check out kulkyne campers big boy swag exactly the same $100 cheaper.
check out kulkyne campers big boy swag exactly the same $100 cheaper.
Jimmyboyjr4 (9th September 2013)
Best swag ever made, you'd be hard pressed to find a better, well made swag.
Had mine over 20 yrs still looks brand new
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Jimmyboyjr4 (9th September 2013)
Gday mate, heres two other threads that may have some useful info and different brand swags...
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...he-canvas-swag.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...717-Which-Swag
Hello from Under Down Under!
Darche are a good brand and well made, as are quite a number of others. I doubt you would have any dramas with it. I might be getting off topic here, but swags are a compromise like everything else and you do get what you pay for, especially in terms of canvas weight and quality, and as mentioned somewhere above, different designs suit different climates. If you are in the cold then you want something that allows the condensation out. My first swag was a 16oz canvas job with two large flaps that clipped down, sort of like that Saul Swag of Cuppas. Bloody heavy though and I think the canvas came from old railway freight cars! Great in the cold though as it had the two layers of canvas.
If you are on the move all the time then swags come into their own. If you want to stay for a week, get a small lightweight tent. I spent a lot of years living out of swags, mostly in the tropics, and I ended up using both. A light weight single aluminium flexipole insect mesh tent that I could throw my swag into and just lie on top of on those hot humid nights. If it pissed rain, then throw the fly over the tent etc. etc.. It worked well for that situation and most of the blokes I was working with at the time all did similar things. (Some also used the light aluminium stretchers, but for me they creaked and made too much bloody noise every time you roll over. Arguably more comfortable though.)
The trick to doing that though was to go for a swag that would open right out so you could lie on the mattress without canvas on top of you if needed. No poles or frames or anything fancy. These types of swags (I have a Viking swag) can be configured several ways, and even work with poles if you like to keep the canvas up off you. Normally I just tie mine off the bull-bar or a tree etc. The Viking swag also has the sandfly mesh for those horrid nights near the mangrove swamps or the Starke River etc. but it cuts the breeze right out and makes for a very uncomfortable sleep.
Mattresses are another pain to get right. If only used occasionally, or when drunk, it really doesn't matter much, but if you are going to spend a lot of time in them, then even if mostly drunk, it pays to get it right, particularly if you are not as sprightly as you once were. For a long time I used a thermarest mattress beneath a standard 50mm foam mattress, which graduated to a 75mm foam mattress. This was ok, but I got sick of the bloody thermarest in the end, particularly having to deflate it when rolling up the swag every morning. My current luxury solution is a 50mm mattress with one of those bits of memory foam on top. Yes, it adds to the weight, but if the swag is just coming off the roof-rack and onto the ground, it is no big deal. The memory foam setup actually rolls up as tight as my previous setup with the thermarest, although I can see the day when I upgrade again to a 75mm with memory foam...
In the end, if it takes you more than about a minute to set up your swag for the night, because of the need for poles and frames and ropes and that sort of thing, then the argument swings to just using a tent. For me the swag comes into its own because it is so simple and some of these fancy ones might be in the tent category anyway. Each to his own though of course.
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Jimmyboyjr4 (9th September 2013)
This is what I bought. It's good value and worth considering.
http://www.techniice.com/camping-gear/swags.html
1999 GU 4500 dual fuel
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Jimmyboyjr4 (9th September 2013)
I've never understood why you'd put a swag in a tent......why not just use a tent?
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Spent hours yesterday at the Penrith camping show just browsing, the Darche swag was easily the best quality swag I could see that day. Mattress isn't as thick as some of the other but the canvas is definitely thicker and feels to be more heavy duty. I got the Dusk to Dawn double for $429 with free postage so I was happy. I'll throw up some pics once it arrives.
most times my wife and i just sleep under the tarp but up in the high country hunting
the swag goes in the tent on a strecher cuts down the chill factor and unexspected rain snow or frost
on the simmo trip we,l most likely be under the tarp on the strechers and swags with mossy nets handy
up of the ground so the wrigglers creepy crawlers go under neath
will also have a tent in case the weather cuts up to bad
and the truth of the matter is
its easy getting down but harder geting up these days
Drewboyaus (10th September 2013)
@ Drew as well as what Roofy said up in the tropics etc flies, mozzies etc attack at all hours so throwing
the swag in side the Fly wire inner frame of a GEO tent would make sense
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there