Q. I have a LC200 and a 3/4 Platform rack (does not extend over the sunroof), would this OCAM mount on the 3/4 or would I need to replace the rack? Also which specific model is this one tested? BTW - Awesome review.
Hey mate. I’ve seen it done on another brand tent (same style) but think it’d be possible to mount a small tv on the roof inside? Cheers love watching Netflix when going to bed !
@@AussieArvos hahah. Im currently watching on the tv. So replying via phone. When was that mate? Would love to meet you someday I live in wagga so that bridge was very noticeable
One of the best reviews on a rooftop tent on You Tube. Very well researched and clearly explained. Not a big fan of rooftops... But this looks like a great design. Well done 👍
9:30 for the sippers, why not chuck some heatshrink over them? I think that would solve the issue and you can change the colour if you want them to be more visiable
Thanks Paul, 100% mate, definitely worth pointing out the flaws and inturn getting them solved, can only make the product better !, we will! Thanks so much for the support! Cheers !
Hey mate, if the tent has issues opening due to the suction, try leaving the window near the ladder slightly undone. Keep the flyscreen done up, but the canvas 1/4 of the way open. Worked wonders on my motop. Havent had any issue with water either when doing this. Heatshrink on the zips or anything that rattles or squeaks fixes any noises in the night too. 👍 Keep the vids coming mate!
One of the best benefits I found to having luggage on the roof, besides the space saving inside the car, was the shade provided to the roof. The air con works better and the car doesn't heat up anywhere near as much when parked.
Pat, a very honest and thorough review. If I were in the market for a RTT that would be exactly the video I'd be looking for, a perfect review. Top effort mate!
Love your work mate. No BS review. Now Im gonna be a dick and tell you to heat shrink the zippers, just because every 2nd comment is already telling you to. me: Hey mate, you should heat shrink the zippers. Pat: Oh FFS another one.
Great review. My only thing is getting into the tent whilst it is raining, would be good if the sides had a roof over the opening like on the rear of the tent.
Great review and feedback accepted by Ocam too. Maybe another suggestion is to replace your pillows, assuming only two, with four thinner ones that can fit in there when closed. Double them up when in use. Keep up your great reviews. Cheers.
Hi, from your initial installation video of this RTT I commented how you young couple would love it, and no surprise to me, you do. Being up off the ground is an awesome place to sleep, so cosy for some inexplicable reason. We are both in our 60's ourselves, hence was always concerned about the ladder access that put us off RTT for years, foolish old farts were we, now we have one and wished we'd had it years prior. We went for the Bundutop which is top end of the market $$ wise but so worth it in our view, so roomy but cosy also. Addressing common concerns of RTT's 1. Ladder Access. For ourselves, (past our prime) this was our number 1 reason not to go RTT years prior, fools we were. I addressed/resolved this by simply creating a extension hand railing the height if our tent, this allows us to climb the ladder and then pivot onto the mattress whilst retaining a firm grip, it's a reinsurance thing. The extention rail mounts onto a bracket on the roof rack and simply slides off and stores on-top of mattress when closed up. This extension bar also aids me in pushing any exposed canvas away from ground hieght prior to latching top down, so it's a dual purpose devise, winner. 2. Shoe storage. We have our shovel and axe mounted on the access side of the RTT. Once up on bed base, simply slide UGG boots, sandals, thongs joggers whatever off and wedge between shovel or axe handle and roof rack (whilst gripping afore mentioned handrail), they go no where and easily accessed for night time bathroom breaks. 3. Condensation. Bundutop provide a carpet base and 100mm mattress so condensation hasn't been an issue. Carpet layer the answer as we have utilised alternative mattresses without issue of condensation from any of them. 4. Zipper jingle. Has been answered already, heatshrink. 5. Warmth. We have addressed this 2 ways. A). 12v electric blanket. Only utilised to take chill off bed initially on very cool nights, no long battery drain. B). Diesel Heater. Neither of us is tall and the Bundutop shell is quite long, so we utilised 150mm of the space available, boxed it off and permanently installed a diesel unit, (hence afore mentioned mattress variations/combinations). We are never cold now, the night wind on K'gari was extremely chilly but we were cosy, that word just keeps coming up whenever we discuss our RTT, cosy. Summing up, Bundutop is one of the deepest in market, so height was a real concern but a winner as all bedding including pillows store within shell. Like you Pat, I don't notice the height weight etc. it's just part of the Patrol now. As I compose this we have just exited K'gari where we utilised our RTT for 5 night's, very cosy place with exceptional views to sunrise over ocean each morn, just love it, hence always knew you young couple would love yours. As Pat Callinan says, keep the shiny side up, in our case, keep the RTT up. Love your work mate, keep it up ❤️
Thanks so much for your comment Ian ! really good to hear about the Bundutop too! Thanks so much! sounds like you had a blast on K'gari! All the best! - Patrick
Really great explanation of the condensation issues mate 👍👍 Nice work with the mat hack too! I use a little Ryobi 18v fan just on low on one of the windows that's just cracked, seems to help sucking all the moisture out
A fantastic review Pat, so thought out and valuable mate, hope they give this one to you, very well deserved mate and would be very happy to see them do it for all your efforts and your unbiased and honest review.
Great review mate, super thorough and came across genuine. The main challenge with them for us is just being a bit older and less agile on the ladder :) this seems like a real competitor to the drifta in the light weight segment. Good idea on the custom brackets.
Thanks David! The ladder can definitely a challenge, probably the biggest thing to get used to in a RTT. The weight was really important to me and I think both the ocam and drifta tents are the best on the market for that, Thanks for the comment!
Hi David, ladder was a decisive issue for us also, put us off RTT for years. Once I eventually bit the bullet and went for it we choose the Bundutop. To help alleviate/resolve the ladder concerns I devised an extension handrail that allows us to clamber up the ladder with reassurance, then pivot onto the mattress whilst retaining a firm grip. Again, when descending we have something to clasp onto to pivot onto the ladder from the mattress, a real winner for night time bathroom breaks when the ground appears so far down, haha 😆. The extention handrail slides into a bracket mounted on the roof rack and simply lifts off to store atop of the mattress when packing up. Hope this provides assistance.
@@colinrose3852 gosh, you have no idea how timely this query is! We can give a precise answer now. We are currently touring in the centre. On a stay at Wilpena Pound the wind and rain were extreme. Could here our daughters drifta roof top flapping all night, Bundutop hardly apparent. Then at Coward Springs just shy of Uluru we encountered the remnants of cyclone Ilsa. It blew a gale and bucketed down. Can precisely state, the awning doesn't flap radically on ours, yes you'll hear it but it is not a nuisance noise like other roof tops flapping radically. All I can say, if you can afford a Bundutop go for it, we love ours.
Great review Pat, you’ve made buying an RTT a lot easier. To make your mattress more comfortable, spend $60 at KMart on a bamboo mattress topper. We’ve got one in our swag and it’s the best thing we’ve invested in without making it too thick to roll up so it should work fine in your RTT.
@@shaunhughes8206 Just a Kings Big Daddy Deluxe thingy but well seasoned and with a better mattress cover. With the mattress topper, doona, sheets and spare sheets it fits into the big Kings swag bag. It’s big but we decided that comforted is something we’re not willing to compromise.
Thanks for the review. Over two clam shell tents I have spent an estimated 500 nights camping out prospecting mainly in remote WA but also in Victoria and FNQ. RTTs are fantastic for travelling and the clam-shell shape is essential. I'm 65 years old, usually just me in the tent. So the old night-time pee no drama. Just use a laundry detergent bottle. the RTT is tall enough to knell to do the business! Ladies going to have to climb down though. I had a couple of questions about this tent, can you access it via the back hatch? might solve the weather entry some people have mentioned. That is a fair point people make. Possibly could rig something off the side wall mounting system to provide some shelter for getting in and out. My current RTT is the Moremi Extra lite which has a spec weight of 42 Kg. It is not as nice as this Oscam and I had to repair some leaks from a cracking shell where the top roof rack mounts fitted. I've put in about 400 nights in that one. I've getting a small off road van soon but I will still keep the RTT on my ute to use when I cannot get the van into places. Good on your channel. You do a good job.
If you want to stop the zips from making noise I reckon that heat shrink would probably solve the issue. It wont come off and is relatively cheap for the amount you will need.
Thanks for the review. 👍🏻 Packing up when it’s been raining and walls are wet. Does your bedding inside get wet. Ie multi day trip. Pack up in the morning with a wet tent and drive to the next camp site and set up. Bedding Totally Dry/Damp/Wet? Cheers
Best tip I can give you for cold camping / condensation. Cat litter. Get a freezer bag/zip lock bag and if you put 1-2 handfuls of crystal cat litter in, it will absorb the condensation. Crystal litter also doesn't smell and you can get scented ones if that is a worry; the lavander one from Woolies isn't too bad. This also works for stopping condensation build up on your windscreen overnight, making those pack ups in the morning nice a quick (recommend 3 bags across the dash) Great review, you've sold me on upgrading from the old kings swag to a rtt.
I’ve only started watching your videos it really inspire me to get roof top tent. I have a question, hope you could help me. ** Can the OCAM aluminium roof top tent ( 2250mm x 1350mm x 160mm) go on the Sam let dimension of roof rack which is is the OCAM aluminium roof rack (1350mm(L) x 1250mm(W) ? Thank you!
FINALLY! A rooftop tent video that answered literally EVERY practical usage question I ever had about them! Other videos show you how to open them, shut them and the price, but they don't talk about rain, they don't talk about the mattress and supporting slats, and don't even mention the solar panel on the outside! Just general specifics of why they are/aren't good for long-term usage. I'm new to 4WDing, I've only owned manual sedans within cities all my driving life. Now that I finally have my first ever 4WD - a 2010 Toyota Hilux SR TD with a massive tray/canopy - I was thinking of taking my girlfriend for a drive around Australia. The unused roof-racks above the canopy on this Hilux makes me want to stick a tent up there, but the only videos I ever saw about them only showed the general usage without mentioning any of the finer details - Honest Pros and Cons. I'm not very experienced in 4WDing and have a somewhat limited experience with camping, now that I'm 40 I'm looking to change that. There's so much of this country I want to see! Just get out there and experience it! THANK YOU!!! I have liked this video and have subscribed to your channel!
I really wish I had spent more on hard shell rather than kings roof top kinda hard to set up when 4wb is slightly high.. awesome review pat.. looking at ocam right now for tax time ;)
Hey Patty, Love the video it makes me want to get a roof top tent even more now, thanks for the awesome review! You lightbar on your bullbar looks awesome, but just so you are aware my friends have gotten pulled up by the cops about it and I wouldnt want that happening to you :) not trying to say it is bad or anything but I wanna make sure that my fav youtubers dont get pulled up for such a small thing!
Main con of rooftop tents on cars is if you want to go anywhere you have to packup. I'd prefer rooftop tent on a camper trailer that way you just un-hitch and go for a drive, no need to packup camp.
well this was one of the best review on a rtt i have ever seen 🤔😁 darn good edit and well explained 😊👍keep up the fantastic work mate and keep well and enjoy life mate 😉🍺🍺
If you look at zipping 2 sleeping bags together (tropical ones for up north and mountain ones for Vic highlands) and use cotton sheet bags to fit inside the sleeping bags that saves a lot of bulk and easier to manage inside the rooftopper. I agree being inside a rooftopper in the far north croc country is much more reassuringly at night especially when you have spotted them in a river during the day ☺ On the move or camping for a couple of days at a time rooftoppers are an excellent solution, go for it. GH - an oldie from ACT
I loved my roof top tent but man oh man some of the worst nights of my life ever were spent in windy conditions. People forget the tent is up high and usually clear of most bushy windbreaks.
Bit of theory on the doona/blanket setup. Doonas rely on air gap for thermal insulation. If you put blankets on top it squashes the air gap. Try putting doona on top. Love to know if it helps.
cool video. Been watching your channel for a while, from England.... We dont have nearly as much stuff as you do down under, seen ARB stuff but way too over priced.. No really lower priced stuff and nothing really like your Kings brand stuff you get. keep up the hard work on the channel..
I have a very similar looking RTT (Darche Ridgeback). To avoid air suction and/or air resistance when opening/closing, simply leave the canvas of the side doors/windows slightly unzipped (I also leave the centre door fully unzipped). To avoid zipper pulls giggling, simply cover them with heat shrink tubing. And as for a boot bag, my Darche came with a pair of boot bag to mount on a sail track but no where to hang them on the RTT. So I went to Bunnings and got a strip of sail track. I cut a pair to size to match the width of the boot bags and drilled a pair of M8 size holes on each. I then bolted the sail track to the aluminium extrusion on the side of the RTT. Then when at camp, I simply slide each boot bag on the sail track, and just as quickly remove them at pack up. I know you can buy RTT boot bags from various places, some using hooks. Which you can easily fit ring pulls on the aluminium extrusion to hang them.
Thanks for this very good and detailed show! What you think about the limit of car size? Is a CR-V big enough? Need some spezifications? Thanks for replay?
I hope with the $500 price hike they have replaced the Butterfly latches with Stainless versions, and they eyelets are upgraded to non rusting versions, it's unacceptable for items like these to start rusting in a few months, the rusting will only get worse, other than that it looks like a good entry level option, $2799 is getting awfully close to much better options from Drifta such as the Desert Cruiser or Bush Cruiser starting at $200 more
Sorry this is a late comment and maybe I even asked before, but does rain ever pile up in the canvas when its zipped up since the mesh is on the outside? One thing I worry about with the RTT I am building is rain going through the mesh, onto the interior canvas, and dripping down to the bottom inside the tent. Let me know if this has happened to you! Cheers
Hey Dude, been looking at getting this roof top tent but just wondering is the OCAM Aluminium Hardshell Roof Top Tent Rear Opening better than the OCAM Aluminium Hardshell Roof Top Tent Side Opening? Also what it like in the Rear Opening getting through the side, when its wet when the sides open down not up? Do the side opening flaps get the bed wet? And have you found any good shoe bags that mount to the side opening that youd recommend, as im with you having a shoe bag to place your shoes in would be ideal Any help would be appreciated Cheers
RTTs are great idea, they allow u to keep your dualcab; but they ARE NOT ALL SEASON. If you own a RTT, u will, sooner or later, learn what its like to sleep in your car with it down; because you will have the choice, either a sleepless night, RTT damage, or sleep on the floor. They cant take wind, no matter how u setup the car. They are dangerous in hard rain, at your own risk u can scale the ladder to go for a piss.
I think it needs side awnings this would help when it is raining and you could have your side doors open a little to help with the condition. But part from that we love this rooftop tent we have been looking for one for some time but spending that much money we need to get it right and we think you have shown that to us. thank you
Let’s be honest, they are waste of money for most people. Unnecessary weight on the roof, raising centre of gravity, better to get a Oztent, at least you can stand up in them, and they open up in mins.
A little late to comment on the video haha but try sleeping naked when camping in the cold winter months. I went with a group of guys on a camp years back and I would wear two jumpers and 2 long pants inside a sleeping bag and i was COLD! One of the guys said they sleep naked or just wear underwear that is it and I tried it and I was warm as.. It is weird but it worked for me lol
RU-vid hid you’re RU-vid from me geez I thought I was tec savy being only 23 i in all honesty forgot the name but I’m glad I’m back and can catch up on some videos (few months overdue)
Some spot you can't park your car right there, swag you can put it about anywhere. A good swag cost 500 bucks with an upgraded mattress: You don't need to carry all the time a swag you be 10000 more warm in a swag. Swag all day
The King's Grand Tourer is a better all round rooftop tent and today 24/8/23, it was retailing at $1679 with the freestanding 270 degree awning at $480
13:15 that explanation doesn't make sense. i don't know what kind of mattress you have but what's likely happening is insensible perspiration through skin (as vapor) or actual liquid sweat creates vapor which permeates through the mattress until it reaches the bottom of the mattress/inside of tent, where it cools enough to reach dewpoint for the warm moist air, which again is created by perspiration and maybe also just exhaled moisture circulating inside the tent. this is commonly an issue for sleeping bags in cold temperatures, if it's cold enough the dewpoint can be reached inside your sleeping bag resulting in wetting out of your down bag. this is why vapor barriers are used next to skin in very cold conditions. edit: again, warming up air doesn't create condensation, it's cooling down of moisture laden air that does it. your perforated foam spacer probably allows enough air circulation such that the moisture laden air diffuses out of the bottom of the tent before cooling enough or reaching high enough moisture levels to condense. Or not, maybe all it did was raise your bedding off the condensation based on those last images!
Can anyone tell me the purpose of the bungee cord that wraps around the base? is it simply to keep everything g tucked in as you pack away or is there another purpose? Cheers.
10 months and are you still happy? With the noisy zips, even better than heat shrink is silicone tape. It is even softer, sticks to itself and you can add as much as you want making them easier to handle.
Sorry dude an honest review of any product has to be done without the company giving it to you for free. reviews have to be done without the company even knowing what you are doing or basically you're just 'another' want to be influencer
Not a huge fan of the way the doors unzip top to bottom leaving them lying on the floor when unzipped. Maybe if they reversed the process so they opened bottom to top and then fastened in place then that would give a cleaner look to it. Other than that it looks like a great piece of kit.
Snorkel by itself does not seal the water possible entry into the spaces below where there are gears. Big repair expense if you do not keep the water out of there. Making extended tube sealers is not too hard.
we just got a alu cab roof top tent fitted to our jeep and its got a really loud high pitched whistle now once we go over 40km any tips on how to stop the whistling?
Definitely no expert here but could you use a small air mattress in the tent not only for comfort but solve the condensation problem under the mattress
