so it's been a little while since i've been back at Eezi Awn
and now since last week where we went and we put on
the canopy on the vehicle the vehicle is now ready
for us to start putting on things like roof racks load bars rooftop tents
awnings all the stuff that we need for the ultimate camping experience out on
my trips i'm really looking forward to getting inside and fitting everything on
the hilux welcome to another episode of ROAM Overlanding
my name is Adrian Abrahams and last week
we stopped at Bushtech to install a canopy and draw system but now we're
going to head over to easy on and catch out the hilux with the perfect
camping setup rooftop tent here we come
my journey with Eezi Awn started two years ago
but their journey in over landing started 37 years ago
so to say they're a keystone of the whole industry would probably be
accurate they've supplied the world with tough
simple and reliable equipment and they can be seen in campsites in
europe crossing the simpson desert cruising through colorado and are a
staple for rooftop camping around africa now it is time to crown my hilux
with one of their canine roof racks we'll also be installing a set of load
bars over the canopy a blade hard shell roof top tent batwing
270 awning and their shower cube let's just say
mahalux is going to be my very own bush palace
by the end of the day
now i wanted to try something different with this build normally
i would just pop on two roof racks one over the cab
and another over the canopy however i wanted to try to keep the rooftop weight
down considering we'll be putting on a hard
shell rooftop tent but what's great with the easy on load
bars is that you can actually still mount your awning with their brackets so
you get the benefit of the weight reduction but you don't
lose any versatility then the front roof rack can be left for
long trips to carry a spare wheel as well as some firewood
the blade weighs in at around 72 kilograms
which considering its size and quality is a
serious accomplishment it also comes with an
80 millimeter thick foam mattress inside and because of its
shape it allows you to keep all of your bedding inside
this cuts down breakdown and set up times
when you arrive at camp and anything that saves me time
while setting up gives me more time to enjoy the bush
and at the end of the day that's what it's all about
the blade also has a very aerodynamic shape which always reminds me of
something out of star wars you'll also notice that it has
additional roof rails where you could mount load bars for additional
accessories or perhaps even a solar panel might find
its way there in the near future we had to go for wider load bars than we
thought to accommodate all of the accessories and we actually
added an additional one just to give an extra mounting point on the opposite
side for the shower cube but first up is the battery 270 and you
all know this is an absolute favorite of mine
the ease of setup and amount of coverage it gives is just
awesome and i end up using it for so much more
than just camping and shade in Africa is always worth it next up is the Eezi Awn
cube a lightweight cubicle that can be used
to get a little bit of privacy for a shower or just some way to get
changed in a busy campsite it's not something you need all the time
but it can be a real life saver when you or your partner need it
over landing is certainly about being self-sustainable where you can go
anywhere and do anything but you don't have to be barefoot and
naked in the bush you can do it with a little bit of luxury and ease
and most people set up their vehicles for a trip of a lifetime
do you want to enjoy the experience and have more time at the end of the day
to enjoy the sunset or do you want to spend your holiday
working and setting up your whole campsite every day i know what i want
what an action-packed day we've had here over at Eezi Awn
but the transformation kind of speaks for itself
we've got the Eezi Awn blade up top we've got the batwing 270 on the side
we've got the little shower cube on the other side there we've got plenty of
space on a little front roof rack over the cab
which i want to use for putting a spare wheel carcass on and stuff like firewood
it's going to be more utilitarian space but
overall it's been really cool to kind of see this
transformation to come back to Eezi Awn and to get the blade back on the vehicle
the blade is always one of my favorites as is the batwing 270 so
it's really cool to have the vehicle ready to rock and roll now
and all we have to do now is head out to a campsite
and test it all
so I've spent the weekend here at Dinokeng testing out
the new Eezi Awn set up and i must say it is so good to be back in
the blade it is a fantastic rooftop tent i must be
honest i get such a good night's sleep in there
it's actually quite unbelievable i genuinely think it's better than my
sleep at home but we also have the batwing 270 on here
and we tested that out yesterday quite nicely we had a really
windy gusty day and it held up really well we just knocked in a couple
pegs on the feet and it would stood everything and it was
quite bad i mean we basically had a little bit of a dust storm here
on the opposite side there we've got the Eezi Awn cube
now that's new to me i haven't ever used it before and
it was actually quite simple to set up quite simple to pack away
and it gives you a huge space quite comfortably
you could put two people in there to maybe have a shower or get changed or
whatever if you needed to um but it actually gives you plenty of space
to have a nice little shower or something so all i need to do is hook up
a little 12 volt water pump to my water tank
and i can have a shower wherever i want so it's actually i've been really really
happy with the whole setup so far and we've still got plenty
of space on the roof rack to put on firewood or a spare wheel or
whatever i want to do up there but i must be honest i'm
very keen to start heading out on longer and longer trips because
this was such a breeze i mean two nights with the setup
yeah i could have done a week quite happily
so that's the whole point of you know getting the right equipment for these
kind of things when it comes to doing really long term trips
you want to have good quality products um if you are also
so for example with blade if you're traveling and you're stopping
every single day it's so easy to set up it's so easy to pack away
that if you're traveling often and you're moving campsites every day
it's really not a hassle to have to pack it and set it up again and likewise
with the batwing even you know i mean you put it away at
night you can open it up in the morning it takes you literally 30 seconds to get
everything going so it's really really really simple
and it's very high quality products so as always from Eezi Awn i expect the
best and i'm very happy with the new setup and i
can't wait to get out there and have some beautiful long trips to
really put the stuff through the paces thank
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