Joel Thomson
Fabulous shop, brilliant equipment and range, and great staff; highly knowledgable, super-helpful.
My experience:
I purchased a Darche Panorama, plus some odds and ends from Tentworld in Ferntree Gully, Victoria; specifically, from Lachlan, who works there and is a specialist with the Darche equipment.
The tent is a great product, but the manufacturer doesn't go to any great trouble to explain how you fit it to your roof. If you have bulk-standard roof bars, okay, but most people fitting a serious RTT, I assume, will have a quality tray (Frontrunner, Rhino, etc.) That being the case, additional fittings are often required, from the roof rack manufacturer, and some understanding of how to set it all up. In my case a set of brackets were required from Frontrunner, for my Slimline 2 model. These brackets elevate the RTT above the raised edge of the roof tray rim. This is not an obvious requirement, based on the tent installation manual; one would reasonably assume that the fitting provided would attach the base-rails of the RTT to the rack quite easily.
Without Lachlan's advice, I would've found out about the fitting issue too late in the day to get parts; and be without a usable RTT for our Australia Day break.
Separately, I called the same shop for advice on a 12V battery setup to charge a camping fridge and lights; again, great advice, this time from a separate representative. If you've explored 12V solutions, you'll know this is a minefield of information and potential mistakes (spend too much, buy the wrong things). It can get quite technical too.
Tentworld made it very straightforward; again, this is down to their personal experience, combined with a really broad understanding of the options and considerations.
Stores like this are a joy to go to, my advice; research all you like online, but go instore for the advice and to buy—support retailers like this one!