Staycation & Camping
After months of confinement indoors due to the lockdown breathing the fresh air is the first desire this summer 2020, the US has coined a term for holidays close to home: staycation. One trend is therefore to stay close to home and possibly immersed in nature, camping in this context seems to be the ideal choice.
In the world of camping there is a lot of equipment to choose from according to one’s needs and desires, tents with solar panels for recharging one’s devices, tents made with the impact on the environment in mind so as to relate harmoniously to it, or super-light tents that allow one to relax in places that are difficult to access.
For example, the desire may arise to want to camp ‘in the air’, Sunda 2.0 is a tent for 2 people that allows you to camp on the ground or in the air, a shelter that adapts to any conditions. The tent is made of a lightweight and durable nanonet (a nanonet is a net with fibres on the nanometre scale) that improves breathability.
When it comes to sustainability there are many factors to be analysed, the German company Vaude already developed its own classification system for outdoor products in 2010, the Green Shape. A few years ago, the Green Shape criterion included the choice of materials but not the entire production process, but now the company takes the entire product life cycle into account. Designs, all materials used, production machinery, use, product maintenance, and potential recycling and/or disposal are examined.
nly because one is immersed in the great outdoors, therefore, does not mean one has to do without technology. Goal Zero in collaboration with Eddie Bauer have developed a solar-powered tent: Katabatic 2. The battery connected to the solar panel can store up to 1250Wh of alternating current and this allows campers to recharge all their technological devices.
