How To Pitch the MSR Elixir 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- In our very first how to video, Chris has a go at pitching the MSR Elixir 2 solo and offers some tips for getting it pitched in high wind. We've had this tent almost 5 months and it is dead easy to pitch, alone or as a pair. Any questions regarding the tent and its features, please ask away in the comments section!
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I watched 4 set up videos and they didnt help me for shit but you made it clear enough!
Great to hear that, it's really dead simple to pitch!
Very informative video, I've just bought an elixir 2 and this has taught me how to pitch it perfectly!
Thanks for the post. I'm tent shopping now for a bike tour this summer. Now I know what tent. Great video.
Hope your bike tour goes well. Happy adventures :)
Thanks for the help
thanks for the great review, i'll try it out tomorrow!
We are tent shopping as we speak - and been looking at this model today. Thanks for sharing the how to! Seems fairly straightforwad :)
It sure is friend! It was a pleasure to make this video and always brings back great memories of great nights spent in the tent 😊
Thanks bro!
I ordered this today because of this review!
great video thank you, looking forward to setting up my exilir 2
You will surely love it :)
Great review👍
Thank you so much!! 🙏🏼😍
I hope I 'll be able to set it. got the 3 man version yesterday. so far seen good reviews. maybe should look into a stove next since have sleeping bag and sleeping mat already as well as a backpack 👍
Good job at explaining it really well.
Thank you bro! Happy to hear it was helpful
@@Tanlinesfortwo I bought it recently and despaired of ever working out how to put it up. You made it look easy.
Thanks, very helpful :)
Very welcome
I set mine up today with no instructions, it was really nice to put up compared to every other tent. The top sheet might be a pain in the wind though I think.
I want this for a UK to Singapore bike trip
I’ve watched tonnes of videos trying to find the best way to get the poles in optimally. This video has been the best at showing that clearly. It’s a family channel so I’ll just say that I find my erections incredibly swift and efficient, even at my age. Thanks!
A true professional 😋
You are a true gentleman to say so! 😁
Good video bud, well explained. 👍
Thank you!
I JUST GOT THIS TENT COUPLE DAYS AGO. I HAVEN'T SET IT UP YET BUT I'M A LOT CONFIDENT ABOUT SETTING IT UP FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER WATCHING THIS. THANKS!
Let us know how you got on pitching the tent. Hope you had a great time camping with it.
Tanlines for Two I've been using it for the past couple weeks and it's been good so far. Although I don't trust it by itself in heavy rain. I put a 10x12 tarp over top just to be safe.
Give it your trust! It's certainly good enough to survive some heavy rain. We had a jungle rainstorm and although the rain did soak through the rainfly (outer), nothing came to us in the inner.
Tanlines for Two I just back from Algonquin and my tent flooded. Rain comes in through the vents on the sides of the tarp.
thanks, very slick, quick and logical. Any variations for puttting it up in the rain without soaking the inner...or is it just "be quick"?
Hey there, yeah, it's possible to put the outer up first (putting the poles into the eyelets of the groundsheet) and then clipping the inner to the already-constructed outer. It works, but it's not easy clipping the inner to the outer and I wouldn't recommend trying it in high winds. The outer on its own didn't seem to hold out so well in those conditions.
@@Tanlinesfortwo thanks, I bought this tent and was wondering too!
I saw your bike next to tent. I wonder if it fits under the cover? I don't want to let it out under rain :)
What was the price ? Thanks
Nice review!
Thanks Capt'n! Glad you liked it.
Tanlines for Two I've got this tent, but it's been unused for two years. We usually basecamp with a VE25 but I got this so my daughter and I can try ultralight bkpacking. Life happens, haven't gone, dadada, needed a refresher. You made an old framepacker smile; subscribed
That's put a smile on our faces. We hope you get out and have many adventures with your daughter! ⭐😁
Thanks. That was an excellent guide to pitching the tent. I've just bought one this week, but not had the chance to try it out yet. Like you I've bought this for some cycle touring. How have you found it over the long haul? has it held up well? I'm also interested in how it is pitching in the rain, is this ever a problem with pitching inner first?
Thanks for the review though :-)
Hey Stephen, sorry that this reply was so long in coming! Great tent in the long run, lasted many months of camping every night on all sorts of terrain (with the groundsheet) and there's really not much sign of wear.
As for pitching in the rain, it goes up pretty fast and you don't get too wet doing it 😂
Fatal flaw in this video. When the poles are set up, Grey should run under red at one end and over red on other end. Or vice versa. Setting poles as in this video where one pole travels under the other at both ends makes the other pole shorter. You will not be able to line outer fly seams with poles putting undue stress on outer fly resulting in shorter life span/damage and eneven pitch!! 😇
Just wondering.......did you seam seal any of the stitching on this tent?
Also any problems with leaks?
Thx
No to both questions!
You can not put only the top layer of the tent without a sleeping area? This is useful on the beach for sun protection.
You CAN pitch the outer (rainfly) without the inner (sleeping area). We will do another video showing this soon!
As I understand it the footprint has the same corner attachments as the sleeping area, so you can just pitch it with the footprint, or pitch it with footprint first and then attach the sleeping area (so I hope, otherwise you're gonna be wet af...)
You're right. The key is using the footprint, which we unfortunately no longer have. Using it as a general-use tarp meant it got pretty torn up!
Question! How many guy points does it have? Are there more than those 4 points? Did you use one line per point or did you use multiple lines at each point? Just wanna see if it'll be okay in very strong wind (75kph +). Thx!
Sorry for the slow-ass reply on our behalf. Correct, it has 4 points and we only ever ran these four lines out! The tent put up with some pretty rough winds on our adventures and as long as it is well -pitched, I think you'll be alright 😊
If you want to make it more stable you can put hiking poles in the vestibules (holding up the end points of the center tent pole). This prevents strong winds from pushing down the vestibules and causing the tent to sag.
Tanlines for Two I am planing on using this tent for my 8 week journey across the US, would you recommend this tent for such a trip including desert and rainy areas? Thanks for the great video.
do you rekomend this tent?
Yes, wholeheartedly. This tent is fantastic.
colour CODED!!! Slightly high pitched there bud 😂
Michelle from modern family????
Instructions not clear, ended up in a blender
Hahaha Salinas you are a silly sausage
Sounds like a bad thent to set up in full rain.