Thursday, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:02
Like Mike & Old Plodder above we have multiple
bits that can be used depending on conditions,
like Big Tarp for longer /bad
weather etc and Tents
as mainly just sleeping.
We are usually
camping out of the back of the car for short stays
and things need to fast and effective.
We have a Patrol with opening barn doors and have a little tarp
that goes over them making a sheltered bay for preparing
food and relieving pressure on tents.
For tents we have found it hard to beat small domes for
size and weight, but have found them slow and a bit fiddly
and mostly now use a low cost (<$200 centre pole tent).
However on a recent 3 week cape-York trip the dome was great
as for 10 out of 12 days we didn't need to erect the outer fly.
The centre pole tents pack into a square 900mm and can stand
vertical in the back of the car against one side so take up
little used space.
By buying a cheaper tent we had no issues in modifying it by
adding velcro bits, removing panels etc. We consider it a
consumerable item with a 2-3 year life and hence don't even
bother with ground sheet now , it goes up/down so fast
we even beat our mates new rooftop camper setup.
Robin Miller
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