So Mary, this is your Clam Shelter. How long does it take you to set it up?
Ready. Set.
Go.
Okay Mary how long did that take? Two minutes and one second.
That's fast. Yep. Mark and Mary are subscribers to my
Youtube channel and I recently had the pleasure of
meeting them. They also are owners of a Clam Tent and this Screen Tent has
been on my radar for a while so I was excited to get an
insider's perspective. Coming up they share their personal
experiences and tell us about features and things
they think are important for us to know but first
if you're new here I'm Randi and every Thursday I share tips to help us
weekend warriors make every moment count because weekends are just too
short. The best thing that I like about this
is this screening that's on the clam. Look at how
thick that weave is. No seams can't get through here,
mosquitoes can't get through here. So when you are inside
like this you are relatively bug free. These are the door supports.
They're velcroed up here to keep them out of the
way. Un-velcro them...
put it in its pocket... velcro it. This keeps the door open and
gives support to the doorway. Makes the door rigid. This model comes
with six sides. Rain sides, wind sides and
shade sides all held on by velcro.
Mark how tall is it? Let's see from the ground on up we have got
seven feet. Mark what do we have here for measurements?
11 feet. 11 feet. With those measurements a picnic table
should definitely fit inside but let's find out.
It's a full-size picnic table. Oh my gosh let's take a look. You guys have got your
full picnic table inside here and look at
this you have definitely got room to spare.
Yeah and it comes with stakes so it won't blow away in the wind.
Just stake it down it'll keep it from blowing away.
Coming up Mary shares her viewpoint on the quality of this Screen Tent
but i'm curious do you own a Clam Tent? If so what are your pros
and what are your cons?Or if you're thinking of purchasing one
what are your questions? Let me know in the comment section below.
That way we can all learn from each other. So
Mary how long ago did you buy this Clam Shelter
and why did you originally buy it?We bought our Clam
in April of this year and the reason we bought it is because my husband and I
are both retired we're in our mid-60s and frankly, we needed something that was
going to be light, that was easy to handle, and that would
go up quickly. We didn't want stakes and poles and tarps and all of
the stuff that goes with the traditional tent.
This is an absolute dream come true. One of the things I
really like about this and I mentioned it before is
this netting. I get bit up like crazy by mosquitoes and
no seems and just anything that's out there and this keeps them out.
I love the quality. Look at the way everything is reinforced.
So you're not going to have anything poking through and coming out of your
tent. And then I also like this part down here
because this is the mechanism for setting up your tent and again
it is all covered and it's all protected. I like the quality of this, it really is
just a very solid well-made tent.
Here's the first step in taking it down is pushing it in. You repeat that,
keep going. Yeah mark you got that down and what
20 seconds? Less than a minute and it's down.
This when it's folded up is about six feet
so it's not gonna fit in your car, not gonna fit in your
trunk so you probably need a bigger vehicle
to put this in. This is called the Quick Clam Escape and it was $309.99 so $310
dollars and worth every penny of it because it
did come with the walls and everything else. And it's the nice
big one. Don't get the smaller one, get the bigger one,
you're gonna want the bigger one. Oh my gosh I cannot believe I'm standing here
with Mary and Mark and Mary and Mark have been subscribers to my channel for
over a year so it's such an honor for me to meet them.
Thank you guys so much for meeting with me.
Thank you for joining us. When we knew we're gonna have this celebrity sighting
we were I was over the moon excited. You have just been a wealth of knowledge
for us for this past year since we've owned our Little Guy Max.
You've saved us time, you've saved us money, you've shown us great adventures,
and you've shown us what's possible. Because weekends are just too short!
This screen tent made it to my top 10 RV luxury and upgrades list and this list
is packed with goodies and things to make
RV life better. I'll leave a link to that video right
up here and in the video description below so be sure to watch that next.
Well that's it for this episode and I can't wait to see you
next Thursday.