Gear Junkie: Connect with the outdoors with connect-together tents

A new kind of shelter system will let you camp alone, or “hook up” via connectable corners that create a multi-room tent village.

In 2011, M2C Innovation Ltd launched its interconnecting POD tents. I covered the original launch and was intrigued with the unorthodox design.

This month, the Cambridgeshire, England, brand launches a new interconnecting tent design. The company is running an Indiegogo campaign now to raise funds and sell the modular experience to the world.

It’s called the Qube tent, and the model comes in two-, three-, and four-person sizes. They set up nontraditionally via internal poles that unfold and pop the square shelter into shape.

Set one up, and then an adjacent Qube can connect. They fit together at the corners. Inside, campers can walk between the rooms.

One of three models, the Qube 2-Man Tent sells for around $280. It’s made of a heavy-duty 300-denier nylon and is coated to be waterproof.

The tent weighs roughly 33 pounds, so don’t plan on carrying it in a backpack. Black-lined material blocks out light inside. Windows open for ventilation and light.

This Qube aims at the festival-going crew or car-camping family that wants a little privacy between “rooms.”

Plunk a couple near your parking spot, set up some tables and a fire pit, and let a weekend of good times roll around your mini village of livable cubes.

On the web: gearjunkie.com.