G'day Angus,

The Mitchell swag mattress is a piece of 5cm foam so realistically once you unwrap it from its brand new compressed state it will expand pretty quickly.  I'd say you would want to roll out the swag mattress for a day before taking it on a trip. Test it out, if you feel like it could be better give it a little longer, or place it in a warm room of the house.

G'day Paul,

You've got a few ways you could go here. You could look at a classic tarp like the Kookaburra Heavy Duty Tarp and fold it so it fits completely under your swag. This will prevent water from pooling on the tarp under the swag and it'll prevent you from needing to peg it down. The second option would be to use an Oztrail Ultramesh Tarp and use it to protect your swag base but also create a bit of ground cover around the swag. This will result with holes in the mesh tarp but you can have a read of our blog here on ways you can prevent this from becoming an issue. 

G'day Paul,

Yeah mate, all the stock we have is product number CSW-MIED-F. The number was the same for 2017/18 as it is for 2018/19 series swags and as far as the new catalogue tells me they've made no changes this year. Last year they did add eyelets to allow the use of a ridgepole but that's the only update we know of. You're welcome to pop back in with the swag and we'll double check it's the latest model if you like. 

G'day Shay,

It sure it is waterproof. But make sure your son reads our guide to seasoning your swag here before he heads out in the weather with it. There's also some good tips on cleaning and storing your swag in there as well that might be helpful. 

G'day Paul,

The Oztrail Canvas Swag Bag Double will fit the Mitchell Expedition Double Swag