200kmh wind tested tent! First review of the Robens Sprinter 2!
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- Tonight I test out the latest tent from Robens. The Sprinter 2 is a budget friendly tent that can compete with the strongest and most expensive tents out there, plus has some additions that others don't.
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Looks great, but like all of these recent Robens, the full mesh inner is just summer only IMO. I was ready to buy one until then. Shame, solid inner with a double door and it would be magic. Great video!
Cheers Dave. I knownwhat you mean but it's fairly well protected and you can control the airflow so may not be too bad. 👍
I got a Robens Nordic Lynx 4. It's from the Track range and solid inner with lots of adjustable venting options. They do a 2 and 3 man option as well.
@@andycoombes161 heavy one that though. Looks solid as a rock mind.
@@NoviceWildCamper it's 4.6kgs but it's a 4 person tent. Great for two and a dog in winter and if the weight is split it's easily doable. I bought it as a winter base camp tent to be pitched in valleys that can easily accommodate two which won't blow away in poor weather. I'd not use it for solo wild camping. I think of it as a budget Hilleberg Namadj (half the price). List price for the Nordic Lynx 4 is £610. I payed £316 delivered :) .
I had the Chaser 2 tent from Robens. I bought it entirely due to their 200kph wind test claims and the third night using it it failed on me in moderate wind (50kph perhaps). Retailer eventually gave me a replacement. I asked Robens for advice on making a strong pitch should I get caught out in strong wind again, using longer pegs, adding more guy lines etc... They're answer was "using the tent in high wind voids the warranty" and refused to comment on my queries or give any advice beyond that.
Given I bought it because of their boastful wind test claims, I've now sent it back for a refund. Seems to me they're making a claim they won't stand by which feels like they're misrepresenting what the product is capable of.
Since managed to get a new Fjallraven abisko lite 1 (32% off due to a colour defect) and having seen what they can endure from Bushman & Blue's videos I'm much more confident Fjallraven tents won't fail in mild gusts like the Robens Chaser 2 did...
Well I've bought a few bits of kit that you've reviewed including my pack and the Tic Watch but I've now bought this tent. I can't wait to get it out there and use it but thank you as I'd never of come across it without your vid. Cheers. Ps, I must sell some of my other tents 😂
@@camping_guru_uk 😂 I know the feeling. Sold one last week but need to clear more gear out. Enjoy the tent 👍
I just picked up another Decathlon MT900 (based off the MSR Elixir 2) for a multi-month bikepack, but am suddenly starting to think this Sprinter could be the tent of all our affordable dreams? Great to see people still pushing design ideas and coming up with the gold.
It's a decent design and definitely different. Love the space and weight but would be good to have more solid on the interior.
Nice tent demonstration.Manufacturers 200kmh wind test. I doubt there is a commercially available backpacking tent that could stand up to those wind speeds, and why would there be because as you say, nobody in there right mind would go out in those conditions. Nordisk release videos of their tent wind tests , it would be interesting to see Robin's show footage of their claims as proof. Imho if you want a shelter to stand up to ridiculously horrendous wind speeds, a bivy bag behind a boulder is your best option (but still unpleasant). This tent pleases my eye though except for the mesh inner, very odd . Why a 4 season fly design mated to a summer mesh inner. Maybe Robin's will be releasing a 4 season inner further down the line?. I don't think I will be selling my fjallraven endurance 2 for this one but tbh the Robin's is priced well enough to perhaps buy to try if nothing else, who knows it might be a pleasant surprise.
Totally agree. The mesh inner is an odd choice and I'm surprised they haven't got a more solid version out yet. I understand that this inner can be used as a stand alone tent for summer hence the mesh, but then what come winter?
If you check on TH-cam you'll find robens channel and they tedt their tents out with a wind machine. They do pretty well tbf
Looks like a cheaper copy of the abisko lite 2 and 3. I’m guessing who ever did the wind test write up was high on drugs at the time or they did it for a joke. Looks like a nice cheaper option summer tent though. Maybe test out the tent in 40-50mph wind like I’ve seen the abisko in on a video👍
I only had it for one but no doubt someone will test it in high winds. Thing is Robens are renowned for high wind capacity, they've done videos on their older tents standing up to a serious battering. Be interesting to see this one out in winds 👍
I've visited the Oase Outdoors (parent company) and the wind test structure. It's crazy the amount of wind and rain they can chuck at a tent. I think the first video I made for my TH-cam channel was of a family tent getting a battering.
Nice but all that mesh won’t keep you warm in the winter 🤔 so for me a 3 season tent at best
@DazzOutdoors-UK1 yeah I think they should offer a more solid inner option.
Ah, was hoping someone would review this! I’m a Robens owner and love mine. Lot of tent for not much money. The only thing with the Sprinter that concerns me for a 4 season tent is the full mesh interior, but other than that it looks great!
Yes could do with some more solid on the interior 👍
I really like the look and adaptability of this tent. I don't like the amount of mesh inner however and would worry it wouldn't be great on colder nights. I'm also concerned with some of the comments on here claiming theirs failed and the poor service they received from the company.
I've heard more complaints about hillebergs failing and leaking to be honest but possibly because they feel they never should. Agree on the mesh though as if it was at least half solid it would make a difference specially in this country.
Thanks for the review. I have a Robens Goshawk 2, 😮the quality is fantastic. The sprinter seems to be great value for the money, the wind test info on them seems a bit suspect but they do look bombproof. The HH on mine is 5/10,000mm fly/floor with a solid inner.
@johnbyrne9019 this would be so much better if available with a more solid inner. Cheers though 👍
Goshawk 2 is a really good tent, heavy but crazy strong. I've used the goshawk 2ex version for som years now. Ive seen this tent almost collapse flat to the ground by extremely heavy snow load. Nothing break, only heavily bent tent poles.
Great review, it's intresting how tents have evolved and keep evolving. One if the strongest tents I've ever owned was the Vango Hurricane, I wish they would revive it coz it was amazing and stood up to the very worst weather.
Yeah there's some good features on this tent 👍
Yes, the two-page instruction 'manual' is rather brief! 'Summer mode' is that applicable to the UK? Shame they don't do a four-season inner.
I think you could use it occasionally in the UK but admittedly not very often. And yes deffo needs a 4 season inner option
Im going to assume those guy lines in the inner are to guy it out at the front when you have the whole of the door/front rolled up :)
@Mal3ficarum you'll see later in the video I find out. It's for when you just use the inner as a mesh only stand alone tent.
@@NoviceWildCamper Ah, I'm still watching but will get there shortly lol
@@Mal3ficarum 👍🤣
I Just bought a Robens Nordic Lynx 4. Looks a great tent for a winter base camp. Tested to 155kph.
Incidentally, the highest re order windspeeds in the UK was 173mph in 1986 in the Cairngorms
Jeez didn't realise that. I knew we had recorded over 100mph and of course had to be in Scotland
That year there wasn’t a stag left in the Cairngorms with horns on its head🤣👍🏻🥃
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Great video! Do you have plans to do anymore videos with the thermal at night?
Depends if I go somewhere that needs it really. I'm looking to go back to the camp where I used it last time so will definitely there 👍
I used those head torches for yrs hold the button gives u different levels of light to 👍 love them
They are good. Must be different as these ones don't change levels though. Simply on and off. ☝️
I've had the Robens Starlight 1 for a number of years, had it out in winds varying from 85 to 90mph on the side of a hill, my friends tent collapsed in the wind and after the inner had been removed from the starlight, it literally became a life saver that night.
You can't go wrong with any of the Robens kit, in many respects it can and does outshine the more expensive tents ... The only area that really does need more attention is the pegs.
@wildcampingpembrokeshire a lot of people on here seem to have it in for robens but I've seen the testing and they perform well 👍
200kph wind test 😂😂😂, give over for gods sake.. only some of the 5season extreme exhibition tents will withstand 200kph. I had a Robens tent that were apparently rated to 120kph yet its poles failed at about 60kph whilst pitched perfectly....
Don't shoot the messenger buddy. Go moan at robens
Robens don't test their tents in controlled conditions in a wind tunnel. - they do it in a field with what looks like a paraglider motor and a guy holding a wind speed meter. There is no way that tent would withstand 125 mph, it would be shredded. An Expedition Super Quasar, double-poled and half buried in snow might survive, but not much else.
th-cam.com/video/FT4GL2a-OV4/w-d-xo.html
@russ1747 is a wonderful tunnel real world though? Tested from one angle and indoors? At the end of the day we all measure the wind outdoors with an anenometer the same as they do 🤷🏼♂️
@@NoviceWildCamper Proper wind tunnel tests have the tent on a platform and rotate it. Very few manufacturers do them. The Robens test is not generating a uniform wind on the tent and is not measuring it accurately. You can't stay on your feet above 60 mph and at 125 mph you can't even crawl and are liable to get blown along the ground.
@russ1747 they don't all use a rotating tunnel though. Decathlon do but nordisk don't for example yet show their figures and because it's nordisk no one questions them. At the end of the day I can only report what the manufacturer state without creating 100mph wind to test myself.
Hi very nice video, im thinking about Roben buck creek but it's hard to find, this tent in a cold weather will not be good right? thank
Would be better if it had less mesh for sure.
I do like the look of that.
And if it is built as well as out old family tent, the Robens Cabin 6, it will last and last.
But i have only just got an MSR so i know my missus would kill me if i bought another.
🤣 tell her you won it 👌
Looks excellent ,but for the mesh inner ,like the Chaser ...probably cold for a Scottish winter .
Yeah could do with more solid option
I’ve never slept with my head to the door..I feel too vulnerable ..silly because
the tent is made of fabric not wood..lol
It looks like a nice tent and the dark fabric lets you sleep in
The pegs are more like crochet hooks
Nice bright head torches
Take care 🇨🇦❤️
Thanks Sue. See I feel more vulnerable downtown he other end as the outside of the tent is couple of inches above your head. Feel like someone could just stamp on your head 🤣 but with my head by the door there's a whole 1m of vestibule protection 👌
Good review Amigo. I just don't like tunnel tents. Reminds me of my car camping days
I love my fjallraven and this is just like a smaller lighter version. Hard pushed to find a negative on this apart from the all mesh inner.
Im looking for a tunnel tent and came across this and its perfect apart from the inner, hopefully they do a solid version for all season use.
Be a good option but at least you can control the airflow in the meantime 👍
Meh, comments like "you were paid, you got free stuff!" Do these people think Jeremy Clarkson was given a free Ferrari every time he drove one?
I believe a young popstrel called Taylor released a song including the lyrics "Haters gonns hate, hate ,hate". Sums youtube up in my opinion.
However, as a bloke the wrong side of fifty I tend to sense who seems trustworthy when watching, the fact that you don't start your vids with "WASSUP TH-cam?" has always been in your favour!
Great review but too pricy for me and every time I check the X-Mid price it seems to be a little cheaper. I have absolutely no intention of being on Dartmoor in 120mph winds, but Royal Navy PLX 38 years ago taught me that Dartmoor can be your friend, but sometimes it hates you!
🤣 cheers buddy. At the end of the day without real reviews we'd struggle to know what was good and what wasn't. As I said, otherwise it's just adverts. No one ever wrote in to parkers car guide and said they'd given a good review cos they were said for it but in this day and age of the keyboard warrior any Tom dick or Harry can chuck their two pennies worth in and generally without any real knowledge on the subject.
I believe that there will be a few uk suppliers of the x mid soon so keep an eye out 👌👍
@@NoviceWildCamper Valley and Peak retailer seems to stock the x-mid at a reasonable price. worth checking out!
Great video Mike. Looks very interesting. Those cheeseburgers look amazing!
Cheers buddy its a great tent, and burgers 👍👌
Thanks a lot for the nice review! Maybe I missed it, but how tall are you? I am considering to buy this tent, but am worried if it's too small for me.
🤣 my regular viewers always moan I keep mentioning my height. I'm 6'4 👍
@@NoviceWildCamper 😄Thanks a lot!
Excellent review... After much research this tent meets my requirements though i do agree with other viewers regards the inner tent being fully mesh might be problematic....I will probably only know if i used it... For the price it is very good and is within my budget... Thanks for the review...
In all honesty I don't think the mesh is a major issue for cold. If you watch some ultralighters in Canada they use z pack with all mesh.
@@NoviceWildCamperI agree,the fact the fly comes right down to the ground should make the mesh inner ok.
Great review mate. Might be a Christmas present lol
Can't beat buying yourself a Christmas present 🤣👍👌
funy u are umber 2 that got it from him .cant find ay who made review with it i winther time (:
They only brought it out this summer so no doubt there may be a review after winter.
The inner guys are for pitching the inner without the fly sheet i guess .
Yeah I said that towards the end 👍
Yeah but I commented before I'd seen that part .so I win . Ha ha.
Good review and looks a good tent could be very breezy inside though.
@rufusduck71 🤣 yeah true. Could do with being half solid at least 👍
Awesome review! Do you think two pads with a wide but mummy cut would fit inside?
It would be tight for sure
I have 2x Multimat Superlite mummy style self inflating mats and they both fit inside this tent.
@@dan001427thanks a lot!
Thank you!
I have owned lots of Robens gear over the years and it’s been very good, none has failed.
They have a good reputation and certainly test their gear to the extreme 👍
Iv had a Robens Arch 2 fail at 60kph when it's wind test limit was 120kph😆 make believe figures.
@@johnfarthing7466 maybe pitched wrong? 🤷🏼♂️
I want this tent
Get it. 👍
They are on offer £300
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Get it then
i cant find them for 300, have you got a link?
@Camped_on_Dartmoor he's never seen them for £300. He's imagining it. The link doesn't exist. Have a chat with col at www.outdoorgearessentials.co.uk
I think you can use it without the flysheet, and still guy it out?
Exactly. Worked that out later 👍🤣
Nice tent, I am thinking about getting the 3p version. Not sure I've been to that tor on dartmoor, looks nice 👍
Rowtor 👍
How can you class this as a review? Used once on Shartmoor and you give it an honest review, dont make me laugh. Try using the tent for many months in many different weather conditions especially winter. There is no way this tent is surviving over 100mph. This tent isnt even in the same league as a Hilleberg Nammatj.
Alright hilly fan boy 🤣 it's called a review cos I go over the features and actually use it. What you're thinking of is a video titled 'long term review' which you've clearly not seen anywhere on this video. Same as every other 'none long term reivew' out there. So wind it in eh.
Ah I see the link now, you and your boyfriend Tom ganging up on me cos you're channel is failing 😂 sad really.
@@NoviceWildCamperhis channel can’t be failing if he’s only just started it you sausage everyone has to start somewhere
You are the definition of a tosser
You going to try that tent in 120mph winds then because I’d absolutely love to see that
Did you even watch the video? If you did then you're just coming across as a bitter and twisted knob tbh... Or you're either blind, deaf or stupid. Maybe all 3, it's hard to tell when reading your comment.
Believe it or not but Mike doesn't have the power to control the weather and make it pour down at the snap of his fingers. He was loaned the tent for one day only. He passed on all the information about the tent very clearly and professionally. And 99% of the people commenting have said how great the review is... The only one complaining is you! Says it all.
Why can't someone do an honest review from Dartmoor? No reason at all, it's just more stupidity showing through. What evidence do you have that "there's no way" it will survive "over 100mph"? I'll tell you, NONE! As usual people who shout loudest have the least important thing to say.
If you don't like the channel then don't watch, but once again there's the stupidity shining through.