Howdy folks, Ben from Snowys here today with a unique product from Oztent, also
new, the RS-1 Swag, probably more of a tent than a swag or vice versa,
depends on how you look at it but you certainly got the structure of a tent
but the sleeping space of a swag or a bit more than the sleeping space of a
swag. It packs up quite large, so it's not not as compact as a swag in terms of
throwing it in your boot or certainly too big for motorcycle touring but in
terms of space, you got 215 centimetres in length and it's 110 centimetres in width
inside, so you've got plenty of space in there with about 100 centimetres of head
space at the front so there is room to sit up. In terms of pack size, the bag is
here in front of me - 154 in length, 39 in width and 14 in
height, so not the smallest swag but it's, it's more unique in the, in the speed
of which way it sets up, so check out our video and set up and pack up because you'll
see how easy that is. Now, when you pack this away, it comes
with a mat, but the mat goes inside the bag separately to the tent, you can't
pack the mat up inside the tent, or the swag, sorry. They've got to be packed up
separately so you can't put your bedding and stuff away inside this one. Now I
want to show you all the features, I'll show you inside, but first I'll walk
around the outside, I'm going to walk around to the back here and show you
some of the vents at the back first. So we'll just do the rear of the swag now.
One of the main features of the back here is this full-length vent that runs
along the base here, now you can set this up in three ways - you can either roll it
all the way up, like this, you can close it all the way down and the Velcro tabs
here for protection in bad weather or there is a gusset in here, so if you use the
second zip, you can actually use these guy ropes and there's a little stiffening
rod along here, you can peg it out like so and that allows ventilation in
underneath here. Now there's peg points all over the swag, here in the centre
here. If you peg all these out what it does is maximise the inside space, you
can see if I just pull this it lifts up that side of the swag and the centre
here, it gives you tonnes more space inside. There's also four guy ropes on the
outside here, two on the back here, one on the front two corners so in bad weather
they're certainly gonna be nice and sturdy. We'll talk about the materials,
Oztent call this their ModCan Canvas. I'm pretty sure it's actually a synthetic, it's
nice and lightweight so it packs up nice and small. When I say lightweight
I don't mean lightweight in terms of it not being durable, it is a really durable
polyester but it's not the heavy duty canvas that their RV-1 tents are made of.
But still a really good canvas, it's also fire retardant. The base is a 350
GSM PVC tub floor, so lots of protection from moisture there and all the windows,
the mesh windows, they've used high-quality no-see-um mesh, so it's really
fine, it's gonna protect you not just from mosquitoes but, but it's best as you
can get protection against midges as well. That's pretty much all the features on
the back here, I haven't talked about the awning at the front there yet, you can
pitch it as you saw previously, out the front as a shelter, you can also fold
the whole thing back, it's silver lined on the other side so
if you folded backwards it's permanently fixed to the tent, it can come out this
way and act as a fly for the, for the, the swag as well. That does two things -
reduces condensation on the inside of the tent on a cold night, but also
reflects heat in the hot weather. Let's go back around the front I'm going to
show you the doors, features on the front of the tent and then we'll crawl inside,
see what's in there. So if we go around to the front of the tent here, first thing I notice is
a little power access point here, so you can run your 12-volt or a
240-volt power inside if you are at a caravan park, it's pretty handy. On the top of these
doors is one that's open here and one that's closed, these are more vents with no-see-um-mesh at
the top here, so more higher ventilation, so you got low ventilation at the back
higher than the front to allow that airflow to go through. So you can fold these zips open like
this one here or these vents, sorry, open as this one here is, or roll them
shut for protection against wind and I guess rain if you haven't got this closed as
well. Now they're double doors on the front
here, so if I open the first door,
roll it back, with the tabs here, you can see that inside there is a mesh door so if it is
a really warm night or really humid environment, if you've got these open and
that vent at the back open you've got tonnes of ventilation through the tent.
If we undo the mesh doors as well. once again, no-see-um-mesh on these doors
here, these can also be folded back. So we've got a nice big area of access into the swag.
As I mentioned, 110 centimetres of head height, so plenty of room to sit up. Jump inside and I'll show you
what's in here. So inside the tent you can notice the internal frame here made
from extruded aluminium with plastic parts which are quite durable and most
likely are replaceable. Attached to this pole here is a little storage pocket, it's
actually got a Velcro strip here so you can attach it either end, if you like. Two
pockets there, so you can store your gear in there up and out the way. Not much
more features inside here, the mat - something we should talk about. As I
mentioned, you can't fold the tent up or the swag up, sorry I keep calling it a tent,
you can't fold it up with this mat inside, it is only a 2 and a half cm mat
designed, I suppose, to not make the whole thing too bulky but
it is a slightly firmer foam than a lot of the 7, 5 or 7 cm mats
you get in some of the lower end swags, so sitting on this now it
does feel pretty comfortable, I feel like I could still sleep pretty comfortably
on this mat. That's pretty much all the features inside. I've got tonnes of space
here. I could lie down and fit a bag in here as well if I wanted, or my dog.
Probably squeezy couple could fit in here, I suppose. The person sleeping at
the back wouldn't have much space but if I did peg this out in full, this would
actually pull up and I'd have even more internal space here. That is the Oztent
RS-1 swag. Make of it what you will, it's certainly unique whether it's a swag or a tent in
your eyes. I guess that something for individual interpretation but we reckon
it's a pretty unique product. It's quick to set up, certainly the only, only one
of its kind in the range. You can pick them up off our website - lowest prices
everyday at Snowys.com.au
and you'll get free delivery Australia-wide on that as well.
Thanks for watching!
We're looking forward to hearing what you think about Oztent's new RS-1 Swag.
So, let us know in the comments.
We'll catch ya next time, guys.