Tentsile Ground Conversion Kits for Tree Tents Review

Ground Conversion Kits are the page's answer to camping where there are no suitable trees: they let a Tentsile Tree Tent be pitched on the ground like a traditional tent, which the listing also suggests for a garden. Four kits are sold, UNA 1-Person at $109, Flite 2-Person at $119, Connect 2-Person at $139 and Stingray 3-Person at $149, with an 8,000HH rated ground sheet sized for each model. The page says they work with both Generation 2 and Generation 3 tents.

Options and pricing

The option is named Which Tent? and has four choices: Stingray 3-Person Ground Kit at $149, Connect 2-Person Ground Kit at $139, Flite 2-Person Ground Kit at $119 and UNA 1-Person Ground Kit at $109. None showed as out of stock when read. The ground sheet is described as sized for the tent model, so the kit follows the tent rather than offering sizes of its own. The spec lines also list weights for Safari Connect, Safari Stingray and Safari Vista, which are not separate options.

How it compares

The Double-Bubble Insect Mesh Enclosure also starts at From $109 and is priced by tent, and this page suggests pairing a ground kit with a Double-Bubble to add another level. The Insulated Quilts list From $129 with a size line naming 3-Person Tree Tents & Hammocks, and the Wall (3.0) lists $80 as a tent wall for wind and rain. The kits' own listing gives the 8,000HH rating for the ground sheet.

Shipping, returns and warranty

Shipping is free on orders over $199 sent from the US (lower 48) and EU countries; for Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand the page says its rates are kept as low as it can and gives a rough guide of $10 for most accessories and $20 for heavier items inside the US mainland. Average delivery is 3 to 5 working days in the US and EU and 7 to 10 days for the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. PO Box addresses are refused. The page says no extra taxes or duties apply to purchases from the US, EU, Canada, Australia or the UK, optional cover from Route can be added at checkout, and free shipping covers the first delivery attempt only; stack and accessory parts can come from different warehouses and arrive in separate packages. Returns: unused, unopened products in their original packaging can go back within 30 days of receipt, and opened or tested products can too, with a restocking fee the page gives as $20 for an unopened box and $50 for a used product (another line on the same page says $30 for all non-warranty returns). You pay return shipping on opened products unless they are defective or were sent wrongly, pre-loved and clearance sales are final, Canadian returns go to a US return centre with duties paid, and EU returns that are not warranty cases go to the UK. Warranty: products bought on tentsile.com after January 2025 carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects when used as the manuals say; straps and ratchets are covered for 5 years and a rainfly is meant to be replaced about every 3 years. The exclusions include poles and pegs, wear and tear, UV degradation (fabric rated for 1,500 hours for black mesh, 2,500 hours for green fabric and 3,500 hours for Safari fabric), snow load over 1 inch, high winds and products bought from third parties. Orders from $35 to $2,000 can be split into four payments with Zip, ClearPay, PayPal or Afterpay.

Before you buy

Tentsile's page header says "Rated 4.5/5" with "1100+ reviews" and "120,000+ Happy Customers"; these are the store's own figures and were not checked. Independent coverage we could open is thin: a hands-on review of the Connect by TechGadgetsCanada (March 2024, about 8 set-ups and 4 to 5 nights) found a steep learning curve, workable trees at only about half of its stops and one cold night, and a Wilderness Times write-up of the Stingray summarises specs and owner feedback without showing any hands-on testing. Tentsile's own pages set limits that matter, for example a recommended set-up height of 1.2m / 4ft on its Trilogy page, a 1 inch snow-load limit in its warranty terms and an FAQ warning that tension loads can reach 15kN, so only healthy trees should be used. The store also warns about copycat sites, and its returns and warranty terms apply to purchases made on tentsile.com.