Air Fort Review: From Box to Fort in 30 Seconds?
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- Today I'm testing out a product called the Air Fort, which is an inflatable fort that can almost entirely fill a bedroom. Is it worth the $50 price tag?
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0:00 Intro & Unboxing
1:25 Past Forts
2:05 Setup
3:10 Inflating & First Use
4:24 Plufl Meets Air Fort
5:54 Deflating & Putting Away
7:27 Final Thoughts
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Honestly would be cool to see a version of this that can connect to others and make like a tent town.
That would be cool!
Probably could modify it and expand it to make multiple rooms but you'd most likely need additional fans to keep the tunnels and additional space inflated.
"Why go to San Francisco or L.A to experience the thrill of a tent town when you can bring the experience to the safety and comfort of your own home with Air Fort - Air Town Edition!"
Then a tent city, then tent state
The pillow forts and blanket town coalition will not stand for this.
I turn 44 in a week and a half... And I still want one.
Dude, I'm 44 as well and am seriously thinking about it.
I'm 64 and will definitely get one!
@@boogiedaddy3434 I know, right?! Hehe, we're tail end of GEN-X, and we were professional kids! The last WILD children. Heck, most of us raised ourselves! May as well have the fun stuff as we get older. Cheaper than a muscle car anyway!
@@laurameier7069 Heck yeah!!
I just turned 44 and am totally in for one of those.
My favourite thing about watching your content for such a long time here on UA-cam is how your integrity and charm have never changed. The production quality of your videos have certainly improved but you've remained the same incredible reviewer who does a lot of things to truly put products to the test!
Not me at 44 years old and single contemplating getting one of these. 😆
Do it!
Who needs a partner when you have an air tent!
😂
Do it! I got one and I’m exactly 44 as well hahah
43 and married and I’m absolutely not thinking of getting one of these for when my adult kids come to visit
Gon' catch me camping in my Air Fort One!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
They have different designs--you should suggest that to them!😂
Here's a friendly suggestion.....Whenever you need to fit a "seemingly" large cloth item into a "seemingly" small storage bag, you'll be able to make the item as small as possible by rolling it rather than folding it. (This concept works for getting lots of clothes into suitcases, too. )
I do this with my kitchen towels. Rolled instead of folded. Can get twice as many in the drawer and always looks tidy. ❤️
putting the clothes flat inside the suitcase is even better, ive tried all types, rolling, folding, compressed air bags, i still prefer just laying them flat
What's funny is that we used to build these exact things out of bedsheets and box fans ALL THE TIME in the early 70's when we were kids. We had multiple box fans so we could build many interesting inflatable tents with that stuff. It looks like someone out there used to do that when they were kids too, and decided to market it. It seems that me and my friends were on the rare side when it came to playing in these inflatable bedsheet/box fan tents because I've never met anyone else who knew what I'm talking about when I bring them up nowadays, and so many people are seeing products like this and thinking that it's a new thing. All your kids need is a couple very light sets of bedsheets and some strong box fans and they're golden.
classic case of " am i the only one " born in 88 and did the same as a kid, but the sheets were so heavy / fan so shitty we used couch cushions / chairs as supports. The fan was used to keep it cool more or less, not to inflate the tent area.
This is really cool imo and is leaps and bounds ahead of the collapsible cube style play huts.
so funny I commented the same thing, then read the comments. lol those were the days
When my kids were toddlers I used to do this with a duvet cover.
@@One_for_the_Books I know! Right? It brought back so many memories that I had almost forgotten.
@@WhatsGahd We actually had some really cheap and light sheets and some pretty powerful box fans from the 60's. Big, honkin' metal ones that could probably have flown if we put wings on them.
It's a crime that bailey wasn't invited into the tent.
The grandkids are gonna love it.
How to earn the “Best Grandpa” badge. All their friends will be jealous.
This was my thought.
I’m already looking for this and a fan to go with it for my grandkids.
Sure looks easier than sheets covering furniture😆
@@judywright4241 easier to fold up ans put away as well.
Now if we could just get you to do a review in one of those inflatable T-REX costumes that would be awesome
James, my dude; nothing but NOTHING beats a good old-fashioned sofa cushion fort!
I bought my son one of these for Christmas a few years back and he still loves to inflate it and fill it with blankets and pillows and all kinds of stuff and we sit in there and watch TV out the door and eat snacks. Good times. 👍
It kind of reminds me of Jiffy Pop, for those old enough to remember the stove top popcorn popper, I can imagine the noise from the fan/blower can get a bit annoying, but otherwise kind of cool
Oh that's perfect! It's a human jiffy pop!
Yes!!! Jiffy Pop is still on the market!!!
to sleep in when its hot out is nice, I already sleep with a fan most the time.
As neat as this would be for a kid nowadays nothing beat the creativity that came with pulling cushions off multiple couches/seats with pillows and bed sheets.
Exactly! I work with elementary kids, and they don't have spatial awareness beyond what they can build with Legos. They also don't have much creativity and struggle with coming up with their own ideas.
Toy companies have to stop doing all the work for kids and let them explore the world without a plan or a picture to copy,
That would definitely be fun for a kids sleepover! Plus the sound of the fan is sometimes a good way to help you fall asleep.
0:49 box says help me LOL
I laughed way too hard at this.
My long term job is ending in 6 weeks and I think I want one of these in my living room so I can spend an uninterrupted week decompressing and planning my next move.
put it down to $30 and it's a good price.
They have a starry night air fort! That with a black plufl... I'd be in autistic meltdown HEAVEN.
Well now I know what I'm getting for myse.... i mean for my kid this summer.
LOL, I soooo know you meant yourself. LOL👍🙂 No worries.. me too. 😉
I'd hide under there right next to the fan and hog all of the air.
It seems like a fun thing to keep around in case grandchildren start coming around. Thanks for the review and the video
Neat!
James, could you please please do a video or short series of videos trying products just for Bailey? We love her so much and love seeing her!❤😊
I want one of these for my bed for Migraines and when I'm feeling overstimulated. I use a fitted sheet currently, but that only covers half my bed. This would probably be great for summer sleeping too!
They make bed tents that block out light, they aren't too expensive and are nice for privacy and blocking out light while sleeping.
I just wish it wasn't a patterned fabric. Solid black would be amazing
He said it came in multiple colors and patterns.
@@a.n4031 We have the UFO, it's pretty close to solid black.
The fan on high can be a lot of noise, so I'm not sure if it would be good for a migraine. Also, we've tried it over the bed and it just can't maintain the "float" effect that it sounds like you're wanting. It's a floor only item.
If you don't have an AC it will be great for a hot summer night and to avoid mosquitos.
Set up the Air Fort at the airport. 😂. When your plane is delayed for hours, snuggle up inside your Air Fort! 😂
As a kid, I would tuck a queen sheet on my twin bed and set a fan at the foot of the bed to make a version of this.
Great review. Your reactions are so genuine and the perspective of both adult and child come through.
Great video. This kind of content is great fun and it’s awesome to see you having fun with it too😊
I love seeing the human dog bed in the intro
Edit to add: seems like it could make a good "personal space" tent, or a small paint tent if you're careful about mesh
$400 Human dog bed is kinda pricey
@@larryn2674 There are others on Amazon.
@@larryn2674 There are cheaper ones on Amazon
@larryn2674 There are cheaper options.
And annoyingly I can't even say where
@@larryn2674 Sorry for the notification flood
I remember taking brooms and such to hold sheets up using various pillows and cushions, this just takes all the imagination and creativity out of it.
while making the fort, yes, the creativity is gone. inside though, there's endless possibilities!
There have always been indoor kids' tents. I remember my siblings and I having one over 20 years ago, and its existence didn't prevent us from making forts from scratch, too. It's just two different kinds of fun.
The one thing that I think deserved mention was how breathable the fabric used was. Is it the sort of thing where if the fort fell on your face from like the fan going out, would you be able to breathe?
I use to do the same thing as a kid but it was a floor vent in a trailer and a fitting sheet
Was funny when I saw this, my brother and I used to zip our sleeping bags together and make almost this exact kinda thing with a high velocity fan and some clothes pins. Still seems like a neat product, if it goes on sale I'll probably pick one up for my nephews!
Our daughters got one for Christmas. It’s been amazing! I think if I were to buy it for myself then a $30 price point would have felt more fair. But it’s still an amazing product
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My brother got one for my daughter and she loves it. We like that it keeps them cool and no need to set up.
Okay that looks awesome! Reminds me of being a kid and building forts with blankets and the air floor vents for the air conditioner.
Would be interested to see if it stayed inflated at a lower fan setting. Also if you could cinch the intake around a smaller (quieter) fan.
It can stay inflated, but it's just not as floaty and less responsive to the entrance and exit air changes. The back doesn't have a cinch (not sure if you could add one), but you can tuck the straps into the back of the fan if it's not a square box fan. Basically, anything other than the recommendations and your experience may not be as ideal, but could still semi-functional for you.
The toy for my retirement I didn't know I needed... But here we are.
Love the videos James
$50 AND you have to supply your own fan that you're going to mar with the velcro buttons which might come unstuck over time is asking a lot. Plus, half the fun of blanket forts is building them!
Kids might still love it, though; especially kids with any disability or other obstacle that prevents them from building their own fort. It might also be great for people with certain neurological or sensory issues. As an autist myself, I felt comfortable as soon as you showed yourself inside of it. Kind of like a cat, being out of sight is a huge comfort sometimes for people like me; even if it's just a thin layer of fabric separating you from others.
I really enjoyed this review. Seeing your inner kid come out was really wholesome for some reason.
What a great for kids and adults. Very easy set up and take down. Love it😊
“Now, what am I gonna do” 😂 thanks for the awesome reviews!!
Wow that looks like so much fun and practical! _Sadly_ I'm not a kid anymore and I don't need a place to hide from my brother's envy.
BTW once I built a "wind tunnel" combining your big blanket fort idea with a box fan, with a friend throwing talcum on the air stream to increase the difficulty LOL
Love the tent and review!
Got my kids this for Christmas. They love it and I love the easy setup and take down
We used to do this as kids in the heat of the summer time back in the 70s and 80s to keep cool. Buying and ac were too expensive at the time. We used a bed sheet with a box fan and place something heavy on the corners of the end and sides of the sheet.
Thanks for reviewing. I’ve had that on my cart so many times in the past few years, but never checked out!
I love that you referenced Jim Carrey's line in The Grinch 😂
this is really fun, and even though I am a 48 year old adult woman with no children or grandchildren at all, I would like this is my living room. My inner child really liked this video
Reminds me if a thing we used in elementary school. We climbed inside and they projected like a planetarium on the inside with stars
Brings back memories of building forts in the house with my kids.
You sounded like you had a lot of fun with this one! I used to make fan forts as a kid using several connected king sized sheets.
Very cool, I would have killed to have this as a kid
I was so confused by the thumbnail, I couldn’t figure out what it was 🤣
I love the idea of kids' stuff reviews!
my grandma just used chairs and a sheet or blanket save $50 i’m melting 😂made me giggle another fun video
Man if i had this as a kid!!
I think my Great Dane would like the Plufl.
regardless of the product, I really like when you have Bailey in the videos. my dog makes the occasional cameo in my videos as well.
Definitely getting one for the grandkids!
I used to do this all the time as a kid with big sheets. (Not for children you can't trust around the fan.) The tricky part is attaching it to the fan. If it's an old sheet, you can bend small paperclips into S-hooks, poke them through the edge of the sheet and hook them around the edge of the fan grill. Or, if the sheet is big enough, you can just turn the fan on and put a few inches worth of the sheet edge around the backside edge of the fan, tuck the two corners under the bottom, and the suction will hold it in place. Then you just have to take some heavy objects inside to pin down the sheet edges to the floor. It's a great way to stay cool in a hot house.
Curious if you could lower the fan's setting to medium (or even lower) after it has been fully inflated once. Just to lower the amount of noise.
I didn't even realize I needed this tent.
I wish you'd shown if it stays inflated with the fan on Low. I get cold easily and would like to know which fan settings it's compatible with.
Way more fun to use chairs, pillows, and blankets.
OOOOOOO I have been waiting for this one 😊😊
The inflatable sofa thing would be perfect in this
Macys had these for $13 a few Christmases ago.. kids love it
wow this is so great for places that dont have a/c at the very least. I used to make air tunnels with blankets and nap in them.
we always used a sheet and box fan to make a fort but we had to anchor it down with stuff.
That looked like fun. Thank you.
My grandkids are definitely getting one for Christmas!
I just used a box fan and a light blanket as a kid and it worked great
Its like hanging out in a wind sock. Which would be great in summer. 🎉
seems like a great way to stay cool, would something similar that would go around my mattress for the summer
As a kid my friend and I would take his parents' king size sheet and put it over a register. When the air conditioning turned on, we literally had the coolest fort.
I wonder how this fort would do on med and low settings, for those concerned with using a bunch of electricity for a fort.
has a lot going for it in terms of ease of set up and take down. Probably best to fold it from igloo shape into a perfect circle and from there fold it into a pizza style triangle which can then be rolled up like a croissant.
Hello great video information Freakin
That was pretty useful as I was considering buying one
thanks for the post as always good sir.
Is there any chance you'd be able to test to see if balloons float around in there if you blow them up? My son is disabled and I think he'd love this but I was looking at renting a bubble dome, I'm wondering if this would work as a small scale alternative
Once inflated would a lower power setting on the fan keep it inflated?
Damn, that's like being inside a life size Jiffy Pop pan lol! Great video as always James 👍 Happy Friday 🎉
that would be a cool diy halloween costume
We built a big one of these out of vinyl tarps & fans back in the 80s.
This is awesome!
Would love to see a giveaway on this product
Can you review the grounding bed sheets?
I bought 2 small tents years ago for my grandchildren. They love the tents, but they are a bit of a pain to set up (and guess who gets to set them up?). I love how quick the set up is of this fort, but I’d need two smaller ones, because they would each want their own space. Unfortunately, my house ain’t that big.
NO WAY! My dad showed me how to make one of those as a kid in the 70s. Using box fan, big sheet tied to the handle and books. Cool to see one actually manufactured, Finally...took them a while. lol, great for summer naps, very tranquil.
I wanted to see your dog’s reaction to the tent and bed.
About 35 or so years ago we had one of those bed tents for our son who is now 44! It might have been He Man! master I’d the Universe? He loved it!!! I sometimes wish there was one of those bed tents thst would fit a queen size mattress!!!
QUESTION: Once the fort is inflated, do you need to keep the fan on HIGH for it to stay inflated?
I had seen an ad for these and recommended one for my daughter to put her dog's crate in when it's hot. Your vid shows that there's definitely enough room for his large crate!
Thanks for the great review!❤ I dont think I could move stuff around enough to fit one in my 1-bdr apartment (but i still want one!) 🤣🤣🤣
Ahh, the memories.
I need that bed you stuck in there!
When I was a kid, we lived in a trailer with floor vents and I pretty much made these all the time with a sheet and some toys to hold the corners down, brrrr it was cold but so much fun.
My school has a version of this. But it’s actually the solar system inside. It’s so cool !
I have a cheaper solution. Now this will only work if you have floor a/c vents. Take a flat sheet but it over the ac vent and go in it. It will keep you cool and be fun
"Kid's products." Riiiight.