This Birdcage Tent Was Inspired by Victorian Dressmaking

No, that’s not a trap left out by some careless Ewoks.

It’s yet another entry into the ever-improving market for outdoor snooze options, and it goes by Sky-Pod.

The cocoon-like structure is a military-grade sleeping space that can accomodate a whopping 550-lbs. while hovering up to four feet off the ground. With nine feet separating the aluminum-reinforced floor from its tapered ceiling, it could easily stand Yao Ming (which actually wouldn’t be a bad marketing ploy), features an indoor ladder, and keeps all parties at a comfortable distance from the legions of creepy crawlies that might otherwise find their way into your tent.

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The Sky-Pod draws design inspiration from the crinolines of centuries-old dresses (the piece that gave the dresses their propped-up structure) and comes with various layers of mesh netting to address mosquitoes and provide privacy. Ease of transport and set-up, though, doesn’t seem so straightforward. Despite claiming pack-down portability, the Sky-Pod is still 30 lbs. in the pack, and getting the thing up the tree in the first place requires a throw bag, line and the proper tree. (Though the Sky-Pod can also be set up across two trees, and anchoring to the ground is an option if necessary.)

Check out Sky-Pod’s offerings, which dropped just last year, on their website.

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Tanner Garrity

Tanner Garrity is a senior editor at InsideHook, where he’s covered wellness, travel, sports and pop culture since 2017. He also authors The Charge, InsideHook’s weekly wellness newsletter. Beyond the newsroom, he can usually be found running, skating, reading, writing fiction or playing tennis. He lives in Brooklyn.