For children, one of the best things about being a kid is building pillow- and blanket-forts in the bedroom or living room. With a little imagination, children can easily get inspired to start stacking up pillows, couch cushions and blankets all together and quickly turn those into a playing fort. Now, there’s something quite magical about children building these fort-like structures indoors. Once built, those creative pillow-fortified and blanket-covered hide-outs become a child’s playing-space for fun-times, where they’ll play with toys, read stories, exchange whispers and giggles or even watch movies together with their best friends and closest family members. Still, for children, pillow-and-blanket forts can be much more than just a fun hide-out, as kids also love these cuddly-forts due to the safe and cozy feeling they provide. Essentially, building these forts allows kids to create their own personal safe havens where they can have a quiet space to relax, and ultimately, to process their feelings while growing up. Nevertheless, building said pillow-forts can make quite a mess around the house, especially when that involves your kids using expensive couch cushions, pillows, blankets, or even pricey furniture pieces like chairs, for which the whole activity can end up costing you a pretty penny if anything gets damage. To simplify the entire “fort-building process” but still give your kids something that’s fun and inviting, there’s nothing like the AirFort.
The AirFort is an inflatable instant-play fort for children that’s safe, durable, breathable and very easy to set up in just a few seconds, requiring only a standard box fan to inflate it.
Designed with simplicity in mind, all you really need to set up the AirFort is a standard box fan, which makes inflating the unit a quick and easy task. After that’s done, kids (and maybe even their parents) will be ready to enjoy countless hours of fun, whether that’s with other younger friends or even with the rest of the family as a whole.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at this inflatable instant-play fort, where we’ll talk a little more about its design, and also check out exactly how you’re supposed to set it up.
DESIGN & BASIC SPECS
Starting with the unit’s size, note that the AirFort comes at a reasonably large size, measuring exactly 6.5 ft. in diameter (i.e. 78 inches wide) by over 4 ft. tall (around 50 inches tall).
That means that this inflatable fort for children is actually big enough to accommodate several kids and adults (whether that’s an entire family including mom, dad, and their kids, or many young children together) along with multiple toys, games, and any other fun accessories that you can think of.
Essentially, the AirFort’s fairly large size makes it the perfect playground / playing area for play-dates, sleepovers, or even birthday parties! That said, know that the AirFort is roomy enough to ensure that no one gets left out.
Still, despite its impressively large inside space when fully-inflated, the AirFort can still be quickly deflated and then folded into approximately the size of a folded pair of jeans, with the whole unit weighing just a measly 1.5 lbs (24 oz.) when completely folded.
So, whenever it’s time to clean up, parents simply have to deflate the AirFort and fold it up, for which they can then pack it inside its own small Carrying Bag of matching colors (already included in the package) and then just store it away pretty much anywhere without having to worry about it taking up any essential storage space.
Now, in terms of its design, it’s worth mentioning that the AirFort is designed with both simplicity as well as with children’s safety in mind.
To be a little more specific, the AirFort is designed based on a “No-Floor Design” that allows it to magically hover just very-slightly above the ground. This ultimately allows for an easy entry and exit by simply lifting any edge of its fabric-walls, all while simultaneously ensuring that children’s little feet don’t get snagged up as they get in and out.
Additionally, there’s also a built-in Mesh Window that makes it easy and convenient for kids to see both inwards and outwards of this inflatable instant-play fort.
Finally, separated from the AirFort’s main inside area (i.e. the space where kids and adults can play and relax inside the unit), there’s also a Mesh Fan Divider at one end of the unit (when fully-inflated), which is where you’ll be connecting the AirFort to your dedicated Box Fan (any standard box fan will do) in order to keep it inflated and obviously, with fresh-air circulating inside it.
Note that the unit’s Mesh Fan Divider was specifically designed to keep main inside area separated from the Box Fan device. you’ll be using in order to prevent children from accessing said Box Fan.
As such, the AirFort also comes equipped with built-in Velcro Strips (seen ahead in the Setup / Installation Chapter of the article) that allow parents to easily secure the main unit to the Box Fan they’ll be using for inflating it.
Last but not least, when it comes to the AirFort’s construction, it’s also worth pointing out that this inflatable instant-play fort features a very durable and safe construction.
The whole unit is made of a highly-durable, ultra-lightweight, and very breathable Polyester fabric, which ensures that the inside of the AirFort stays cool and breezy, no matter how many kids (and adults) are playing inside it.
Not only that, but the AirFort’s whole construction also meets rigorous safety standards, as its “No-Floor Design” and the Polyester fabric that makes up for the unit’s entire structure are in fact Child-Safety-Tested and Approved to be safe for kids of all ages.
SETUP / INSTALLATION
Last of all, regarding the AirFort’s setup / installation, the whole process shouldn’t take you more than a few seconds, or ultimately, between 2 to 5 minutes if you account for making up some space in a bedroom or living room (i.e. potentially moving away some furniture from the area where you’ll be setting up the AirFort), as well as getting a Box Fan for inflating it (and keeping it inflated).
Once you have the AirFort set up in your place of choice, you then have to attach the Adhesive Square Fan Tabs accessories (which come included in its package) to your Box Fan.
Then, simply connect the AirFort to your Box Fan via its built-in Velcro Strips, and finally, just turn your Box Fan’s Power Dial to inflate the AirFort, for which the whole unit will inflate in less than 30 seconds.
Best of all, you won’t need any pillows, sheets, or any piece of furniture to keep the AirFort standing in place, just a Box Fan.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
Inside each package, users will find: their AirFort unit (Original model), along with its matching Carrying Bag, as well as a set of four (x4) Adhesive Square Fan Tabs, and also an Instructions / Safety Manual (written in a fairly simple manner) that’s both easy to read and follow.
Keep in mind that a Box Fan unit does not come included in the package, but the come does have its own 20-Inch Glow-In-The-Dark Box Fan available for purchasing for any family that requires / lacks one.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The AirFort is an inflatable instant-play fort for children that’s safe, durable, breathable and very easy to set up in just a few seconds, requiring only a standard box fan to inflate it.
Designed with simplicity in mind, all you really need to set up the AirFort is a standard box fan, which makes inflating the unit a quick and easy task. After that’s done, kids (and maybe even their parents) will be ready to enjoy countless hours of fun, whether that’s with other younger friends or even with the rest of the family as a whole.
All in all, the AirFort makes for an outstanding addition to any household with young children, and also makes for a great fun-place to have available for your kids’ play-dates, slumber parties, or even movie nights together as a family. Parents can quickly set it up at home, and kids can easily bring it with them to a sleep over at one of their friend’s homes, or ultimately take it with them on a family road trip.
While kids will mainly love this inflatable instant-play fort for the fun and relaxing space it provides them with, parents will probably love it even more because it’s easy to set up and even easier to put away.
The AirFort is currently available in a wide-variety of different colors and designs, ranging from colorful tents to cool spaceships, friendly barnyards, Tiki-Hut prints, and more.
If you’re interested in purchasing it, units go between $49.95 and $59.95 (depending on what model / design you decide to go with). You can order yours online right now, either directly from AirFort’s official shopping page, or alternatively, you could get it from their Amazon page, if you’d prefer.
As said earlier, for families that currently don’t own a Box Fan, the company also has their own 20-Inch Glow-In-The-Dark Box Fan available for purchase (also on Amazon), with each unit going for $59.95.
