Tentsile Stingray Gen 3 suspension tent: hands-on review

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Didn’t we all want a tree house when we were kids? This is the adult version. Meet the gravity-defying Tentsile Stingray suspension tent.
In this hands-on review, I’m taking it on the road to see what it’s like to set up, to sleep in, if it’s comfortable and what it’s designed for. I’ll wrap this up with the pros and cons and let you know if I can recommend this tent for you.

What is Tentsile Tent?
Tentsile kind of turned the camping game on its head for me when I first reviewed the Tentsile Connect a couple of years ago. Tentsile tents are designed to be suspended between trees, getting you off the cold, wet or rocky ground for a unique and more comfortable camping experience. This makes the tents ideal to bring along when you’re not sure if you’ll be able to find a flat, soft campsite.
The model I have is called the Stingray; it’s a triangular shaped tent with room for three people and their gear to sleep comfortably inside, each along one side of the tent. Amazingly it can hold up to 880 pounds or 440 KG!
These tents sure look cool; you’re going to be getting lots of people stopping by your site to marvel at the engineering here. Speaking of which.. let’s get to how you set it up.

The bag when fully packed isn’t light, weighing about 24 pounds.
How to set up Tentsile Stingray
The Stingray tent, like the Connect 2-person tent I reviewed a couple year back is easy to set up one you know what you’re doing, and is definitley possible for one person to tackle solo. With that said, it’s a bit weird the first time, so try to allow some extra time to understand it before you arrive at your campsite.
First; unpack all your parts, and lay the Stingray out on the ground so you can place it in the right space. You will need three sturdy, older trees, that are equally spaced around the tent so the straps can connect evenly. The quick check here is if every corner points directly at a tree, you’re good. Otherwise, move the tent until you get good anchor points.
Next wrap each of your webbed straps around the tree trunk; use the open loop and pull the end of the strap through and pull it to tighten. If you’re using trees with younger or more delicate bark, you can first pad them with your tree protectors. You’ll want to place the straps at the approximate height you’ll want them at, but you will have a change to adjust them a bit before you tighten everything.
Now, attach each of the ratchets to the corners of the tent; wrap the loop end through the large D-Rings on each corner and pull them tight.
Then it’s time to thread the strap into the ratchet. This might seem a bit tricky, but what you need to do is look for the slot in the narrow end of the ratchet and feed the strap through that slot, and pull it all the way through.
Next up you’re about to tighten the ratchets so now’s the time to make any height adjustments if you need to. Tentsile recommends you keep the tent at a manageble height off the ground, and unless you also bought thier add-on ladder. If it’s too high you’ll need some way to get in later.

When everything is tight you have to lock the ratchets; don’t forget this step, since if you do, the tent will give out unexpectedly. Push the lever of the ratchet down until the lock bar is siting behind the stop.

Then inset the other end of the pole into the cups just outside the tent. Now you’ve got a 4-foot interior height tree house.
You can leave it as is, or add the rain fly. The fly slips over the top and clips onto the ratchets with small plastic clips.
You can peg the fly into the ground, but I found the plastic screw pegs were ineffective in the rocky mountain soli I tried them in. Good thing, then I was able to use the hooks on the fly to secure it to the bottom of the Stingray.