Dune 4WD Nomad Roof Top Tent setup, pack down and review
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A quick run through of what I do and don’t like about my Dune Nomad Rooftop Tent as well as a demonstration of the setup and pack down procedure.
This tent is also known around the world by these names: Raptor Series Voyager, XPHW, Dometic
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Hey guys, thanks for all your comments! I've put together a part 2 answering a lot of the most asked questions, as well as covering a few issues I was having with the tent (and fixes). Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/RgzCzgGqAFk/w-d-xo.html
Nice review !! To the point and you don’t waste time with unnecessary information! Loved it
Excellent walk through !! No babble, no waffling on. To the point, clear and clean. You have earn’t yourself self a new sub 👍👍👍
Best review I’ve seen on this tent!! Well done mate you’ve convinced me
Great video mate. When bought my 140 version of this tent I tried to do a video because there wasn’t much on this tent. Good on ya 👌🏽
Hey Bro,
Just gotta say your vids are the best touring set up vids out. Completely honest and unbiased, aswell as well spoken and easy to follow. In all honest ive gotten a lot of if not almost of my inspiration for my 4x4 set up from you. Built for comfort and ease as opposed to rough and tough off road. As a local WA lad myself its great to see a local young falla like yourself giving good AF advice. I have actually purchased a dune 4x4 RTT today beause of your reviews (the 1.4m wide over the 1.2m like yourself thou). I just have to say keep up the good work and vid making your presentation of your videos is a nice change from the commercialised BS on youtube, you present yourself and channel very well and are clear in your aproach and production. i hope to meet you out on road one day to exchange ideas and furter inspo. You seem like a genuine GC keep it up my guy.
Hi mate, thank you for your kind words, really appreciate that and glad to know that you've been enjoying the vids! 🙂
Thanks for the Dune Rooftop review and setup Vid'z. Have purchased one for the TJ,
Great review. Clear and concise. Exactly what i wanted to see. Thankyou!
Superb well delivered review. You need your own tv show. 👍
Great to hear you saying the 120cm is adequate for two people.
Appreciate the indepth review. It's hard to find many on this particular tent. I am hoping to pick one up on sale myself. Thanks.
Excellent presentation - thanks mate...answered all my questions
Just picked up my Dune rooftop tent yesterday thanks to your review! I can confirm that the newer versions door opens from the top so now possible to get in without completely unzipping the whole door
That’s useful info regarding the new door config - I’ve pinned your comment to the top for others to see. Enjoy your new tent! 🏕
Nice and very useful video. I've been thinking about it for a while. Covid was a big consideration. Getting old! I'm convinced now! Got a nice little 6X4 fully enclosed trailer that will suit it fine! Thank you!
You've convinced me to buy this over the kings rooftop tents, thanks for the great review, i love it and did it with leaving the bedding inside too which is wat i plan on doing too :-)
@Nick Bertram it rained the second time i used it, kepted the rain out, ended up raining alot more then it was supposed to as i was camped at frying pan creek, it did good I'm very happy as it's the perfect size for my lil Suzuki so a kings rooftop tent would have looked ridiculous. I did get a lil rain built up on the top so when i pulled it down the water landed on me haha but now i know it builds up a lil i will prepare myself more next time. I'll be using my at least once a month but have already used it twice. I ended up having to put it back up at home after the second time to dry it out but it dryed out so quick. The 1st time i used it was on a mountain top we had lots of wind, again it did so well and i got a camp line and peg to help with the wind flapping the fly around. Highly recommend them and perfect for women i can set up and pack up completely on my own i wouldn't be able to do that with any other, happy woman right here lol
Nice review. I might get one for my future camper.
Great demonstration!
Thanks for your video. I really enjoyed it at the Price. I’m gonna get one thank you.
Great review! Thanks😉
I have a super cheap one over 2 yrs now. It’s automatic. Travelled with my 2 sons all over the country with it. Great for quick over ngt stops free camping or if mummy’s has too many drinks at friends we just sleep on the roof. Everyone loves to watch it open and close! I had to get a step peg to get up on the sides for the cover to get over my other stuff I pack in there. Massage tables, camping gear the lot. We also have a elec blanket that plugs into the ark pak and installation under mattress and between roof and fly. For winter we went to Tassie last yr didn’t freeze like so many others sleeping in those roof tops like the Quik hard cover ones or worse just in hire vans.
From super cheap auto?
On sale 50% off NOW if anyone is looking for one, a great review also
Great review. Thanks 👍
Nice review. Very clear. 👍🇦🇺
Great review thanks
Great review thankyou 🙏
you deserve more subs bro
Thanks for doing a proper review of this... my dodgy one didn't do the tent justice.
On longer trips, I like putting in an extra mattress... But otherwise. You are spot-on for everything. Happy adventuring.
Liked your review, also sold me on the tent, picked it up today! Subbed to you both!
@@ffsxshenanigansx8720 Rock n roll. Happy adventuring.
I saw your review ages ago and it helped me to choose this tent just after you posted
I had been eyeing it for a while and your video helped me to pull the trigger over other options
Happy as with mine so far
Cheers to both of you for the videos
what size mattress? finding it hard to find a 200x120 replacement. Everything is KS or Double size, being too narrow, or too wide.
@@nonameuser3180 you can get one cut to size at Clarke rubber.
Nice review
Great review thanks. Can you adjust the straps so that you would be able to get to the connectors if mounted on a flat rack please?
I have one, had a kings quick up tent before but that lasted only 6 months it started cracking got my money back and got one of these had this about six months now and love it
I think it’s one of the best rooftop tents on the market and the price fantastic $940 paid for mine
Where did you pay that? Please
@@subarustifan4694 anaconda cheque there sales out often have some great prices in the sales
Love it buy soon
i have one
iv been through all the cheap range
kings tourer
kings qwiky
kings grand tourer
and this takes the cake with comfort to me
That's good feedback, especially regarding the Grand Tourer - it looks like an impressive hard-shell for the price but good to know the Dune is still more comfortable.
What's the comfort issues with the kings grand tourer? Is it just the mattress as I would be looking at swapping in a self inflating mattress like an exped or zempire
Lachlan Williams comfort includes, mattress, space, heat, cold, light, dark, ventilation and levels of condensation. It’s more than a mattress.. 👍
Nick Bertram rear of the swag has a window / vent at the back end and a storm flap. Useless in the night when it’s raining and you need to pish.. Solution is a light fly over the top or sleep under the car awning...
any issues with rain pooling over that front section? i see in another clip looks like you used on a trip with wet weather thanks for the clip!
You nailed that review
Western Australia?
Ive got the XTM manual version, same tent just different in some ways, no strut. I can't fault it and its dry and yes can handle very windy days and nights, had it for 3.5 years going strong.
@OFFGRID AND LUVIN IT I have used this around 200 nights maybe more in 3.5 years and still looks new without no issues at all.
Thanks mate. They are half price now... might have to get one if I can order with 0 stock on hand
Lol they're always half price, Just a marketing tactic they do to make it seem like a great price (Which it is) have one myself
Anaconda also sell an annex for this roof top tent now so it gives you rain protection :)
Hqve ypu got said annex?
Can you get do a review for the nomad annex?
Great and honest review, well done. Just a quick question, Do you need to mount the tent to a roof rack or are roof bars satisfactory ? I’m planning on mounting this tent on a spare trailer, just contemplating what mods may be necessary
Hi mate, the included mounting brackets are designed to fit across two separate roof rails/bar, and can be moved to suit different bar spacings
Great review! Nice work.
Can the mounting rails be used ‘width’ ways across roof rack, rather than ‘length’ ways.
Thanks Mitch! I can't say for sure regarding the mounting rails, they are intended to run length ways but they are removeable so you could perhaps customise them to mount width ways, hard to say for sure though if this will affect the strength of the frame.
Have you used the dune canopy add on with this at all?
Thanks for a good review. Can you keep your bedding and pillows in the tent and close it comfortably?
Yep, I pack it up with a doona, sleeping bag and pillows all inside.
great review really impressed by these tents, have you had issues with dust getting in through the travel cover?
Hi mate, I haven't had any troubles with dust as yet, although I haven't had a chance to properly test it out up north yet - I'll post back here should I encounter any troubles with that down the track.
@@explorebound pretty keen on them your review sold me. Keep the vids rolling yr a natural in front of the camera.
Thanks for the review. Looks like a reasonably good tent for the price.
Just wondering if dust or water gets in under the cover as it doesn't look like it seals that well.
Thanks again
Mick
Hi Mick, good question. I've driven through heavy rain many times and the tent has always been totally dry inside when setup afterwards and I've never experienced dust ingress, however I'm yet to test it out up north where the real dust is haha - will report back here if I ever have an issue in that area!
@@explorebound Has there been an issue yet with dust?
Hey mate, looking at one of these. How are they in the cold and the rain? Thinking os using one in Tassie. But also considering an OCAM option
Hey mate, haven't had any dramas with mine at all. It's held up great in very heavy rain and because it's smaller than most RTTs, it actaully warms up really quick - 5 minutes up there even in the coldest nights and I'm ready to throw the doona off haha.
Hi mate, I'm looking into getting one of these but first need cross bars installed on my canopy. Just wondering what width they should be apart to work?
Hey mate, the mounts slide on rails so they can be adjustable to suit most roof rack spacings, so you should be right with whatever you go with. Ideally I'd say if it was only sitting across 2 racks you'd want to space them by about 1m.
Thanks for the info. It's so hard to find the real world details of these tents. I'm also lacking in garage clearance, can I ask -- when you say it's 26cm high closed, does that include the mounting rails that come on the tent? Cheers.
Hey mate, the 26cm was measured from my roof racks to the top point of the tent so yep, it includes the mounting rails :)
@@explorebound can this be squeezed few cm more with some tie down straps? ;) I'm lacking 3-5 cm clearance
Hey mate great review, I'm considering picking up one. Have you or would you transport anything on top of the rooftop tent? Like a kayak or gazebo?
Thanks mate! Yep sure have, I recently did a weekend trip up to Sandy Cape with the kayak on top (the trip mini-series is up on my channel if you’re interested). Didn’t have any issues storing the kayak up there and I imagine a gazebo would be similar 👍
@@explorebound legend. Thanks for the reply. I'll check out the vid
G’day mate! Will this fit on 2 roof racks? Thank you
Yeah I’ve got mine on two! Had to move mine close together to hit the right points on the underside of the tent. Think they’re about 1m apart from memory
Hey mate,
I watched both part 1 and 2 of your videos and I loved them!
I got a big question for you..
I own a 120 series Prado and I'm thinking about buying the Dune rooftop tent but the only size they sell atm is the 140 (which is 154 outer widemeasurements). Would you think it'd be too wide and stick out too much over the sides?
Hi mate, glad you liked both the vids! How wide is the roof of the Prado? I think a 10cm overhang looks fine (5cm each side), but more than that can be pushing it. That being said, I’m sure you’d appreciate the extra room on the 140 so it can be worth it even if the overhang is extreme, just depends how much use you’ll get from it 🙂
@@explorebound it would stick out as much as an awning does. I'm not too concerned about the look of it as much as safety and fuel consumption
Excellent review mate. Was wanting to mount my rooftop tent across 3 crossbars like you've done, was just wondering if the tent came with enough mounting brackets x6? Or did it only come with x4 for 2 cross bars only?
Thanks mate! The mounting kit only includes 4x brackets and the adjustable mounting rails on the underside of the tent that the brackets bolt to are only about 1.5m long - they’re intended to go in the middle however I adjusted them all the way to the front to allow me to mount the tent to the front two roof racks/rails (it’s not fixed at all to the third, most rear rail which hasn’t been an issue so far, but has been on the list to sort out). Hope that helps!
Thanks mate, much appreciated
I’ve put unbolts as added precaution on each corner cheers
Hey mate, just used mine for the first time and In windy conditions it shook the canvas that loudly I couldnt sleep, any tips?
Hey mate, I know exactly what you mean! In overly windy situations I usually run a strap from the outer most point of the awning to the ground to hold the fabric tight, I show this in this video at the 0:28: th-cam.com/video/ep04Ko2BRro/w-d-xo.html
This not for Four Seasons right? thx
Hey I'm just wondering what lift you have on your car
Hey mate, she's actually on stock suspension with torsions wound up on the front - well overdue for an upgrade I reckon!
Hey mate Just curious how its held up after this time. Any issues?
And if you have had experience in the rain
Hey mate, it still going great! I've had it in some pretty heavy rain and it's been completely dry inside.
Is this the same version as the Freespirit Recreation Adventure Series?
Just checked those out online - we don't get that model here in Australia but looks like the same design!
Hey mate! Do you park ur car outside, if so is the cover fully waterproof? Has the cover faded from the sun? I’m considering getting a waterproof and anti fade spray.
During the week it's left in the garage at home, I only drop the canopy on when I head away on camping trips so can't speak to how well the cover will hold up to long-term sun exposure I'm afraid!
Exploranger how does ur tent go in the wind mate? Does it flap a lot? I’m trying to think of something to stop the flapping at night, any ideas?
If its raining like proper rain in winter, and ur packing away and all ur bedding is inside it, wouldnt it get soaked between folding the tent flat and refitting the black cover? As the enterance door is face straight up to the sky when the tent is folded flat.
Yeah folding it up using this method is kind of best case scenario. During rain I’d probably keep the door zipped closed and just pull the tent closed really slowly/gently.
Have you had any problems with condensation build up?
No problems with it as such, but as with most tents it will experience a bit of condensation after being in there for a cold night - that being said I find it suffers less than any tent I've owned in the past.
Hey mate, the specs say it’s 300 high packed up. Is this right? In your vid it doesn’t look that high.
Hi mate, mine comes in at 26cm all packed up with bedding still inside.
Hi all i m looking to buy one think I want to ask is the rain is it water proof the windows as I only saw fly wire and no other to cover get it ?
Hi Ian, I the windows close fully with weatherproof material (same as the structure of the tent) - I just had them open for the video 🙂
@@explorebound thanks mate so looks like I be getting one 👍
Could you strap kayaks on top or would that ruin the poles etc?
I've strapped a kayak to the top of the tent a few times in the past, I don't know if Dune would recommend it but so far it's been fine.
@@explorebound yeah yeah, cheers for getting back to me. Coincidentally just showing my missus your set up.
Hey lad,
Can you leave your bedding in it and still pack it up?
Thanks
Sure can, I pack it up with a large sleeping bag, doona, and pillows with ease.
@@explorebound Cheers lad. Gonna go and have a look in Anaconda now
Did you weather yours ? As in wet it and let it dry a few times before using in the rain?
I lost my instructions and have never weathered it
Can't remember if we were meant to like a swag or if it's good to go
Hey mate, I don't recall the instructions saying to pre-season, and I didn't do this with mine. Happy to report that I've had it in some serious rain and never had a drop get inside!
@@explorebound sweet cheers for the reply
I haven't used in wet weather yet and am planning a trip next week around NSW
Didn't want to get caught out haha
Nice review, they are great light weight tents
Just wondering if having a window in the roof has been any issues with leaks ???
Hey mate, great question!! I was worried about this exact thing a few weeks back on a rainy weekend camping trip - pleased to report that with fairly heavy rain and medium winds there was no water ingress whatsoever. I'll be sure to add to this comment if I ever have any issues in future :)
@@explorebound thats great thanks for the quick reply they are 50% off at Anaconda at the moment
Just thinking for me i think the fact that the doorway/entry is fixed across the bottom instead of at the top. So getting in & out through the night you'd have to drag the door inwards and crawl over it to get out, or otherwise its going to fall down over the ladder. And that has just turned me right off buying one.
@@garrygerke5374 new version changed it. Saying that, we have 140cm one
Hi mate, have you still got the tent? And if so hows it holding up?
Hey mate, sure do and she's been holding up well, no issues with it at all.
Exploranger cheers mate, I’m Sold!! Buying one this week!
How is it so far? Would you recommend it ?? Please let me know
Hey mate, it's still going great, haven't had any issues with it so thoughts are still the same as in the vid. As for your other question below, it's actually designed to fit across 2 roof racks so would be a better fit for you - I have 3 permanent racks on my canopy which is why I had to mount it that way. Cheers!
Exploranger thanks a lot for your reply buddy!! I am going to purchase one. I was tossing up between The Kings Kwiky or this.
Hey mate, how's this tent doing?
Hi mate, it's still going great!
I would fall out of that in 30 minutes. I really think the truck bed is the way to go.
Wow you got gypt..... $1,300 mate man that same tent on Amazon is for $900 off grid Raptor series
Hi mate, when I got this I paid $999 here in Australia. The Raptor Series looks to only be available in the US, and $900 USD makes it over $1100 Australian even if it was available here.
Has this RTT smashed your fuel economy much?
I didn’t find the increase noticeable, but have been thinking about doing a comparison sometime running a few weeks with it on vs off to compare
Great review thanks. Can you adjust the cover connectors so that you can get to them when mounted on a flat rack please?