Michael, I really appreciate your focus on quality affordable products & use of “good enough” gear (I.e. Your Plano boxes, compressor, Reliance water containers & ground tent). Decades ago I was intimidated by the cost of high end gear & always worried this was a barrier to what I wanted to do. I’m sure that’s even more true today for people starting out, given the proliferation of high end manufacturers & the flood of people willing to pay top dollar. Those companies will always have business. I appreciate you seeking out reasonable middle ground, quality products. I find most people who have done it a while have some top shelf things they love but usually have a mixture of gear from that to good gear to okay gear to cheap stuff. Keep up the good work. I remain steadfastly impressed & supportive of your cause!
I have a friend with the 270 degree Overland Pros awning. it's a pretty nice awning, a bit smaller footprint than my Oztent Foxwing and the canvas seemed to be a bit thinner. That said, my friend did complain about how much of a relative pain it was to set up the awning compared to the competitor products, and I watched him set it up once and it definitely seemed considerably more fiddly to assemble (pulling, stretching, fighting the fit of the canvas) compared to my Foxwing. Since it costs about HALF of what an Oztent or Darche awning does, I'd say the slightly more cumbersome assembly is worth it for those on a budget.Once assembled, the awning performed great from what I could tell.
Brien Wankel hi, so our 2000 is smaller than a foxwing, but our 2500 is bigger. I set it up by myself all the time. It takes a bit of practice to be proficient. I will say people buy awnings for different reasons. Some buy for quick fair weather shade while others want something they can use in wind, rain, snow, hang walls from, and lay things like solar panels on, or even sleep inside. ours is by far the least expensive. If you are looking for the fastest to setup that's meant for only fair weather shade then it isn't your match. If you are looking for something you can sleep under, wall.in completely on all sides to keep bugs out, work well in high wind, rain, and even how snow (and you don't mind spending 3-5 min to put it up) then I think you will be happy. On a side note our cavas is thicker than the foxwings I've seen that are sub $1000.
I like what I see, these dudes can be a true challenge to the big boys in this market. Their product seems, practical, good quality, sturdy and more importantly intelligently designed. I would love to see the Demo and the setup, and seriously considering the entire set up in my new build up. Never thought, any product would deter me on changing my mind from ikamper tent till this.
I was there, looking for the Oz tent, and I didn’t even see this tent! The price point is very good. I was there 3 days, walked miles and miles and still wasn’t able to see it all. Thanks for covering this company Michael.
It would be nice if there was a demonstration. I haven't been able to find a demonstration of their awning yet. They really need to work on their product videos
@@ii1825 hah, I totally forgot about it! I'm wrapping my bed rack with canvas right now. I can definitely get on it. My video quality and editing won't be great, but thanks for the reminder.
Would love to see these guys bring these products to Australia. We have a big market for this type of gear and you could definitely give the big boys a run.
Michael, love your O.B. Vids and reviews. Looks like very promising products here at Overland Pros. I have a DIY camping trailer with a Kodiak Canvas small flexbow tent I mount upon it. Not FAST, but dry, level and SOLID. Also have other Kodiak ground tents and I just purchased a Gazelle T4 which came highly suggested by your channel. Fits nicely on the roof racks of my Sandstorm F.J. Cruiser. Keep up your great Vids.Thanks Barry.
I bought a 30 second tent from a place in WA cheaper than OZ tent and I got what I paid for broke before I ever used it they sent me a replacement part but for 300 bucks the tent sucked never used it and sent it to goodwill. Ya get what ya pay for. Would like to see a demo of them putting up their tent.
Nick D'Amico thanks for answering all these questions! The video was informative but you taking the time to cover all the questions is 100X better. Buying mine right now!
Hey, thanks for the video. I am just starting to look at awnings and rooms. I am not an "Overlander" but normally 2 of us in the family will load up gear and mtb's to leave for 3 day weekends in Northern WI or MI. I am wondering if the 270 will fit factory rack on suburban and no extra items needed to purchase? Trying to not buy all kinds of stuff to add an awning and walls.
Lol I wonder if that was my tent mentioned in the r&d . It has a gorilla tape patch right now lol. After getting the updated retainers the replaced the clips for the poles inside it been a solid tent. Since February of 2017. And just used again the past weekend . I have about 20 ish nights in it so far holding up pretty good though we may need to trade up for a bigger one to accommodate the family.
Hey mike, any chance you know if this awning can be slanted upward? I’m looking for one on my truck bed rack. But it’s about eye level and I’d need to angle it upward? Would that still work with this?
Aaron Queen Overland Expo West is usually near Flagstaff Arizona US. It occurs during the month of May but this year there was a virtual event just last weekend August 8.
Lol good quality and affordable for the average working professional. Ummm yah the RTTs are still the same price basically. So idk if I'd be telling people they are affordable. If they are not sub $1,000 but that's just my opinion.
Blue Yota hahaha while that's a good deal unfortunately I live in Hawaii and the shipping alone here would kill the good price you are selling it for. Good luck selling it though I'm sure you'll have no issues
Cap'n Rik I've had it at Doran beach when all the ground tents I could see were crunched flat and at Eureka dunes in death valley when the wind was blowing sand so bad we could barely open our eyes so we had to get in the tent. Never had an anemometer handy to be 100% sure.
why no one talks about the weight of a roof top tent and 270 awning. For me they are still way too heavy to put up on my car. the ground tent at $400 is good deal.
Overland Bound the one for overland pros website .. even tried doing a search (both Google and bing ) shows up in results but unreachable when clicked on
The wraptor 2000 is 89x7x7 which isn't too bad to ship. The wraptor 2500 is 107x7x7 which is 1" short of the max size UPS will take. its considered oversize 2 and incurs a $100 surcharge on top of the regular shipping cost. We don't mark up shipping. You can of course pick the up to avoid shipping. Also you can ship several together which really cuts down on the shipping cost as well. Alternately they can be bundled with a RTT for no additional shipping!
