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Howdy folks, Ben From Snowys here today
with Oztent RV2 Canvas Touring Tent.
It's a two to three person tent.
Probably more of a two than a three.
It's a very squeezy three at ground level.
But great for touring couples.
Now, it's quite long when it's packed.
This is the bag that it comes in.
Weighs in at about 20 kilos and it's about 2 metres long.
So, you are going to need
a roof rack or a trailer to transport this.
But the benefits of being able to
transport a long item like that,
or a long tent like that is that
it's really easy to set up.
We'll talk about the fabrics.
It's made from an 8-ounce ripstop,
polycotton canvas throughout.
It's all seam-sealed.
It's 100% waterproof.
It's a tried and tested fabric.
The frame materials,
including these awning poles and internal frame,
are a durable aluminium.
The mesh components, the windows,
there's one in the rear, two on each side.
We've got vents at the top here
and a door that's a no-seam mesh.
And then on the bottom here on the floor,
it's a heat-welded, PVC, tub floor with tonnes of durability.
Now, while I'm standing under it,
I'll talk about the awning here.
This is apparently attached to the tent.
You can't remove it.
You can leave it folded up and
use the tent without this setup.
But otherwise, these poles are 1.9 metres.
So it gives you standing room underneath here.
It's 2 metres by 2 metres of space.
And you can actually get accessories
to fully enclose this if you like, including a floor.
The peaked side panels are very popular.
Which creates a natural peak here
and it's a livable room on the front of your RV2 here.
As I move around the tent,
I'll show you the features to the rear.
First thing we see is a little pocket here
which stores our guy rope which we should always set up
when we've got to set up for long periods.
But that tucks away in a nice little storage pocket there
when not in use.
Below there, is our mesh window.
We can see mesh from the outside.
There's an internally adjustable storm flap
on these windows so you can adjust them
without having to get out the tent.
As we move further to the rear,
we can see two more storage pockets
on each corner here for another guy rope.
So there's four guy ropes in total
attached to the main tent.
And down below that is full-width,
or almost full-width, mesh window here
with a storm flap that can be closed up
if you need to trap the warmth in or keep the weather out.
So if we undo these toggles here, roll it closed,
we can actually zip it shut.
And that's nice and weatherproof.
Alternatively, it has three guy ropes
and a little stiffener bar in here.
So you can actually peak this out
to allow ventilation and still keep the water out.
Let's move to the features on the outside.
I will mention one other thing,
just on the top here,
there's a flap with a zipper attached to it.
You might be wondering what that's for.
It's for attachment of accessories like flies.
We'll show you that in another video how all those work.
Come around the front here,
I want to show you what's inside the tent.
But before I jump in,
I'll just show you down in this corner here.
A little power cord access that indicates with a tag there.
There's a zipper underneath this flap here,
so you can get a cord into the tent.
So the doors I've walked through here are double doors.
There is a mesh panel here with a zip
down the middle and two along the bottom
and a solid panel on the outside here.
So we can use them independently.
In the solid panel door, there is also a mesh vent
you can see is open on this side.
They're really important for ventilation.
Being a single-skin tent on a cold night,
if you're warm inside,
it's prone to condensation inside.
Having vents like this reduces
the incidence of that happening.
Let's come down to the bottom of the tent here.
On the PVC bucket floor,
you can see the sides come right up
about 10, 15 centimetres from the base.
We've got a big mesh window at the rear here,
with that externally adjustable storm flap.
So on each side here,
there is internally adjustable windows.
So these windows can be opened and closed from the inside.
And I can roll them up and out the way there.
Now we also, you can see the internal frame here.
The aluminium frame on the inside.
Yeah, there aren't any lantern hooks inside here.
I guess you could probably hang something
from the rear bar here if you wanted.
But there aren't any readily available
hooks to hang a lantern onto.
And the last thing I'll mention is
a couple of storage options here.
A little canvas pockets.
One on each side there just to
keep your essentials at hand at night.
Now, in terms of space inside the RV2,
it's 2 metres by 2 metres exactly.
So, you could fit three people either way at ground level.
In terms of fitting a stretcher in here,
which is a common question,
I've actually got a nice King Goanna stretcher with me
that I'm going to bring in for you now.
But you will struggle to fit two stretchers in here.
I'll go and grab it and show you.
Now, this stretcher clearly doesn't fit.
It looks a bit silly at the moment.
But I've left it here for your reference.
Now, the King Goanna is 210 in length.
It's about 80 wide here.
But the poles at the ends are actually about 92 cm.
This way being 2 metres width with the tent,
by the time you take into account the frame,
you've only got about 180 to 185 cm in width this way.
So you're gonna have to find a
pretty short stretcher to fit this way.
And you're still going to struggle to fit two side by side.
Even if you do, you're not gonna have any standing space.
In terms of fitting length ways like this,
you've got about 170 cm from this
point here to where a stretcher,
which this one being 48 cm high,
touches the back wall.
So you are struggling to fit any more
than one stretcher in or
even a decent sized stretcher in the RV 2.
Probably best just for ground level sleeping arrangements.
But you can pick the RV2 up off our website.
It's snowys.com.au
And lowest prices every day
with free delivery to just about anywhere in Australia.
Thanks for watching.
We'll see you next time.
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