Oasis Ii Rtt?
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I just bought one, but its still in Salt Lake looking for a ride. I personnaly like the RTT's like the ezi-awn and almost bought one.
Besides the price, I bought this for several reasons:
1) It's 40lbs and it can be put on the roof without any help. My daighter can put it on her 4runner by herself (I hope)
2) Because it's only 40 lbs its impact on my COG when I do the Rubithon this summer should be minimal.
3) If it is a problem, I can take it off the roof and store it inside the truck.
4) It can be setup as a RTT or setup on the ground with the legs putting you 6" above the ground.
I was told the following:
1) The bottom is like a trampoline and conforms to your body and its real comfortable
The following is an observation:
1) because it unfolds like a tent cot the interior room is much smaller than a standard RTT which has walls that fold Veritical or out at an angle rather than in.
daughterofromer has been bugging me for a while for one so this is for me to use on the Rubithon and then hers. She thinks its cool and perfect because she can handle it. I may or may not get another RTT after that as I have my off road pup up. Although I wouldn't pull the trailer on any real trails just to a central camping area over a moderate trail.
I'll post more when I actually get the thing and can see for myself.
Besides the price, I bought this for several reasons:
1) It's 40lbs and it can be put on the roof without any help. My daighter can put it on her 4runner by herself (I hope)
2) Because it's only 40 lbs its impact on my COG when I do the Rubithon this summer should be minimal.
3) If it is a problem, I can take it off the roof and store it inside the truck.
4) It can be setup as a RTT or setup on the ground with the legs putting you 6" above the ground.
I was told the following:
1) The bottom is like a trampoline and conforms to your body and its real comfortable
The following is an observation:
1) because it unfolds like a tent cot the interior room is much smaller than a standard RTT which has walls that fold Veritical or out at an angle rather than in.
daughterofromer has been bugging me for a while for one so this is for me to use on the Rubithon and then hers. She thinks its cool and perfect because she can handle it. I may or may not get another RTT after that as I have my off road pup up. Although I wouldn't pull the trailer on any real trails just to a central camping area over a moderate trail.
I'll post more when I actually get the thing and can see for myself.
I crawled around an Oasis a few years ago at a wet event in the PNW. Very well-constructed tent. Seemed to me it would be a comfortable sleep. If I hadn't already bought Hannibal, I would have done this for the exact reasons Romer lists.
You may recall I had a thread in the 80's section about the CG effects of a RTT and some folks recommended against bringing one to the Rubicon because they are about 120lbs and big and bulky. Plus they had to stay on the vehicle.
I ended up finding on on the Salt Lake City Craigslist and Troy Demille (Live Rust) was kind enough to go look at it and buy it for me. He held it for a while and handed it off to Tom in Moab last weekend and Tom brought it home to me. Cruiser folk are the best.
Besides the price, I bought this for several reasons:
1) It's 40lbs and it can be put on the roof without any help. My daighter can put it on her 4runner by herself (I hope)
2) Because it's only 40 lbs its impact on my COG when I do the Rubithon this summer should be minimal.
3) If it is a problem, I can take it off the roof and store it inside the truck.
4) It can be setup as a RTT or setup on the ground with the legs putting you 6" above the ground.
daughterofromer has been bugging me for a while for one so this is for me to use on the Rubithon and then for her to use. She thinks its cool and perfect because she can handle it. I may or may not get another RTT after that as I have my off road pup up. Although I wouldn't pull the trailer on any real trails just to a central camping area over a moderate trail.
So looking at the tent, it's bulky and heavy as a big bag of dog food. I was able to carry it by myself.
Not apparent in the pictures from the web site, one side is a little taller than the other. It's the side you would have your head at to allow more headroom when you sit up.
It goes up in under two minutes.
It has doors on either side and you can hook the ladder to either side.
If you mount it on a roof rack like in the picture, then you will have to have the ladder coming off the back end
For a side entry you can turn the tent in camp or run with the tent turned the other way on your rack, which would not be very aerodynamic
The material is pretty stout. Getting in the tent you have to watch out for the metal bar in the middle. Otherwise it's fairly comfortable and the bottom material is comfortable with just a sleeping bag on top.
For a big guy its not the easiest thing to get in and out of, but that might be true for any RTT.
This seemed like there was more room than a two man tent. Obviously off the truck it works just fine and you don't have to worry about small rocks or bumps as you have 6 inches of separation.
Your head and feet are up higher, but that was pretty comfy when I laid down for a few minutes.
Marly gives her apoproval
For expedition travel, I think I would prefer a larger RTT like the ARB tent. That would not work for Rachel's 4runner.
I think this is a good compromise for the Rubithon trip and for any camping where you want to leave camp setup and drive your truck.
Finally mounted it to my roof for the trip on the Rubicon. We will likely sleep with it on the Truck when we camp on the trail Wednesday night and then take it off when we get to Rubicon springs so we can "play" and not have to disturb our camp.
Was easy carrying it up for the basement and installing it on the roof myself.
The ladder is stout and easily took my weight and I wasn't afraid of it slipping.
I had to decide which way to mount it.
The best areodynamic method would be like the puicture above where less surface is facing forward, but as in the pictures, it puts the ladder in the rear.
That did not fit well with my lift and spare tire carrier, the angle just didn't work. I could leave the gate open all night.
My preference is to have the ladder exit the side and thats how I finally mounted it after trying it the different ways. Drove about 20 minutes on the highway at 80 mph to test iut and there were no issues.
Was easy carrying it up for the basement and installing it on the roof myself.
The ladder is stout and easily took my weight and I wasn't afraid of it slipping.
I had to decide which way to mount it.
The best areodynamic method would be like the puicture above where less surface is facing forward, but as in the pictures, it puts the ladder in the rear.
That did not fit well with my lift and spare tire carrier, the angle just didn't work. I could leave the gate open all night.
My preference is to have the ladder exit the side and thats how I finally mounted it after trying it the different ways. Drove about 20 minutes on the highway at 80 mph to test iut and there were no issues.