{"id":21334,"date":"2025-09-18T14:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=21334"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:15:11","slug":"holding-pageoz-tent-rv5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=21334","title":{"rendered":"Oz-Tent RV5 system."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our reasoning &amp; expectations behind this.<\/strong><br>Having used several different tents, we have been looking for one that would be a bit more robust and hopefully suitable for winter use. To that end, we have opted for the Oz-Tent RV5, a heavy-duty internally poled modular tent. (actually two of them) allowing us to use one on its own, or the two connected together, with or without the side panels for the attached awnings <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">(we still need a second set of side panels)<\/span>. We also have the material for footprints, but it needs cutting to size.<br><br><br><strong><br>Oz-Tent RV5.<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"> (basic unit)<\/span><br>Second sleeping compartment.<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"> (second tent).<br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Awning side &amp; end panels.<\/span> (need a second set).<\/span><br><\/strong><strong>Tent joining panel. <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">(with gutter).<\/span><br>Tent footprint, ground sheet protectors.<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"> (x2).<br><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Fiy sheets<\/span><\/span><br><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Drive-away awning side panel.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">(to be constructed).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our&nbsp; Oz-Tent RV5 system\/setup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Single RV5 with no side or end panels fitted.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-25a-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20934 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-1536x1131.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P1023702b-2048x1508.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two RV5 tents, connected, plus the side panels we currently have fitted.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-18a-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1732\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b.jpg 1732w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oztent-22b-1536x1172.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alegedly, a 5-man tent! <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">(realistically, a 4-man).<\/span>&nbsp; For two people, there is a lot of space.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oztent-31-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">More info, photos, and a full write-up to follow soon, and some better photos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In-use <em>reviews.<br><\/em><\/strong><em>The basic tent can be put up in 30 seconds <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">(and by one person),<\/span> but it takes a bit longer to sort out the canopy and panels. It is also far easier with two people, particularly, the canopy and panels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pros.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cons.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our conclusions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other related or affected items<\/strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=16683\">Base camp or longer stay tents.<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=16686\"><em>Lightweight, Backup &amp; <\/em><em>short-stay tents<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categorie link pages:-<\/strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=48\">Reviews<\/a>.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=413\">General use &amp; Camping<\/a>.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=827\">For use with the van.<\/a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=6077\"><em>Tents.<\/em><\/a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=16683\">Base camp or longer stay tents.<\/a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oz-Tent RV5<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thanks for reading.<\/strong><br><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-100x100.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"152\"><br>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our reasoning &amp; expectations behind this.Having used several different tents, we have been looking for one that would be a bit more robust and hopefully suitable for winter use. To that end, we have opted for the Oz-Tent RV5, a heavy-duty internally poled modular tent. (actually two of them) allowing us to use one on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=21334\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oz-Tent RV5 system.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6077,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21334","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21334"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22595,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21334\/revisions\/22595"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}