The Best Four-Season Tent You Can Pitch in Less Than a Minute
Heimplanet’s new two-person Kirra is a refuge for tired hikers.
The new inflatable, four-season Kirra tent from Heimplanet.
Photographer: Gabriela Herman for Bloomberg Businessweek
Some activities put relationships to the test more than others. Road trips. House painting. Playing host during holidays. But no task is more daunting than the finale to a long day of hiking: setting up a tent. The two-person €899 ($899) Kirra four-season tent from German outfitter Heimplanet is designed to keep campfire conditions convivial. That’s because you won’t have had to test your patience struggling with a thicket of poles. The setup of the Kirra requires nothing more than a small hand pump (like the brand’s €49 double-action floor pump) to inflate the geodesic airframe in a mere 30 seconds.
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