[tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review

  • From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:17:36 -0800 (PST)

  I would LOVE an outside table bracket! 
  (You said jack hole.)

--- On Tue, 2/22/11, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 10:52 AM

Yeah I have been putting off the side step because I have an outside the bus 
table bracket that uses a jack hole. I have to give that up but I have a 4 year 
old with shorter legs than mine. I'll see you at Fred.
James

--- On Tue, 2/22/11, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 7:55 AM

  Fredricksburg for sure, unless something unavoidable comes up. Like being 
broke.  I might try for Nacogdoches too, but I'm
 not sure if I can swing it. No plans for Eureka, yet. 
  A side step would be nice, but I just love that crazy ground clearance. So we 
just turn around and step out backwards. Much easier. 

--- On Tue, 2/22/11, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 8:41 AM

Several good points. I think breeze would be very important when camping in the 
Summer. I think I'm gonna get a side step and an awning and next year  will be 
the side tent. I'll save your
 review to remind me.No plans for Bulli Gras but I'll be at the Nac show, Fred 
and Eureka are you bringing it to any of those?
James

--- On Mon, 2/21/11, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 11:40 PM

  Thank you for
 introducing me to the Just Kampers site! It is amazing how one person can 
scour the web and not find everything. Two heads are better than one. 
  I looked at the "Country Road". (Fiama?) That looks like a nice option. 
Although it only comes in gray which would bug me on my tan bus. 
  It looks far more frustrating to set up in the video than my Add-a-Room. And 
if they can't make it look easy in a video, where they can edit out all the 
head scratching and swearing, that would scare me. 
  On the other hand, it has more windows. It is also 15lbs lighter. I like that 
the floor zips on whereas mine is velcro. That takes a little adjusting, but 
the Add-a-Room is still an easier set-up. 
  The sides on the Country Road don't open up into awnings. That is a nice 
option. You can unzip everything, but that breeze
 just doesn't blow through screens. 
  And finally, I can tell from the pictures that the Add-a-Room is just built a 
bit tougher. 
  So they each excel in different areas, it just depends on your needs. 
  Oh and the Country Road packs down a little smaller, but like I said, the 
Add-a-Room comes in separate bags so you can spread it throughout the bus 
wherever each bag best fits. 
  I hope that helped. There are just no reviews on any of these to be found 
anywhere, and Bus Depot has few pictures and no videos, which leaves one 
wondering. 
  If you're going to Bulli Gras, feel free to wander up & check mine out. I'm 
the 1979 Mexican beige with the brown tent and rope lights.     Kelly

--- On Mon, 2/21/11, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: James
 Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 11:51 AM

Thanks for the review, I have been on the fence about which one to buy for a 
while now. i looked at Just Kampers I think. I saw one one that actually had 
what appeared to be a porch, can't remember where I saw it. I'm either going to 
get a side room or an awning this year with my refund. I like the Fiamma 
ones.http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.phpid=4292&category_id=277&category_parent_id=
Did you look at Eurocampers.com?
--- On Sat, 2/19/11, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: kelly
 dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Bus Depot Add-A-Room Side Tent Review
To: "Texas Coalition of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 10:35
 PM

  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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