G'day Steve,

The Family 12 Dome Tent and the Latitude Family Dome are fairly similar tents, however, the difference comes down to a slightly different configuration in terms of the room sizes. The Family 12 Dome has slightly larger middle rooms, as well as larger sidewalls on each of the faces which can be opened up to create more awning spaces. Both models have Polyester UVTex fly material, with the Latitude having a little more internal mesh on the tent body itself.

G'day Chad,

This is slightly tricky given the shape of the tent. My thoughts are to buy 2 Oztrail Ultrmesh Tarps - one big one measuring 8 x 20ft or 6.10 x 2.44 and one smaller one measuring 8 x 8ft or 2.44 x 2.44. The specific dimensions are shown in the 4th picture above.

G'day Elan,

There are three internal doors that divide the Family 12 Dome into four separate spaces.

G'day Elan,

I've just double checked and the Oztrail Family 12 has internal doors that divide the rooms. 

G'day Sian,

The Galaxy Plus is a larger tent catering very comfortably for 10 people (and up to 15), whereas the OZtrail Family 12 is more suitable for 6-12 people depending on how much living space you want.  Either one would offer a family of 4 (and your dog) plenty of room for sleeping, relaxing and shelter from the elements.  The Galaxy Plus is of superior quality, which is reflective in its price, along with the size difference.  We've had strong feedback for this one and its smaller counterpart, the Galaxy Family, with many campers reporting how well it holds up during inclement weather, a statement of its quality!  The OZtrail Family 12 is designed so it can be opened right up for terrific ventilation and no extra gear is needed for rain protection, you'd just need to ensure you zip everything up which might make access into or out of a bit tricky but this could probably be overcome by leaving the front awning up and making sure you clear a possible 'wetspace' at the front of that entry room!  Hope that helps.  Cheers :)

G'day Craig,

You could use any of our available awning poles with the Oztrail Family Dome Tent. We tend to sell quite a few of the Supa Peg Big Foot T-Nut Poles, Oztent Alloy Poles and the Darche Telescopic Alloy Poles.

G’day Claire,

There probably isn’t an exact figure that I could give you, but if I had to take a guess I would say due to the size it going to be about 30-45 minutes to set up.

Oztrail say that it is easier to set up with two people, so if you were to set it up by yourself it may take you a bit longer as it is quite a large tent so if you have someone on hand it will be a lot faster.

As for ease, as it’s a dome style tent, you’re going to have to lay it out, peg it down, assemble the poles, and thread them through, attach the fly and guy it out so it should be fairly standard to set up. 

G'day Jacquie, 

The warranty for the Family Dome 12 Tent covers material or manufacturing defects of the tent, but it won’t cover normal wear and tear or misuse of the tent. You see the full warranty on Oztrail website here if that helps. If in the event you have any trouble, just come back to us directly and we’ll sort everything out for you Jacquie. 

G’day Jane,

The Oztrail Family 12 Dome Tent has a D-shape door at the rear with a mesh and solid option. As far as we know there would be no problem using the rear door as your main entry point – whatever works best for you!

G’day Miranda,

As far as I can find from looking at the older catalogues from the supplier, The Family 12 dome is overall a slightly smaller and lighter model than the Villa Dome, though they have a very similar layout. 

The Family 12 has smaller sleeping rooms, larger living space areas, and bigger awnings with an overall 100cm shorter width.The Family 12 is also 4.5kg lighter than the Villa Dome. 

We don’t actually have the Family 12 on display so I can’t confirm the number for the tent itself, but from looking at the structure it should have 5 hoop shaped poles plus 2 awning poles. The extra awning poles as shown in the third picture of the descriptions are not included with the Family 12 tent.