Top tip: Ball up a shemagh, or cloth and wrap it round the end of your home made tent pole. Even your trimmed edges will create substantial wear over time.
I was lucky enough to find a size III and then a SECOND size III, I love these things for the versatility. A ponch, a hooch, and with two halves, the full tent. My wife and I spent a couple nights in mine, plenty of space. And they do not need water proofing! The cotton swells if it gets wet, and the fabric tightens itself up becoming water proof. I spent a VERY rainy 3 day weekend in my untreated lavuu and was dry and toasty!
Your comment has gone under the radar but you are absolutely spot on. Doesn't need waterproofing at all. It also makes me want to vomit when people "mod" them.
It's great to see the Lavvu out in the forest . I Love the polish Lavvu it'sa great shelter. im glad i got one a few years ago size 2 . They are hard to find now .
Watching the video, I was inspired by your idea about staking and then putting in the pole. Instead of putting in all the stakes and then the pole, how about putting peg only in the back and then put in the pole. Holding onto the front, you can provide enough tension to put in the front stakes and then proceed around to get the rest.
Hello there, how blessed you are having a woodland to play in, I have to pay to camp in a field with the amateurs. You did say in your excellent vid that you'd leave a link to a man in Manchester who will do upgrades on the lavvu, let me have his details please as I'm dying to get mine sorted before winter. Great video, clearly explained and very useful, thank you, Mike.
Firstly thank you for watching I appreciate that alot. Hope you are well. If you look me up on Facebook as Jeremy Whittington.. there's also a link from my main account page in here. I will then sent you a link through face book to him. He does amazing work on these tents to a very high standard for a really good price. Thanks again for your comment take care hear from you soon .
Hey jez, I'm rewatching some of your brilliant vids on a very wet cold Sunday, the sound of all the birds singing and the sun shining love it. Hope you and your girls are well mate 👍
Good video all in all. Personally I prefer to pack out the halves individually for versatility. I use my lavvu half as a poncho regularly during local storms and cold weather.. My day pack load ill take a half with cordage, pegs and no poles for a lean-to setup. My 3plus day solo load out I add the 2nd half and 2 telescopic tarp poles(3-8 feet) as trekking poles and tent bipod. With a partner she can take the 3rd and 4th poles for trekking and a quad pod setup. Additional mods I'm looking at is a separate tub with at least a 16 inch wall, a canvas baker insert, a removable stove jack for the arm hole, a camo net heat shade, and a bug net setup. Obviously not all pieces go every time depending on the season.
I've owned a size 2 since before they became the next fad. It was too small but I've just managed to get hold of a size 3. It is an amazing shelter don't get me wrong, extremely versatile - It is not worth £200 and even £100 is absolutely pushing it. But as with all fads they will lower in price over time. Mine cost £30 many years ago. Never used.
I've got a set of all 3 sizes. I like them a lot. I prefer to make a tripod and set it up outside and over the lavvu. I put a rock or something in the peak and tie it to the tripod. No center pole. Good job.
Hi great location lucky man , yet again another lavu demonstration how not to fit a lavu the correct way around , you have it inside out as many others do. There are double thickness shoulder flaps and water proof pocket flaps, it will be waterproof if you assembled it the CORRECT WAY .
Like the clarity and simplicity of your film, thank you. I have a Lavvu (size 2) and another which is a mis-match of size 1 and 2 halves. They both work fine but I use the complete size 2 as the tent and use the single size 2 half from the other, to build a porch area by slotting the peak over the top of the erected Lavvu and then positioning it so the chimney from my stove goes up through two sets of arm hole (tent and porch canopy lined up). I then use three lightweight telescopic poles on different heights to lift the canopy round and over the door to give much more living space fro grotty weather days. (Sounds far more complex than it is and you can easily cut poles on site to reduce what you take out with you). Simple paracord lines and some spare pegs (or cut pegs) and bingo! It looks great too as there is a lovely shape to the porch thanks to the curve of the poncho half canopy. That way I can sit under the open tent and canopy and stay dry or shaded depending on the conditions. I use a small pack-away chair so there is plenty of headroom and a low lightweight camp cot just fits in as well. (I have a bad back and rubbish knees so look after myself!) Not a back packing set up, but for vehicle camping with a wood burner, it makes a great little solo expedition set up and there is nothing like the sound of gentle rain on real canvas and the smell of wood smoke to relax you! One very simple mod requiring no faffing or sewing to make the door quick and easy to open and close is the purchase from Amazon, of some cheap stainless steel bulldog clips designed for clip boards. They are wide and have a decent spring in them. I use 5 of them to close the tent quickly. It pulls tight and is pretty much water proof if you line the flaps up carefully. In any emergency with the stove or just needing to pee in the night, I can get out fast and not worry about those tedious buttons! The extra canopy (which could be a tarp BTW) ensures no rain gets on the door area anyway. Like you, I am truly blessed in having some private woodland I have permission to use which has been a life saver during lock-down. One thing, I don't do any social media and certainly not Facebook, so how would I get in touch with the man in Manchester who does the mods?
Firstly sounds like you have it sorted . Great comment send me an email to jezwhittington@googlemail.com and I will put you in touch with him. Thanks for your comment . I can't wait for winter hot tenting in the wild.
I guess Im asking randomly but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Blaze Timothy Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and I'm trying it out now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
It basically seems like the "Alice Pack of tents": It looks a bit shit at first glance, and fails a lot of metrics by which people will judge equipment these days, yet it is good, and it works well. Im a firm believer that 90% of survival is your actions. People can talk all day about a certain product being 17% lighter or 24% better at repelling water, but having a robust and practical tepee like this is basically 90% of your "dying from exposure problems" dealt with right there. Maybe I seem a bit flinty but I recently found myself in a situation where my comfortable trek degenerated into a potentially hypothermic scenario in the space of a few minutes. I now pack a polythene survival bag in my kit for emergency situations. Im sure MANY companies would like to sell me better more high tech jackets, underlayers and other expensive products, but the reality was that the experience made me realise that I needed a giant orange polythene bag to climb into if I fucked up, and at that point "condensation" aint no issue I need to be worried about. My point is that this tent is not perfect, but that 10% of "not perfect" aint going to kill you (Despite what the hipsters on tent channels will tell you) The 90% of goodness will work all the time. Great video and thank you. I can tell from your black kettle that you are the real deal.
The trouble is, you set it up so tight you could never have closed the doors. Either that was the first time you’d ever erected it, or you never shut the doors. But that rather defeats the point of putting in a wood stove, doesn’t it?
Hi! Good video. Sligh note. In polish we don't have and use that word: lavvu ;-). We speak Polish for it: pałatka (read: p.a.w.a.t.k.a, better check the pronunciation of a word on translator) Lavvu.. is a Sami tent, a kind of tipi, lower tipi, more resistant to strong wind and this is a word from the Sami language (Scandinavian Lapland). Funny journey of words, verbal/naming mess. We (Polish people) made the military raincoat which is called "pałatka" (two are made into a tent), and there is a word for it in English: tipi, tepee but almost everyone calls it: "lavvu" - Sams tent. So the name "polish lavuu" give's U polish sams tipi/tent ;-)
I've got a size two and I'm same hight as you and I love my lavvu but 100% there's no spare room in these tents with a air mat which is probably why he's turning into a mini bell tent with the skirt, I've had mine since they were like £30 for new old stock and yes it's still unmodified but honestly tomorrow my button in center section from bushcraft Spain should arrive and I can't wait to go play with it
Thanks for your comment.. look me up on Facebook Jeremy Whittington.. there's a link to my face book on my account page on here and I will send you a link to him buddy.
Hi friend I have a lavuu but it not as one... What is the best way to connect the two side together am new to bushcraft trying to find a good video to, show me how it done... Also great video mate keep it up..
For now just the buttons will do but see if you can find someone to put a zip in makes it easier to get in and out of in cold dark nights. Thanks for your comment.
Nice video 👍👌, iwas wondering do you have a modified polish lavvu for winter and one un modified polish lavvu for summer weather? I put a triangle hot water blanket inside with two holes in the bottom for tent pegs so I don't turn my lavvu in to char cloth.center pole anchors the blanket on top and stick thru armflap and cord to pull lavvu further away from heat source.g stove double wall stove pipe tent protect tent even better with a insulation heater pipe blanket .sewed it together on wife's sewmachine before she seen me.sorry I don't have any pictures .best regards Ken
I've been looking at these lavvu's I recently bought a titanium stove. I have the canvas french military pup tent from the UK but, hesitant to put stove in it. Thinking its to low. Curious of your thoughts. Great review 👍
Get a lavvu mate before there are none left to buy all stocks are selling fast..buy one now whilst you still can. I was going down the pup tent route but took u turn .
Most home depot stores or DIY stores sell canvas water repellent in spray tin form or tin that you can put into a hand pump spray bottle 2 coats 1 coat let dry then a second.. alot of people just put it up in a rain storm the canvas absorbes the water which then swells the fabric do this twice and the fibres naturally become water tight allow it to dry right through to stop damp and mold spores. Also Amazon sell canvas waterproof spray's. Thanks for your comment.
How do you keep the sides of polish lavvu from turning into char cloth when you use stov e ? I understand about stove jack.what about the radiat heat from stove? Ken
@@elee9056 lots of people do it just be aware of the fact of how hot the chimney gets I have seen people prop open the sleeve with a wire coat hanger to stop it touching the canvas failing that get a stove jack fitted costs around 40 .
@@elee9056 no problem take a look on Amazon under stove jacks you can get metal and rubber ones or you can get canvas and teflon ones . I would go for canvas and Teflon and stitch it into your LAVVU. Enjoy.
your video only showes the lavvu being set up INSIDEOUT!! the flap you have on the inside is a rain cape. and it is suposed to be on the outside. you put the inside of your poncho faceing out, and the outside, faceing inside! would you turn your jacket insideout before you out it on? dont worry, 99% of youtubers set up their lavvu wrong, so your probably just following bad information. its an easy fix. but its similar to setting up the american poncho shelter with the hood hanging down on the inside.
Thank you for your comment.. so many people say so many different ways to set it up..I looked at old pics of the polish troops using them and the set up was the same as mine.. maybe they were all wrong also. Thank you .
@@Jez-explores-outdoors where did you find the photos? ive looked in the past, but never found any. i just went off of “if my poncho is wet, i wouldnt turn it insideout to sleep under it.” kinda thinking. but id love to see some old photos and learn somethin new.
What you are calling a rain cape is designed to go on the inside when worn as a poncho, not the outside. It creates a layer of material between the wearer and the outside of the poncho, as canvas will wick moisture through when it’s wet and being touched. You can also tell which is the outside by looking at the arm slits and how they are sewn and button up. Worn with the “cape” to the inside, water will sheet off the flaps covering the arm slits and not easily run into the poncho. With the “cape” to the outside, water can easily work its way inside. The same is true when the ponchos are connected to form a lavvu tent.
@@kennethdickinson2591 the main problem ive ever had with that explination (and i now understand that its a “pitch it as you please” kinda thing) is that its not designed to be set up that way. aside from the rain cape, if you look at the top of the lavvu, where everything is sewn together, where it makes a hood, its only made to be used one way. you can turn it inside out, but you get rid of the perfect pocket to hold the poles. and personaly, i think the designed pocket for the poles(in the hood) makes pitching it much easier, and i dont have the original poles! i just use an extendable hiking pole. but again, i have learned that most people like it (in my opnion, following history of clothing and looking at how it is warn as a poncho) to be insideout. poncho shelters are designed primarily to be warn as a poncho, and while wearing it, you can pitch it as a shelter so you stay dry if needed. its primary function is as a poncho, seccondary function is as a shelter. again, ive learned that it Is a free for all, for pitching it. so, if it works for you, great! it seems most people pitch it the same way.
Top tip: Ball up a shemagh, or cloth and wrap it round the end of your home made tent pole. Even your trimmed edges will create substantial wear over time.
Or even a half coconut shell once the birds have cleared the suet.
I was lucky enough to find a size III and then a SECOND size III, I love these things for the versatility. A ponch, a hooch, and with two halves, the full tent. My wife and I spent a couple nights in mine, plenty of space.
And they do not need water proofing! The cotton swells if it gets wet, and the fabric tightens itself up becoming water proof. I spent a VERY rainy 3 day weekend in my untreated lavuu and was dry and toasty!
Your comment has gone under the radar but you are absolutely spot on. Doesn't need waterproofing at all. It also makes me want to vomit when people "mod" them.
It's great to see the Lavvu out in the forest . I Love the polish Lavvu it'sa great shelter. im glad i got one a few years ago size 2 . They are hard to find now .
There prices have gone crazy also haven't they.. thanks for your comment..
Oh yeah crazy prices, @@Jez-explores-outdoors
Watching the video, I was inspired by your idea about staking and then putting in the pole. Instead of putting in all the stakes and then the pole, how about putting peg only in the back and then put in the pole. Holding onto the front, you can provide enough tension to put in the front stakes and then proceed around to get the rest.
Hello there, how blessed you are having a woodland to play in, I have to pay to camp in a field with the amateurs. You did say in your excellent vid that you'd leave a link to a man in Manchester who will do upgrades on the lavvu, let me have his details please as I'm dying to get mine sorted before winter. Great video, clearly explained and very useful, thank you, Mike.
Firstly thank you for watching I appreciate that alot. Hope you are well. If you look me up on Facebook as Jeremy Whittington.. there's also a link from my main account page in here. I will then sent you a link through face book to him. He does amazing work on these tents to a very high standard for a really good price. Thanks again for your comment take care hear from you soon .
Hey jez, I'm rewatching some of your brilliant vids on a very wet cold Sunday, the sound of all the birds singing and the sun shining love it. Hope you and your girls are well mate 👍
Hay thanks I am hoping to get out there more now lockdown is easing thanks for your comment cheers jay.
Good video all in all. Personally I prefer to pack out the halves individually for versatility. I use my lavvu half as a poncho regularly during local storms and cold weather.. My day pack load ill take a half with cordage, pegs and no poles for a lean-to setup. My 3plus day solo load out I add the 2nd half and 2 telescopic tarp poles(3-8 feet) as trekking poles and tent bipod. With a partner she can take the 3rd and 4th poles for trekking and a quad pod setup.
Additional mods I'm looking at is a separate tub with at least a 16 inch wall, a canvas baker insert, a removable stove jack for the arm hole, a camo net heat shade, and a bug net setup. Obviously not all pieces go every time depending on the season.
I've owned a size 2 since before they became the next fad. It was too small but I've just managed to get hold of a size 3. It is an amazing shelter don't get me wrong, extremely versatile - It is not worth £200 and even £100 is absolutely pushing it. But as with all fads they will lower in price over time. Mine cost £30 many years ago. Never used.
Hello and thank you yes I think the size 3 is the way to go.
Nice wee review mate I not long got myself a lavvu size 3 looking forward to getting out with it. Atb Wullie ✊🏻🏴
Great demonstration of the lavvu! What is the make of ground matt you have there? Cheers!
Very nice footage and landscape. Big like 👍 from me! I love camping, fishing, hike too.Keep on!!!
Thank you and thank you for your comment . The great outdoors is the best place to be for sure.
Polish tent - good idea! I have the same one. All the best for you. 🌳🌲🦅
Thank you! Cheers!
I've got a set of all 3 sizes. I like them a lot.
I prefer to make a tripod and set it up outside and over the lavvu. I put a rock or something in the peak and tie it to the tripod. No center pole.
Good job.
Great idea might have to try that myself. Brilliant
@Nacho Libre
I'm not sure if you could comfortably lay out. You are 6 inches taller than me.
@Nacho Libre I’d say look for a size 3. The size 3 is about 4 inches wider than a size 2, and a size 2 is about 4 inches wider than a size 1.
Subscribed Sir, i like the video and the polish Lavvu. Hope to get one. Have a good day and see you on your next vid.
Thank you for you comment and yes get one there brilliant winter got tents.
Hi great location lucky man , yet again another lavu demonstration how not to fit a lavu the correct way around , you have it inside out as many others do. There are double thickness shoulder flaps and water proof pocket flaps, it will be waterproof if you assembled it the CORRECT WAY .
This is awesome been looking fir one of these tents 🏕 awesome review
Learnt a good couple tips there! Cheers man 🍻 I've been out with mine once now and I coulda used those quick setting up tips! 😉
Hay no problem glad I could help..thanks for your comment.
Got one not used it yet , I'm defo getting it out
Oh you must there amazing tents for the money.. in time they will become hard to purchase as stock levels are drying up. Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for the info...and as jay jay said I just bought one myself and am ready to try it out.
Thanks for that video, just bought one from the link you gave!
Like the clarity and simplicity of your film, thank you. I have a Lavvu (size 2) and another which is a mis-match of size 1 and 2 halves. They both work fine but I use the complete size 2 as the tent and use the single size 2 half from the other, to build a porch area by slotting the peak over the top of the erected Lavvu and then positioning it so the chimney from my stove goes up through two sets of arm hole (tent and porch canopy lined up). I then use three lightweight telescopic poles on different heights to lift the canopy round and over the door to give much more living space fro grotty weather days. (Sounds far more complex than it is and you can easily cut poles on site to reduce what you take out with you). Simple paracord lines and some spare pegs (or cut pegs) and bingo! It looks great too as there is a lovely shape to the porch thanks to the curve of the poncho half canopy. That way I can sit under the open tent and canopy and stay dry or shaded depending on the conditions. I use a small pack-away chair so there is plenty of headroom and a low lightweight camp cot just fits in as well. (I have a bad back and rubbish knees so look after myself!) Not a back packing set up, but for vehicle camping with a wood burner, it makes a great little solo expedition set up and there is nothing like the sound of gentle rain on real canvas and the smell of wood smoke to relax you! One very simple mod requiring no faffing or sewing to make the door quick and easy to open and close is the purchase from Amazon, of some cheap stainless steel bulldog clips designed for clip boards. They are wide and have a decent spring in them. I use 5 of them to close the tent quickly. It pulls tight and is pretty much water proof if you line the flaps up carefully. In any emergency with the stove or just needing to pee in the night, I can get out fast and not worry about those tedious buttons! The extra canopy (which could be a tarp BTW) ensures no rain gets on the door area anyway. Like you, I am truly blessed in having some private woodland I have permission to use which has been a life saver during lock-down.
One thing, I don't do any social media and certainly not Facebook, so how would I get in touch with the man in Manchester who does the mods?
Firstly sounds like you have it sorted . Great comment send me an email to jezwhittington@googlemail.com and I will put you in touch with him. Thanks for your comment . I can't wait for winter hot tenting in the wild.
I guess Im asking randomly but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Ian Mekhi Instablaster =)
@Blaze Timothy Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and I'm trying it out now.
Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Blaze Timothy It worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my ass :D
It basically seems like the "Alice Pack of tents": It looks a bit shit at first glance, and fails a lot of metrics by which people will judge equipment these days, yet it is good, and it works well. Im a firm believer that 90% of survival is your actions. People can talk all day about a certain product being 17% lighter or 24% better at repelling water, but having a robust and practical tepee like this is basically 90% of your "dying from exposure problems" dealt with right there. Maybe I seem a bit flinty but I recently found myself in a situation where my comfortable trek degenerated into a potentially hypothermic scenario in the space of a few minutes. I now pack a polythene survival bag in my kit for emergency situations. Im sure MANY companies would like to sell me better more high tech jackets, underlayers and other expensive products, but the reality was that the experience made me realise that I needed a giant orange polythene bag to climb into if I fucked up, and at that point "condensation" aint no issue I need to be worried about.
My point is that this tent is not perfect, but that 10% of "not perfect" aint going to kill you (Despite what the hipsters on tent channels will tell you) The 90% of goodness will work all the time.
Great video and thank you. I can tell from your black kettle that you are the real deal.
Where the heck do all you guys get your own “private woodland”? Amazing. 😖
family land thankfully..
That my friend, is a cool funky kettle. I'm gonna guess old camping aluminium? I dunno, I just like it
Yes it's been with me for years my friend. It's Never let me down.
plastic shipping box protector. It's a little plastic piramid that you can use to make an internal frame with 3 poles, it works for me
Got mine about a month ago had it up today waterproofing it .wanted canvas even though it's a bit heavier
The trouble is, you set it up so tight you could never have closed the doors. Either that was the first time you’d ever erected it, or you never shut the doors. But that rather defeats the point of putting in a wood stove, doesn’t it?
Hi! Good video. Sligh note. In polish we don't have and use that word: lavvu ;-). We speak Polish for it: pałatka (read: p.a.w.a.t.k.a, better check the pronunciation of a word on translator) Lavvu.. is a Sami tent, a kind of tipi, lower tipi, more resistant to strong wind and this is a word from the Sami language (Scandinavian Lapland). Funny journey of words, verbal/naming mess. We (Polish people) made the military raincoat which is called "pałatka" (two are made into a tent), and there is a word for it in English: tipi, tepee but almost everyone calls it: "lavvu" - Sams tent. So the name "polish lavuu" give's U polish sams tipi/tent ;-)
Very interesting thank you for sharing your knowledge cheers.
@@Jez-explores-outdoors Na zdrowie! and greetings from Poland
I've got a size two and I'm same hight as you and I love my lavvu but 100% there's no spare room in these tents with a air mat which is probably why he's turning into a mini bell tent with the skirt, I've had mine since they were like £30 for new old stock and yes it's still unmodified but honestly tomorrow my button in center section from bushcraft Spain should arrive and I can't wait to go play with it
ah brill good luck on modding it i really want to buy a size 3 now and get it modded, thanks for your comment.
Brilliant mate, keep uploading
Gloy's Heat Pal alcohol heater. Origo 5100
Nice video mate. Thinking of one for semi perm winter set up. Video was very beneficial to help make decision. New sub 👍
ATB.
Thank you.
BLUE BELLMURDERER! LOL
Hi mate, cracking video. I'm just wondering if you could send me the details of the chap who can modify them? Thanks again
Thanks for your comment.. look me up on Facebook Jeremy Whittington.. there's a link to my face book on my account page on here and I will send you a link to him buddy.
Would anyone recommend waxing the canvas to make it last longer?
How come you dont use the included pole? Seems more lightweight and portable? Or is it just for aesthetics?
that was a very good video thank you
Quick guestion. Are the ponchos large enough to close them entirely or do you need a third one for the "door hole"?
Does anyone know size/weight of the material. I’d like to make some additions to my lavuu and would like to match the material.
Hi.. Thanks for sharing...
Thanks for watching.
What's size would be ideal for a short man I am 5ft6
Loved the video buddy just got one myself and just subbed you🌲🔥🌲💚
Thank you .
Hi friend I have a lavuu but it not as one... What is the best way to connect the two side together am new to bushcraft trying to find a good video to, show me how it done... Also great video mate keep it up..
For now just the buttons will do but see if you can find someone to put a zip in makes it easier to get in and out of in cold dark nights. Thanks for your comment.
Great review, thank you.
Its too hot tent for summer?
hi can you let me know the link to get mine done I need a skirt put on mine and a zip .ive got a stove jack
I can only add you through Facebook as it's the only media I have got him on. Look me up and and I will send you a link via Facebook.
Sorry I gotta ask, where's the link fir where to send off for modding? Need mine doing :)
Excellent thanks brother! Just subbed you 👍🏽👍🏽😎
Thank you
Nice video 👍👌, iwas wondering do you have a modified polish lavvu for winter and one un modified polish lavvu for summer weather? I put a triangle hot water blanket inside with two holes in the bottom for tent pegs so I don't turn my lavvu in to char cloth.center pole anchors the blanket on top and stick thru armflap and cord to pull lavvu further away from heat source.g stove double wall stove pipe tent protect tent even better with a insulation heater pipe blanket .sewed it together on wife's sewmachine before she seen me.sorry I don't have any pictures .best regards Ken
i actually don't i use winter hammock set up in the colder months, thank you for your comment
great video well explained, i like your stove what its it called or do you have a link? cheers
lixida wood gas stove
I've been looking at these lavvu's I recently bought a titanium stove. I have the canvas french military pup tent from the UK but, hesitant to put stove in it. Thinking its to low. Curious of your thoughts.
Great review 👍
Get a lavvu mate before there are none left to buy all stocks are selling fast..buy one now whilst you still can. I was going down the pup tent route but took u turn .
@@Jez-explores-outdoors thank you for your opinion. I appreciate that. I knew it. I sure Will. Thx
Good video I have one Didn’t get the pole with it how long is the pole for it thanks
They are 55 inches, or 140 cm, when assembled.
ive got the same stove they are good art they .were are you my frend im in kent
South Wales Wye valley buddy
Do you need to have a ground sheet?
i would just to keep kit clean in one side at least, thank you for your comment.
Hows best to waterproof one please mate?? Im getting one for my carp fishing on the river in winter
Most home depot stores or DIY stores sell canvas water repellent in spray tin form or tin that you can put into a hand pump spray bottle 2 coats 1 coat let dry then a second.. alot of people just put it up in a rain storm the canvas absorbes the water which then swells the fabric do this twice and the fibres naturally become water tight allow it to dry right through to stop damp and mold spores. Also Amazon sell canvas waterproof spray's. Thanks for your comment.
They’ve already waterproof in manufacture
Use a tennis ball on top of the pole
Are you using one or two of the lavvu's?
using 2 together .
hi , how long this stick ? 1.50 cm or 1.60 ?
1.40 buddy. Thanks for your comment.
@@Jez-explores-outdoors i saw a picture about lavvu on internet , its high 1.84 cm and width is 3.05 cm... whats your lavvu measure ?
@@n0caps569 it's just a standard 2 man buddy .
Like the video! Just subcribed. ATB Sam Adler
Thank you .
How do you keep the sides of polish lavvu from turning into char cloth when you use stov e ? I understand about stove jack.what about the radiat heat from stove? Ken
It's fine as long as you keep the stove a good 8 inches away from the canvas. Thanks for your comment.
Do you distribute in the country of Morocco?
Hello if you follow the link to the eBay page you can find all shipping information thanks for your comment.
ive been waiting for its arrival over a month now. damn you covid!!
Ah well it will be worth the wait there great.
Tactical Nomad Adventures do you think using a wood stove with a chimney through the sleeve hole could be dangerous?
@@elee9056 lots of people do it just be aware of the fact of how hot the chimney gets I have seen people prop open the sleeve with a wire coat hanger to stop it touching the canvas failing that get a stove jack fitted costs around 40 .
Tactical Nomad Adventures ohh ive been wondering how to call that. thats the term i was looking for. the stove jack. thank you very much!
@@elee9056 no problem take a look on Amazon under stove jacks you can get metal and rubber ones or you can get canvas and teflon ones . I would go for canvas and Teflon and stitch it into your LAVVU. Enjoy.
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Change of name ? X
Yes putting some time into this channel now new name new vids new content. Time to grow this channel wanted a more brandable name.
your video only showes the lavvu being set up INSIDEOUT!!
the flap you have on the inside is a rain cape.
and it is suposed to be on the outside.
you put the inside of your poncho faceing out, and the outside, faceing inside!
would you turn your jacket insideout before you out it on?
dont worry, 99% of youtubers set up their lavvu wrong, so your probably just following bad information.
its an easy fix.
but its similar to setting up the american poncho shelter with the hood hanging down on the inside.
Thank you for your comment.. so many people say so many different ways to set it up..I looked at old pics of the polish troops using them and the set up was the same as mine.. maybe they were all wrong also. Thank you .
@@Jez-explores-outdoors where did you find the photos? ive looked in the past, but never found any.
i just went off of “if my poncho is wet, i wouldnt turn it insideout to sleep under it.”
kinda thinking.
but id love to see some old photos and learn somethin new.
I am a member of a polish lavvu group and that group shows the history of the lavvu .
What you are calling a rain cape is designed to go on the inside when worn as a poncho, not the outside. It creates a layer of material between the wearer and the outside of the poncho, as canvas will wick moisture through when it’s wet and being touched. You can also tell which is the outside by looking at the arm slits and how they are sewn and button up. Worn with the “cape” to the inside, water will sheet off the flaps covering the arm slits and not easily run into the poncho. With the “cape” to the outside, water can easily work its way inside. The same is true when the ponchos are connected to form a lavvu tent.
@@kennethdickinson2591 the main problem ive ever had with that explination (and i now understand that its a “pitch it as you please” kinda thing) is that its not designed to be set up that way.
aside from the rain cape, if you look at the top of the lavvu, where everything is sewn together, where it makes a hood, its only made to be used one way. you can turn it inside out, but you get rid of the perfect pocket to hold the poles. and personaly, i think the designed pocket for the poles(in the hood) makes pitching it much easier, and i dont have the original poles! i just use an extendable hiking pole.
but again, i have learned that most people like it (in my opnion, following history of clothing and looking at how it is warn as a poncho) to be insideout.
poncho shelters are designed primarily to be warn as a poncho, and while wearing it, you can pitch it as a shelter so you stay dry if needed.
its primary function is as a poncho, seccondary function is as a shelter.
again, ive learned that it Is a free for all, for pitching it.
so, if it works for you, great! it seems most people pitch it the same way.
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