Southern cross canvas, king dome swag.

I have a SC King Dome swag.
Brilliant bit of gear, top notch quality like all the stuff SC make, they are at the higher end of the price scale but the service life of SC stuff more than covers the cost.

Big roomy, easy access, no negatives to mention.

I don't have a SC swag but I do have a SC tent which is fantastic, do doubt.

I looked at the SC swag but it was a bit pricey for me. I ended up with a similar dome swag by Kulkyne which is great. Great quality canvas and sets up in seconds. The queen dome is similar to the one you are looking at.

Kulkyne dome swags


If you haven't made up your mind do consider these.

Hi War Machine

We have had a top quality South Australian made double swag for well over 20 years and you just can not wear it out. The sway was a traditional type swag, no fly mesh, just rill it out and hop in.

One thing that Fiona a paranoid out is snakes and in January this year we had an issue with a nice little Tiger Snake in our camp down the Yorke Peninsula, and the only way to get Fiona feeling safe was to go for a Southern Cross Dome double.

Like I said my old faithful was just perfect, and we were very skeptical the fire time we slept in the Southern Cross..would it be as comfortable, what would it be like fully enclosed etc.

The end verdict.............we scored the new Southern Cross 200 out of 100, the best swag by a country mile, far more comfortable and as cosy as a bug in a rug.

Go the Southern Cross and you will never regret your purchase one moment.







Cheers


Stephen

I'll comment here to support the SC dome swag although I don't own one. Like Stephen, we've always been swag campers but came to a point where we needed a new style - so upgraded to the dome. Here in Perth, we did a quick shop around and picked up the Boab Territory (sold by Ray's Outdoors). The SC wasn't seen in our local stores but I had checked some reviews online and found it was considered "identical" to the SC. This style of swag is a big improvement and just want we needed - more room, greater comfort. It was also on special so we grabbed it. Upon meeting up with Stephen and Fiona on our recent August trip to Maralinga, we noticed they had the SC dome so I was able to make some comparisons. If I had my money/time again I think I'd buy the SC one. The main problem with the Boab is that it doesn't have a full side opening on BOTH sides. It is deceptive, it appears that both sides are identical with full mesh openings and one side fully zips undone. The other side doesn't unzip at all but you can unzip at the head and crawl out (over your pillow??). It's not just a hassle for getting out, but you can't close the flap if the moonlight gets too bothersome, or you need to seal off rain or wind draft. I liked our AOS swag in that we could easily unzip a portion of the mesh and put your hand out to reach the canvas and flick it back over the mesh. Not being able to do that from my side on the Boab made sleeping with the canvas flap open a pain in the neck because I'd have to wake up David (which is like waking up a bear, believe me!) if I needed my side closed. So go for the SC - it seems to have ticked all the boxes and you get what you pay for (the Boab is considerably cheaper). Hope this helps.