[tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
- From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:18:55 -0800 (PST)
No, ya put a few drops on your food so you won't fart later. It's odorless,
tasteless and you can get it at any drug store. No camper should be without it.
Now, speaking of tasteless, I'm gonna wrap this up before this whole thread
turns into string of fart jokes.
--- On Tue, 2/22/11, chuck <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: chuck <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 9:10 AM
Parden me for being old and stupid but what the
hell is beano? some sort of alligator food?
oleblue
----- Original Message -----
From:
kelly
dosch
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:59
AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room
Side Tent Review
Oh don't say that. It's going to be warm this
year! And I'm bringing Beano.
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On Tue, 2/22/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From:
Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb]
Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 8:49 AM
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Windy,
cold, bus trouble, farting… welcome to Bulli Cras!
From:
tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of kelly dosch
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011
10:56 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re:
Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
Oh for sure. It's no
Magellan Dome tent. But like they advertise, it looks like it
will get much easier after a few set-ups. But still, you have
to
think of it more as an addition to the bus than a simple tent.
I stayed at the Galveston State Park about 6 weeks
ago. We took the VW prescribed "four people". It was a
nightmare. It was too windy to start a fire and too cold to be
outside without one. I ran out of propane and somebody broke
the
handle off the sliding door. We were bored and cramped and
somebody kept farting.
I think that experience fueled
my appreciation for the Add-a-Room.
--- On Sun,
2/20/11, Eric Woodall
<ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eric Woodall
<ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus
Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Texas Coalition of Buses"
<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011,
9:45 AM
Just don't try to use one with a
full length roof rack.
I just don't work.
I'm glad you liked yours, I just
hated mine.
It was great while it was set up
but set up and teardown sucked big time I thought.
Guess I'm probably spoiled by
years of setting up backpacking tents though.
On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:35 PM,
kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In case any of
you have been considering selling a kidney to buy one
these rudely over-priced tents, I highly recommend it.
I think it is really every bit as good as
they claim, if not better.
Is it really over
$400 worth of tent? Not by any stretch. For that money
one might expect a Sherpa to carry it for you. But they
have cornered the U.S. market so it's all about supply
and demand.
Does you want one or does
you don't?
I searched long and hard and
finally found some side tents across the pond. They had
some interesting tents but they don't ship to the U.S..
I checked the prices of a few remailing services, did
the math, and one might as well get plowed by Bus Depot
for all the trouble it was worth. Plus, Europeans are
not terribly concerned with having a floor in a tent.
That just doesn't fly down here with the swarms of
mosquitoes.
The Bus Depot tent makes an
impressively snug fit against the bus and has a bottom
curtain so wind, bugs and varmints don't just wander in
underneath.
The canvas is thin but stronger
than your average tent. The poles are built like a
tank.
These tents are built to last.
It
actually packs down a bit smaller than they estimate
and
the tent, poles, and ropes and stakes are in 3
different
bags, so you can spread them throughout the bus more
efficiently than if it were all one huge mass.
It is heavier than all hell at 85lbs, but
most of the weight is in the poles. (which is a
relatively small bag that will disappear, flush,
in the front cargo rack) They are very heavy duty and
built to last. Since It is something I want to last as
long as my bus I cannot fault them for that. The poles
are the cornerstone of the tent and it is safe to say
they will last forever.
The extra "changing
room" is on sale, but I don't recommend it. It
literally
takes up half the tent. If you are shy about changing
with your guests it is easier to just do it under the
blankets or in the john at your campground.
I
didn't pay over $400 for a tent just to use half of it
to change my pants in.
I just wanted to give
everybody my two cents worth because it is a lot of
cash
to drop on a product from a company that offers no
reviews. They don't even have many pictures and the
ones
they have are crappy. I don't even think the one in the
picture was entirely set up. It looks like a big potato
sack. It really tightens down much nicer than the pic.
All told- Are they overcharging us? Hell yes.
But it did just turn my tiny Campmobile into a virtual
cabin, adding 100 square feet of living space.
Their profit margin must be shameful, but if
you are camping with more than 2 people I still think
it
is worth it.
And if you still want a changing
cabin, just get the $35 Coleman shower. At least you
can
bathe in it as well.
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