Roof Top Tent
Submitted: Monday, Mar 23, 2009 at 14:23
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Wanted to see if anyone had suggestions on what we should do in regards to tents/swags for a 4 week trip we are taking from
Canberra to
Cape York. My husband and I are travelling with our 2 girls (12 months and 3yrs old) We currently have a Howling Moon Roof top tent which had served us
well when it was just the 2 of us and also a bit when we only had 1 child. My husband wants to use the roof top tent and also get a double swag for the trip (one of us each with one of the girls in each). My issue is sleeping seperately for a month can't be the best for a marriage, also putting our 12 month old up in the roof top tent before we go to bed worries my a bit. My husbands biggest worry is the set up time at
camp each night, which is why he doesn't want to take our big 3 room tent. I have been looking at pop up tents/60 second tents and want thoughts on how good they are. Also anything else that you might think is good advise for our trip.
Thanks
Lisa
Reply By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Monday, Mar 23, 2009 at 15:58
Monday, Mar 23, 2009 at 15:58
The thing to remember with a separate tent is the bedding is not included, like a swag, or stay's in the tent like your rooftop job, so it all becomes a bit bulky.
We use an Oztent and this means we also have to have mattresses (self inflating DMH types) and pillows etc stored separately. All adds to the bulk and the setup time, although we can be setup completely in about half an hour. That's the tent, complete with fly, beds unrolled, table setup and cooking tea/drinking a coldie. All the fast setup tents do not include setting up the fly in their advertised times, and that is a must IMO.
If you used this style of setup you can use a double mattress for mum & dad and a king single for the kids, one at each end.
All the bedding and the tent is carried on the roofrack.
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Reply By: yakodi - Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 at 13:31
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 at 13:31
Hi guys, have a look at the Ezy-Awn range, they do a great family roof top tent, weve just ordered a 2.2M - 5 man roof top for our
young family 2 adults and 2 kids. It weighs a bit, about 100kg. They also do a 1.8M wide model which is also fine for 4 people, but we just thought that the extra space might be good for the shade it will provide once unfolded and if we are stuck somewhere in the rain. We are putting it on our offroad trailer currently being built up so the weight shouldn't be an issue.
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