Black Wolf Turbo Set Up Time?

Hi Geoff,

I have had a Turbo tent since they came out. Have used it extensively - including 7 weeks to Cape York & last year 3 months touring. Just yesterday came back from 3 weeks in outback NSW & SA.

We have been extremely happy with the Turbo tent. The initial reason we went that way rather then oz tent was it's length to store. The Turbo fits across the vehicle - we put it across behind the front seats.

We estimate about 3 minutes to erect. We put 4 corner pegs in then push the tent up. Then the fly over - it clips to the tent corners so the only additional work is 2 pegs & poles for the front cover on the standard fly.

Yes - the tent is absolutely waterproof. But keep in mind that any tent will have some condensation on occasions.

Willy

From the time you lift the bag out of your car, how long does a Black Wolf Turbo take to set up

(1 minute with 4 pegs in)

and attch the fly?

(10 minutes cause once the tent is up, I have beer before I throw fly over)

Whats your hurry?????????

The longest it took me to put it up including guide ropes out in a wind storm was under 10 minutes.

Completely water proof and condensation but you can get condensation on the inside if you breath to heavy Lol!

Hi Geoff,
I have a turbo 240. I find that it is excellent. I didnt go the oztent for the same reason as mentioned above (length, I need to be able to fit it in my caravan for when we want to go offroad and the oztent wouldnt fit under the bed, and I didnt want to have to keep it permantly on the roof rack!) About 2 minutes from orening the car door till the tent is up and add another couple too put the fly on. You get better with practice. Same with putting it back in the bag. I made up a few extra straps and foud that it is easy to put away.

Hope this helps

Matt

The only negative thing I can say about my Oztent is the storage package but hey I'll take that all the time for the ease in which this baby goes up and down, perfect for a part timer like me.

Hi Geoff,
I currently have a OzTent Microfast Mi7 - takes me about 12mins to put up. Before buying the Mi7 I was looking at 30second OzTent. I watched a mate on several occaisons and decided the the '30 seconds' line is misleading. To have the tent erected and rigged with fly I thought was more like 10-15 min job. I will probably bein going to 2 turbo tents soon- billy lids are big enough for their own.
We erected one in the shop - found that the kids can do it easily. I have read a review that claims the fly can be left secured for packing.
Another mate has a turbo lite, he suggest I get this version as the has a roof top vent to prevent condensation builup (it is nylon as opposed to canvas). I didnt get a chance to see this one go up as he started after me and was finished before I completed the job on the Microfast.
I thnk I'll still go the canvas for durability, but may install some top vents.
The claim on the Canvas is that you don't need the fly normally - but I think that is the same on the 30 second tent.
Paul.

We have the TurboLite 270 bought from BCF about $600. It goes up with the fly fitted and 4 pegs in 3 minutes. We chose it over the Oztent because of the smaller package size.
Ours had small rainwater leaks at 2 corners and the storage pocket but sealer fixed them ok.
We also had an issue with dismantling when we pulled the centre strap down it tore the stitching after only 3 times. BCF had the stitching redone for us in 3 days.
Overall we are happy with the Turbolite
Les

I have yet to decide between the two, (for times when it's impractical to take the camper) but so far, I'm leaning towards the Oztent due to its more practical awning that extends between the tent and the vehicle.

I have visually inspected the Black Wolf Turbo and think that the awning is too small.
The awning would be our "living" area where you can still cook, or sit under, etc. in inclement weather.

This coupled with the quick erection of the Oztent is my preference. Storage is not an issue as it would go "upstairs" on the roof rack.

We have just returned from the Hay River and spent two weeks in the brand new Turbo 240. It is easy and quick to put up. Most nights in the desert we did not put the fly on. It does attract condensation, whether the fly is on or not, if it is cold enough outside. I compared the condensation with a traditional canvas tourist tent on our trip and they had no condensation. A vent in the apex would help minimise condensation.

The major flaw we discovered with the turbo tent is that you must put the fly on to secure the tent in windy conditions. When it gets real windy, as it did one night in Birdsville, the verandah has to be secured with extra ropes. We used the short ones supplied for the windows. Even that was not satisfactory and I finished up lowering the two poles to half height and banging extra pegs in. There is no way to batten down the verandah. A modification would be to roll the awning verandah and tie it back somehow. The current design catches the wind all too easily.

On the positive side, we liked the ease of use, folding and putting it into the bag is OK after a few practice runs (use plenty of pressure to squeeze the bundle down). The general standard of construction is excellent with strongly stitched and sealed seams, neat guy storage and strong poles. Just be wary in the wind!

Kingo

Hi Geoff1967, if you already own a Oztent why not look at the speedie tent it's opened in 1 second once you're taken it out from the carry bag. They start from $ 125 I use mine all the time if I'm not towing my Poptop

We've just bought a Black Wolf Tubo 210. It's not for sleeping in, but storing things. We sleep in the back of our Troopy which is set up with a very comfortable bed and lots of stroage space, but we don't want to lift the bed regularly. We put it up last weekend - went up very quickly, but a little tricky dismantling. However when we rolled it like a swag and all the trapped air came out quickly and that was quick.
As we only occasionally use a tent we bought it with friends.

Bruce and Di