bentaz wrote:If your not worried about rain just string up a mozzie net!
pete1 wrote:I class a king size swag as a tent haha. yeh i know the feeling of hot swags never liked swags in the heat the canvas traps the heat in. Yeh the thin hiking tents are pretty good, you can take the fly off and the netting of the tent keeps the bugs out. simple light weight. try get one you can pop the vent open on the top on the fly it lets hot air out keeps it cooper if you want the fly on.
Nick-J wrote:The big problem is the midgee netting. I have the same in my Oztent and find a gentle breeze doesn't even make it in.
Have you thought about a 12v fan? Could use it to force air into the swag which would be nice. I'm going to be buying one prior to any camping this summer.
Can't help on the hike tent, however I'll be in the market for one soon. So please post up your decision and if it works out !
Gwion wrote:Get a hiking tent and set up a tarp to shelter it from direct sun. Have set up camp like this a heap of times. String a rope between two small trees an pitch the tarp with guys and 4 poles in a shallow a-frame over the rope. Set up the tent or just the inner underneath the tarp. Works a treat.
Never set up 'under trees'. Falling limbs are killers and eucalypts can shed limbs in hot dry conditions.
I also have a 'turbo tent' which is pretty good for airflow but is heavy. If you just buy a good hike tent and shelter it with a tarp you will have a huge improvement over a swag.
Sam45 wrote:Gwion wrote:Get a hiking tent and set up a tarp to shelter it from direct sun. Have set up camp like this a heap of times. String a rope between two small trees an pitch the tarp with guys and 4 poles in a shallow a-frame over the rope. Set up the tent or just the inner underneath the tarp. Works a treat.
Never set up 'under trees'. Falling limbs are killers and eucalypts can shed limbs in hot dry conditions.
I also have a 'turbo tent' which is pretty good for airflow but is heavy. If you just buy a good hike tent and shelter it with a tarp you will have a huge improvement over a swag.
Cheers mate. Sounds like the way to go. Yes trees and branches ouch. I'm looking at one of MSR hiking tents. Not cheap, but if it does the job, happy days.
Oldbloke wrote:I use one of these, or a cheap dome tent.
albat wrote:Oldbloke is that front section a built in game chiller!,
Oldbloke wrote:I use one of these, or a cheap dome tent.
happyhunter wrote:At those temps any tent is going to roast you. You could try using a battery powered fan, or dig out a pit under the tent so the surface you are laying on is cooler than the ground surface. The second idea is how dogs do it... or just put up with the heat.
bigpete wrote:I'd just go a mesh hammock with a tarp over it