Swag reviews from Owners

[daveylad]

Looking at buying a swag for camping and wondered if any owners have some info on the types and quality

Thanks

Dave

[51EDGE]

I have an Oztrail Double Mitchell. Great quality, metal poles instead of the fibreglass ones. It is nice and waterproof.

I also have an AOS single. This thing is built like a tank. It is brilliant but heavy being aussie canvas instead of the rip stop stuff.

Make sure you get a swag with 3 poles so the centre doesn't hang down on your body when its raining.

[rolo]

I have the same oztrail as the bloke above. Works fine. Good poles. Just make sure you season it when/ if you get it.

Only badish thing is that once you get them out of the storage bag the first time, you might give up on trying to get it back in there. Apparently they're suppose to be stored rolled out so the bag is kind of useless anyway.

[tavita86]

Hey mate ive got a jungle reef outdoors swag which works great and was quite cheap!! Apparently the manufacturers used to make swags for the army but not 100% on that one. Anyways here is the site http://www.techniice.com/camping-gear/swags.html theyre doing some deals atm and they also sell for auction on ebay so you can get a good deal

[daveylad]

Tavita, Thanks, been looking at them they look pretty rugged with 15oz canvass compared to most at 12oz and they are a good price, looks like you've been happy with yours, looking gat the xtra large one at $229

[Ovington]

I have a dune 4x4 swag with the three poles. It has been awesome, incredibly comfortable, easy to erect and put down, (even when you S#@tfaced) I dont feel too claustrophobic as it has a higher roof. Only complaint is the size of it when its rolled up but its not that much bigger then the average I guess.

[daveylad]

Just won the bid for the swag, heaps cheaper than the online price too/ :woohoo: Thanks for the info everyone

[faulked]

I use a piece of tarp and a matress cut down to size heaps more comfy than my swag ...but if you want a cheap but good swag try http://goodwoods.com.au/swags/ cheaper than ebay

[Binder]

Problem is it is hard to get a swag these days, everyone thinks a one man tent with a matress in it is a swag.

What Jason describes is a real swag, and hard to find these days.

[daveylad]

Yes the old style ones are the originals and the new hoop ones to me are like the Hikers bivvy tents, I managed to use a small sheet of waterproof material as a tent for years in the army, But now I look at it as progress... like toilet paper years ago people used old newspapers(at least they did in the UK) then tissue...now its 3 ply.

the one I got on Ebay cost $140 delivered

[neal82]

let us know how it goes dave, been thinking about getting one myself

[daveylad]

No problems Neal, they sell for $229, on Ebay or they auction off some of them so its worth the try I paid $140 with delivery.

[JasonH]

Are you still happy with yours ?

I tried looking for the ebay account but there doesn't seem to be any swags on there ?

[fishingnut]

How'd you go Davey would you still recommend it ? The iron man swags seem to be getting decent reviews.