*THE RTT Owners Thread (With BS)*

I bought this, nice warm glow. It was $8.25 a few weeks ago, just plug it into my usb battery thumb drive. Light has a nice hook on it and a long cord. Super simple and super cheap.

$10 Onite USB LED Light Bulb, fits Most Portable Power Station & Solar Panel, Outdoor Lantern with Hook & 8.4ft Cord, Camping/Hiking/Power Outages Essential Gear, Van/Tent/Garage Use, 5W Warm White

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QX096L0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01

 

I used a similar model last time I went out. Those bulbs are great since I have a bunch of smaller usb batteries laying around. They light up the RTT perfectly and they work quite well to light up the area if you hang it inside of an EZ UP.

 

Just ran into this at Target, gonna pick one up. Love the dimmable feature and the price of $20.99.

 

Amazon 1 day shipping for a 68 cents more. It would cost me more than that to drive to the nearest Target 5 minutes from me.

Energizer LED Camping Lantern, Battery Powered Collapsible Lantern, Water Resistant Emergency Light, 100 Hour Run-time, Pack of 1

http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Fol...ED+Folding+360+Area+Lantern+with+Light+Fusion

 

'Merica

 

Love all the lighting ideas. I think ill put my electronics knowledge to work and make a whole setup in there. Plan is going to be 2 led strips, white and red. Both attached to the center support bar possibly using large clear shrink wrap. They will connect to a small project box, kinda like that pelican case pictured a few posts back. That box will have 2 small switches for each color light, with dimmer controls as well. The box with be retrofitted with 2 usb outlets and one 12v cig lighter with a master power switch. The box will be powered by a hardwired setup to the truck or im thinking to convert a household extension cord to be a less permanent solution. The male end of the plug will plug into a 110 outlet on the box and the female end will be cut off and either add a connector to plug into the hitch for power or alligator clips to the battery. Havent decided the wiring design yet, but i know i want this power box

 

Can you take some more pictures of how you have the "power" in the Pelican? Looks like outlets on the side of it. Giving me ideas, I already have my OBA in a Pelican behind my seat.

 

Here's some I had in my library
It's basically a "hub" for power. I have an extension cord that runs from an outlet on the truck to this box so I don't have to keep it in the tent.

 

Broke the travel cover zipper on day 2 of my 8-day Montana/Wyoming expedition. Finished out the trip with just the straps over the travel cover (held fine, even at 80+ mph). Gave CVT a call yesterday to see about ordering a new zipper. They said "no problem!" Guess what showed up today! New zipper. Free of charge (CVT called it a warranty item).

Killer customer service, CVT!!

 

TepuiFest is just around the corner on Oct 16-18 at Hollister Hills in CA. Gonna be a great time again this year. Come meet the Tepui staff and lots of other Tepui owners and have a great time. Details in the link below.

http://tepuitents.com/collections/tepui-adventures/products/tepui-fest-october-11-13th-2014

 

Can anyone with the rgb strips tell me if they do white as well?

 

Mine do white and yellow along with the rgb

 

Mine are "rgbww". Every other led is either a color or warm white light.

 

How the heck do you guys get these things closed with bedding and pillows inside?! Just installed mine last night and had a hard enough time getting it closed with nothing inside lol

 

Check your hinge man mine bound up before. Also check every single bolt on it. My tepui was and is great but some of the bolts weren't tight and once they fall out or get loose it likes to bind up on the hinges and cross bars. Shouldn't be difficult at all to close if everything is good

 

Best thing I've found for lighting. Have 3 of them, one inside the tent, one under by the ladder to serve as a night light, and one over the bed to find stuff in the dark. I place a bit of velcro on the back of the light, then matching strips in different areas that light will be needed.

Works awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/Rechargeable-...loepWFL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_

 

Maybe someone can help me.... inside the CVT Mt. Shasta there are 2 nylon straps, 1 on each side, permanently attached to the center support bar. The free end has a closed loop on it just like the attached side. In videos Ive seen bungee cord like straps that criss cross the tent to help it close and tuck in, but these dont seem to reach across and even if they did there is no way to attach them anywhere. Anyone know what these are for?

 

Really?? That seems odd. I guess its a great idea they just didnt seem to be too functional for the purpose but then again i wasnt looking at it that way so ill have to look again this weekend when i open it up again. Thanks.

Did yours comes with thise bungees i mentioned to criss cross to assist in closing?