5 Mistakes Every New Tent Camper Makes
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Are you a tent camper who has made one of these mistakes? Tent camping or ground dwelling doesn't come with an instruction manual and often times you are up to figuring these things out on your own. Hopefully these ideas and tips can help you not make the same mistakes when going out on a backpacking trip.
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Straight to the point,no rambling, no long intros. Thank you so much, great video mate , earned a new subscriber.
Ah so I see you hate people making money to survive huh!! Smh
Agreed. And his hair is on point. 👌🏼
As a woman going camping alone at 57, for the 1st time, this was VERY helpful! Thanks from England xx
@John John we Don't have bears in England lol. As for guns, we Don't need them either thanks! Im staying in a holiday park, so will be surrounded by other campers Xx
@John John must be nice 😂
@@MsDawnnee all the Bears got eaten by hungry hiker's ☺️
@@MsDawnnee I would dare to disagree. as for self defense in urban areas, crime is on the rise yadayadayada etc. etc. etc. but there are large wild cats in england, among other spooky predators. if youve been out in the woods much, youll learn very soon that animals can hide from people if they want.
AMAZING, good luck!!! :D
Dead limbs overhead can't be understated enough! I pretty much grew up in the forest, in Pennsylvania on my Grandfather's 200 plus acres of property. My Grandfather, Dad and all of my uncles always warned me about dead limbs, and it saved my life when a 200 lbs plus branch, that I'd just been sitting under, broke about 50 feet up, and crashed to the ground. It was louder than a high powered rifle, and it's a good thing I didn't have to go to the bathroom...although it scared me so badly that I think I may have peed a pint of air lol. Always look up, if you're not sure, move!
Been camping for 20 years. One thing I always advise new tent campers is purchasing a 10x10 canopy. You need one to put above your tent or picnic table with your food and stoves and supples on it. A tarp is needed to the table and food at night. Tarps under the tent are a plus. Nice video!
Have you ever had a sasquatch sighting?
Rocks thrown in your direction or loud screams in the night?
I pitch a new tent several times before I go on a trip. I even do it in the dark or the rain! You (and your tentmate) can't practice too much.
Count your stakes, so you don't forget one.
I make my groundsheet BIGGER than the size of the tent, then I fold it under after pitching the tent. Just leaving it flat still catches some rain that follows the tent to the bottom and pools.
Do check for "widowmakers" (weak branches that may break & fall in the wind or storm) and don't pitch in a low spot where rain might pool or flow underneath like a small creak.
Check your seams! Hang the tent between two trees or poles on a line, and go inside and look for sunlight, then seal the seams or leaks. Check the seams again when you get home.
For me, a ground cover is a must for extending the life of your tent. Also, depending on how beat up the existing tent floor is and/or weather conditions I use a custom-cut tarp or thick plastic to use inside the tent as well as a ground cloth. Love your tent and your tent will love you back! ⛺️
Good practical advice, thank you
Bonus tip: in the PNW, make camp where you see crows/ravens. There will be less ground critters around wanting to nibble through your tent and gear in the night! (critters here are “widow makers” too, we had a squirrel push a section of bark 3’x5’ off a tree and it came crashing down barely missing our tent! 🐿)
GoLisaRowe Bustamove whoa! That’s wild!
we just camped out at Longbeach. Woke up to a raven on the roof of the tent cawing at 6am 😂
@@Roseisababe111 Indica, well? Did you offer some breakfast to the cute Raven too, perhaps?
Thank you
Very poor advice, think about it?
In nature conserving energy is everything, predators do not hang out in bad eating spots so, lots of crows and ravens means there ARE lots of critters about😎
The first person (i think on the entire web) that has mentioned the 'smaller' ground sheet to avoid puddles on tent floor during downpour. Absolute legend.
Ari, I would be willing to bet that 9 out of 10 tent campers are not aware of the need for a smaller ground sheet.
If it's too big, I believe you can safely fit it to size as long as you fold all the excess bits of ground sheet UNDER itself. (Also, as long as it's fine weather there's no need to worry about an oversized groundsheet sticking out.)
I got this night one. Only thing is, i was using the ground sheet made by the manufacture... and its smaller than the tent. Not sure what I did wrong.
@@BigDukeX i didnt even know you needed a ground sheet at all ... :|
@@shad0w2393 the ground sheet actually serves multiple purposes. It protects the floor of your tent against pebbles and other debris that can puncture the material.., it prevents the build up of water underneath the tent during heavy rain, and it also keeps the bottom of the tent relatively clean. This simply addition extends the life of your tent as well as prolonging your investment.
Suggestions for a follow-up video - 1) how flat is flat enough to pitch a tent 2) best way(s) to deal with an off camber site, and 3) what to do with those tent stakes and stake-out points when there is little to no topsoil.
The answer to (3) is to tie the guy rope around a heavy but moveable object such as a rock.
I think this is well made and well said. Too many tents have been broken or ripped by the own user and the user gets angry and blames it on the tent and the company.
My favorite camping spot out in the middle of the woods had a widow maker over a great spot but I would never set up there. It was too high to try to take it down myself. I was squirrel hunting one day near the campsite and happen to glance around it to plan another camping trip and that widow maker was on the ground. At least I’ll live to finally set up in that great spot now lol.
I did my first ever camping last week and failure to pitch in before the trip was one of my lesson. Thanks for sharing this.
I've camped before, took the boys, had all the gear....but its been 20 years...saw your video and said what the heck. Good stuff...even if to reinforce the memory...thanks alot...
Great tips my friend! My favorite was the ground sheet. I got that part wrong for my first few times camping
im new to camping and im glad i found this video! 🙏🏾 thanks
Great tips.
I've been camping for most of my life and every now and then I forget these basic tips.
6. buy a tent with a rain flap that goes all the way down the side of the tent. 7. learn how to dig a rain trench 8. sleep on a cot 9. bring your clothes in a plastic container (not your travel luggage) that fits under your cot. 10. always double the size of the tent for the amount of people camping (1->2 person tent, 2-> 4 person tent, ...) You're welcome!
Too true!:)
Backpackers still can’t travel that heavy
Thank you . Wished I saw your comment before buying a 6 person tent for our family of 5. Now we just upgrade to a 12 person tent.
Lol thanks
@@Sandman117master Don't be ridiculous - it's not 12 its 10 that you need according to this formula /s
EXCELLENT advice.
In my eagerness to get away from the wife for a couple of days, I definitely would have blundered a few things.
Now, I'm even MORE excited about going.
Devin
As usual some very good advice! Another reason your one of the top backpacking channels on RUclips! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Rick!
Thanks mate. Great tips even for seasoned campers.
A guy line (on a tent) is almost always on the rain fly portion and is mainly used to make sure the rain fly doesn't touch the main body of the tent.
This is to keep moisture and rain from seeping in.
You also want it tight enough to withstand wind but not so tight it stretches the fabric to the point that the waterproofing will become damaged.
Good tip.
As a noob, I didn’t know what a guy line was. It would’ve been nice to have some b-roll showing what you’re talking about
With synthetic materials this is no longer the case, it's a hang up from canvas😎
Great tips. Going camping in a week & will definitely use your tips. I did already do a trial run by pitching the tent since I am a newbie!! Thank you for your advice & time!!👍😁
Loved the format of this vid... I think I'll steal it! 😂😂😉 Great info Dev!
ha ha ha! Word!
My first trip video with my wife I took my first trekking pole tent without setting it up...spent years with a freestanding and it was a huge mistake.....I made mistake 1,2 and 3 lol lessons learned and I'm back to a free standing tent now...I felt you were speaking to me here lol 😂
I love it “pokey things”. Mistake No. 7 - not seam sealing your tent before you leave!!
Watch for the 5 W's. Good W's are water and wood nearby. Bad W's are widowmakers (anything that can fall on you), Wind, and Wigglers (bugs, snakes, rodents, etc)
It's never fun to discover you put your tent too close to an anthill, or right in a natural wind tunnel.
Good tips. The guyline was is interesting because with hammock tarps and the like, tight and taut is usually better. But with a tent, leaving a tad bit of slack makes some sense. I almost never use guylines either, but when I have, I've made them somewhat taut, but not super tight.
Great tip on the ground sheet !!!
Man I've been watching camping tents and camp grounds for months almost everyday to find the perfect tent and the perfect campsite. Then one day, we went to a spring and set our picnic area and beach seats under some shaded tree. I was there just sitting on the chair and enjoying the breeze when a huge snake just dropped from a tree a few meters from me. It was very angry and had that stance...and at that moment I knew, I'll never ever want to think about camping again. This was a sign from the upper echelon.
Where were you camping?
Thanks for the tips!
Great video, thank you.
1:00 I didn't know how to stake the guylines out properly either... you see many campers, even experiences ones, who have them staked out super tight. But what you're saying makes sense to me, as most tents are designed to have some space to maneuver - hence the poles of the tent are not fixated to the ground, but are stuck into the tent floor grommets. If the guylines are more loose, they would only hold the tent if it tilts too far to either side...
It's as you said, none of these brands seem to provide you with a proper manual on how to use their gear properly - I find that quite appalling given the price that you pay for many of these items. I had a similar experience when I purchased my first quality sleeping bag... I was just lucky enough to find a video online where it was advised not to store the bag in a compressed condition at home, but to hang it up somewhere - otherwise the down will lose all that fluffiness, and your sleeping bag will not bloat up and hold you as warm anymore.
Another thing is how to clean your gear. Apparently you must not put your tent in a washing machine using detergents, and you're not supposed to keep your tent in direct sun light for too long... I put mine in the machine using the hand wash program at 0°C and added regular hand wash soap, as that's virtually the same thing. Can't think of anything more frustrating than spending all this money on outdoor gear and then mess it up... and it's not even people's own fault, as most just don't know any better because many outdoor companies fail to provide you with a more detailed user and maintenance manual. I'm very happy that people like you go online and clear some of the misinformation up and set it straight...
Been there done that! Well on a couple at least. Good call on the widow maker mention. Thanks man!
Haven't we all! ha ha. Cheers brother!
Excellent advice and video
very nice tips...thankyou
Excellent, post. Thanks!
Another tip: bring extra tarps and lots of rope .( different sizes).
Great tips!!
Just found your video after a recent camping trip and crazy how the last tip about the branch happened on the camp site next to us that we were gonna rent but the family that was gonna take it canceled last minute.
Thanks! Going camping tomorrow
Cool can I come ? Lol fr fr
So simple but oh so important........ good work mate
Good Job Devin, i have defiantly made some of these mistakes. Loved the video.
Wasatch Back Explorer thanks dood! Let’s make a Uintas trip happen soon!
@@BackcountryExposure For sure man i would love to. Let me know when you want to get one planned.
Guy lines ? OHH YEAH the skinny little strings I trip over EVERY DAMN TIME !
You are 100% spot on sir
I go with a headlamp and reflective guy- lines! But I still manage to trip over them but 85.95% less. Well realistically probably 85.99% less but whose counting! An currently experimenting with glow paint on the pegs. They do manage to glow slightly but not all night.
Great video! My first pitch was comical at best. I don't know how many people I've talked to who tried to learn on the trail.....disaster!!!
I'm a newbie and I learned something !
Great video, no waffle, straight up😎
Mistake number one (we all do on first camping): Bring everything unnecessary and heavy things with and leaving the important things at home!
Thanks for the tips. New to camping and going on a trip soon. Appreciate the info best wishes to ya
Great video. How do you ensure that crawling bugs, like ants don't get in your tent?
Good job. Very useful vid
Thanks!
Great Video
My opinion if one shovels a gutter around the tent to channel water away that drips on and down the tent is a good idea for directing water.. Also, packing dirt around tent to seal off any potential gaps.. Marine Corps training and very effective..
As a newbie camper I appreciate the advice, thanks for this! I would appreciate advice on how to insert and remove Tent Poles (threaded through the material) as this seems to take an eternity to do, the material just keeps gathering and the poles keep coming apart!!
I was guilty of #5 for a long time... Nothing like having a big slip and slide under your tent at night...
Great tips Devin! #4 is overlooked by many when setting up a tent.
The size of the footprint, is the question I was having today cuz I was in the market for one. This explanation offered, came across my brain but I wondered about other things... last weekend I set up my tent in the backyard so I could try out my sleeping bag to see if it was warm enough. In doings so, as I was setting up the tent my knees were getting wet from the snowmelt in the grass so I thought if I was kneeling on a larger than tent footprint my pants would stay cleaner and drier but thanks for the answer of needing a smaller footprint. I just wish the Hubba Hubba NX came with a footprint with grommets to fit the poles. Also funny that the footprint offered is an inch smaller one one dimension but an inch to big the other way.
Up to this point I’ve never HAD to use guylines so I’ve definitely got more to learn here... I’m glad you mentioned this because I definitely would have thought the tighter the better!
Great video Devin!
Often they are totally unnecessary, but helpful when things get crazy with weather.
Backcountry Exposure I’ve got a couple mountain top pitches in the next year, so I’ll be needing them soon I imagine!
You especially want to use them be sure the rain fly is not in contact with the tent itself, it will wick water through the fabric sometimes.
Nice video! thumbs up vote for the short format and getting right to the point.
Those killer branches apply to almost everywhere. Parking the car in high wind under trees, swimming under water falls and jumping off bridges in murky water especially near the pylons where branches often accumulate under water.
I use a woven awing mat under my tent floor stays dry and rain water drains away.
You forgot something about the first point! Always set up a tent before a trip so you can also properly inspect it! They could have faults or damage, wouldn’t you hate it if you got your camp site, pitched the tent and there is a huge hole in it :’) happened to me once with an old catoma (new at the time)
So true... so, so true!!
TheBestBackpacker thanks Jason!
TY from 2021!! Never knew what a widow maker is until now!!
T Mags, yup, me too man! At least as it refers to tent-camping? When I think of the term "widow-maker," I always assume its referring to dangerously FAST cars OR aircraft.
It would’ve been nice to have examples for ppl like me who have no prior knowledge of putting up a tent
This is just one video of dozens, maybe hundreds of videos on RUclips around beginner focused backpacking topics. One video can’t have all the examples and answers.
Appreciate you watching! 👍🏻
🐯 Great video ! ! ! Thanks ! ! ! ✔✔✔
Actually, using a ground sheet or footprint is a mistake. Protecting a tent floor that will leak anyway is a useless endeavor. The priority is not to protect the tent floor. The priority is to protect the camper. To keep water from wetting the camper, there are two basic steps.
1. Never place a tent where rainwater will either puddle (any low spot) or flow to a puddle (any channel or longish channel from higher ground toward lower ground. High and low may be only an inch or two difference vertically.
2. Adding a “plastic bathtub” inside the tent. Measure the inside dimensions of the tent. As an example say, 2’X8’. From your local hardware, buy a sheet of visqueen from which can be cut a rectangle that is 1 foot wider and 1 foot longer, in this example that would be 3’X9’. Fold up all edges 6”, miter each corner and secure each one with duct tape. When the tent is set up, spread out the visqueen tub inside. Now, the camper is protected.
When camps were deluged by continuing rain, I have had water trickling through the tent - in between the floor and the visqueen tub - for 2-3 days. I and my gear remained dry.
Every tent floor that I’ve seen leaks. Don’t bother with a ground sheet unless the tent doesn’t have a floor in the first place. And, why would you buy a tent without a floor?
good job b😊
Guilty of #1. Nothing like missing a tent pole in the middle of the wilderness. Learned the hard way. Also seam sealing your tent prior to going out. Being wet sucks.
Lol, great stuff
Thanks! :)
What's the best vantage point for putting the tent? high place?
Howdy friend. I’m just starting backpacking, hiking, camping. I haven’t started yet but I’ve been buying my gear. Do you think I need two different tents.. one for camping and one for backpacking? I say this because I want my backpacking tent to be light weight and my camping tent to be larger and roomie. Thoughts?
I was told I was crazy for trying to set camp before dark. I was taught to have camp set by dark.
6. Buy a backpackers style air pad which will keep you off the ground and your back straight. I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on those thick queen sized air mattresses, only to have them fail on me. They always lose air through the night leaving you on the ground. I’ve never had problems losing air from a backpackers air mattress and never end up with back pain in the morning. Those large style air mattresses also never last more than a few camping trips and take up way too much space inside your tent.
This is slightly unrelated to tents but related to being a noob lol. I am planning a backpacking trip in Utah in the next couple weeks where I may be swimming in parts of the canyon, especially with all the rain we have gotten recently. I don’t want to spend more money on gear and get an actually dry bag backpack. Lots of my stuff sacks are already drybags and I do have a rain fly for my pack, so I can keep most of my stuff dry inside my backpack if it does end up getting slightly wet. But I was wondering if you have advice or DIY tips to help your bag stay dry when you are backpacking and encounter an area where you have to swim? Thanks!!
If you are going to be swimming, then get yourself a proper pack liner. Trash compactor bags would be the simple solution. I've stopped using pack covers and anytime I know I am going to have a lot of rain or potential swimming I use a pack liner and everything goes in there.
Thanks for the advice! We definitely will be using pack liners now :) 👍
Your correct about Widow Makers because when ahi was young buck a local tourist was killed tent under one when a rain/wind storm broke that branch of the tree and killed him and his partner was in bad shape too! It was in top of the local news!
A friend inadvertently pitched her tent (in the dark) atop an anthill.
They chewed through the floor to gain access to her bread!
Food in the tent, too? Teach your poor friend some skills...
I bought a brand new Columbia shirt for this video HAHAHAH
Jason Moseman 🤔
Isn't it easier to pitch the tent after you arrive at the campsite?
ha! Yes, yes it is.
My tent: lightweight hammock n rain poncho as the rain fly, no pad, no poles, no ground lol just rope n 2 stakes
..does anyone know how to keep the dew off? I live in Colorado, heavy dew in the mornings complimented with afternoon rains means nothing is dryyy 🌦🙇
Number 1: Also a good idea because your tent could have defects and you don't want to set it up and get it dirty before sending it back.
thanks or starting right in.
Great advice bud!
Went to school with a guy called Guy Lines
If you set up a new tent you don't know if it has enough space yet
I always over tighten the guylines..
Will not do the same mistake this coming weekend!.
Yes. I think I am guilty of this (going for a taut pitch).
Ground tarp: it seems that a tent with a built-in floor would solve a lot of problems - like creepy crawly things coming in.
6. Don’t leave food in tent to prevent mice from breaking in
weather scenarios?
Didn’t know that about the guy lines
I slept in a tent like that everyday for three years. Last thing I wanta do is camp. Camping is way different my man when it's long term.
Another mistake - not checking the tent for damage, tears and missing or broken poles or missing ropes etc.
if I try to set it up before my trip, then I will have trouble putting it back perfectly into the box which came with it
Practice makes perfect.
You're gonna pack away after the 1st trip aren't you
Better to check everything is in good working condition prior to going out
@@atstar8136 it's a brand new tent, in a seal box. And it's not enough space in my apartment to set up a tent for testing purposes 😔
@@worldcitizeng6507 go to local park and try it with some friends to help out
@@thomaslowdon5510 working on a project deadline, don't have spare time 😣
0:24 what little tent is that ?
Its the "3F UL GEAR LanShan 2 Person Outdoor Ultralight Camping Tent" in the 1 person version. Look on aliexpress.com for it.
alright alright I'll stop staking my DUPLEX out with rocks...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..seriously though,very informative vid....rain does suck
brett hikez I mean, if your only option is rocks then go for it! 😜
I had to watch this because of its title!
Scientific designation: *Pokey Things*
Everything you said makes perfect sense...but there's always a few who just don't get it
99.9% of camping fun is setting a tent up the first time.
Mistake 6: groundsheet is not needed...I did 50 years without! I am 65 now...just take a bit of tape...just in case...
Mistake - not waterproofing your new tent or every spring *extra on the seams. Mistake - not taking a tarp for over the fly/tent *can help in wind or unexpected rain. Get outside and enjoy!