WILD CAMPING IN A 40 Year Old TENT | Phoneix Mountaineering | 1983
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- What a tent! 40 years old...
I head out into the Northumberland hills to put the tent purchased from Facebook Marketplace to the test!
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Your budget gear fail video hooked me, your insight and the incredible landscape reeled me in. Glad to see new videos and you still doing this. It’s amazing how relatively little has changed In technology for tents in 40+ years. Thanks for showing us a little bit of your history. Cheers!
Cheers Brian, really appreciate your support!
Wow beautiful tent! Fabric looks heavy duty 😍
I love it!
Fantastic, that the tent was actually made in Northumberland and it’s 40 years old and still looking good. And it definitely ‘tea’ for me- not dinner 😄👍
Brilliant piece of history Graham mate and still has the minerals to withstand the elements!
Still occasionally use a Blacks Good Companions.......60 years old 🙂 That Phoenix looked superb....
Thank you I really enjoyed using it. Bit of history
Looks a nice tent, I remember Phoenix from way back 👍
Yes it was!
The factory unit where they made the tents is still there on the Willowburn Trading Estate in Alnwick (behind the old Hardys Store) - half a mile from my house. Next door neighbour worked there as a machinist - ya never know she might have made that one! ATB Dave
Love that mate, gonna cherish it as a bit of of Northumberland history
What a brilliant bit of kit mate! It legitimately fits right in 😊
Enjoyed the watch. Cheers 😁
Bargain for £25 mate 🤣🤣🤣 what were we just talking about 🤣🤣
That tent should come with ear defenders. Those zips are unbearable 😂
DM Hilleberg 🤣
Phoenix Phreespirit.. Had a brown one.
Yeah I was reading that much up on them got myself confused 👍
Yes they had a few tents all prefixed Ph -
Phlighter ,Phreedome, Phantom etc. It's a pity that they aren't around anymore. The Phreerunner gore tex tent was excellent. I 'm surprised that no one makes something similar today.
@@calumbark7073 trekkertent do some copies of the tent so have a butchers over at their site
@@thegeordiewildcamper Yeah I know about Trekker tent. It was the Goretex version I was referring to. I think the material was called Gore tex Nexus. I've had a few solo tents over the years and it was easily the best.
@@calumbark7073still got my Phreerunner but the bottom corners let rain in. As you say, awesome design, great in strong wind. Such a shame there's no modern version in goretex( or similar).
great vid mate !
Thanks for the visit
i used to have a phoenix coat back in the 80s different to everyone else wearing burglarhouse .loved it wonder if it was made in Northumberland ? the tent looks in good nick 👌
From the invoice it would appear so
Love the look of that tent i was 13 when it was made it's definitely aged well got a Hilleberg look to it do you know how much it cost back in the day nice video mate atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Yeah mate amazing how it still stands up today!
You got a bargain there 👌
Cheers bud pure luck!
What a brilliant tent , so jealous 😅. Whats the flysheet made of ? Is it silnylon or like a polycotton or something
It looks like some form of nylon maybe. Either way it’s mint!
Looks a great tent! Bargain for £25😊
What is the foil mat you have? I know you’ve said in other videos but I can’t remember
It’s a wildskye gear - check them out on enay
@@thegeordiewildcamper cheers mate I’ve ordered one 👍🏼
Great vid and a great tent. As a matter of interest, how much does it weigh? Cheers.
Around 2.8kg I believe
Thanks for replying.@@thegeordiewildcamper
Great video... different content and much appreciated 👍
I've had a number of Phoenix tents back in the day. Phlighter Phor 3, Phreebooter, Phreeranger and another I can't remember the name of!
Fantastic tents, if they were to be made with today's materials they would still hold their own!
As an aside, the Phreeranger is in fact being made by Trekkertent in Scotland I think.
Thanks again for posting, cheers Alistair 👍
Yes mate I’ve seen and would you believe I’ve just picked up saor from trekkertent!