Gazebos

[PhillipA]

Hi All,

Am about to get a 6x3 gazebo for out bush camping and am scratching around whether top go for the Oztrail deluxe on special for $329 at SNOWYS or the Wanderer for $349 on special at BCF or the spinifex on special for $390from Anaconda.

I would appreciate any ideas /experiences you may have

[Hodge]

Thumbs up for wanderer from me.
Ive had my 3x3 deluxe wanderer for ages now.
It's copped a lot of sun, rain , even hail when camping . I don't even use its bag when I take it away , just collapse it with canopy still attached and strap it on the roof rack.
It was setup in our backyard for pretty much all of January and it's still in perfect condition.


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[MB]

G’day Phillip, Mrs MB used to sell great home made equine products via cheap gazebos/stalls at local markets years ago and stopped because most weekend marketplaces now have minimum structural integrity tent requirements.
I thought it was all bullshit until camping on the Murray River when one of her gazebos dangerously took off on a lightly windy Easter Sunday years back.
Again this last Australia Day, same usually tranquil spot we all had a crazy mini cyclone crunch through and wiped out every campsite within say 10km.
Tarpaulins and single poles/ropes to fall down flat I believe safest and pack heaps better too :-) !



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[MB]

Sorry Hodgey, same time typing :-)


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[GQtdauto]

There was a skip and a half overflowing with them MB did anyone notice which brands they were ? Mind you it was a big wind .

[MB]

Pretty sure all SRG/SHG products were collected downstream at daybreak via the old faithful Savage/Mercury :-)
Oh, and a shipload of Aussie giant blow up thongs from the wankers up stream ;-)


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[MB]

Forgot to mention, great young Dinkum couple camped beside us that awful night showed great Aussie spirit by leaving their camp to check on all our kids. Poor bloke didn’t even realise that his efforts holding down his gazebo thingy had debarked by scissor action his left two finger tops :-(


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[Clunk]

Don't know about the Wanderer or Spinifex but we've had a 3x3 Oztrail Deluxe for a few years now and has stood up well in good winds. We tend to use this on short trips.

We've also got a Coleman Event 14 which we use on longer stays. Takes longer to put up but I reckon it's sturdier in the wind due to is shape.

I also use these to secure guy ropes etc, rather than the standard supplied pegs.... https://peggypeg.com.au/

Have been toying with the idea for ages now of getting a 4.5 x 3m gazebo instead of the 3x3 just for that extra bit of room

[MB]

‘A’ bad experience or two, my bad :-(



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[Hodge]

I will add to what MB said.
That was a scary event up there .
Family friends RTT got sliced and diced to bits up in Tocumwal that day and their kids are still scarred and don't want to hear of camping .
I'm unsure if any off the shelf gazebos , would survive such onslaught. Even with the you beaut pegs n' ropes .


I've never been caught up in serious wind/gusts.
But I'm confident the my wanderer would not have much chance in very strong winds no matter how much anchorage I use.

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[mudnut]

We've had an Oztrail Deluxe for so long, I can't remember when we got it. It has withstood camping at the Glenelg river during September, year after year.

We use heavy silver tarps as side walls. This allows us to peg it down very securely.

[PhillipA]

Thanks to all, The 2 models Wanderer and Oztrail sound good. Other forums say the Spinifex is much the same (exactly) as the Oztrail. A guy at BCF had the Wanderer & Oztrail alongside each other (not set up) just the boxes and he said he liked the Wanderer as the steel frames were slightly thicker. In the good old days of surveying in the bush of pre KAKADU (that's what the surveying was for and just showing my age) we would set up big army tarps between a couple of trees and knock about 6 or so 6ft star pickets in each side and tie them off. This was for 3 week periods and I never saw a wind blow the tarp away even though she would flap around a bit at times. But that was when we had the luxury of having the room to carry all of those pickets and the big old tarp around. I have been bush a few times now with the gazebos and they are so compact and do a good job but like anything do need to be anchored securely and still probably wouldn't hold down in a mini cyclone but hey ....what would.
Maybe inclined to go with the Wanderer may go around around around