Hey guys, Ben from Snowys here. We're
checking out the Darche Nebula 2400 Swag
here today. Brad from Canberra
wrote in yesterday wanted to know a little
bit more about it, so we're going to put
a video together for you, show you how it
works. If you do have any video requests
on products that you want to know more
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Let's get started.
So, we'll have a look at what's in the box of the Nebula. It's a little bit different than
your normal swag in that there is a number
of components instead of it all being rolled
up together. So we've got the main
portion of the swag - the body, poles -
quite a few poles here, get some pegs and some guy ropes. Nice heavy-duty storage
bag made with good canvas, so not going to fall apart that one. And this here is a fly
sheet, which is made from a PU coated
synthetic as opposed to the canvas.
So, let's show you how it all goes together.
Nice heavy-duty vinyl PVC floor.
Just gonna have to wing it.
So, there's three poles
for the Nebula 2400.
There's two, two side hoops and a ridge
pole that runs across the middle, so the two
side ones have obviously got these
elbows on them. There's one there and we've got...
one here.
And, the ridge pole which actually comes in three sections.
Push button locking mechanism
in the peak of the pole here, just to
keep it all in place - on both sides
that's on the top peak of the pole. So we've layed the poles down now, we've got two
hoops on each side and the ridge pole that runs through the middle. We wont put the
ridge pole together yet because we've
actually gotta pass the ridge pole through
the hoop and then put this on the other
side. So let's put it together.
So, we've got the frame roughly in place. Now we just need to attach the swag to it.
So each corners got a pin, goes into the
bottom of each pole, like so. Do that on all
four corners. So that's the four corner
pins in place, we will actually extend
these legs, eventually, but I might clip
the fly of the swag to the frame
before we do that just to keep it a
little bit lower. A bit easier to work
with then, so I'll just go around and put all these C clips in place.
Before I get too high here, might unzip the door and clip the ridge clips in first.
I'm just going to make it easier to reach than trying to reach over the top of the tent.
I just noticed when I extended this ridge pole out
that this clips a little far over so
probably worth noting that when you set
yours up, make sure that there's a clip
on each side of the orange extension
clamp there, like so.
Now I've got a nice tight ridge. Simply
loops over the end of the ridgepole
We'll tighten that up. There's one of these on both ends so we'll do the same thing to the
other side. So that's the frame in place, we'll just extend the legs to bring it to
full height now. So that's the last pole
extended and probably looks a little bit
loose at the moment ideally when you've got
pegs in place, obviously it's all a bit
tighter, we can't put pegs on the floor
in the shop here. But starting to get a
pretty good idea for what the tent looks
like. Let's open up some of the windows, show you
what it looks like inside.
So we've opened
up all the doors and windows of the
Nebula 2400 for you so you get an idea of the
accessibility and ventilation of the
swag. Essentially there's two large
doorways and two windows. They can all
be opened up completely, so you could walk in from any side of the tent. It's all really
heavy-duty mesh, insect proof mesh so
keep those bugs out on warm nights or
zip it up completely on a cold or stormy
night. There's also a couple of vents on
the front here, also with the same mesh
that have a flap, that can be zipped closed.
So tonnes of ventilation in the Nebula 2400. As for height, I'm about 186
centimetres. If I stand up in the middle
of the tent, my head's just touching a
peak so standing room for all but the
tallest of people in this one. The only
thing we haven't talked about is the, the,
fly sheet. You use the fly to reduce
condensation on particularly cold nights or if you are stuck out in a lot of really wet
weather. You might want to throw it over the
top just to keep the moisture out.
The swag itself is waterproof without
the fly. This just gives it an extra
level of protection. Tonnes of pegs that
come with the swag as well. So the fly
attaches really easily. There's little
metal hooks that attach on loops in the
canvas here. Velcro that goes around the
poles and brass eyelets that go over the
ridge pole at the end here. It does have
extra fabric to extend out as an awning
to the front of the, the swag, so you can have a little bit of extra living space.
You'll need optional poles, these aren't
included with the swag. You can get this
pretty much anywhere, just a pole with a spigot on the end. Something around
190 centimetres, 230 centimetres depending on how high you
want it. A couple of those and the extra
guy ropes that are included with the
swag and you've got yourself an awning at the front. So that's the Nebula 2400.
More of a tent than a swag but something a bit different.
