Hi Newbies need some help on poly canvas tents please

We have a 2 year old and a 3 year old boys. I love the mornings this is why I want them to sleep in so I can get up and enjoy 5 minutes piece to myself

Yeah we have been looking at campers for so long now this is how fussy we have got...

I can understand the 5 minutes to yourself it's heaven sometimes.
A tarp(wwith the sown in 'D' rings) over the top will help with the heat as well as the light coming through.This what we had as our setup
I know it's more poles, ropes and pegs, but they do make a difference. To help with cooling of the roof, use the bladder out of a wine cask. wash them out, dry them and blow them a up, not tilt they are hard just enough so they will take the weight of the tarp off the canvas. This helps with air being able to move between the tarp and canvas.
A mate with two young boys, even now at 4 & 5 you can hear him trying to keep them busy at dawn break, and it doesn't matter how dark it is.
Borrow a tarp if you can and see how that goes.

Yes 5 mins and a coffee in the morning can make all the difference!

Tarps are a great idea for keeping the heat off, we have a huge one which we used to use over our tent. We noticed quite a few of the camper trailers now come with a tropical roof system attached so it just folds back with the tent

"tropical roof system"
What a good idea these are.
I've a couple now and asked the owners what difference they made, they've been happy with them.

Meant to read "I've seen a couple"
Dohlt.

Interesting

We know its and import tent - warrants some more reasearch

Thank you!

Should also add that my tent is beige on the roof and dark green on the walls. The dark green keeps out the light better than the beige.

I've only recently upgraded to a camper trailer, so much of this is fresh in my head. I'm pretty fussy about the canvas, so did a fair bit of research into it. I'm not sure what requirements you have for your camper trailer, but I do know that Customline and Camel use Wax Converters DX12 canvas. There are many more campers that use this canvas, some 15oz all round while others are 15oz on the roof and 12oz on the walls. The military uses canvas made by Wax Converters, but I'm not sure if it's the exact same one.

We were talking about going the darker colour last night to help block a little more sun light.

The tropical roof Or tarp will keep the tent cool so a darker canvas is not going to be a problem

We have looked at both the Customline and the Camel - both look good.

The problem we have is being in WA there are none over here that we can go look at

WA made trailers seem to be more expensive and you get less for your money???

Thank you will take a look

Yes we are planning on going

I think we have been looking into things for just too long now

We have been told that often companies showcase trailers which are not online yet coz most of the companies there we have already seen Or are out of a price range

Fingers crossed

Thanks everyone

Trev and Ness, If you find one you like, but it seems a bit out of your price range, have you considered buying an ex rental? Some companies that hire them out willl sell their rental units after say 1 years use and you can pick up a good deal that way. doc.