy bamboo storage units, yet we’ve never really cracked the whole clothes hanging thing. Whilst some of the bigger high-end family tents come with hanging storage rails, as we are predominently users of either smaller tents or bell tents, we’ve never had a tent with a hanging rail inside, so the Vango Mammoth Duo seemed like the ideal camping storage accessory, the one thing missing from our admiteddly extensive collection of camp furniture!
The Mammoth comes in a sturdy carry bag and despite the size of the unit, it’s very light to carry and doesn’t take up much space in the boot of the car. Setting the storage unit up couldn’t be quickier and it’s a simple case of folding up the folding frame, attaching 2 clips, then slotting the 5 shelves into place. The top shelf was the trickiest to slot in, as this one is slotted in at the top, on the outside and fits into a very snug zipped section, as shown below.
Once up, the unit feels strong and sturdy and it doesn’t wobble around or feel flimsy whilst in use. As well as the internal shelves there are handy storage pockets on the side of the unit, and you have the option of leaving out the shelves, unzipping the shelf holders and using the space as a hanging wardrobe, as it also contains a hanging rail, as shown below.
The Verdict
This storage unit is perfect for family campers and for anyone that spends a decent amount of time living in a tent. As a LARPer with loads of costume and kit, Mammoth storage unit is absolutely wonderful, providing easy access to everything I need without having to get on my hands and knees to search through bags or plastic storage boxes.
I love the height of this unit which means rather than taking up lots of floor space, it makes use of vertical space, though you will of course need a standing-height tent! I also found that the unit was the ideal height for popping a mirror on top, handy for doing my hair in the morning.
The unit is large, but light and doesn’t take up too much space, and it provides very versatile storage. We recently spotted this unit down to £62 on Amazon making it good value for money and a must-have for family campers.
Thank you to Vango who supplied the featured product to us. We were not paid to write this review.
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