The 24th of October in the UK was probably the wettest nights of the year, which did put a downer things. I look forward to a better review :-) One issue I did have is the rain drips down the tent and onto the bed. The bed is wetproof so a puddle builds up under the tent and even with this tents excellent ground sheet it still does begin to leak in soaking the foam mattress. For a re-design or home modification this tents needs a skirt to go around the bottom of the tent so water just drips down over the bed rather than into it.
Did you “season” the swag? A process of hosing the whole thing down and completely dry 3Xs? This is the way we waterproof our canvas in Australia. I also for extra insurance after that process, I spray all the seems from outside with a waterproofing spray. After all that is done it should withstand torrential rain without a drop inside. The silver coated lining can be pulled back over the swag, silver side up and poled & pegged out from behind. That creates protection from the rain, sun & condensation. Most of us here in Australia have awnings on our off-roaders that we pull out and sit under. I pull my swag up partially under that for cover. 🇦🇺👌🏽
@@gemini2261 Hello, no i did not know that, I do have some waterproofing tent spray and I'll apply this once spring starts under you advice 🙂. My issue with the design is when it is placed on the king bed. As there is nothing stopping the rain draining down the tent and then onto the bed it is sitting on. That bed (maybe unwisely) is fully waterproof and holds this rain under the tent as a giant puddle ☹️. This in time, even with the good base material of the tent leaks though. The design needs to change to avoid this, either with a skirt or the king bed allowing water to pass through it?
@@anticat900 AH, Gotcha…end up on a waterbed! That’s not good, not sure if pegging the awning backwards will help with that. There is a British guy living in NZ that camps out in extreme weather, rain, snow storms. “AB Camping” he has camped in the same as yours in rain, his only complaint I think was condensation, he pulls his up to but not right under his awning. I dont recall him reporting about the waterbed situation. I will go look at those vids again with that swag. I was interested in getting one just for solo camping with the doggo. Be warned AB Camping vids go for 3hours or so, some of it is pretty extreme 😂👌🏽( usually use my Oztrail RV3, I have the full set of walls).
@@gemini2261 If you can get advice on that the please advise, if like to see those videos too🙂. it was a very very wet night and windy and to be fair the tent didn't leak or have condensation issues for me and i imagine any tent sitting in a puddle for 10 hours work start to let water through 🙂
I also have a xtender 2.5 awning tent similar to yours, hard to put up on your own but alot more space the the rs1 inside. The main issue i have with the rs1 and king bed is not this leak issue which as you as maybe solved with the awning tied back, it is its enormous size, being very heavy and very long even when folded. It won't fit in my little wrangler tj jeep ☹️
In the Uk we don't have a special name for this sort of thing unless we are Cockney, they are just one man tents. However these things are different in that they aren't lightweight or compact one man tents, being alot sturdier. So I will in my next review in the spring, I will do it in full Australian slang with not a mention of the 't' word 🙂.
