Crua Clan

Now in to our 5th year of ownership, I thought another update was due.
The colour of the material of our Crua tent has faded a bit with the exposure to sunlight (our tent is WELL used!), but it remains a fantastic tent.
Nothing has failed in 5 years, and I mean nothing. No rips, no failed zips, no leaks and no broken/failed poles (or airbeams). You really do get what you pay for.
It also remains very, very comfortable.
We had friends camp with us in a very inexpensive tent at the end of May for a couple of nights. They ended up sleeping in their car as they were cold. No such problems in the Crua, my better half and I were snug. The same couple have asked to borrow the Crua later in the year.
Couple that with excellent versatility, and the initial expense is justified.
It's still an excellent tent, Crua.
Thank you.

This is my go to tent when night temps dip below 55 degrees F. Great for blocking wind, moisture and cold.

I'm now in to year 3 of ownership, and this tent has not let me down one bit.
This summer we have endured some torrential thunderstorms and fairly high winds while camping, and this tent has once again proved to be a fantastic investment.
We have encountered other campers who didn't make the investment, and were cold, wet and annoyed that their holiday had been 'ruined' by the weather.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad equipment.
A brilliant tent, Crua.
Thank you.

Given the limited number of reviews out there, I wanted to leave a follow up after 5 days in the woods of northern Minnesota with this system. First thing I have to say is to the weatherproofing is amazing! The last night a line of sever thunderstorms rolled through with heavy rain(a couple inches)50+ mph winds, lots of lightning. The tent stayed dry and hardy shook in the wind, the kids were in a Duo with the Culla; thanks to the light blocking and soundproofing were not bothered by the thunder, lightning or wind. Also the tent took some hits from branches getting snapped off the trees. Inspection in the morning found no damage at all to the tents.

The steaks were as we thought, hammer in and remove with a plyers, but they hold firm! Floor material worked perfectly, Main door did work well with the kids thanks to the high end zipper.
Only complaints we would have after a real world use of it is the storage. Core and Duo's could really use storage up higher above the doors, like there is in the Culla. Due to where the storage pockets are located, they are useless for us. A mesh pockets above the main doors would be amazing and perfect for glasses and cell phones.(Things you don't want to risk being stepped on). Storage in the vestibules would also be VERY useful.

We did find bugs(spiders for us) can come in where the Duo's connect to the core at the bottom, putting a towel down at the threshold solved that.

In general we are very happy with the system!

Very excited to try out our new Core Max System, we partially set it up in the back yard today to get a feel for it and given the lack of reviews out there about these tents, I wanted to express my unvarnished impression of the tents.
Things we liked:
-Duo Max was super easy to set up
-Culla fits seamlessly inside the Duo
-Vestibules are amazing! an actual useful size
-Duo's attach very well to the Core(with covered zippers)
-Guidelines are clearly visible
-Not hot inside tent with 80+ degree weather, this is very impressive
-Love the modular system
Things we are worried about:
-Steaks it came with hurt hand to push in and need to be hammered into ground
- Tent Steaks have poor hook provision to grab guidelines(we will need to purchase new steaks, given the price of the system,
this is very disappointing)
-Storage compartments in core tent lay on floor rather than hang from the wall
-Floor Material drags on shoes(soft material)
-Optional rainfly's attach strangely
-Main door(this is a tough one, with it fully open it is a very nice large opening, but there is no fast way for the kids to open
and close the door, its kind of all or nothing. We are a bit worried this will lead to damage with children operating it, or bugs
entering the tent.
-The Core being the center piece of the system does not appear nearly as refined as the Duo's or Culla's.
We are leaving in a couple days for a week long camping trip with this system. I'm excited to test it out in the woods!

This is a big investment, but then again we are a big family. So its worth every penny. We go on regular family vacations and this thing is perfect.
Depending on weather and your configuration, you can sleep 24 people if all the units are used separately. And what's better is that it goes up and down in minutes which leaves us more time to holiday.
And when me and my eldest son go hiking alone, we simply pack one Duo and off we go.
Its so versatile.

I was finally able to put the Crua Clan Set to the test this weekend and it passed with flying colors, I had the core and two duo + cocoon setup from bags to beer in 30 minutes.

The tent out performed my expectations by far, you guys really have thought of everything, I have had four or five other tents and even last year purchased a Napier Caravan camper addon and I must say I cannot see myself needing anything else but the Crua.

The modularity is awesome as I only have to travel with what I need, everything just works well and you can see that the designers used the tents and the knowledge is built in to the design.

The duo + cocoon insanely enough was just as they described warm in the nights and cooler in the day.

My experience with Crua had a few hitches, but it ran the gamut in terms of service, so I feel like the most useful thing I can do is describe what happened.

I ordered the Clan set this summer; I loved the idea of it but felt apprehensive about doubling our young family’s tent budget and sending it off to a company I’d only just heard of (with a Kickstarter business model, to boot).

After exchanging multiple emails with their support people (Dylan and Chris, who were fantastic) about duties/costs and the tents themselves and reading into return policy etc., I decided to put my order in.

There was a month-long shipping delay (evidently held up in US customs in from their point of origin), which wasn’t the best, but things happen. When I did receive the tents, I ended up having a few more questions & concerns, all of which were handled promptly and fairly.

I would highly recommend contacting Crua if you’re on the fence or curious about something; Everyone I heard from was helpful, accountable, and actually a joy to communicate with. They clearly value their customers and I suspect they have a bright future ahead of them.

Decided to take my new family on their first camping trip this year.
Any other tent would have left them disappointed.
They loved it and asked can we go camping again soon.
Thanks Crua.

What a great central living space. We have our privacy at night while the kids love ther individual "bedrooms"