A good old canvas Swag has to be one of the most traditional Australian ways to get out and camp and have been used to good effect at campsites for hundreds of years all across Australia!

Whilst the market is now flooded with swags there aren’t many swags that can quite compete with the performance and bang for buck you get when checking out the awesome range of Adventure Kings Swags!

Packed full of desirable features it is hard to look at any other camping stores for your next brand new swag!

Starting at the origins of swags, before the wars and back before the Australian continent was considered its own country. Many workers across the infant countryside, would travel to where they could earn a living. With a fledgling economy the idea was to go to where there was work, from shearers, drovers and Jackaroos all the way to miners and rail workers, there would be an exodus to the areas of this vast sunburned country that required manual labor and because of this travelling workforce many of these hard working Aussies would carry all of their gear including their food rolled up in a bundle inside a canvas tarp including some woolen blankets, all neatly tied to be easily carried on the back.

This early camping setup of a simple canvas tarp was given many nicknames, from “Bluey” to “matilda” but the non-colloquial term we have all come to call these mobile homes from the days of old is a swag!

With a long standing history that includes tales and songs of itinerant workers, it makes sense that just about every red blooded Aussie chooses to go camping in their own swag, with a taste of history yet many more creature comforts than were available to the swagmen of old!

The Adventure Kings range of camping swags range from camping swags that are as large as a tent, and all the way back to a more traditional and compact style that is suitable for setting up in fast and light setups or strapping to the back of a motorbike!

The Adventure Kings Kwiky Swag is the fastest and lightest swag in the Adventure Kings range. Whilst still being made from the same reliable materials as the other models in the range the Adventure Kings Kwiky Swag is the pinnacle of compact and traditional camping!

Measuring 750mm across, even big burley campers can fit in this compact little swag, and with a head and foot pole the canvas can be held taught with just two pegs. With a massive opening mesh roof and a head end zipper, there is plenty of ventilation for even on hot summer nights.

Being a simple 2 pole design makes this swag quick to setup taking just a couple of seconds to unroll and feeding the end poles through their sewn loops, and setup is complete.

Including a thick 50mm thick mattress, the Kwiky swag, gets you up off the ground for a more comfortable nights sleep no matter what the campsite base is.

Your next option in the range is the renowned Adventure Kings Escape Single Swag this swag is a step up in comfort to the Kwiky, offering 850mm width and an 800mm internal head height for nearly double the space inside. The Escape single is tall enough that you can sit up inside, and even get changed if the conditions aren’t good outside, this can save a lot of embarrassment at camp when you are in your pajamas (or nothing at all) when you hit the sack!

Made from a tougher 400gsm Ripstop poly-cotton canvas and fitted with a PVC bucket floor, the material and build quality of the Escape single swag makes it the perfect swag for younger campers who may need their own space at camp!

Progressing through our range, we move to our double swag range. The double swags available from Adventure Kings are some of the most popular 2 person camping swags available on the market, with 3 separate models to suit every campers needs!

The Adventure Kings Escape Double Swag is an enhanced edition of the single version above. Measuring a massive 1450mm wide, it is nearly double the width of the Kwiky single swag.

The Escape double swag features the same plush 50mm open cell foam that is standard with most Adventure kings swag options. The 400gsm canvas protects the whole swag from any weather and even offers the ability to roll it back to stargaze as you are falling asleep.

The setup of both the single and the double escape swag, is only slightly more complex than the Kwiky for ease of setup, requiring just 1 additional pole in the middle of the swag to give additional space in the swag for sitting up and getting changed in privacy!

The final 2 swags in the Adventure Kings range are easily two of Australia’s favorite swags!

They came about by our designers wanting to offer one of the most comfortable and easy to setup swags on the market, whilst also offering affordability and top performance in the worst weather conditions.

The Big Daddy Swags were born and took the industry by storm. Offering a massive 1550mm of width and over 1000mm of head height the Big Daddy Swags are both free standing designs that offer plenty of internal space and comfort, with a massive amount of space inside you can get changed easily and comfortably and with the fly screen mesh windows and doors you can open all 4 sides in hot weather to ensure that the cool breeze takes away any stuffiness.

The Adventure Kings Big Daddy Swag features the typical 50mm thick mattress, for supreme comfort, whilst if you were looking for even more comfort the Adventure Kings Big Daddy Deluxe offers the perfect solution with its 70mm thick mattress offering additional cushion and insulation for a comfortable night sleep!

As a quality upgrade to your Big Daddy swag, we recommend adding an Adventure Kings queen size self-inflating mattress. A self-inflating mattress offers 100mm of insulation whilst being adjustable for how firm you like it, many older campers like to setup their big daddy with both the open cell mattress and their additional self-inflating mattress for ultimate comfort with up to 170mm of mattress beneath you!

All Adventure Kings swags use tough ripstop poly cotton canvas fabric, which is not only durable but extremely waterproof, most of the range takes advantage of the toughest 400gsm poly cotton canvas and double stitched seams for extra durability. By weaving a synthetic rip proof grid into the canvas the tensile strength of the fabric increases by many factors making it extremely resistant to stretching and tearing, without needing to increase the thickness of the fabric.

The benefit to using a porous natural fibre like cotton in our canvas ensures that when it is pouring down, the fibres are so tightly packed so when the fibers absorb water, they expand and lock into each other, making sure that no water can seep through the fabric.

Adventure Kings offers plenty of breathability with its sand-fly proof mesh, to prevent pesky insects from eating you alive through the night. This mesh also stops other creepy crawlies from making their way into your bedding at camp.

The other common features found within the range are the tough and fully waterproof PVC bucket flooring. PVC offers an impenetrable material that is extremely durable, whilst also preventing any moisture from seeping through. To take advantage of the PVC’s weather proof qualities all Adventure Kings Swags have deep bucket floors. Bucket flooring is when the floor material wraps up a portion of the sides of the swag and makes sure that any standing water cannot lap at the side of the swag.

The PVC also prevents ground water from seeping through the base of the swag, making a PVC bucket floor a must have with any swag camping setup!

The Adventure Kings range of swags are some of the best value swag setups on the market. Offering more bang for buck than with any other swags available on the market. It is no wonder that Adventure Kings swags are some of the most popular swags available on the market taking over just about any campsite in Australia, not only are they comfortable and practical they work in any condition and work in all seasons!

Throwing back to the jolly swagmen of the old Australian folklore tales, they would definitely appreciate the luxury features that are offered by the Adventure Kings range of quality swags, from stitched in tie down straps, and even an included mattress and fly-screens to keep the bugs off. Technology certainly offers much more comfort and value for money than has ever been available f.

Adventure Kings entire range are extremely good quality products, whilst also maintaining their excellent value for money!

Offering excellent value for money, you’d almost be considered mad if you didn’t get your hands on an Adventure Kings Swag!