Episode #7 New Gazelle T4 Plus Hub Overland Edition tent at Green Ridge State Forest Site 50.

[@marknelson9615]

Hello Campers. We also have a Gazelle T4 Plus, the original orange model. We have had it about a year and a half spending approximately 30 nights in it. It is a great tent and we enjoy using. However, just know that strong winds can and will collapse the hubs. Staking and tethering the five metal eyebolts helps with the hub walls. Yet, on two occasions, once while camping in Western Kansas and once in Alabama, wind gust have collapsed a roof hub in. In Kansas it happened so many times that we eventually retreated to the truck for some sleep. In Alabama, the wind was so strong it put enough force on the roof hub to push one of the fiberglass poles through a corner seam. Easy enough to repair at home, but ended that camping trip. Don't intend to sound negative as we love this tent, but just know wind is it's nemesis.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Good to know, thanks. I waited on buying it, figuring they would make it in green. Glad I waited.

[@naamangeist7843]

I'm considering buying one of these. I like the green color better from the outside but I'm thinking the brighter orange color would serve better for inside lighting at night. I was hoping this video would change my mind but the camera never entered the tent.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

I waited for the green because on the way everything inside orange and yellow tents are so saturated by those colors in the tent. The green tent just makes it a little darker, but everything inside doesn't look green. Yellow and orange tent sometimes give me headaches in the morning when the sun blasts those brighter colors in the rent.

[@BWT599]

I have the light green T3 tent and just received the T4 plus overland. We camp as a family with two young boys who race motocross. Luckily our T3 didn't collapse during very windy conditions camped next to the track. I think the large cover for the T4 plus will be very different than the T3, in a good way vs the wind.

[@WeShootBack1776]

Use a collapsible tent pole in the middle of the ceiling hub on windy days and you won't have that issue next time

[@kirbincap8307]

I enjoy your videos as much as Green Ridge! I just bought the T-4 plus and headed to site 70 or 43 on Tuesday.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Thanks! How did your trip go?

[@kirbincap8307]

@@BananaRepublicAdventures The trip was fantastic! Chose site 43 and really tested the Gazelle as it poured the first night and most of the next day. Great tent! I found a place on Hipcamp that butts up against green ridge and 500ft from C&O trail, 3 mi from Paw Paw tunnel that Im looking to try out soon. Thanks for the videos!

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Glad to hear. We used the Gazelle again in our next two up coming videos. Great tent.

[@kirbincap8307]

@@BananaRepublicAdventures really is a great tent. I can’t wait to catch the next adventure.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

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[@sublyme2157]

Fun video! I spent most my life in Maryland, and some days I even miss it :)

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

It's a nice camping area.

[@MrRamman04]

I thought I wanted one, now I know I don’t so thanks for the video, I wish my daughter would go camping with us at that age, she stopped following us around 14 and finds us weird camping at over 50years old, miss spending time with the kids but alone time with mom is very relaxing

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

It's still pretty easy to put up.

[@SoCalSurfer69]

Nice to see another Commander out there.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Thanks!

[@Pieguy73]

Jeep commander! I just got one. Sitting in it now watching this. Mines the 4.7. You got the hemi?

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Sorry for getting back to you so late. Yes, I had the Hemi. Last January I traded it in for a Gladiator. I loved that Commander and it was a very hard decision to make. I had also sold my Ram truck so I needed to combined the vehicles in to 1 so the Jeep Gladiator was the winner.

[@benhand9308]

The buildings near the bridge were used to house German prisoners of war during WWII then later a juvenile detention area. This was later moved toward the interstate just as one enters the forest.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

I did not know that. Thanks for the info.

[@gracecallowayable]

Awesome!!!👠🚌👠

[@RichJohnstun]

I don't stake down the footprint separately. I lay it out and then stake it down at the same time I stake down the tent using the same stake. I think it makes things a little easier.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Sounds good. Thanks for the advice.

[@nvrmor023]

Wish they'd make the fly cove the rear better, the exposed inner walls will sweat in rain.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

I haven't had that issue and have had it out in the rain a few times.

[@tyelytle7856]

If you have/get the waterproof gazebo wind panels you can add those to the outsides of the tent and it works amazingly well especially for the areas the rain fly doesn’t fully cover.

[@jn6459]

What is the blue cone looking thing?

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Bathroom tent. That one broke so we bought a better one. The new one is in a later video.

[@KHudd]

That thing looks like a pain in the azz, to put up.

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

It is the first few times. But once you get use to it, it goes faster.

[@mikep4823]

Jeeez if you find this like too much work just rent a hotel room but i guess even bringing the clothes bags is allot of work HA HA HA. Better yet just stay home watching the maid do the cleaning and the yardman cut the grass. Like how lazy can a person be 😅😅😅😅🤣😂

[@KHudd]

@@mikep4823 HUH?

[@Live2ride2live54321]

It literally can be put up in 120 seconds.. it’s one of the easiest tents to put up…

[@chriskenmotsu9]

Come on man, In a hurry to get out there uh, your kid did all the work setting up camp, dude how bout doing your part instead of just walking around would have been done faster, but any way nice commander

[@BananaRepublicAdventures]

Wow, guess I should have left the whole video up of settings up the tent. Definitely took a while to setup for the first time. Thanks for the Commander comment. It's a work in process.

[@dougstroudphotography]

What an incredibly stupid comment. First of all it is very inaccurate and second letting his daughter participate is not only teaching her to be self reliant but also she enjoyed it… and you didn’t see him right along side her setting up the tent?