Stealth Camping in a Bright Red £21 Tent
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- I thought it might be fun to get myself the cheapest hiking tent I could find and see what it’s all about. Being bright red, a stealth camp was the obvious first choice. I did my best to help it blend in to its surroundings, using my hoodie and some dead ferns, and was fairly satisfied with the outcome. As darkness fell, the tent shimmered in the night, like a glow-worm with carpet burns. And in the morning, I finally discovered the stealthiest way to use this tent. (Collapsed, without the poles in it)
On a serious note though, this went better than I thought it would. It was too bright for my liking, very tiny (although just about big enough for me) and full of condensation (as are my more expensive single-skin tents, and my Hille). But a lovely night was had none the less. It was a basic shelter. My biggest issue with it so far is actually the colour, although the lack of a vestibule isn't great either
Now that it's getting warmer, I'm hoping to try this tent in some fun conditions - stay tuned :)
I'm enjoying testing this tent with the necessary precautions and back-up plans. I wouldn't rely on it in cold or bad weather. It might make a nice shed for your camping chairs, though
⭐ Always use a bivi bag, in any tent, to protect your sleeping bag from condensation. Hypothermia is no joke
🌿 As always.. Love Nature - Leave No Trace
Thanks for watching! Much love, Claire 🌿🐻
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I think hilliberg don't have to worry about this one.😂
😂
Haha yes I'm inclined to agree with you 😄
It would be great if you can tell us where these locations are
@@williamreid8861 i agree
@@williamreid8861 down south she said.
I hiked around Europe for a year with a 12 euro Chinese tent.
It held up in snowstorms at minus 23 celcius hail and heavy rain.
20 years later I still have it as a souvenir.
Great channel
Claire: 🤫🤐 Claire's tent: 🚨💥🆘❗⏰📢🚒
Jesus never seen you here lol
I bought one of those tents....used it on a very blustery night in Snowdonia. Woke up on the Isle of Wight. Beautiful sunrise though.
Another great vid, Claire. £21 for the tent and £5 for a can of Sherwood-Green spray paint - sorted!! 😁
Haha, amazing, bet I would look great 😄 thank you :)
You always leave me with a smile on my face. Thanks, Claire.
Thanks for this little adventure Claire, I could get the grandkids such a tent for a similar “close to home” adventure.
If you were keen to not loose them that is.
Hi Claire, been following your adventures, nice to see your testing some cheaper options, we would all like to be able to buy the best, but not always possible, still great content.
Best way to become invisible is to make people uncomfortable. Have a sign asking for handouts or mentioning you want to talk to them about religion. People will look right through you like you aren't there or become fixated on some imaginary object off in the distance.
Unless they're as mad as you
Pretend you're homeless, you could be dead in a ditch and they'd still ignore you. Ah society.
Or just live on benefits like Labour voters and not have to worry about that kind of situation.
Claire's comfort & cozy videos are the best 🤗
Nice ending- you instantly transformed the tent into an innocent picnic blanket!
Claire, you are very brave. You take a cheap tent and make it seem like a palace. You are a queen at improvising. Stay Beautiful, ingenious, and safe.
Very brave , what compared to . A fireman running towards a burning building.
@@johnnicol64😅
Somebody wants her phone number. 😂
Compared to your usual camping style this is a little bit different. But for anyone starting out, it’s gives an idea that for not very much money you can still have an adventure. It would be so easy for you to dismiss this tent and talk it down, but you didn’t. So well done. A good alternative video 👍
Your adventure in the bright red tent reminded me of my own travels through the wilderness.
There is something enchanting about seeking shelter in the most basic of forms, with nothing but the natural world to protect you.
Your resourcefulness in using your hoodie and dead ferns to disguise the tent is commendable, and your description of the tent shimmering in the night like a "glow-worm with carpet burns" is a delightful turn of phrase.
I appreciate your honesty about the limitations of this tent in harsher conditions, and your willingness to test it with caution and backup plans.
Your willingness to share your experiences with the world is a testament to the spirit of adventure and the love of the great outdoors.
Keep on exploring and sharing your stories, my friend. 👏💙
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Watching Clair wrestle with her tent makes me nostalgic for the simple tents of yesteryear i.e /\ shape, with just 2 poles holding it up (these came in 6 clip together bits, and the 2-person tent, was complete with waterproof floor and a zip up fly screen door in the front. Thin twine ropes held it in place and just one person could set it up in a few minutes, under most conditions. The whole thing packed up neatly into a small plastic bag. I carried this cheap but well-made tent with me on my motorcycle for years. Stealth camped in a number of places ranging from forests to housing estates being built, without being bothered by anyone once.
I still have my French army surplus one. It's simple, easy to set up etc.
@@ptonpc Thanks for your post. Nice to hear from someone who still likes good old fashioned, simple to set up tents.
I remember setting up my 1970s cheap plastic-fabric portable 2-person tent on top of a 4,000 foot mountain in the 80s, as it was beginning to rain. Dug a little trench around the tent. Pumped up the air-bed, put blankets and sleeping bags on it, and me and a friend got a wonder night’s sleep despite torrential rain. Half expected to be flooded out, but woke up snug and dry as anything. Waited for the rain to stop, then packed up.
These old tents may not have had much in the way of bells and whistles, but they were great and practical and cheap and didn’t take up much space when packed up.
@@penguinvic9892 Very much agree. A few years ago, I was camping with friends. I staked down my lavuu, used a hiking pole as the central support and had a great night's sleep while my friends were dealing with their tents during a slight storm.
@@ptonpc I love your story. Good point about being able to quickly erect a tent in adverse conditions.
I have a real pet hate with tents that require a person to “bend” the so-called flexible supporting poles into the desired shape. Supporting poles that simply clip together are much easier to use.
@@penguinvic9892 You just know the 'flexible' ones are going to snap sooner or later. I like simple.
As kids, me and a mate wanted to sleep out once overnight, had zero experience or gear, only thing we could find was an old pair of long green Curtains..our destination was a local golf course. We had a surprise late visitor, a random border collie sheep dog..who we named 'john the dog'.
As bizzare the prep & scenario was, we completed the forst overnighter in dry, warm conditions. 'Jtd' disappeared as suddenly as his appearance.
Lesson learned: fun & spontaneity are important.
Love your videos. You’re so fun, positive, humble and always inspire me to get out hiking and into the wilderness.
I just scored a Wanderer Cascade tent for a few bucks at the thrift shop and am going to test it out car-side camping next week with the girls on our canoe trip next week. Went a bought some new heavy duty stakes so fingers crossed it doesn’t blow away or rip apart on me. 😂😀
Another great video Claire, proving you don’t need high end gear to get out for a night!
Enjoyed this on Claire. Its good to see how these cheap tents do when camping. You don't see other channels doing this 🙂👍
Not true! Dan, English Woodsman, does it, too.
@@joesoy9185 not somebody I watch to be honest
A fun escapade, Claire. You brave all your challenges with style and grace. I'll be back.
THANK YOU this tent has stressed me out so much trying to set it up solo 😂 your method has worked better than any I’ve seen so thank you
I managed to get a green one, but expecting I'd end up with a red version, I'd already made a couple of large leaf-shaped stencils and bought several spray cans of various shades of green, so I went ahead anyway and painted the entire tent with a mass of variegated foliage. Upon testing out its visibility in dimming daylight, I actually had a job to find it again. So my additional camouflage worked almost too well. The only slight downside was that the paint stiffened up the material and when unpacking it, there were a lot of creases that couldn't be shaken out.
Did the paint alter how waterproof it is?
Hello 👋 Claire, thank you for another fun tag along. I like your new tent. Be sure to take good care of yourself. Stay safe out there. 🤗
Hello Ronald 👋 Thank you, hope you're having a nice week :)
Hello 👋 Claire, a big thank you. I always look forward to your exciting outdoor adventures. You keep me motivated to get out and do some camping 🏕 and hiking. Stay safe and healthy every day.
🤗 👋
Love Your films and I Get Inspired. Greetings from Norway! Your films gives me the magical feeling from reading E.F Bensons «The Man Who Went To Far». Looking forward to Your next adventure!
Hey Claire, thanks for this video, really enjoyed it as always. I really like it when you review and test budget equipment! Thanks!
Haha Claire! What cute little tent 😂🤣 half my body would stick out!!! 😂🤣😂🤣 nice to remind people that they don’t need expensive gear to have a little cheeky wild camp, nice one lovely xx
Karen, cheap, garbage tents such as this one can be very dangerous. They shouldn't be promoted. Somebody will buy that thinking they'll be safe even in cold conditions, their kit will then get sodden wet from the condensation, and as a result they could get hypothermic and put their lives at stake.
@@scotbotvideos personally I don’t think anyone would think it could be used in bad weather or up a mountain, and Claire highlighted the condensation issue. You have to hope people have common sense….
@@ksgonewild That's the thing, though. People don't have common sense. It's not even that common.
Some will watch this and think you can camp out safely in any condition. All you have to do is wipe away the condensation, and you're good to go, they'll think; but oftentimes it doesn't work like that in the real world.
Very cute isn't it haha! Cheers me dears, hope you're having a nice week friend 💚🌿🤗 xx
@Scotbot How ridiculous.. ALL tents can be dangerous in cold conditions. My extremely expensive Hilleberg actually gets terrible condensation, which is why I use a bivi bag in ALL tents, regardless of price. My expensive MSR Hubba NX also broke in the wind. If you are well prepared with back up gear such as a good bivi bag there is no danger of hypothermia.
Ive to see you again my dear . Last time it was really scary creepy but I love watching like that 👀😱❣️that’s why I watching ur video good luck 🤞🏽 tonight😱🙏🏾❤
That tent would be perfect to make a sand pit in. Fill up with sand and close the door at the end of play. Also keeps sun of the little ones. Love watching these videos.
Most of the very cheap tents are best kept for use in the garden in summer. Having said that, I've had many tents for under £50 and only had one disaster (on heavy wind). It just takes a bit of research to find the best ones. My latest is an Eiger Trekker 1 (£40); a bit low but okay for an overnighter. 😊
Yehh my first was a Vango Soul, it was about £50 at the time I think, and I loved it. It wasn't perfect but it got me started in this crazy wonderful hobby ☺️
Haha 2 man tent, 2 kids maybe. Fun video Claire. Definitely a tent for summer fun. I know tesco do some cheap tents, have fun with the condensation. Fair play Beare. Always fun, and inspirational videos. Keep Loving the Adventure 💚
TBF the area of china where alot of manufacturing happens tends to be more short area of the country.
Yep deffo for 2 kids haha! Thanks for watching, hope you have a nice week Asa :) 🌿🤗
The way youtube shows the most replayed parts of the video is enlightening to say the least.
There´s a very positive and attractive young lady trying out new gear in the woods, finally hiding in a red chinese tent, love it🥰
Love the reverse psychology, Claire:
"This tent is so not camo that no one will suspect anyone is stealth camping here!" 😃
Actually, walkers on existing trails tend not to see too much at all, often being preoccupied with other things, although bright red is pushing the bounds of hope a bit! 😉
The real issue I find is not so much people, but their dogs, which are often off the leash and running all over the place exploring well away from the trails, sometimes quite early in the morning for those who go jogging before work, etc.
You idea of a lighweight camo net would work fine here, but your tree-branch and fern wall is perfect, and of a common appearance and texture to your surrounds.
The real giveaway for people is movement, the familiar human shape especially in silhouette, and atypical sounds, like cutlery on plates, mobile phones (a real curse), wood chopping, etc. The other cues are the smells of smoke or cooking.
The military concealment regimen uses the rule of "avoiding all the S's". These are, in no particular order: Silhouette, Shine, Shadow, Shape, Shade, Sound, Speed to which I would definitely add "Smell" - nothing is more of a giveaway than tobacco or fire smoke, toothpaste, aftershave or perfumes or (ugh) BO. In the bush, I've picked up people kilometres away on cigarette smoke or even old campfire smoke in their clothing and it's a good sense to practice once your nose is accustomed to the natural bush smells. Hint: always check your wind direction, too. It works both ways. Note also that in the above 8 characteristics, 5 of them are sight-related.
This will flesh out those subdivisions for you:
stipsniper.com/2019/10/03/the-7-ss-of-camouflage/
It's was sheep that found me last time! Had no idea they grazed there that time of year.
Classic festival tent, i did many a Reading fest back in the day in one of these.
Learn to blend in with a day glow red tent 🤣🤣👍🏽⛺️ all the passers-by can hear is “eeeeer ooooo I can’t get it in” thanks Claire, fun camp, had me laughing
Hahaha yeh!! There's me worrying about being seen, they probably think there's a right weirdo in the bushes 😅 thanks glad you liked it :)
That was ace Claire and your camouflage was a great idea too!🌲⛺️🌳👍🏼
Thank you :D
That was a great video because it demonstrates the importance of why you want to be stealth. Some people have told me to have a bright tent in case someone comes looking for you if you're in distress. But I always carry a red flag with a cross that I can put up. Thanks for the video. If it doesn't rain on your tent it rains in your tent. lol Respect from your friends in Florida USA 🌴
I heard the intro before I read the title and thought: "that's one heavy tent!"
Pulled that off quite well for being such a bright red. Enjoy your videos. Soothing voice and such a natural beauty😊
Claire, its unfortunate that its a "red tent". The secret is to have a cheap black covering, cut open garbage bag, a black sheet, over the tent before you throw over a Camouflaged net, preferably with TWO camo nets each different. Then you throw on local brush to blend it in. I've done this and been 3 meters from a walking trail and no one ever spotted the tent. I've taken pictures and no one yet has been able to see in the picture where the tent was. Done correctly it blends in so no one can see it even when they are looking at it.
How is this thing so LOUD!?😂 even the baggy for the poles sounded loud haha. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL❤
Thank you 😃 Mm like a giant crinkly bag of crisps isn't it
Oh, I didn't realise that the 'authentic cheap-tent experience' was a thing! Cool! The antithesis of the 'phoney glamping experience'. Great to see you having so much fun on such a tiny budget :)
I love using this tent in the summer, I have found june-august it's light and simple and has no condensation issues :) However mine is green so it's less glaring haha
Note mine isnt the same brand I think its a bit longer and the door is one zip rather than split down the middle, still for the price it adds shelter but I wouldn't want to test it in heavy rain or cold temperatures
I was gonna say, where did you get a green one, I could only find red haha! Yes I'm actually pleased with how it did on this one. I was half expecting it to break first night out. Bad weather trip with it will be interesting for sure 😄 Thanks for watching, hope you're having a great week :)
I can't wait for the next "Cheap Tent Camp!" I thought you were gonna snap the pole at 2:35 😂 I've had a cheap tent experience with very similar results. This was so much fun, Claire. 🙂 Btw, nice on the fly camouflage job. ✌️
Hehe thanks, I'm looking forward to seeing what this lil thing is capable of 😅 mm I thought I was gonna snap the pole too, would have been a short video if I had haha. Thanks for watching, hope you're having a nice week :)
That red fits in with the forest,like a lighthouse in the sky 👍👌👏✌️
Claire if the sun comes out and you're in that little red tent you could get a sun tan. Almost like being in a tanning booth 😀. I couldn't find you, 😊. Glad you had a marvelous time and you stayed safe. Thank you for sharing this video. Take care and enjoy your trips.
Claire, it's a cheap tent suitable only for kids, either in the garden or a campsite. Be honest about this, it's not one for the woods. Or did you record this on April fools day 🤫
That was amazing. When you put your blue hoody on it, it disappeared! ;-)
I would say of all your wilderness adventures this is by far the bravest one hardly enough room for a dog. I glad you were closer to home. ❤🇺🇲🇮🇹Fan, be safe.
😂🤣😂 you with the pole in the beginning, I could watch that over and over!
Who didn’t have her Weetabix! Perfect, as always, thank you Claire.
thank you that put a huge smile on my face.
What fun! You weren't going to let that pole win. Looking forward to your next video adventure!
Good effort....That groundsheet played havoc with my speakers 😆
We have that tent to use as extra storage space for the campervan on the longer trips out. Boots, BBQ, chairs, dog beds, bike accessories etc all get thrown in. I did wonder if anyone would actually use it to camp with. Now I know 🤣 Thanks Claire 🤣
Ahh yeh I bet it's great as a lil tent-shed :D
I doubt anyone sleeps more than a night or two in this, including her (just a quess). Pretty good gear tent to keep the dew and racoons off outside stuff that isn't food.
👍 .. that tent sounds like, whilst on my local train, listening to a Swiss munching on a paper-bagged station kiosk-bought snack 😁.
Definitely a kiddies backyard tent.
I de-stress and feel chill when watching your videos. Thank you 🙏
Aw yay, I'm so glad 🌿🤗 thank you for watching them, have a nice week :)
The timing of the howling dogs was priceless.
Fun video.
I also like for my gear to "blend in" with my surroundings. My current backpacking tent had to be special ordered to get an olive green color, it blends in well Summer or Winter. Thank you for another great video.
You make me happy when I watch you doing what you do thankyou for doing these videos 👍
This video shows why I always get a tent that is double walled, with a vestibule, and bigger than me so I don't touch the walls. It makes no sense to get a lightweight tent if you have to bring a bivy to stay dry, the bivy makes your total weight heavier than just having a better tent.
I bought a similar size tent to keep in my walk away bag to be used inside a gymnasium or other public shelter in a hurricane scenario. Not much room, but at least a little privacy. Thank you for another fine video. Be well and at peace.
Great video, great little tent too. I have to agree with you about its color. A bit bright and seeable.
It seemed to work really well in any event 👍
I loved seeing the Red Fox, so cool.
On the plus side you will always be able to locate your camp after exploring the area 😉
Seriously though... great video Claire! It's awesome to see you testing out some (very) inexpensive gear. Looking forward to seeing what fun lil' adventures you have planned for Ol' Red here :)
I hope that the rest of your week is amazing my friend! :) Stay wild.... 🐻 -John
Haha yes this is true 😄 thanks John, Easter hols, busy busy, hope you're having a good one :D
@@WildBeare Always a pleasure Claire 😊 Hope you have a great Easter holiday/weekend :)
Thank you for uploading, i couldn't sleep out there, i worry about sounds in the night.
Where ever you are is great to see in any tent 🙂
You are quite magical Claire, always fun to tag along with you!
Thanks you always make me smile Claire Bear😊
Aw thank you for coming along with me :D
I used a cheap tent once, borrowed from my sister. Never again! It was the mid-1980s and my first visit to Sidmouth Folk Festival. I'd booked quite late, so was in the overflow campsite, on top of the hill. It rained hard every day. The only things that stayed dry were those kept in my neighbour's tent, a Peapod - I'd met this chap for the first time, as we alighted the same train - so kind of him. For some reason, I'd packed two towels, so one was used for washing, the other for mopping the tent floor. Still got my first rucksack though - a Berghaus AB65. Lesson learned, my own first tent was a relatively basic Blacks model, but survived a torrential downpour that saw others washed out and spending the night in their cars. So my complaint about a small puddle around one pole base was nothing by comparison.
It sounds like a crisp packet 😮 Good video for those trying it out on a budget. 😀
Haha yeh it really does 😄 Thank you, hope you're good 🤗🌿
I love the way you exit your videos that is very unique. 😊
My grandad loves watching your adventures
Another great video Claire. i feel same with you about peaceful nature, I have enjoyed and I grateful for mother natures💖🏕🥰
Hi Claire! Thank you so much for your videos. I have enjoyed them immensely! I like how you made me laugh with the struggle of the poles. 😂Thanks for always making. You are amazing and have given me a little more courage !😊 stay safe out there.🙏🏼😇🏕️
Thanks so much Delia, so glad you like them 🤗 Much love 🌿💚
The red fox just had to see who was in the red tent ! Nice honest review with good stealth solution.
Hi 🐻, that's the brightest tent ever lol .
Cracking camouflage wall ! HAPPY DAYS
Hi, I've watched at least 10 of your videos in the last few weeks, they are amazing, like you Claire. Really interesting !
Another great video. I recently discovered your channel and am viewing some of the older ones.
I own a large acreage parcel in Michigan. Last year, I camped out on my own property with minimal gear. I'm planning my next adventure as we speak. Your videos are part of my inspiration. Thanks for all you do.
You find street homeless people use them a lot because they're so cheap and often get donated by well meaning people. The only problem is, as you pointed out Claire, the condensation.
The tents have proved to be virtual killers for the homeless in winter. Already with damp clothing, sealed up in the tent, condensation build up causing damp sleeping bags. The temperature plummets and they don't wake up, being wrapped in a giant ice pop virtually.
Interesting video Claire.
That's so sad. Unfortunately even my extremely expensive Hilleberg gets terrible condensation because its so well insulated. As do the Lanshans, being single skin. I use a bivi bag in every tent for this reason, there's no way around it. Hope you're having a nice week Mally
@@WildBeare Yes, bivi bags are worth their weight in gold. I've supplied a few british army bivi bags to carefully targeted homeless. Many would just sell them.
I'm having a pretty good week, thank you Claire.
Very nice video. I was thinking about buying a similar tent, bet now ill have in mind the lengh of it.
this is good video it is a nice tent i am glad you are trying out other tents like this one i like how you smile make your videos so enjoyable 👍😃
Hilarious finding that you did a review of this. I bought this at GoOutdoors and used it in Cornwall and Scilly last Summer. You're right about the nightmarish condensation but it did manage to get me through a pretty strong thunderstorm out on the Scillys. How, I don't know.😂Glad to see I wasn't the only one who had a bugger of a time trying to put the polls in. I also thought they were going to snap.And they're having a laugh calling it a TWO person tent. I'd wish there were two small mesh windows/flaps on either side. I think that would help with ventilation some. Otherwise you're just sleeping in a plastic bag. 😂 So funny seeing you give a test run of this circus clown of a tent.
Very cool to see how much you're into solitude and nature. The outdoors is certainly my go-to for joy. I can see why your channel is growing fast..love it!
She set up a tent on cleared, levelled ground near houses. It's fake!
That’s awesome, another channel reviewed that same tent in steady rain and it filled up with water, your lil stealth camp was quite nice 👍.
The last tip was brilliant, taught me something :)
I'd love to see you use that tent in Eryri 😂Another great video, made me laugh out loud. Thanks again, Claire.
Tis Irish Bob saying hello Claire
What a grand wee adventure ye had indeed Lass.
Ye had quite a workout setting up that rascal of a tent. It would have looked perfectly camouflaged in a rose garden🙄🙄🙄
My how you made me smile and ye still managed to pull off a nice little outing. Nicely done covering the exposed viewing angle.
Even Mr Fox, had thought to come by to see: what ye were up to in his neck of the woods.
It will be most interesting to see you test out yer little tent in different situations. A tarp is a good idea to bring for possible rainy conditions.
All in all it was a grand little adventure. Enjoy yer Easter long weekend ahead Lass.
I celebrate another year of creaking joints in a couple of days. The outdoors is good medicine for such things.
It's always nice to be part of yer adventures in the outdoors. Be well Lass, be well indeed
Irish Bob says hello and enjoy life fully.
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Good afternoon Claire and Happy Easter. These videos just keep getting better and better. Superb production values. You're looking great as always. Thanks so much for sharing another look at the chronicles of your life living and camping in the Great Outdoors!! 😍😍
if you have a single skin tent, you have to make a nice gap between the bugmesh, and the tent material at the entrance, because the bugmesh is the inlet of the ventillation, and the top mesh is the outlet of the air.
I used a single skint tent for a long time, and kept a blown up simple plastic bag between the two layers of the entrance. It made a nice gap, and the air was able to flow through the tent.
I bought a Eurohike DLX 2 man tent for motorcycle camping. About 45 quid I paid. Really recommend it! Worthy of an 'expert' review by your good self I think! 👍
Ty for more fun videos Claire very enjoyable
Reminds me of the really cheap tents we had growing up. $20 but they were blue. Big enough for 1 person, their sleeping bag and backpack or whatever you hauled your stuff in on. I had one for years while I was a Boy Scout and it was durable and held rain out well. These were probably longer, 6’ maybe. Ozark Trails.
i used to have that tent! cost me £15 in wilkos. took it with me camping. absolutely fun, and i had a sleeping bag an airbed a festival cookset and a cup too. spent 2 days out. and it was sunny so i didn't worry about rain.
I get the whole testing it as it is, but if you had taken one of your tarps, that would have camoflaged it well. It was particularly tiny though lol - I would have to turn myself into a pretzel to sleep in there; dunno where I would have put all my gear 🤣🤣
Thanks for the review Claire!
Yehh it would have worked real well, but would have defeated the object of a cheap tent I feel 😄 thanks for watching :)
you would absolutely fall in love with the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington. Pine trees for as far as you can see.
that type of cheap tent is known as a "Festival Tent" where people buy really cheap tents and take them to music festivals to sleep in for a couple of days then leave them behind when the festival is over - that why its probably bright red so you can find which tent is yours in the hundreds pitched at the festival
Love how you almost enjoy the challenge of adversity, as if a cheap tent wasn’t enough it has to be red. 😅 love the authenticity of your challenge I will not improve it with a tarp.
Oooo matron.....the innuendo's were hard to miss!
Looked like a moist night of camping. 😅
Get a Camo tarp and cover it. When Longs Drugs went out of business I bought a really nice spacious 2 person tent. Claire keep the videos coming I love them.
Hello Miss Claire! Like the way you use the brush to hide your red tent. Red tents can be seen in the woods a long way off. I own a 12x14 red cabin tent. I had to use a lot of brush to conceal from others nearby in the woods. You look a lot happier in this adventure - no snow to deal with. Did a great job of setting up and filming. Thanks for what you do .
Thank you, the red ones are certainly bright aren't they 😄 Hope you're having a nice week :)
@@WildBeare Hi Miss Claire! I was just thinking about your red tent. There is a kind of a tent that is called a hunters blind and comes in camo. i have been looking at them online. the price ranges from $75.00 - $600.00 dollars. No one would be able to see you to well with a hunters blind in the woods. Or you can purchase a camo screen material you could drape around your red tent. I have used the Camo Screen around my red tent . It works good.. I want to wish you a Happy Easter to you and your son. I always look forward to all your hiking/camping adventures.
I have several similar tents I've used for week-long stays at an event for many years. Even without guys, they've survived gale-force winds and heavy downpours. The ones with a side entrance are easier to enter than the end entrance like that one.
Given the size, it's easier to sleep diagonally. (I'm c. 180cms taill.) Gear goes in the triangular corners. (Stout plastic bags are your friend.) A sheet of thin plastic, painter's drop sheet, or garbage bags (bin-liners) taped together laid underneath as a ground sheet mean that you dpn't have to take home a load of whatever mud you've been sleeping on when you strike camp. Be sure to punch small holes in it, or arrange slits, so that water can drain away. (Keep the footprint slightly smaller than the tent not to collect rainwater. ) Just roll it up for disposal.
Your camouflage was ingenious. If you couldn't use that, you could paint patterns on the tent, or use some burlap strips wrapped around the poles (one end only, so they drape) to disrupt the outline
Some camo netting over the tent would work as well. It's pretty cheap.
Really! Wow that's impressive, I really can't imagine this holding up in strong wind, I will find out, secure in a bivi bag in case it gets busted up 😄 yes I agree diagonal sleeping would be the way forward if you can't fit. The floor of this was actually lovely and thick, much thicker than my more expensive lightweight tents, so I don't feel I need a ground sheet with this, again I don't know how waterproof it is yet though. Thanks for watching my lil vid :D
@@mortsnerd5100 Mmm I used some of this for the first time for a tarp camp on Sunday, great stuff it is! :D