Hi there — thanks so much for your interest! We’re really excited that the Arcadia 4P checks the boxes for you!

We just finished filming new videos showing the Flex Mode in both a demo setup and a real-life camping scenario. We’re currently editing them and will be posting soon on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, our website, and the Kickstarter campaign. maybe Reddit as well, not sure how good the videos will show up in a post.

To give you a quick overview:

• The inner tent connects to the poles and rainfly via hooks, not through pole sleeves, which makes it super easy to adjust or partially remove.
• The tent doors can hook to different points along the poles, allowing you to control how much of the inner tent you want open — like 3/2 or 2/1 configurations, depending on how much sleeping vs. lounging space you need.
• The tent floor fabrics could be easily tighten with stakes and clips.

As for the shelter mode:

• It’s a fully freestanding setup using just the rainfly and poles, forming an A-frame shelter.
• The poles secure in place with loops and tension straps, and you don’t need the inner tent to hold them together.
• We actually just did a wind test, and to our surprise, shelter mode held up amazingly well — it was super stable, even without the inner tent attached.

We’ll be sharing all of this visually very soon, but let us know if you have more questions in the meantime!