- Set up behind me here
is the Malamoo Teepee 9 from Oztent.
A classic looking tent,
that's gonna turn heads at the campsite.
I'm gonna show you how to set it up
and how to pack it away again.
So, let's get rolling.
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Ben from Snowys here folks
Down in the Brownhill Creek Tourist Park in Adelaide
on a beautiful sunny day.
And I'm showing you today
the Oztent Malamoo Teepee 9 tent.
And this is a unique teepee style tent
with a really simple setup pole structure.
It's quite sturdy when it's done
and it's gonna make you stand out at the campsite.
This is how it comes when you get it.
Now Oztent claims about seven and a half kilos.
I measured it actually more
to around about 10 kilos.
But it does measurement at 80 centimetres in length.
20 centimetres in height.
20 centimetres in depth,
this is a nice compact tent
for something that's can sleep up to about nine people.
I'll go into more detail on that later.
They are showing you how to set this up
and pack it away today.
So in the bag,
you get the main portion of the tent.
You get a bag of pegs
and you get all the poles you need to put it up.
The first thing we need to do
is spread the main portion of the tent to here
to single skin tent at all in one,
then we put the height pegs
in around the base.
I've laid the base of the tent out here
and I've got the orientation
such that my doors,
just this one door,
is facing this way here.
As I peg this an octagonal shape,
So go ahead and put the pegs in.
Just put a little bit of tension on them as you go.
You might find you need to go back
and adjust one or two
just to make sure the floor is nice and flat afterwards.
Now I'm just gonna adjust
the first peg I put in.
Just to make sure the floor is flat.
And I need to get back in there,
revise some of my high school math apparently
cause there's actually six pegs around the base
making it a hexagon rather than an octagon.
Now there's two Pole sections
that come with your Teepee 9.
One of them's got this wide section on the base
and both of them have an adjustable portion
at the bottom of the pole.
They quite long.
Wanna leave that adjustable section shortened to style
until we get the pole place.
And then we'll lengthen it out afterwards.
Now we do need to join these together.
Now it could be handy to have a mate help you here
but this section locks into the other side of
the Y section here with a little push-pin.
So we push that into
it locks into place.
We've now got a TP or a triangle top shape
that's going to create the structure of the tent.
Now if you follow the video
that I looked at on how to set this up,
it shows that you could put this
pole structure in there with it joined like this.
But I actually found that really awkward.
So I'm gonna go out on a limb here
and I'm gonna do it my own way.
I'm gonna start with it separated.
So the first thing I'm gonna do
is grab the section without the Y piece.
And just insert it underneath the tent
or on the inside there.
I'm then gonna grab this section
with the white piece.
I'll also insert this underneath on the opposite side.
Just being careful not to damage any fabrics.
And the first thing I wanna do
is go up to this,
find the centre of the tent here.
And this black fabric here
and go in underneath.
Now at the very peak
or the very tip of the tent there,
is this little pocket on the inside.
And what I wanna do,
is put that pocket,
over the top of the Y piece,
of the pole here.
So I've got that plastic cap over the top
I've put that over there.
Pull the fabric over the top of the pole.
Make sure that it sits right up at the peak.
Now before we push this up into place,
we'll bend down and grab our second pole
and we'll step inside the tank.
It'll certainly be easier
if you had a second set of hands here
cause what I'm doing
is holding one pole on one hand
and the other pole and the other.
So bearing the second part,
I'm gonna join them at the top here now.
that's fairly easy,
I guess height but
if you're vertically challenged
you may find it hard.
But I've now been able
to locate those poles at the top there,
with them in two pieces.
Then going down into the corners of the tents,
we can tell where the corners are
cause it follows this seme
and also these velcro tabs.
That we need to do up around the poles.
And the last thing we need to do on each side
is lengthen these poles out,
so that it creates a nice tight pinch on the tent.
Now this also is a tad awkward
cause you gotta reach right down into the corner.
We'll is pull them out.
It's a twist-lock pole.
Make sure that sits in the corner there.
And it's nice to tall on this side.
We do the same thing on the other side.
Now that's the main structure of the tent set out.
We just need to around
and put all the other pegs in place.
Now there is a peg in the centre of the doorway here
to stop it being a trip hazard.
Now this will go around to
the outside of the tent here.
There's a little skirt that sits over top
of where the floor joins the inner.
We put all these pegs in places.
So six more of those.
And there's also six guy ropes to put in place
and 12 more pegs in total.
And it's got to make a nice steady structure.
And that is pretty much all there is,
to setting up the Malamoo Teepee 9 from Oztent.
Not many of a set of options,
but you can adjust these windows as you prefer.
At the moment they rolled up.
You can roll them completely closed as well.
If you like for full weather protection
or there is a second set of tabs here,
that you can,
allows you to roll in
just sort of half open.
And if you do it halfway,
you can just see the PVC panel on the bottom.
And it gives protection from rain
with a mesh that's above that.
So, got a couple of setup options on the windows.
And then there's three of those
so you can set them up however you like.
And that is pretty much all there is
to setting up the Malamoo Teepee 9 from Oztent.
I'd say it'll be a little handy
if you had a second set of hands
particularly to get that pole in place.
But I did it pretty easily by myself.
And with all the pegs,
there's 18 pegs in total,
it actually creates a reasonably steady structure.
The pole wobbles a little bit,
but there's so many pegs around the base
holding it holding it in place.
Which is probably going to put up
with a fair bit of wind and rain.
Pack-out is just as easy.
Probably easier actually,
cause you don't have to worry about
the height of the poles.
First thing I do is take the guy ropes out.
And that first layer of pegs on
that's scattered at the bottom.
So I've just got the six pegs in
the very floor of the tent
now just to hold it in place.
Also a good idea to leave a few in place
if it is windy so the tent doesn't take off.
The next thing I'm going to do is
Take the poles out
So, I'm gonna do this in two seconds
in the same way I put it up.
First step is to lower the sides down.
Then I'll release the side pole
from the Y section,
lower them down and pull 'em out.
It's a probably one thing I'd recommend
as you're pulling the poles out,
especially when you split them in half,
is to just watch the side of the pole
on the side of the tent.
You don't want it to catch or anything.
So just gently lower them down,
so they come at the doors
and you're not putting any holes
in the side of the tent.
I can clump these poles.
Collapse these pols up,
put them back in the bag
and pull the last six pegs out now.
And before we take the last pegs out,
it's probably good just to take a few seconds to
let's try and flatten
some of this fabric out a little bit.
It's gonna make that last bit
where you're trying to
squeeze it back in the bag
just a little bit easier
if you'd taken a few seconds
to flatten the fabric it's gonna roll up tighter.
I'll now,
take the last six pegs out.
I'll grab the bag
and put it at the end here.
it's a bit of a guide as to how wide
I need the package to be.
Then I'll just fold the sides in.
I'll roll it from the back towards the door
so the air escapes easily.
And I should get back in the bag nice and easily.
That, is how you set up
and pack away the Malamoo Teepee 9 from Oztent.
Slightly tight going back in the bag,
I think I made it a little bit long
when I rode it out
and could make it a bit tighter
but, certainly not a struggle.
I reckon this are a great family camping tent.
You can grab them online
at snowys.com.au
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