Who doesn’t love a good weekender?
We’ve just started getting the team set for the National Airsoft Festival (NAF) 2025 here in the UK, and we’re all really looking forward to spending some quality time camping over the Bank Holiday down in the New Forest at Ground Zero!
Whilst this is by no means a “survival setting” (although some would no doubt disagree, but that’s “survival” in a very different way!), we will be creating our home for the duration when we arrive, and this will include everything you’d expect for three nights camping under the stars!
One of the bits of kit that will 100% be with us is our very much tried and tested Snugpak Scorpion 3!
This superb tent weighs in at just 3400g and is a nominal three-person base camp and expedition tent for when a semi-permanent camp is required. Although the Scorpion 3 we have is an older model now, it’s a ‘fly-first’ pitch that allows quick and easy set-up using an opposing pole design, protecting you all year round from severe weather conditions (last year in the rain this feature proved to be a godsend!).
A most-definitely tried and tested design that is a favourite of mountaineers, climbers and adventurers, the Scorpion 3 has an impressive floor space, measuring 2.25m long and 1.75m wide, as well as 1.1m of headspace, creating ample room for three people in a top-toe sleeping arrangement, or enough space for two people and all their gear; indeed, just for one it will be somewhat luxurious!
In terms of “fabric technology” the Scorpion 3 is right up there with some of the best; the flysheet is 210t 100% polyester ripstop with (5000mm HH) waterproof polyurethane coating, whilst the Inner tent is 190t 100% nylon inner fabric, with a 50D polyester No-See-Um-Mesh (1600 holes per square inch). With a high standard of outer protection the Groundsheet is 190t 100% nylon with (5000mm HH) waterproof polyurethane coating in a “bathtub” style, which means that water is not going to get in and soak you from underneath! Rounding things out the Scorpion 3 comes with industry-leading DAC® Featherlite NSL® Anodised Aluminium Poles with pressfit connectors, and these are colour-coded for ease of pitching.
The design also offers a spacious front porch for storing equipment and cooking in really bad weather. As it comes in simple olive green the Scorpion 3 is an ideal, fully waterproof and windproof design that’s ideal for airsoft weekenders, even during the winter months.
The Airsoft Action team have worked with Snugpak a LOT over the years, and have huge respect for what they create, and as their gear is used, and much loved, by serving military personnel you can rely on their clothing and gear to get the job done each and every time. This is something we know to be true, as we’ve used their kit extensively around the globe in differing environmental condition ourselves, and we’ve never found Snugpak gear to be anything less than exemplary!
