Mountain Camping with my £21 Tent • Staying Warm & Dry with Questionable Shelter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The long wet winter of 2024 continues, so what better time to try out my £21 tent in the mountains. I'd put this one off for ages because I thought it would be pretty grim (I was right)
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I love how camptubers wake up, set their camera up, and then pretend to wake up for us 😂 even though its an illusion, it feels like something's missing when people leave that bit out
I would include the setup for the laugh, part of the fun. 🤣
Soooo true I thought the same thing 😂😂😂
I like to think they leave a camera on the night before and cut away 99% of the recording :D
"Camptubers" 🤣
Thank you, Claire Beare! You never fail to put a smile on this old Oregon woodsman's face! 🌲🐻😁
Poor Frank's looking a bit deflated isn't he
I hope you didn't let him down 😅😂
Ive just had quite a spooky experience on a hike but nothing is as freaky as Frank
Looks like Frank was a sacrifice to the tent spirits :)
To be Frank eh? 😂🎉
@@timmooney7528Naaa he just looks a bit tents 🎉😅
First time viewer, I am so happy to see a woman solo camper. It makes me happy and proud to be a woman, you’re inspiring to me!
Nobody is gonna talk about fact she went to woods alone with blow up doll?
It is gross to be woman seriously !
I'd hate for anything to happen to you, obviously, but the idea of you being rescued with a blowup doll on tow cracks me up! 😅
It would certainly be a tale to tell wouldn't it 😄🤭
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Single skin for the bin. That's my motto
In 2020 i decided to see how cheaply i could camp. I bought a pop up tent for around £20 and took it out for a night once the initial covid restrictions had lifted. It was a similar experience to this. I then decided to try to build around the tent, so i bought a huge tarp(5m x 8m), some camo netting and some poles. and set off again. That one was much better. I had the tent set up, with the tarp set over a framework of poles, in essence creating a larger tent around the tent, which i used as a vestibule area where i stored my gear, cooked and ate. I then used the camo netting as a door over the opening in vestibule to enclose it all. I finished it off with a set of solar fairy lights which i draped over the framework of poles.
I have to say, it was a fantastic set up and took me back to my childhood, building gang huts and camping out in the back garden. I stayed out for 5 nights in that. If i remember right, the tarp was about £30 and the camo netting was £20, the poles were around £30, so it wasn't bad value for roughly £100.
There is nothing worse than it being wet inside your tent. Especially in any season but summer. That's why waterproof is the most important quality in my book.
The tent is waterproof. The moisture comes from your body. Problem on most small tents is ventilation.
You are a breath of fresh air in this mad world we live in. Always enjoy your videos. Stay dry and give Frank my regards.
Appreciate your dedication to the channel Claire (oh and Frank).
The note you ended on, this is the gospel. So many people go out into the elements and have a bad experience with rain and water in the tent. And that clouds the way they think about camping from then on. All tents have condensation issues. But... what I want is a shelter I can trust and that I know will not let in the rain. The Hilleberg Akto is a pretty old design by now, and apparently the Enan is better- lighter, just as good. But what I know when I pitch my Akto is- I'm gonna be dry, and it's going to stand up against the wind. That's all I want at the end of the day. I'm willing to slog 10 miles through wind and rain, so along as when I get where I'm going, I can pitch a shelter and get in out of the elements. The Akto is yesterday's design, but still solves today's problems. It has a generous vestibule for a solo tent. So, you can pitch in the driving rain, get into the vestibule (it will be cramped), and get your sleep system in place, undress and get into the inner tent without getting it wet.
If you're unsure what to buy, but you come across an Akto on Ebay for a really good price, snap it up. Back in the day, it was considered ultra-light. Not so these days. But it's still fairly light, and it will stand up to the elements. If it's still raining when you wake up and you have to break camp in the rain, remove the inner tent first and store it separate. Then break the outer and store it somewhere in your ruck that it doesn't matter if it's wet. You can pitch it wet again, install the inner from the vestibule (cramped but it works), and eventually when you get good weather, you can dry everything out.
The Akto is also very easy to pitch.
Thanks for advice on packing away when raining, I will practice when rain stops !
Getting wiser with each post!- is it Franks, Thanks! Leave it with smiling Frank, he’ll just keep on smiling. Hey Claire I need to get myself a bivvy! Thanks for the misery you spared us with the hard lesson you took for us- we are grateful! Love ya!❤🏃♀️🌿🧘🏼🙏
Brave girl, even Frank went limp at the thought !
Always good advice, will help a lot if beginners , cheers
FairPlay to you for camping out there in that £21 tent, I winced the way you grabbed Frank in the vestibules 😂😂😂 you are made of sterner stuff for sure 💪🏻
Haha thanks, yes I need to be more gentle with poor ol' Frank don't I. I'm surprised he still comes out with me!
Did Frank lose weight? 😂 Well, if you weren't near a water source, you could harvest all the condensation you could ever need! Oh Claire, you gave me a camping flashback. Went camping with my daughter and her boyfriend. Their tent broke on setup, so I gave them mine, and we went to town to find me a cheap tent. It was exactly like this but yellow. I'm only 5'5" and still couldn't lay straight. Major condensation! I didn't sleep a wink. We went back to town, returned it, and got a proper tent. Thank you again for a lovely video. You never disappoint Beare. 🌲⛺️🌲
Yep deffo no water shortage concerns 😄 ohh gosh, they're terrible aren't they! Without a bivi bag it could be pretty disastrous. Thanks for watching my lil video :D
After questioning his life choices Frank felt a bit deflated. Although at 2:26 he had no complaints. 😘
Does that qualify as assault or inappropriate intimacy? 🤣
@@burgienl I thought it was why Frank had a big smile on his face. 😜
That's the comment I was looking for :D :D
When my son was six or seven, I remarked that something in the store was cheap. He replied, "the good kind of cheap or the bad kind of cheap?" That tent is the bad kind of cheap.
Haha yes absolutely 😄 your son has got it figured out
Hi, Claire!
I almost laughed to tears with this video, as I had my own "Titanic adventure" with such a tent-like thing ;) :P
I was tempted by it as I once needed a substitute for true ultralite camping gear (then beyond my budget) when I go for autumn/spring outings and need an emergency shelter "just in case", without carrying a true tent. I'm not a fan of bivy bags ;)
So I bought from a department store such a "tent" like this one in the video. Had little opportunity to test it prior mountains, just a weekend kayak trip in September with little to no rain. So far so good ;) Then I risked to take it in November for serious solo hike in mountains. I'm not that stupid - I was about using huts and solid shelters accesible in the range, but just needed 1-2 wild camps at the very start/end.
So I went... The evening weather on the 1-st day steered towards wind&rain pretty fast. I chose a protected place in small forest on the mountain pass and set up my camp. The first 1-2 night hours were nice, but then realised that my sleeping bag has some wet problem. Quickly found quite deep pool of water inside the tent. I could use my drinking cube for pumping it out and had to continue all night. So my Titanic was sinking till the very dawn, pumps were operated all time, just the orchestra had deserted somehow, I had to sing alone :)
I had to quit and fall back home (all the way from neighbouring country), fortunately had enough time to dry my gear and after a day to join my friends in another mountains closer home :)
Regards,
-J.
I had to chuckle when you said what the tent was 😁 We use that tent as extra storage when out in the campervan to throw in chairs, dog bed (not the dog! 😇, even he avoids it! 🤣), cookers etc. Hopefully you've save someone from actually using it to camp in but without the poles could be used as an emergency shelter type thing! End of the worl senario! 🤪
At the beginning of this month, we helped a couple of teenagers set up a tent they thought would be big enough for both of them. It was so tiny, I initially mistook it for a pet's tent! The weather in the Lakes was merciless-rain, sleet, and snow all at once. Thankfully, they wisely chose to call off their camping weekend. I am glad they did after I saw your video. Definitely not the ideal conditions for their first camping experience, even at a campsite.
Ohh yeh that would have been grim! I'm glad they did too, probably would have put them off for life haha. Thanks for watching :)
Brilliant, Clair! It's got to be next stop the crisp packet!! 😂😂
Haha yep I think you're right 😄
Calling the stores out for their b.s. descriptions is brilliant 🎉
Lets be honest, for £20-£25 its obviously just a decent play tent for the kids in the garden.
Oh--that rain and wind! Your a trooper dear. Thanks again!😎
Frank!!! 😂😂😂
Frank is emaciated and in need of a few good meals. As we say in Glasgow 'he's got legs like a sparra!'
And he’s cuttin’ about in his undercrackers
@@CursedWheelieBin he is, aye.
@@CursedWheelieBin She treats the poor man appallingly. I'm waiting for Frank, if he wants a more comfortable tent experience. He's a bit of a hunk!
"Just a bit of a hell hole"... I love your videos!
Thanks for sharing your sunshine even when the weather looks awful!......until the next time -stay well! 🤓
I'd love to see you test out a hammock tent set up. They look interesting and I think you might like it in the wooded areas you go to.
Your channel has grown tremendously. I used to watch your videos in your initial days. I returned today to watch it again. Lots of love to you .
Ive been watching through your videos the past few days, and it has me dreaming of being outside again. You're living in the lakes - the correct way. Id be out there as much as i could if it was accessible.
You're vids are amazing
MA'AM NOT THE PUPPET 💀💀💀
On another note, this vid was equally funny, relaxing and educational. You are so easy to understand, even for a non-native English speaker, I could listen to you for hours. Thanks for the great content!
Nice to see you've got your Garmin mini inReach, nice sensible piece of kit :)
Thank you Claire for another spirited & gutsy video!
Seeing Frank gave me the best smile today. very funny.
He's very glad to hear that :D
It felt like ages since your last post, ive had my fix now, thank you, i look forward to the next one 😊
14:20 love the break down of essentials, it will keep you alive indeed
I have this tent for me and my dog for our daily walks in case we get caught in bad weather, I upgraded the poles to 9mm jobs which transform it, I’m 5’8 and can just fit in it 😊😊 I paid £17 which is just to good to refuse as an emergency shelter, love your videos. Keep em coming. Atb. Tony
So the moral of the story is you get what you pay for. I bought a similar tent by Ozark Trail for about $27 U.S. it seems a bit bigger than this one. I’m 5’9” and I fit pretty well inside. The tent is pretty water proof and overall a decent tent for the price. The only downside to it I’ve found so far is one, not the best in cold temperatures because like the one you’re using it’s only one layer and it has poor ventilation causing condensation from your breathing. Other than that it’s actually a pretty decent backpacking tent for the small price. Would love to see you review it. ☺️🤙
You always have the logical point of view. I think that tent would be good for children in the backyard, maybe. Thanks for the video because it is always nice to see what you are up to. Can't wait to see what your big plan is. Stay well and be safe and hopefully you will get some better weather.
Thank you for reviewing the low end of hiking gear. Not everyone has £1500 for an expensive setup.
I loved the reading of the retailer’s descriptions over the music. I laughed. And laughed!
I love your comments and your critiquing this tent you did it perfectly
I’d like to thank you and frank for the review on this tent system, goes to show to do your homework before buying
Hello from Norway!
Thanks for this travel companion tip. I'm going camping alone for many days this summer, but now I will get myself a Frank. However I will not bother deflating him every day. I will just strap him on my backpack when I continue hiking 🤣
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Thank you for your perspective!!
"Any tent has issues. ... not to be complacent .. have back up plans .. bivy .. towel"
Thank you for another wonderful adventure!
Say hi to Frank for me. 🙂
Cheap tents equals wet and miserable time in the great outdoors! Thanks for your video! I look forward to going out there with you on every episode.
Looks like the perfect tent for my 9 year old in the garden during the summer when there's no chance of rain 👍🏻
I bought a 1-person tent when I went hiking, and I have to say it is SO CRAMPED! Your tarp tents are much better :D I think, anyway, cause they're so much roomier. I can't even sit up in my tent.
Why have i only just found this chanel??? I love it!! 💙💙👊🏼👊🏼
Aww, sorry about the water getting in and condensation problems. You truly exposed this one. Frank was still smiling though. At least you slept and remained mostly dry. Concerts won't happen in that weather, but they still advertise it as a hiking tent for two!! Thanks for the reveal, you're a Star.
Just returning home from my first wild camp. Thanks for the inspiration and tips. I almost definitely wouldn't have done it without this channel. Look forward to bumping into you over a trangia sometime
I can tell you back in early 80s in boyscouts we camped in Minus 32 degrees farenheit. Im surprised we didnt die. Tents didnt matter, they were old army. We didnt have any new fangled sleeping bags. Just lotsa fire and crappy sleeping bags. But it was snow so no freezing rain. We made it . Try lighting a fire when your hands cant use matches or a lighter. We figured it out.
So we meet again! ❤ the balloon man is funny!
Had a khyam one touch for thirty years, bit threadbare now but i love it.
Kind of dawned on me back in the day that it was quite pleasant to wake up warm and dry. It's been all over the UK, Europe and New Zealand in it's time, lived in it in NZ for three months.
Claire. It looks like you are being reborn. When you come out of that tent. 😁
These are great for kids to camp in the garden in the summer!
We bought one of these about seven or eight years ago to use to store the stuff that travels inside our camper van while we're traveling. I'd never intend sleeping in it but it has done okay as a shed for camp chairs etc while we're parked up. Ours fills up with water as well in heavy rain and as we're not inside it the water must be a leak not condensation. It has stood up to some pretty strong winds while we were touring the Outer Hebrides (they pitch better if you angle the guy lines in line with the pole (so more out to the front and back than pulling sideways like yours were). Fair play to you for trying it but I'll stick to my Helm 2 and XMid for actually sleeping in I think! 😂
Really enjoyed your videos. Inspired me to hike Virginia once a week.
Thanks for the candid information at the end about your other tents and their issues. Which of your tents do you most enjoy? Thanks. 😎👍🏻
Your attitude is admirable! I guess you can check off this as a learning experience!
You make so good content, watching your videos all the time. Thanks.
I just imagine someone passing you in the morning and saying hi as they did so and catching a glimpse of Frank.
Isn’t she just a Gem 💎!!
What a beautiful soul
Funny and dry delivery. Loved the video Claire :)
here are my rain tips from years of interest. i now think an inflatable mattress is awesome for having a dry ground for your tent. then place a poly tarp over your tent with the doorway pitched up with a pole. look for a tent with its poles on the outside giving space between the tarp and your tent. look for a tent with a mesh door and roof. the air mattress is intex dura beam 6 lbs for a 4.5 ft wide one.
Franks either really unhappy or really happy how you grabbed him. 🤣
Pat Benatar spring to mind
You gotta hit me with your best shot
You always give it 💯
And with a
Morning
in such a beautiful happy way
Love this channel Claire
Looking forward to the Easter Bunny ❤
Frank could do with an egg he's looking thin 😂
Really enjoy your videos Claire!! ' Frank' ... Hilarious!! 15:22
Two years ago I bought a tent from Decathlon, the Quechua MH100. $49. Actually got it for $20 due to a flash sale. 20 bucks. I have taken that tent out in crazy windy rainy times (I was curious). It's my winter tent now; so many times its stood up to a morning dump of snow. Now true, when I go snow camping, I'm usually pulling a pulk. But I have had it a time or two in my pack. It's flukey really. Yet a half dozen of my group members all have the same tent. It's shortcomings?? Heavy. That's it. But not crazy heavy. 5 lb 7 oz. Certainly not a backpacking tent--not in the league of my Durston X-Mid-1, that thing is 28 ounces. But you know what, for let's say 50 bucks, it's stable, well made, not drafty at all, has multiple guy outs, and is simple to set up and pack away in its slick roll up bag. Also, flukey in that it has next to no condensation woes. I really can't fault it.
BUT true to this video, sometimes you DO get what you paid for. Look at Frank. He's vinyl, a little pale, looks leaky on his own.
Just the sound of that tent was enough to know it's not a good idea... your brave..
That rain fly is adorable
300K subscribers, well done 👏👏😀
Complacency kills for sure, great video : )
Stayed in one of these in betws y coed whilst out bike camping last year.... Absolute w..k and when I say stayed it was about 4 hours before I decided to stick it in a bin, pack up my other stuff and cycled to capel curig and found a great little wooded area and tarp camped in my bivvy. 2 nights. And was better than that tent would ever be. ❤😊
I have a Eurohike tent - not that one. I have the Backpacker dlx 2 with great front porch and get 3/4 seasons out of it - at the moment - I did spray the bejesus out of it with waterproofing and tend to use a tarp at the front for extra room. Good to see Frank's getting some fresh air. By 'festival tent' I think they mean summer 30c without rain and to be chucked as soon as it does rain and you go home after your mud games in Somerset or Berkshire. Great do Claire & Frank
I'm paraphrasing here but, "If you're getting into camping on a budget, I'd wait & save up a bit more [...] but if I had just 20 quid to spend, I'd get a tarp. Tarp camping is a great way to learn," is probably the best gear shopping advice in general, and the best tent shopping advice in particular, I've ever seen on the internet or anywhere else. Loving this channel!
But theres ticks 3/4 of the year so remember bugnetting too then!
«…that’s about as subtile as porcupine in a nudist colony, innit.»😂😂😂
Ive just wild camped in the phoxx 2 vII its tiny and i absolutely love it. Much better than that crap 😂😂😂 thsnsk for taking one for the team x
Looks like a fantastic piece of kit! Thank you so much for this fabulous review! I'll be taking this tent to Nepal this summer!
Thanks for posting your gear list,
Always good to see what people are using and where to buy, really helps a lot
Will skip the tent with built in shower feature though
thanks
Any tent with you inside would be perfect…Have fun stay safe.
"About as subtle as a porcupine in a nudist colony!" 😂 I had a similar Eurohike tent which I bought for a night in a pub garden when my band were playing a birthday party, I think the next time it was used was 20 years later when my kids used it as a playtent in the garden. Great video, hope you've dried out!
Loved this vlog, won't be getting one of them tents anytime soon unless I'm having a pool party😂
Great work!!!
My wife and I had such a tent on our first multi-day hike 5 years ago.
140 km on 'Kyst til Kyst Stien' (Coast to Coast Trail) in Denmark.
It actually worked surprisingly well, even though it was very small. However, it was in the summer and we had no significant rain.
Today we have spent a small fortune on tents from MSR, Nordisk and Durston. 🤦
Fair play, fair comment and a good review ❤
"About as subtle as a porcupine in a nudist colony" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
always buy water proofing spray to pre treat tents before any trips, learnt this even for tents that cost up to £100, always water proof a tent before use, as as water resistance is not water proof :)
You are hilarious 😂 poor old Hank got a grab on the cra%k 😂❤
It's like the Harry Potter night bus that breathes in. 😅❤
Always fun and interesting videos from Claire
That tent Reminds me of a school bag I had as a child.
Frank was still smiling through it all. I would not have been so cheerful.
Would the fully enclosed tarp setup from your recent video have been a better shelter in those conditions?
Frank is a lucky guy!!
This is gold! The piano bar music, the on line description v the reality i guess for 2 people youd have to spoon all night or you could us it to throw your gear in, and sleep under a tarp and avoid its interior at all cost 🤣🤣🤣
I would recommend a tarptent Rainbow. They are a bit spendy but great tents for the UK as they go up as one no inner and out to get wet
Last July I was on the Isle of Wight, camping right on the south coast cliffs in my van (cheating i know😂). We had 50mph winds and sideways rain, it was horrendous. One day a fairly elderly lady, who had back problems and walked with a stick turned up and began to set one of these exact tents up. Realising she was struggling, I offered to help. It was her first camping trip, and she had come by train, taxi and foot to get there. When I asked how long she planned on staying, she said 4 weeks! Once I had picked my jaw up from the floor, I did my best to say she may want to rethink her tent situation but she said she'd be fine. By the second or third day she had moved it off the cliff edge to a more sheltered position. We had to leave a day or two later, but I often wonder if she stuck it out😅 fair play to her for going for it!
Great video as always, I wish I could do what you do. Im waiting for the kids to want to come with me😂
Nice review of the Eurohike Festival Shed 5000! Who knew it doubled as an immersive life-size 360 wet wipe?
I live in Florida and I've camped here for 60 plus years mostly in tents. If you don't have a tarp to cover everything no matter how nice your tent is you're going to get wet! Torrential unexpected downpour is the rule and not the exception.
Well at least Frank had a good time ;) Great video Claire, thanks.
years ago I made a fabric cooking windshield from an old waterproof and 3 bicycle mudguard wires. Yes it's flamable but in over forty years it has served me well - I am careful tho'.
You'd get several windshields (of my colour) from that tent!
Try one of those in Colorado ThunderStorm, I ended up sleeping in the truck. Took 3 days to dry everything.