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- Good day, folks, Ben from Snowys,
with a new product from Oztent.
This is the RX-5 I've got set up behind me, here.
This is a complete tent, all in one.
It includes the tent, which is
at the rear, that you sleep in.
You get this side panel system,
one complete wrap-around wall,
the floor that zips in the bottom here,
and that encloses the front awning,
so you've got a two-room, durable touring tent.
Whole thing weighs in a bit over 35 kilos,
so it's quite heavy and long,
so you're gonna need a four-wheel drive
or a trailer to carry it,
but it's a great four-wheel drive touring option.
And one of the main things I want
to talk about with the new RX series tents
is the new ModCan canvas that Oztent used.
It's actually a synthetic, it's not like
the eight ounce poly cotton canvas they've used previously.
But it feels really nice.
It's got more mass than their eight ounce canvas,
it's got more tensile strength,
a high UPF rating, it's more water resistant,
and it's fire retardant.
So it is a really good quality material
that they've used on here.
It also has a ripstop weave through it,
so you're not going to have any hassles
with this product at all.
Now I'll talk about the features
on the outside of the tent before we step in,
so I'll step down this side of the tent first.
So the first side panel on the awning here,
we can unzip a large storm panel.
Now this can zip all the way open,
or you can actually stop it partway back here,
so this section here is a window,
and then the mesh door is this bit here.
So you can actually roll this back
to here, and have a doorway.
You can roll this all the way back,
or you can enclose it a little more,
(tent zipping)
and roll these back together at that point there.
So quite a versatile side panel on there.
And that obviously steps inside the tent.
As we move back here, I've got the fly
set up on this today.
You don't have to put the fly on there.
The fly's gonna help with condensation
on really cold nights, obviously gonna give you
extra weather protection if the weather is really bad.
It's also gonna reduce the temperature inside the tent,
'cause it's got this silver coating on it.
So on the side here, there's a mesh window.
Inside there is a storm flap,
so we can open and close that from inside the tent.
So you got ventilation on each side.
This window feature's on both sides of the tent.
So at the very rear of the tent, here,
we've got a large double window
with a storm flap that I've got rolled up at the moment.
So we can roll that, it zips closed
and Velcros along the base here,
so if the weather's bad once you get in,
we can close that right down,
or if you need ventilation, that's gonna add
a little bit more airflow through the inside of the tent.
Now one of the really cool features
of the RX series tents is the skylight.
I can't show you a lot from outside here.
I'll show you more from inside,
but up on the roof here is another flap
that opens up, right up here.
This is mesh here, we'll show you
inside the tent when I get in there.
I can't quite reach it at the moment.
But I just want to show you on the outside here
that it is still quite weatherproof.
If this fly wasn't on, there's still gonna have
a lot of wind-driven rains to creep from this edge
of this flap here to reach the fabric up here.
Plus, there's little guards here,
that stop water from creeping up
underneath the zipper there.
So if the weather's really bad,
keep the flysheet on.
It's gonna give you even more protection,
but it's still gonna take a lot of wind-driven rain
to get water up inside that skylight.
The best thing, though, is if it's a nice night,
you can zip the roof of the tent open,
and you can stargaze while you're sleeping.
Before I step inside, I just want
to show you this front panel here.
So this can actually be set up as an awning.
It does have eyelets on the corners here.
It's one complete panel, so you can set this up
out like this, or roll it up and keep it out the way.
So with that rolled up out the way,
you can now see we've got two mesh doors here,
that open on each side, and that we can step through inside.
So the first thing you notice
as you step into the roomy front awning
of the Oztent RX tent here, is the height.
2.3 metres at the peak, so plenty of height, here.
You might notice that these ridge poles
actually go up through the awning on the inside, here.
You might be concerned about water getting in there,
but no need, Oztent have included weather caps,
which actually go on the outside of the tent,
over the top of the spigot, and that creates
a seal that the water runs around,
and doesn't come in through the eyelet.
You see the zip here, it runs right down
the wall of the tent here,
right around the top edge of the awning here,
and zips the complete side panel system in place.
We've got a door on the side here, mesh,
and I've currently got the storm flap closed on this one,
same as what I showed you on the other side,
you can unzip that storm flap halfway or the whole way.
Got our two mesh doors in the front here,
the same door that I unzipped earlier on this side.
And then as we move down, we've got the floor,
which is also zipped into place.
This zip is a continuous zip that runs
right around the base of the awning, here.
The only place people might be concerned about
with this not being completely sealed,
is in the corner here.
There is a slight gap where the zips don't meet,
but Oztent have put flaps there, Velcro flaps,
to try and seal it up as best you can.
But nothing's gonna get through there.
You might get the odd insect that come in,
but it's quite well sealed.
So as you move to the back of the tent here now,
into the sleeping area, there's two double doors here,
which feature both solid and mesh panels.
Got the solid panel here and the mesh panel,
so once again, plenty of opportunity for ventilation.
Above these doors, or in the top of these doors,
are two more ventilation flaps
that you can roll open to allow ventilation
through the top of the tent, reduce condensation.
So they're open, that feature's on both sides there.
So as we move into the rear room of the tent, here,
it's about 260 by 260, it's facing here,
so room for five is gonna be pretty squeezy,
but ideally, two to four people is pretty comfortable.
Now on each side, you've got this mesh window
and a privacy screen which is operated
from the inside of the tent.
That feature's on both sides.
At the rear here, we've got the double mesh window
that we showed you from the back of the tent.
Now that storm flap's on the outside,
so we can't operate that from the inside of the tent.
As I move up a little, two storage pockets here.
Now these are removable.
You can take them off completely,
put them somewhere else.
Now the coolest feature that I showed you from the outside
is this skylight that features in the roof of the RX tent.
We can operate this from the inside.
Under this mesh panel, I can step through
and undo the storm panel on the outside.
(zipper zips)
and this can actually be rolled back out the way,
and secured at the top here.
I can then zip this mesh panel up again,
to create insect-proof stargazing at night.
Now I've got the fly on here now,
so even if it's raining, this is gonna be
quite weatherproof in here.
Without the fly on, you've got clear view of the sky.
So a really cool feature of the RX tent.
Now you can pick this up off our website,
Snowys.com.au, free delivery to just about anywhere
in Australia, at lowest prices every day.
Thanks for watching, we'll see you next time.
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