Monday, Feb 25, 2008 at 22:06
Hi Duncs,
Speed of setup is not the be all and end all of why the Camprite is IMHO one of the best campers for a family. But having said that I would be willing to bet my camper against your Trak Shak that I could set it up quicker, but I get to pick the location - either a concrete pad or a 2ft deep stream hahaha...
But back to reality, for an overnight stop all you have to do is:
- open the rear kitchen and lower steps down - 10 sec
- unclip the two main gullwings and pull open (gas struts) - 20 sec
- push up main tent section and clip in supports - 30 sec
- push double bed forward and clip in supports -10 sec
And thats it, 2 single beds and 1 double all ready to sleep in - beds made- after a total of just over a minute.
But in the real world, after tripping over the log in the dark, banging your head on the car door as the kids open it as you walk past and stubbing your toe after losing the left thong,
well you would probably need nearly 5 minutes before the beer was in your hand after setting up:)
And as we all know, for a longer setup you will need to unpack the
camp table and chairs, set up the annexe, put up the shower tent and
toilet etc... and so the fact that the camper took 2 minutes or 10 fades into insignificance.
Whats of more importance IMHO is that when you pack up you have somewhere to put all your gear and that things go easily into place (how often have you cursed those spring loaded shower tents that take "10 seconds" to fold bag into their round bags!!!)
Anyway, I am very happy with my Camprite, my BIL picked his new on up last week after comparing with others so all in all both very happy. But I am sure other camper owners are just as happy with theirs, and why not (beacause they haven't experienced a Camprite - thats why hahaha...)
Cheers
Captain
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