HELINOX - Lite Cot - Long Term Review
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- After 8 years of use Steve gives his opinion not only on the Helinox Lite Cot but also on the manufacturers customer care when the product is no longer warranty.
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Ive been humming and arring about a sleep mat, this has convinced me to get one of these. Thanks for all the info, brilliant. From London UK
Still using mine. Zero complaints 👍🏻
Bought one of these 3 months ago. Used it about 5-7 times and love it, even as a side sleeper!
Nice review!!! Very trustworthy after such a long period.
Great review and positive customer service experience. Watching this, I had the same question about the feet damaging the tent floor especially on a gravel tent site, but I see it’s already been addressed. 👍
Yeah, I can only perceive the tent floor getting damaged if, while lying on the cot, you were sort of sliding around? Possible but unlikely. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.👍🏼
thanks for the review man. ended up picking up al lightly used one for more than half off
That’s a smart move. I noticed the price has increased a lot since I got mine and it’s obvious it’s made to last. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Stay safe👍🏼
Thanks Stephen great review from experience
Hi, thanks for the feedback and taking the time to comment. Stay safe, keep riding 👍🏼
(Use the Helinox lite cot with the warm, Big Agnes Insulated Air Core Ultra Sleeping Pad), personal bivy tent ontop of the cot, and Arcturus reflective tarp as over tarp, walking poles + stakes for gear space outside bivy.
Haven't had any of my helinox stuff break, I use the rotating camp chair as an office chair for the last 2? years. I often take naps in it. No issues seting up and breaking down at least twice a day.
Now that sounds like a awesome set up! I didn’t even know they did a rotating camp chair, I need to check that out. Thanks for taking the time to comment.👍🏼
Just send a pole for free and you'v got the best advertisement of all! :-)
Clever and good AND normal modern marketing.
The prices of the chairs I do find fair about the cot's I find them to expensive, copies are available now a days for a fraction of their prices.
I did just buy a copy.
And future will tell about the quality and lifetime, at the moment I do not have it, its on shipping.
Greetings. Onno Nugteren the Netherlands.
Hi mate. Before I made this video I waited to see what their response would be regarding the broken leg. If I was being honest I didn’t expect them to replace it. They didn’t know I was going to make a video so fair play to Helinox for out of warranty support to customers. I agree with you though, there are now many manufacturers out there that are making great kit at a much cheaper price and yes the cots they make are very expensive. They have increased in price dramatically since I got mine I don’t know if that’s because of material, production or other reasons. It’s hard to justify.
Anyway, thanks for the comment. It is really appreciated. Love the Netherlands, check out our latest video if you haven’t already seem it. Stay safe and Merry Christmas 🎁 👍🏼
Great review, thank you
I don’t really get unboxing videos, although they are hugely popular. I think honest, long term videos are more use to the wider community and the company (If they are any good). Thank you for taking the time to comment.👍🏼
@@GreenString You bet. Another comment for the algorithm.
Just picked my up looking forward to giving it a real try. Mines a bit noisy and was super hard to put the legs on.
I agree, putting the legs on does require a bit of effort. I sort of lean into it, it helps a little.
@GreenString Yes that's what I had to do as well. Have you found a solution for the noise of the material on the polls. Mine it fairly loud?
Well mine sort of “creaks” when I lay on it. I don’t find it that annoying but I have no real solution to make it quieter.
For ultimate comfort put a thermarest pad on top of the cot...its almost as great then as my bed at home 😊
I totally agree... It's the ultimate set up! 👍🏻
I see your thermarest and raise you a JPW el grande paco pad.
Have you had,or heard of others having any issues with the feet of the cot against typical tent flooring . It seems as though these hard feet could act as pressure points.
I use a tent footprint with my MSR tent. The feet (up to now) never caused any damage to my tent. The same question is asked on the FAQ section on the Helinox website. They recommend putting something under the feet, but as I said I've never had an issue. I hope this helps.
Thank you for this review. You say one can set this up inside a tent. Wouldn't you need to be standing up for this? In my tent I couldn't even put the cot upright, as there's not enough speace at the foot end of the tent. Do you think this could also be set up laying flat? If I'd set it up the vertical way outside the tent every night it would end up full of dirt in no time.
Regarding your praise: I am on my second ground chair. I love the thing so much that I got a second one when the first got stolen...
Hi, thanks for taking the time to comment. I have a MSR Hubba Hubba (2 person dome tent) and I can confirm it can be built and disassembled inside the tent. You systematically slide the poles through the sleeve and then slot them into each other (if you know what I mean), all of this is done while I’m on my knees inside the tent. It is a little bit difficult to explain. Don’t get me wrong it’s way easier building it and taking apart outside the tent, but it can be done. I don’t however, see that this would be possible with anything smaller than a 2 person tent. I hope this helps. Stay safe.🤙🏻
8 years use and you still have the rubber bands on the legs looking fresh? are they that strong?
Yeah, hard to believe but it’s true. They are the original rubber bands! I don’t think they are particularly strong either. I guess your a bit sceptical about the age of the cot, that’s understandable, but I was out of warranty when I emailed Helinox (as it says towards the end of the video) so you know it’s definitely over 5 years old for a warranty claim. As for the additional 3 years on top, well I cannot prove that as I no longer have the receipt. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to comment, it’s appreciated 👍🏻
I notice none of the lite cots are wider than 26 inches. I'm not tall, but definitely pretty wide, been looking for a light cot that's at least over 30 inches, but I only find cots like Tenon XXL or the Coleman folding cots that's at least 25+ lbs, comparing to the Helinox which is like 5 pounds, that is quite a huge difference for just a few extra more inches width.
I’m pretty skinny (and small) The lite cot is narrow and to be honest if it was much narrower I (personally)wouldn’t be able to get a good nights sleep on it. My mate has the cot one, I’m sure you checked that out, it is wider and he puts a sleeping pad on to of it for ultimate comfort. This also negates the narrow width a bit as well.
@@GreenString I wonder if this is a physics thing that a lite cot cannot go beyond 30 inches
@@dcfavorite That’s a very good point, I never thought of that.
As a hammock camper, why wouldn't the cot warmer be hung on the underside, to prevent air from flowing beneath you? When you sleep on top, you compress it and reduce it's insulation factor by creating thermal bridges. My down under quilt hangs beneath my hammock, uncompressed by my weight. Helinox should design a quilt that suspends beneath and clips onto the leg attachment points, imo.
That’s a really good point. The cot warmer (in its current design) would not fit, suspended underneath, but your right they could easily make one that does. From my understanding most people I know that want more warmth and comfort place an air mattress on top of the cot for ultimate 5 star comfort. Not my thing due to additional bulk and weight but I’ve seen it done on more than one occasion. Thanks for taking the time to comment it is appreciated. Stay safe.👍🏼
@@GreenString I'm Canadian, so I tend to prioritize warmth. If a person's goal is to be warmer (as the name of the cover suggests), they should have designed it to hang beneath imo. I suppose anyone could probably use an old down sleeping bag and attach it with some safety pins and paracord but it would be nice if companies would design things with this in mind. I really like Helinox. I have one of their chairs. I'm thinking about their cot for group hot tent camping.
@@LaOwlett The Helinox cot warmer is surprisingly hard to find in Europe. I’m not even sure it’s available anymore and your right it seems a bit of an afterthought. Still the cot itself is a great product, admittedly not for everyone, but nevertheless a quality item. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧👍🏼