Amazing Tent - Credit where its due

I hope I am not hijacking the thread but I am interested in your thoughts of the Turbo 300 verses the turbo300 lite plus. I am looking at those two as well as the turbo 300 lite

Was there anything that made you change from the turbo to the lite plus?

I would appreciate a little extra room and am considering the delux fly for the turbo 300, though I have heard that it is a real pain to set up and is expensive, or the Turbo lite, turbo lite plus.
I have a few questions if I may
Does the Lite plus take much ( or any) longer to set up / tear down than a standard turbo 300?
Is the extension part just a matter of a few pegs and another minute or so?
Are there any disadvantages that you se to the lite versions ( apart from no accessories). Eg are they as good in bad weather?

thanks in advance
The delux fly etc would give me some

Hi Boobook2,
I think the Lite is nylon instead of canvas. I have not heard much about the lite - although I did check it out in Anaconda last week and was surprised by how thick the material was (Black Wolf quality again).
We have the deluxe extension on our Turbo 240 but only take it for trips of two nights or more. It does take longer to set up but is actually easy - just a matter of getting your routine sorted. We can arrive at a camp site and have the whole tent done in 10 mins tops - including the extension.

Baby number 3 made us change!!

Not much longer,maybe a couple of minutes, than the standard 300 but thats only because you have 3 poles that go together through a loop to hold the back section out. If the extra room isnt needed there are clips that they do up with so it turns out to be the saize of the 300 anyway...pegs - only a few more...

Packing up is no different either - the same fold it action then drop and roll....

The delux fly we dont have and cannt really comment but have heard people on here complaining about them, we dont have one purely because we dont stay in the one place long enough to warrent the need.

If you are going to spend $999 on the turbo 300 I would recommend the $899 on a turbo lite plus 300. It is made of light material but it is still very sturdy and extremely lighter. the 300 is about 25kg where the plus is about 18kg. Makes a huge difference when throwing it up on the roof!!

We had a slight amount of rain when we first used it and there was no problems. I am not worried about it leaking or falling apart or anything like that.....we were satisfied to the hills with the 300, cannt see ehy this one would let us down.

Hop this Helps Boobook2 !!

Laura

will try and get a photo for you....just gotta work out how to get it here....

look in rig & profile and youll see tent....

Laura

Thanks Laura, I am definitely leaning to the Turbo Lite plus now. your comments about the wieght are spot on re getting on the roof.

Looks nice on your profile, infact the back looks bigger than on the Black Wolf website.

One more question, how is the back area configured? Ie is it a sererate bedroom, and if so is it possible to make the tent one area - with a bed across where the join is. Hope this makes sense.

I will go take a look at one now.

Thanks

The back area is big. We can fit the dbl swag and the porta cot plus there is still heaps of room.

It can be closed off by doing the zipper up in the middle of the "wall" that can be tied back.
And there you go - 2 rooms !!!!

We saw the 240 lite plus outside the camping shop one sunday and stopped to have a look but I wasnt even pregnant then....then Jonty was born and we knew we had to get a new tent. Just happened to go into the shop again just on the lookout and there they had one, so they got one from out the back and home we went!

I dont have any photos of the inside for you though, sorry..

Laura

Thank you very much. I am off to see one on the weekend.

I appreciate your thoughts.

Happy camping

We were fortuante enough to be in a sheltered area so wind was not a problem. We have had the tent for a couple of years now and in the beginning camped in high winds (enough to give me a fright, I am not sure how fast they were) and the tent flapped round a lot but nothing broke or ripped. It even had the original plastic knuckles on it at the time (I believe they're all metal in the new ones) and we didn't have a problem. I've formed a bit of an attachment to this tent.
It does seem to have an abundance of ropes to secure it with which helps.

We havent had probs with the pegs either, in the winds at L E the tent moved of course but no where near the stage where we thought she'd cark it on us!!

Laura

Hi HK,
As there is only the two of us, the 240 is ample. When we travel it usually travels in the basket on the roof racks, occasionally it travels in the back of the hilux. We use two single self inflatable offroad mats (singles are so much easier to pack than a large double) which go up either side of the tent with enough room for our bags to go at the foot of the bed. This leaves a nice walkway up the middle.
We also have the extended fly which we take for longer trips. This travels in the same basket next to the tent. When it gets really rainy we put the side panels in - one side panel has a flap that can be opened out for 4WD acces, we use it to put our cooking table etc under which then leaves the front section free for chairs etc.
A couple of friends of ours have the 300, but they have kids and still have room in the tent after fitting their family in.
Both tents take the same amount of time to put up, the only real difference is the size you need to be comforatble in camp and the space it takes when packed. I guess those two things can only be answered by you.
Goodluck and enjoy your trip. We have done Victoria to death now and are planning on doing a larger trip next year so we can venture into new areas.