Aux Solar-Powered Camping Tent Air Conditioner will make you feel more comfortable when camping on summer days. I’ve been camping since I was a kid. Over the years, the gear got lighter, smarter, more compact, but one thing never changed: when it’s too hot to sleep, you’re just stuck sweating it out. Even in the best tents, with all the mesh windows open, summer nights can feel like you’re zipped into a plastic oven.
That frustration stuck with me. Especially on trips where the days were beautiful, but the nights were brutal, no wind, no shade, and definitely no escape from the heat. What if your tent could make its own cool air? Not with heavy batteries or loud generators. Just quietly, using the sun.
Aux Solar-Powered Camping Tent Air Conditioner is a concept camping gear that comes with solar-coated fabrics. It is lightweight enough to pack, but capable of generating power throughout the day. Instead of treating the solar panel as an add-on, I wanted it baked into the tent itself. The material I ended up using absorbs solar energy and stores it, enough to run a compact air-cooling unit that kicks in during the hottest hours.
Storage was another problem. Nobody wants to wrestle with tent poles or stuff sacks after a long hike. Borrowing the design principle of an umbrella, the kind that fold up fast and small, Aux has been built with skeleton around that logic. You twist, fold, and it’s done.
Designers: Li Lu, Zhong Xu, Li Baoyu, Liu Shuya, Zhen Congying, and Li Xueyan
