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I've had a Camping Lab RRT for several years and it's served me well on my trips to Colorado and Moab, but after the CM10 trip and dealing with the extreme cold and sandstorm on the overnighter I wanted to try a different tent.
Just for clarification, I liked the RRT and can't really say anything bad about it but here are some of my reasons for moving back to a "ground tent".
- RRT are, well, on your roof...and once your up there and sleeping your not to excited about getting up and climbing down to go to the restroom, so make sure you have a p-bottle.
- After a long day of wheeling, you have to set-up your tent since you don't have an established campsite to return to.
- In the morning you have to stow your RRT which can be a problem if it rained or snowed in the night. The materials get very stiff and difficult to pack when frozen. The cold also stiffened the cover to the point it tore very easily.
- Finally, we got hit with a heck of a sandstorm during the overnighter and we didn't have anywhere to "hangout" out of the wind and cold, so we ended up just climbing into our tents till
morning. I'd like to have had a sheltered area to just chillout prior to going to bed.
So, after drooling over the OzTents for a couple of years I sold my RRT and rolled that into a new RV4 with Peak Side Panels and Front Panel.
The following pics show it set-up in my yard and I anticipate using on a canoeing trip later this summer.
My intial thoughts are:
- Expensive for a ground tent
- Nice material and craftsmanship
- They have gear bags for everything...
- The base tent setups up quickly, but adding the side panels and front panel adds alot of time to setup
- Tears down quickly.
- one pole and two tiedown ropes were defective upon receipt, so I'll have to contact the company and get them replaced.
Also, when I measured everything I wanted to make sure I could fit two cots inside and stow the entire tent in my Thule box on my RR so that it's wasn't just strapped to my RR. I'm pleased that everything fits!
Here's some pics and I'll update this thread once I have some real world use!
Just for clarification, I liked the RRT and can't really say anything bad about it but here are some of my reasons for moving back to a "ground tent".
- RRT are, well, on your roof...and once your up there and sleeping your not to excited about getting up and climbing down to go to the restroom, so make sure you have a p-bottle.
- After a long day of wheeling, you have to set-up your tent since you don't have an established campsite to return to.
- In the morning you have to stow your RRT which can be a problem if it rained or snowed in the night. The materials get very stiff and difficult to pack when frozen. The cold also stiffened the cover to the point it tore very easily.
- Finally, we got hit with a heck of a sandstorm during the overnighter and we didn't have anywhere to "hangout" out of the wind and cold, so we ended up just climbing into our tents till
morning. I'd like to have had a sheltered area to just chillout prior to going to bed.
So, after drooling over the OzTents for a couple of years I sold my RRT and rolled that into a new RV4 with Peak Side Panels and Front Panel.
The following pics show it set-up in my yard and I anticipate using on a canoeing trip later this summer.
My intial thoughts are:
- Expensive for a ground tent
- Nice material and craftsmanship
- They have gear bags for everything...
- The base tent setups up quickly, but adding the side panels and front panel adds alot of time to setup
- Tears down quickly.
- one pole and two tiedown ropes were defective upon receipt, so I'll have to contact the company and get them replaced.
Also, when I measured everything I wanted to make sure I could fit two cots inside and stow the entire tent in my Thule box on my RR so that it's wasn't just strapped to my RR. I'm pleased that everything fits!
Here's some pics and I'll update this thread once I have some real world use!
