CAMPING GEAR | Vango Mammoth Duo Wardrobe Camping Storage Unit – Review

September 29, 2018 Shell Robshaw-Bryan

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When it comes to family camping, decent storage and camp furniture can make a big difference to camping comfort. In our latest review, we put the Vango Mammoth Duo Wardrobe Camping Storage Unit to the test. Read on to find out what we thought!

What is it?

Vango Mammoth Duo Wardrobe Camping Storage Unit RRP: £80

Stockists

Features

Steel frame – Strong and reliable
Hard edge shelves – Strong and durable
Mesh panels – Improves ventilation
Handled zipped carry bag – Allows smooth, quick and easy packing and transportation
Easy to assemble
Maximum loading weight: 30kg/4st 10lbs
DuoWeave™ fabric – Vango’s DuoWeave™ fabric is set to revolutionise the design of furniture for outdoor living. It is extremely resilient, whilst being soft to the touch, providing a perfect balance between superb comfort and long lasting durability
Texturised Frame – Gives the frame a rich, premium finish
Hanging Pole allows you to store both hung items of clothing but also folded items with collapsible shelves.
Zipped shelves offer the ultimate flexibility in storage. Made from Duoweave fabric with a separate, removable hard shelf – they zip in half to drop to the edge when not in use.
Four pockets in each fabric shelf offer great storage options for multiple uses.
This multi-functional piece offers either: Hanging storage only, hanging & shelf storage or shelf storage only. Use for storing multiple items.

What we thought

One of the most annoying things about camping for any real length of time is the fact that you can end up living out of bags and it’s easy for a tent to get messy, especially if it’s a longer or family camping trip. Proper storage can really help to transform the camping experience, leading to much less mess and it makes it far easier to get organised and find what you’re looking for. In fact, after a comfortable and warm sleeping set up, the next most important thing as far as we’re concerned is in-tent storage.

The unit straight out of the storage bag

Over the years we’ve used lots of different camp furniture, from simple folding tables through to fancy bamboo storage units, yet we’ve never really cracked the whole clothes hanging thing. Whilst some of the bigger high-end family tents come with hanging storage rails, as we are predominantly users of either smaller tents or bell tents, we’ve never had a tent with a hanging rail inside, so the Vango Mammoth Duo seemed like the ideal camping storage accessory, the one thing missing from our admiteddly extensive collection of camp furniture!

The unit takes seconds to put up

The Mammoth comes in a sturdy carry bag and despite the size of the unit, it’s very light to carry and doesn’t take up much space in the boot of the car. Setting the storage unit up couldn’t be quicker and it’s a simple case of pulling out the folding frame, attaching 2 clips, then slotting the 5 shelves into place. The top shelf was the trickiest to slot in, as this one is slotted in at the top, on the outside and fits into a very snug zipped section, as shown below.

The top shelf that provides additional handy storage

Once up, the unit feels strong and sturdy and it doesn’t wobble around or feel flimsy whilst in use. As well as the internal shelves there are handy storage pockets on the side of the unit, and you have the option of leaving out the shelves, unzipping the shelf holders and using the space as a hanging wardrobe, as it also contains a hanging rail, as shown below.

You can remove some or all of the shelves and use the Mammoth Duo as a wardrobe thanks to the hanging rail

The Verdict

This storage unit is perfect for family campers and for anyone who spends a decent amount of time living in a tent. As a LARPer with loads of costume and kit, the Vango Mammoth storage unit is absolutely wonderful, providing easy access to everything I need without having to get on my hands and knees to search through bags or plastic storage boxes.

The unit is a great height and offers lots of storage space

I love the height of this unit which means rather than taking up lots of floor space, it makes use of vertical space, though you will of course need a standing-height tent! I also found that the unit was the ideal height for popping a mirror on top, handy for doing my hair in the morning.

The carry bag is great, and packing the unit away again is easy, and even quicker than getting it set up – there are other storage units available that I’ve used which involve slotting endless pieces of tubing into plastic joints, strapping things to the frame and then assembling the shelves, but the Vango Mammoth Duo is so fast, it will definitely help to ensure your overall camp set up and pack down time is kept to a minimum.

The unit is large, but light and doesn’t take up too much space, and it provides very versatile storage. We recently spotted this unit down to £62 on Amazon making it good value for money and a must-have for family campers.

DISCLOSURE | Thank you to Vango who supplied the featured product to us. We were not paid to write this review.

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Shell Robshaw-Bryan

Editor & Owner at Camping with Style

Shell loves all things travel and outdoors and is a nature-loving, comfy-camping kinda girl. Shell started the Camping with Style blog after a serious snowboarding accident which left her with a broken back. Despite this she used the outdoors and healing power of nature to aid her recovery and she continues to spend time outdoors whenever she can.

From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures here on the blog and in various publications she's written for, Shell has a particular interest in promoting wellbeing and the many benefits of nature therapy.

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