Love the two tones! I picked up an obsidian from Rapid Deployment a year back and shit was it heavy duty material. Floor unzips for drywall ice fishing and ported for A/C and or diesel heater. It handles the Montana North Dakota winds pretty well. Fit slept my wife and I. My sister and her three kids pretty good. Also offers upgrades which is sweet.
I’m a huge ground tent fan, but those prices are wild. My Coleman popup costs I believe $100-150, has lasted 3-4 years so far, sets up in 1.5 minutes, packs in 3-5 mins, has never had a footprint, fits in my 2 door, and has handled Colorado/Utah weather without issue. Don’t get me wrong, your tents look good, but people shouldn’t go broke becoming an overlander. Maybe if it’s an American company and is made here, I’d be willing to pay more, but I’m thinking $450-650 for the big one based on what I saw here.
They’re basically ice fishing tents modified for normal tent camping. Since they are basically ice fishing tents, they are much more insulated than a traditional Coleman style tent and built to be used in the snow, wind, and freezing temps as you would put this style tent on the middle of a frozen lake for ice fishing lol. They are also designed to utilize heaters of all kinds (although this one is not designed for a wood stove). Looking at pricing, for the solo base model, it’s essentially the same price as most other ice fishing tents; maybe a $100-200 more but that price difference is because this one comes with a floor and most ice fishing tents don’t. Now the bigger base camp tent. There isn’t really a similar ice fishing tent with that design. Most are in the shape of the solo or the extended solo like a gazelle t4 tent. So with that, the price is still reasonable imo as the larger ice fishing tents are still pushing between $600-800 and don’t have floors in them lol. You could compare it to the clam x-600 which is similar in design and $650, but it doesn’t have an interior floor, so I guess the floor is the $350 extra price? I do agree that the “extras” are a bit overpriced though for the rain fly and extended base floor kit but for true 4-season tent camping, I think it’s worth it. Oh yeah, it’s also a tent that not only includes a floor, but ends up lighter than traditional ice fishing tents that don’t have floors. Maybe they cheaper out on full insulation, but imo, it doesn’t look that way and most overlanders won’t be ice camping so would be worth that design change anyway.
Thanks so much for this video, I have the disco bed outfitter special edition 2xl and I wondered how it would fit in my own Basecamp V2 since I havent had the time to set it up in there yet and your video show me exactly that. Cool! I will definitely make good use of that wall space created by the shape of the V2 and bunkbed. Thanks again!
Oh man you are going to love that bed. It does take a little bit longer to set up than I thought, but it's incredibly sturdy and comfortable. Have you set it up yet?
@@4wdTALK yes I have it set up in the house and I`ve been using it every night for a couple weeks. And you`re right its solid, its very comfortable and I really do love it. I cant wait to get out there and camp!
@@jadenkrosis3087 If you want to supercharge your sleeping experience, during your next splurge... you might want to consider a Hest dually mattress. That's exactly what I'm using with mine and it's amazing. Extreme comfort that you almost feel guilty having while camping. lol
@@4wdTALK hey thanks for letting me know about the Hest, I settled on the DOD Outdoors Soto which I have been using in my home together with the Disc-O-Bed and I really like that Soto. But I`ve been helping my younger brother research and rebuild his camping gear set up so I`ll definitely show him what you say about the Hest, he`s a fan of yours too. Camp on!
Welcome to the channel Mary. We have camped in this tent during winter months a number of times and the thermal properties are fantastic with this tent. I use a 4kW Planar diesel heater to heat and it does a great job retaining the heat for a very comfortable cold weather camping experience.
Love the two tones! I picked up an obsidian from Rapid Deployment a year back and shit was it heavy duty material. Floor unzips for drywall ice fishing and ported for A/C and or diesel heater. It handles the Montana North Dakota winds pretty well. Fit slept my wife and I. My sister and her three kids pretty good. Also offers upgrades which is sweet.
Takes about 20-25mph to push a wall that isn’t guyed out in. And once guyed out we have tested in 80+ MPH the roof will take over 100 lbs of dispersed weight. Snow will not cave it in.
I have issues with the floor/footprint extended past the outside walls... help me to understand how the rain won't run into the tent along this path.. would like to see a full on rain storm setup and experienced video.. thank you in advance..
Great question, full disclosure, we don't get heavy rain out here enough were I have tested, not at least in heavy rain. As I understand from others, is you would fold the footprint under the perimeter of the tent to keep the water out.
On the solo, what does the base measure inside? from one edge to the other, for specifying dimensions for my cot. Really like the solo, if it has enough room for my cot, a small table, I'm sold, it's the perfect tent for one person to camp with.. Do you have the rain cover? Thoughts on quality for that and quality of the floor mat? both those options are over a 100 dollars each... Fine paying for quality, but don't like being charged for quality and getting crap.
that square shape of the smaller one seems like the space is more useful. the 6 sided one feels like it would not have as much useful space because it is rounded off
Square foot wise, the 6 sided Basecamp has double of the space of the Solo. The individual panel width in the Solo tent is wider than the panels in the Basecamp, as result and speaking PER panel... it's easier to position beds and such closer to the walls in the Solo. In the Basecamp you have a little space between the middle of the wall and center of bed, which isn't the end of the world as we will often have clothes bag stored in this space.
Zip in floor kills me. Can that be left in at all times? Seems odd anyone would want to off-road all day and then scramble to zip in the floor on their easy to set up tent in the dark. Let alone in a bit of weather, mud etc.
The floor stays zipped in maybe unzip it just a few feet to make pack down easier as air gets trapped inside but you don’t HAVE to take it out. Alex just chose to leave it out so y’all could see it out.
Hi there, and thanks for stopping by today. You can keep the floor in at all times, matter of fact personally that is what I do. The Basecamp V2 is my personal tent, the Solo is a buddies tent that I borrowed for this video and for whatever reason he had the floor unzipped from it, hence it was an opportunity to keep it out to play show and tell.
@@4wdTALK Definitely the OD when it's back in. You in Big Bear there? Can't remember if you said that or not - always doing something up there or surrounding areas.
Good Stuff! I'm always looking to upgrade to a better tent, although My question is: We spend a lot of time out at the dunes, when the wind kicks up, sand gets into everything......have You have any experience in that environment?
Dunes? Where are you located? I have taken this tent to Death Valley, Golden Valley AZ, and Glamis. All of these have high winds and lots of sand. You will get sand in your tent, bottom line. Tracking in with your feet and from opening and closing doors. Other than that, just bring sand anchors for your tie downs and you'll be good to go.
SoCal location......Dumont Dunes, Glamis during the Season. Wind whips up pretty good at times. The sand is a tricky environment, that's why I'm asking.......any other environment is no issue.
@@tonymontes8840 I've camped in Glamis a couple times, which is absolutely awesome. I think I lucked out wind wise both times there. Actually both times I was there, it was with my old Turtleback Trailer with rooftop tent. Just talking with you reminds me it's been a minute. Need to get back out there. Which do you like more, Glamis or Dumont Dunes? I have never been there.
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That green color is absolute fire
100% agree!
what are those bungee straps called? pretty clever
Oh these things are the best! Go to www.modloutdoors.com
Thanks for the review. What’s your favorite tent with the pop out side features that also has a stove jack?
Love the two tones! I picked up an obsidian from Rapid Deployment a year back and shit was it heavy duty material. Floor unzips for drywall ice fishing and ported for A/C and or diesel heater. It handles the Montana North Dakota winds pretty well. Fit slept my wife and I. My sister and her three kids pretty good. Also offers upgrades which is sweet.
Agree, the two tone crushes it with the green. How often do you head out camping?
I’m a huge ground tent fan, but those prices are wild. My Coleman popup costs I believe $100-150, has lasted 3-4 years so far, sets up in 1.5 minutes, packs in 3-5 mins, has never had a footprint, fits in my 2 door, and has handled Colorado/Utah weather without issue. Don’t get me wrong, your tents look good, but people shouldn’t go broke becoming an overlander. Maybe if it’s an American company and is made here, I’d be willing to pay more, but I’m thinking $450-650 for the big one based on what I saw here.
They’re basically ice fishing tents modified for normal tent camping. Since they are basically ice fishing tents, they are much more insulated than a traditional Coleman style tent and built to be used in the snow, wind, and freezing temps as you would put this style tent on the middle of a frozen lake for ice fishing lol. They are also designed to utilize heaters of all kinds (although this one is not designed for a wood stove). Looking at pricing, for the solo base model, it’s essentially the same price as most other ice fishing tents; maybe a $100-200 more but that price difference is because this one comes with a floor and most ice fishing tents don’t. Now the bigger base camp tent. There isn’t really a similar ice fishing tent with that design. Most are in the shape of the solo or the extended solo like a gazelle t4 tent. So with that, the price is still reasonable imo as the larger ice fishing tents are still pushing between $600-800 and don’t have floors in them lol. You could compare it to the clam x-600 which is similar in design and $650, but it doesn’t have an interior floor, so I guess the floor is the $350 extra price?
I do agree that the “extras” are a bit overpriced though for the rain fly and extended base floor kit but for true 4-season tent camping, I think it’s worth it.
Oh yeah, it’s also a tent that not only includes a floor, but ends up lighter than traditional ice fishing tents that don’t have floors. Maybe they cheaper out on full insulation, but imo, it doesn’t look that way and most overlanders won’t be ice camping so would be worth that design change anyway.
Thanks so much for this video, I have the disco bed outfitter special edition 2xl and I wondered how it would fit in my own Basecamp V2 since I havent had the time to set it up in there yet and your video show me exactly that.
Cool!
I will definitely make good use of that wall space created by the shape of the V2 and bunkbed.
Thanks again!
Oh man you are going to love that bed. It does take a little bit longer to set up than I thought, but it's incredibly sturdy and comfortable. Have you set it up yet?
@@4wdTALK yes I have it set up in the house and I`ve been using it every night for a couple weeks.
And you`re right its solid, its very comfortable and I really do love it. I cant wait to get out there and camp!
@@jadenkrosis3087 If you want to supercharge your sleeping experience, during your next splurge... you might want to consider a Hest dually mattress. That's exactly what I'm using with mine and it's amazing. Extreme comfort that you almost feel guilty having while camping. lol
@@4wdTALK hey thanks for letting me know about the Hest, I settled on the DOD Outdoors Soto which I have been using in my home together with the Disc-O-Bed and I really like that Soto.
But I`ve been helping my younger brother research and rebuild his camping gear set up so I`ll definitely show him what you say about the Hest, he`s a fan of yours too.
Camp on!
Interesting. I have a few tents ranging from 150-800$
These seem expensive until you have looked at highend tents. Very interesting
How well do these tents do during cold weather? You have the heater ports, do they hold heat well?
Welcome to the channel Mary. We have camped in this tent during winter months a number of times and the thermal properties are fantastic with this tent. I use a 4kW Planar diesel heater to heat and it does a great job retaining the heat for a very comfortable cold weather camping experience.
Love the two tones! I picked up an obsidian from Rapid Deployment a year back and shit was it heavy duty material. Floor unzips for drywall ice fishing and ported for A/C and or diesel heater. It handles the Montana North Dakota winds pretty well. Fit slept my wife and I. My sister and her three kids pretty good. Also offers upgrades which is sweet.
You talk about wind knocking in the sides if you don't have them tied down properly, what about being out in snow, will that cave the roof in?
Takes about 20-25mph to push a wall that isn’t guyed out in. And once guyed out we have tested in 80+ MPH the roof will take over 100 lbs of dispersed weight. Snow will not cave it in.
I have issues with the floor/footprint extended past the outside walls... help me to understand how the rain won't run into the tent along this path.. would like to see a full on rain storm setup and experienced video.. thank you in advance..
Great question, full disclosure, we don't get heavy rain out here enough were I have tested, not at least in heavy rain. As I understand from others, is you would fold the footprint under the perimeter of the tent to keep the water out.
On the solo, what does the base measure inside? from one edge to the other, for specifying dimensions for my cot.
Really like the solo, if it has enough room for my cot, a small table, I'm sold, it's the perfect tent for one person to camp with..
Do you have the rain cover? Thoughts on quality for that and quality of the floor mat? both those options are over a 100 dollars each... Fine paying for quality, but don't like being charged for quality and getting crap.
Did you do a review on those disc o beds?
that square shape of the smaller one seems like the space is more useful. the 6 sided one feels like it would not have as much useful space because it is rounded off
Square foot wise, the 6 sided Basecamp has double of the space of the Solo. The individual panel width in the Solo tent is wider than the panels in the Basecamp, as result and speaking PER panel... it's easier to position beds and such closer to the walls in the Solo. In the Basecamp you have a little space between the middle of the wall and center of bed, which isn't the end of the world as we will often have clothes bag stored in this space.
What are your thought with these tent vs RDS Obsidian?
wow very good tent
Super Design,,,,Look No,1
Design is pretty awesome, not sure what you saying "Look NO, 1"
Love my base camp.
As far as beds. How many queen or twin beds can you fit?
I cant get passed the floor. It looks like water get thrown the zipper and flood out verses tents with tubbed floors.
Sorry, but no tent should cost that much.
What are you currently using and how often are you camping?
Zip in floor kills me. Can that be left in at all times? Seems odd anyone would want to off-road all day and then scramble to zip in the floor on their easy to set up tent in the dark. Let alone in a bit of weather, mud etc.
The floor stays zipped in maybe unzip it just a few feet to make pack down easier as air gets trapped inside but you don’t HAVE to take it out. Alex just chose to leave it out so y’all could see it out.
Hi there, and thanks for stopping by today. You can keep the floor in at all times, matter of fact personally that is what I do. The Basecamp V2 is my personal tent, the Solo is a buddies tent that I borrowed for this video and for whatever reason he had the floor unzipped from it, hence it was an opportunity to keep it out to play show and tell.
@@4wdTALK Appreciate the response and great video. I'm going to scoop a solo when they're back in stock.
@@midwayj5291 You are very welcome new friend! Good for you, congrats... I'm sure you are going to love the tent. What color you think you'll get?
@@4wdTALK Definitely the OD when it's back in. You in Big Bear there? Can't remember if you said that or not - always doing something up there or surrounding areas.
Man i wish had one
How often are you heading out camping?
@@4wdTALK almost every other week
@@DESERTSTATELINEANGLERS Thats awesome, your name has "anglers" in it, you fish as well?
@@4wdTALK yes I do
10 weeks backorder. Why?
I don't work for the company, but if I were to guess it because of the demand for these things.
There is far too little mesh for the price, definitely not a summer tent
go to camping huting sileeping okay rain in water okay i see very good for my family oder company is you from usa mn
Not sure what you are saying, but thanks for stopping by today!
They’re awful in wet weather
Where in the world are you located?
Please elaborate. I live in south east Texas and we get heavy rain often.
Good Stuff!
I'm always looking to upgrade to a better tent, although My question is:
We spend a lot of time out at the dunes, when the wind kicks up, sand gets into everything......have You have any experience in that environment?
Dunes? Where are you located? I have taken this tent to Death Valley, Golden Valley AZ, and Glamis. All of these have high winds and lots of sand. You will get sand in your tent, bottom line. Tracking in with your feet and from opening and closing doors. Other than that, just bring sand anchors for your tie downs and you'll be good to go.
SoCal location......Dumont Dunes, Glamis during the Season.
Wind whips up pretty good at times.
The sand is a tricky environment, that's why I'm asking.......any other environment is no issue.
@@tonymontes8840 I've camped in Glamis a couple times, which is absolutely awesome. I think I lucked out wind wise both times there. Actually both times I was there, it was with my old Turtleback Trailer with rooftop tent. Just talking with you reminds me it's been a minute. Need to get back out there. Which do you like more, Glamis or Dumont Dunes? I have never been there.