OEX Phoxx II v2 Two Years on

Southern Copse at Crowdy

It was a cool, breezy and somewhat damp Saturday morning when I decided to take the Phoxx out to Crowdy Reservoir on Bodmin Moor to finally film my long-term review.

I'd been wanting to get this done for a long time, but for various reasons its never happened. The last time I tried I even forgot to pack the poles!

So Dave and I set off for Crowdy, taking in the beautiful imposing view of Rough Tor along the way before coming up the Reservoir via Davidstow Airfield. having parked up we set off across the dam to the copse of trees on the Southern side of the reservoir where we found a large shelter made of fallen trees and branches. It was here I decided to record the video since the shelter gave me somewhere relatively dry to store everything while I was filming.

I like big huts ('n' I cannot lie)!

While dodging both the rain and Dave's incessant barking I managed to film the review but also had time to play around with a few new angles and "shooting for editing".

I don't usually shoot for the edit, which leads me to getting awfully frustrated during the editing process, but this time I took the time to think about what shots I wanted in advance of filming and managed to get them all done.

Overall I am happy with the resulting video, aside from one thing. Somehow I forgot to press record when I was talking about one aspect that I wanted to include. However, the end result still conveys everything I intended to include in the review so I am not unhappy about it.

The Phoxx II v2 in all it's glory

In addition, I also managed to knock out a second video, this one on the subject of modifying the Phoxx II to make pitching all-in-one a possibility. Not something that I think I will suit my camping well, but I reckon will help others.

My OEX Phoxx II v2 Long Term Review video is out now while the All-in-One Mod video is scheduled to go live on the 1st November at 6pm GMT so make sure to check out the channel page

I hope you get to watch the videos and enjoy the result. Any feedback? leave them in the video comments and I'll be sure to (maybe) reply!

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