Monday, Jan 04, 2016 at 19:59
We have never had anything get wet inside the tent. I don't intentionally keep things away from the walls, but that may be sub-consciously drilled into me after years of nylon and old-school canvas - so maybe I'm doing it in my sleep.
I'd like to also mention that I always use the Oztent fly. The tent is waterproof on it's own, and the fly doesn't totally prevent it from getting wet anyway.
The fly provides a layer of insulation. This helps keep out the cold or the heat as needed. It also prevents condensation from becoming a problem. If the tent keeps 100% of the water out, then it also keeps the body heat & exhaled moisture in. If it's a cold night and you are warming the inside with body heat, this can create condensation on the inside of the roof. The fly creates an extra layer which minimises this.
Four people and a really cold night (by NSW standards) and the worst we got was a thin film of moisture on the inside of the roof.
The fly also allows you to sleep with windows partly open, even when it's raining.
If anything drips/drops onto the tent, it lands on the fly, not the canvas.
I think the fly is worth the money and the time to attach it. You can use a lot of the same pegs for the tent ropes and fly ropes, just by putting two ropes on each peg. After all, Oztents are supposed to be easy!
Just my thoughts, of course - not ranting.
The only water leak we ever had was not really in the tent. The front of the awning can be zipped to a front wall or a tag-a-long tent. In heavy rain, we get a bit of a drip through this zipper.
I can't fault them for that. It's a bit hard to waterproof a horizontal zipper running across the top of a tent awning. It's only a small drip, and it is actually outside the tent.
BCF have Oztent RV4 & RV5 videos on their youtube channel. Just go to youtube, search for BCF, then on the BCF channel, search for oztent. That might help to get a perspective on the size difference.
Regards,
Adam
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