Latest thoughts on oztent Vs jet tent

Hi

Don't know about the Jet tent but on my last tour I had customers with
Oztents and all complained about condensation dripping from one of the metal bars inside, onto their head. Fixed it by wrapping a towel over the bar.

I know all unvented tents will suffer from condensation but in the Oztent it all runs one way. Having said that they seem to be a quality bit of gear.

Cheers Teza

I could grab my oztent now and have it set up in less than a minute . Pretty handy when travelling . If i had the money i would buy another one for the kids .

Jet tent seems almost identical to the blackwolf turbo tents.
I'd say it'll take under 5 mins to setup if you don't have a fly. As with the oztent I reckon the longest time spent setting up is (a) deciding on where to put it, (b) putting down shadecloth/tarp under tent (if you use something like that), (c) hammering pegs in.
The fly on our blackwolf adds another 5mins or so depending on how many guy ropes you use.

Hi Trev
I have only seen the Jet Tent on the internet and they are a lot dearer than the Oztent. Like I have said before many times here on the forum, we have the RV4 and is the best tent that we have ever owned. With the comment above, if condensation could be a problem then the fly is a good investment, bur like many comments also here on the forum, given the right conditions, it will happen to any tent.

On a word of warning and one that we learned the hard way is always use the guy ropes to secure the tent. On our forced long way hope from the Simpson recently, we had set up in the Quilpie caravan park like normal - just unfold the tent and just put 2 pegs in to pull out the rear. Just after tea we were struck my a mini tornado with such force that Fiona and I had to hold the top front bar of the tent to stop it from blowing away. Even though that we held it, the wind was so intense and such a violent force as to put a nice banana bend in the bar, the front bottom of the tent was well over 300mm off of the ground and we did stop the tent from blowing away. That wind did a lot of damage, with all other tents blown down, chairs and tables from one side of the park to the other and caravans having their awnings blown off. I have since replaced the bent bar and the tent is like new again.

A very happy Oztent owner.

Cheers

Stephen
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We have had an OzTent RV3 for several years now and feel they are a fantastic unit in almost all areas. You will get condensation in some conditions, if you don't use a fly, (optional extra but well worth it), but that is true of all tents.

The downside is that they are in a big long and quite heavy bag, especially for an old bugger like myself and I have made quite a few mods to my LC200 so I can lay it flat in the rear. Luckily in in the 200 they will fit behind the centre console, just!!

As for erection time (steady guys), 30 seconds is the most time it takes. It wouldn't take more that 10 secs to set up the basic tent once you have it on the ground out of the bag. If you put on all the extra side and front walls, all extras, it will take a lot more time.

JetTent is an OzTent, if I am not mistaken and I suspect it was produced by OzTent to combat Black Wolf advantage of a much smaller carry bag, thats the only advantage that I can think of. Some say that the OzTent is too low to stand up in. Doesn't bother me, I'm only 5' 8" but can't imagine that Black Wolf is much different.

At the end of the day, if you want quality, then OzTent has the goods and I imagine Jet Tent, which is the same company will match the quality.

The more I see these posts,the more I want a Serengeti Bow tent. Not made in China and tested in 100K winds.