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vehicle tentsSportz® SUV Tent for the VW Touareg and Routan at Stevens Creek Volkswagen

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Visit our website to learn more about the Sportz® SUV Tent for the VW Touareg and Routan and order one for yourself! stevenscreekvw.com Come see our display at: Stevens Creek Volkswagen 4490 Stevns Creek Blvd., San Jose, CA 95129
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Planes Tents & Barbeques 2010. Part 5 of my new mini series based around a mad family trip to watch the RIAT (Royal International Air Tatoo) at RAF Fairford, (UK).

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vehicle tents|Pop Up Tents: Learn How to Choose the Right One

The choosing of pop up tents is done after seeing all its advantages over any other type of tents. After knowing the features of all types of tents, one can surely say that they are much better over others.

The choice of these types of tents depends on a lot of parameters. The first is the cost which should be according to the budget of the person who wants to buy them. The price range of these pop up tents is from some hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars. Obviously, the quality and the durability of pop up tents determine their price.

The next point of consideration is their size. One should realize their size and what and how many accessories one needs to be inside the pop up tents. The size of the beds which will be placed inside should be taken into consideration.

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Another feature which should be considered while choosing pop up tents is the material. One needs to realize whether they want the walls of the pop up tents made up of soft material like canvas or of any other hard material. Canvas type pop up tents is more common than tents made up of any other material. They are inexpensive and when damaged they can be repaired easily too. Those made up of solid material are not that prone to any kind of damages and offer long time durability. The point to consider is the weight and size that the carrying vehicle can afford. This is because they will reside a number of accessories inside them which would be carried on the vehicle only.

The requirement of brakes for pop up tents should also be discussed as this determines their size. Without the brakes these tents are very light in weight. Their size is reduced significantly due to the brakes.

The important thing to do before deciding on the pop up tents is one should take the demo of the tents and see that they can be easily erected and can be settled down with the same amount of ease. The live example will make sure the decision to choose the pop up tents or not.


16 Comments to vehicle tentsSportz® SUV Tent for the VW Touareg and Routan at Stevens Creek Volkswagen

  1. USNERDOC's Gravatar USNERDOC
    09/19/2011 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

    Cool stuff indeed!

  2. mujawooja's Gravatar mujawooja
    09/19/2011 at 1:30 pm | Permalink

    nice summer fun

  3. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    @ElunedLOTR cheers Sian, yes it’s a surprisingly effective idea – even on dull days the temp goes up quite a lot.

  4. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

    @ribcageproductions cheers – they take a surprisingly long time to edit – good job its only once a year or there’ll be no time to do anythuing else :o )

  5. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

    @bfilmsengland LOL – might be worth sending them a clip :o )

  6. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 3:04 pm | Permalink

    @TheMusicMark Hi mark, I agree swingball is so much fun and addictive :o )
    Yes I have many different podcastst on the go from various projects – they get published in the iTunes library and come up in any search globally.
    PM me if you want details.

  7. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

    @freestylefilmsinc its a generic pro called “HQ Tripod 100″

  8. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

    @55022RSG LOL! I lost it years ago!

  9. rickvanman's Gravatar rickvanman
    09/19/2011 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

    @Richard44Green They are vented through tubes to the underside of the van.

  10. freestylefilmsinc's Gravatar freestylefilmsinc
    09/19/2011 at 6:13 pm | Permalink

    rick what tripod do you use

  11. ElunedLOTR's Gravatar ElunedLOTR
    09/19/2011 at 6:44 pm | Permalink

    That idea for warming the water for your shower is brill!

  12. Richard44Green's Gravatar Richard44Green
    09/19/2011 at 6:46 pm | Permalink

    Great video Rick, quick question, how do you vent you batteries when sleeping in the van or do you not bother and it has had no effect on you ?

    Thanks

  13. 55022RSG's Gravatar 55022RSG
    09/19/2011 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

    rick has finally lost it

  14. TheMusicMark's Gravatar TheMusicMark
    09/19/2011 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    Another great video Rick, Swingball is amazing. I had one and spent hours plaing with it!! So do you make podcasts for iTunes??

  15. bfilmsengland's Gravatar bfilmsengland
    09/19/2011 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

    5:54 looked like you were going to get hit in the head with the ball :) could have sent it off to you’ve been framed :) )

  16. ribcageproductions's Gravatar ribcageproductions
    09/19/2011 at 9:16 pm | Permalink

    I love these episodes rick! 5*****

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