Great review. I have this tent. I use it for solo sleeping. I'm 5'10" tall. This tent really works for me. I find it comfortable in pretty much all conditions, wind, cold, heat. It matters not. I also have a Keron 3. Perfect for two person sleeping. I have always been able to pitch the tent somehow no matter the ground conditions. Sometimes bolders is the only way. But, with experience, bolders will work. Self standing tents, like the geodesic dome designs, are great tents for sure. I have a MH Trango 3.1. But, the reality is if the weather get really bad, you need stakes to keep yourself safe even with those tents. I have had some really noisy nights even in that Trango. I honestly have not used the Trango since I got these Hilleberg tents.
I'm debating between the Nammatj 2 vs the Nammatj 2 GT. Might you have any advise for me. The use would be winter camping in harsh conditions, not more than a mile from my truck. @@ALinsdau
I hope these companies understand the ‘trust weight’ your reviews carry. It seems semi regularly these days I’m researching gear and stumble upon your review which seals the deal. Thanks again for the content
Excellent tent. It is identical in design to my very first winter tent that I bought back in the early 80s. I did my first camping trip from Canada through United States down to the bottom of Mexico with it. I had no experience but everything went well except for my first stop off in the USA. The moral of that camping trip is to check the menu first because it ended up being the largest nudist colony in the USA called the Rainbow Gathering. It was made by a Canadian company as a winter tent. Yours has a few more tie on points outside, and a side facing door. Also the inner wall of my tent was permanently sown to the outer wall with baffles in between here and there. I sold it to a friend of mine who still has it. It's been on my mind to buy it back from him one day if hasn't fallen apart. Just for memory sake. I would be afraid to even see what the price of your tent would be here in Canada especially at this point in time. Prices are skyrocketing like they're sitting on the tip of a Elon Musk rocket waiting for takeoff. These days I'm just a prepper. I put away a few odds and ends in case things go crazy in this world which looking at the news these days that's where it seems we're headed.
One further thought when the ground is TOO frozen - tie some super light weight nylon bags (even use ziplocks (larger ones for enough weigh :-) at end of your guy lines. Put in rocks (you can use lots of small ones you would not be able to tie to), sand, snow, ice chunks, etc. You need enough weight, but they sometimes freeze in place just on the surface. Probably saw this idea first from Warmlite - if you got side windows on your tent they came with little bags to use instead of pegs to hold out tent window flaps so you would not tear the window flaps when you tripped over the lines. Also when there IS snow, you can bury them if you don't have sticks or larger pegs for deadman. A few times I used ice screws (for climbing); of course that is quite a bit of extra weight if you are not ice climbing. Also I will mention snow flukes - the Warmlite tunnel tents promote just 2 good anchors at each end; on glacier trips I would have flukes and ice screws along - as well as use skis, poles, and ice axes to anchor in deeper snow . Cheers.
I just finished watching your movie…WOW! Captivating from start to finish.. well worth a watch by all your followers! Where to next Al? Maybe ski from the South Pole to McMurdo!
VERY NICE AND FOR ALLMOST HONEY REVIEW.......CONGRATS for that !!! To come strait to the Problem about the Stakes you were talking about at around 28:30min ......I`m hiking Iceland since 30 years and the last 2 Decades mainly in the desert Highlands outside the main season only. So I had to figure out the same Problems with different grounds then you had. To be honest.....the main Stakes that comes with all this modern Tents ( Hilleberg included ) are more or less unusable ( to say it in a friendly way) or they are JUST TOTAL CRAP.......I would only use them in Summertime with fair Grounds only.....at least. But in Iceland ( but also mainland Scandinavia, Scotland ) you have mostly ( especially in the inner Land ) very rocky Lava Grounds or its very loose ash sand ( Iceland only). In Wintertime all in in all their you have frozen rock solid stone like surface or you have a shitload of Snow. To cut a long story short........I always have two sets of Pegs.......one full set of TITANIUM ROCK NAILS from Hilleberg or other brands ( the sturdy version......because their is also a lite version of it available as well). Each of it with around 16gr.weight and 16cm in length. And the second set is snow pegs.....but a shorter Version of that of the Hillebergs ( ca. 20cm in length only) what reduced the weight substancely down to around 30gr. per peg instead of the Hillebergs 50gr. The Titanium Rock Pegs could be hammered into even totally frozen rocky grounds.( what I have done quit often at my 350km Highland Winter Traverse 2012 with many spots with nearly no snow to use the snow pegs)......the snow pegs on the other hand are used for the rest ( like snow...of course, but also the quit common sand or ash and even normal grassy or fluffy moss grounds. So 460 gr.in total for just 10 Pegs of each typ is a lot compared to the maybe 230gr of the standard Hilleberg Black Label Pegs. But I NEVER EVER had Problems to anker my tents properly, nor had I Failures like bent or broken stacks........and their could be nothing more worse, then to get out of our cosy sleeping bag in the middle of the night within a storm, because of Pegs got loosen or bent......like I have seen quit often by other campers even at official camping grounds around the coast under that quit common Iceland Storm conditions. So my Advice to all of you guys, who are new to advanced camping......do you a favour, keep the standard pegs that were delivered with the tent you bought at home and buy you some PROPPER PROPPER Set of Stacks and you will be rewarded with peace of mind when using your expensive tent under demanding conditions. You wouldn't buy yourself a Porsche or Ferrari but fit it with the cheapest thinnest Tires you could find......just to keep the cars weight low.......wouldn`t you CHEERS ......and Happy Camping
I also replaced the standard issue pegs.(Nammatj3) with titanium mail pegs a couple of years ago. Mainly for frozen ground with no snow, and also for ground with lots of below surface rocks.
This is one of the very best reviews! Thank you so very much for your excellent detailed video! Highly appreciated! Wishing you all the best and stay both blessed and safe and healthy! Best regards from the Hilleberg Nammatj 2 homeland Sweden! :-)
I am ready to look at a Hilleberg, but am unsure as to which model. I have narrowed it down to 2, the allak and the nammatj 2. It's primary purpose will be hunting in the south island of NZ. We experience days of rain and snow and driving force winds. Can you please make some recommendation on these. The main advantage I see with the allak is that the sides don't compress as does a tunnel tent. Thanks also for the advice I saw on one of your other videos on jackets. I recently purchased a Eddie Bauer jacket when in the States at Xmas.
no I'm not homeless haha, like the humour. Line locks, I always struggle with my Staika line locks to adjust with one hand. Now I know the correct technique, thank you. I wanted to update my comment - more I watch it more I'm amazed about quality and professionalism of your footage and wording on details.
Great review Aaron, thanks, love ya channel. 🙏 I've got the Jannu and it's an fantastic tent. I've had it for 5 years and I use it for snowshoe camping in up to 80 km/h winds, the harsher the better. It's a 3 x 9mm pole dome, I peg out the base and clip the poles in and it just pops up by itself. Very quick and easy in heavy winds. Don't know why I've not seen them in high altitude mountaineering videos. The Black Label, 4 x 10mm pole Tarra would be a great tent for expeditions.
@Haourss I've had it out in some frightening winds, probably nothing compared to Aaron's experience's though. Maybe 80 or 90 km/h ? No problem, as long as you have ear plugs.
Excellent review of this tent IMO. Pretty cool trick with those cord / line locks :D Thought about this tent . So far I have always ( stateside / Michigan ) been able to use stakes , rocks and trees / logs as anchors . Have the snow anchors also . Is there another tent now , that you would buy for the same conditions , other than this one ? I've looked at Marmot , NF & BD also . My son ( Colorado ) has the Marmot Thor 2P he likes a LOT . Has a bunch of the same features as this one . Anyway , if you'd do different the next time . Please let us know . Great review ... Gubs
I appreciate the overview of the tent but I wish you would have actually fully tensioned the tent. I’m really trying to decide on this tent. I had a staika and it was like you say in the video an absolute pain to pitch alone in high wind. I have a Niak for my everything except bad winter conditions and really like the pole sleeves for ease of setup. I am considering the soulo but it seems too small for winter use with all of the extra gear needed for cold weather and snow traversing.
For filming under "red" light: you might be able to use filters in the blue range to knock it down a few notches, but YMMV (esp with video rather than old skool film) and def would need practice...a variety of blue-ish filter numbers would be: 44, 47, 47B, 65...you can find these old film colored filters on eBay with ease
Hi Aaron, thank you for all the work you do to help us decide on equipment. I have the WM Puma 6'6", is there a mountaineering tent that is longer than this Hille tent? I don't like the idea of the end of the bag going past the floor.
I used the Keron 4 GT in Greenland - it’s longer. Read about it here: Two Friends and a Polar Bear (Greenland): amzn.to/45GKzlS There are some very large domes too.
Do you know that you can send the Nammajt to Hilleberg. They will fix he minor defects and refurbished your tent back to new condition if it meets there warranty. And I'm sure they could make that patch job better as well.
Thanks for the thorough review! Can I get your opinion on the Samaya tents? They look fairly sturdy, simplistic, lightweight , but they are far too pricy, pretty startup and I think their tents are manufactured in China even though they are European. Not ideal, but I'm willing to overlook that if it is actually quality
Tundra Pegs and a hammer works in frozen ground. It it's rocky. you need to haul some heavy rocks and use your imagination. I have had the same problem and prefer freestanding, but they ar difficult to pitch on your own in bad weather.
Curious what your thought process is on this vs the gt version.... GT adds about a pound and a half to an already heavy tent. But dang does it add some useful space. I'm wrestling between the two of them right now
great review, thank you for posting! i live in north dakota and camping in -10 F is a common thing for me. i am going to be purchasing a BL Hilleberg for my winter camping adventures and hope to be able to get some -30F nights this next winter. Frigid winter camping is my absolute favorite and arctic blasts are my favorite weather. About condensation build up in the Nammatj, would you say that there is about nothing you can do in those low temps?
Not much, leave the vents fully open and the door top partially open as long as there isn't a storm. Then, scrape the frost with your mug in the morning. In Greenland, we gave up on scraping and just suffered with the frost. Read about it here: Two Friends and a Polar Bear: amzn.to/45GKzlS
I gave my Nammatj to a buddy and went with the BD Eldorado and Bombshelter. I like the Hilleberg and was a fanboy (being a Swede) but the inner tent elastic anchors failed.
Have you never had issues with the heavily sloped back of the outer tent being pressed down to the ground under heavy snow load? A few years ago my Nammatj 3 did get partly flattened in a 2 foot snowfall with heavy drifting (probably over half way towards the first pole from the back was flattened). The kerlon 1800 survived the ordeal fine, but it was not ideal, and a real bugger to dig out without damaging the fabric. Admittedly, the entire tent was almost buried, but I have wondered if a more vertically walled tent such as the 'Staika' or 'Allak' might fare better? I will still use the 'Nammatj' in heavy snow, but perhaps try to find some way to better support, or protect the rear outer tent. How did you avoid that in this model?
I've had my Nammatj and Keron half-buried in storms without too much trouble. They do get squashed but that's hundreds of pounds of snow. Those others might fare better. I kick the snow away from the inside or I have to go out every 2 hours to dig the tent out in an intense storm on Denali. Not much sleep those nights.
@@ALinsdau Thanks for the reply. I was also pushing away snow from the inside until I fell asleep. After that the snow accumulated for 6 hours or more. Only the back of the Nammatj was flattened--the sides and vestibule remained almost as they were before the snow load. I would have feared the Kerlon fabric might rip if I had anticipated it being flattened to the ground, but it did not, and still holds it's shape like a new tent many years later. I'm not sure how to avoid this in future short of what you describe. Perhaps placing my pack under the rear outer tent would provide enough support, but would likely be a bit awkward/inconvenient. Buying a Staika, or Allak is not in the cards, as these tents have doubled in price since I purchased the Nammatj, and I don't winter camp enough to justify the expense.
I can come up with rocks/sticks for the tunnel tent. It's annoying and not great for wind. Struggling with a dome is possible but not enjoyable. Getting a tent pole across the face and smashing open one's goggles from a flailing pole is something to watch for.
How do you pitch it? With the wind at your back and stake the two front corners first so the wind is blowing toward the door vs from the side or toward the foot end? I have the 3p and with the footprint it weighs 8lbs. Do you miss a footprint? What about fabing one for just the vestibule? Is your Jackson Hole book in stock? Planning a Grand ascent via Owen-Spalding the end of July.
Here's my video pitching this tent in a storm: ruclips.net/video/qJ0VxMLYOeQ/видео.html I use a different method than recommended. It's worked for me in polar and mountain storms for over 1/2 a year of use. I don't miss the footprint at all. The Jackson Hole book is in stock at Jackson Hole Book Traders and here at Amazon: Jackson Hole Hiking Guide: amzn.to/2RiQFs0
Love ur video new subscriber. I have a dilemma maybe u cud help. I love the Nammatj 2 and I'm thinking of getting it but in the GT version. But I'm Also looking at the hilleberg staika tent. Its the dome freestanding tent black label like the Nammatj 2. I'm having the hardest time choosing. I own the nallo 2. I love the GT on the Nammatj. I'm concerned about strength, noise, and staking and decent size. I'm 6ft a big guy and I hate trouble getting in and out.. I love the concept of tunnel tents and the GT vestibule looks amazing!! I have a feeling I'll just have to buy both the staika and Nammatj 2GT. But I'll have to buy one and save for the other. Is there anything u can tell me about the two versus each other? Is the Nammatj really gonna be so loud? I don't camp much in the hot direct summer. I camp spring fall winter. But I just got the nallo this spring. Havent used it yet. I want a great tent for me and my dog that can handle wind, snow loading and be a great tent and experience. I live in the north of Minnesota USA. I know both tents r great but I'm just seeing if anyone can say something that will inspire me that wud help my decision. These tents r spendy so its important to me like anyone. U have alot of experience. Can u give some guidance? Thankyou!!
I did clean mine on the advice of Hilleberg with a Nikwax product called SolarWash I think. I then retreated the outer tent with a Nikwax waterproofing. I saw no ill effect on the fabric. At that point I had owned the Nammatj for 8 years, and used it on multiple camping trips.
Hi there😀, ( BUY YOU A SET OF TITANIUM GROUNDNAILS ) I`m doing long distanze Solo Hikings in the Highlands of Iceland since more then 3 Decades. And I`m using Hilleberg tents most of the time ( the Soulo in summer, and the old ( discontinued in the beginning of the 2000s) Nallo 2 that looks like the Nammatj 2 , but is made out of 1500 Kerlon or in Winter Season the Nammatj 3 that was also made before 2002 and out of Kerlon 2000 ( 10cm higher roofline inside and even wider, so very comfy for one person and only 300gramms more weight, then your Nammatj 2 ). And I always use 20cm long and 5mm diameter Titanium Groundnails, that you could hammer even in the hardest frozen grounds, and they seam to flex a bit, so even when there is rocky grounds as well, they slip into it quit easy. You could get it from ebay or amazon from china for less then 50,- USD for a set of 16 nails. And weight is just less then 20gr. per stick. Cheers
My 10 year old Nammstj came with zipper pulls. I did have to replace the front door zipper two years ago. The new tents must include pulls of dome kind?
Free standing or not, all tents need secure guying so if the ground is that bad for driving in a stake it' not just a tunnel tent that will be at a disadvantage!
I dont get it, almost every video with a Hilleberg tent brings up the cost as being high. For comparison, a roadrace bike cost 6000-10000$, a hunting rifle with scope is around 10000$. A new pair of lightweight gtx hiking boots every year for the same life span as a Hilleberg tent is 250$x10 (probably even more). You cant compare a professional tent manufactured by a small company with the highest quality standards with whatever is sold on amazon...
100kn winds LOL no. That one can never stand such wind speeds, it is questionable if any tent can. 100kn is 16 on extended Beaufort scale, such wind destroys well built houses. Hurricane level wind speeds start from 12 bft
Is that Gorilla tape covering your nose? My takeaway is you showing how to loosen & tighten the guyline tensioner with a gloved hand. Not even the Hilleberg videos show this lil trick. Warm Regards from Reno, Nevada
Great review. I have this tent. I use it for solo sleeping. I'm 5'10" tall. This tent really works for me. I find it comfortable in pretty much all conditions, wind, cold, heat. It matters not. I also have a Keron 3. Perfect for two person sleeping. I have always been able to pitch the tent somehow no matter the ground conditions. Sometimes bolders is the only way. But, with experience, bolders will work. Self standing tents, like the geodesic dome designs, are great tents for sure. I have a MH Trango 3.1. But, the reality is if the weather get really bad, you need stakes to keep yourself safe even with those tents. I have had some really noisy nights even in that Trango. I honestly have not used the Trango since I got these Hilleberg tents.
It is great to have such an in depth review of professional gear!
Thank you!
A most excellent review from your real world experience. Thank you for sharing!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm debating between the Nammatj 2 vs the Nammatj 2 GT. Might you have any advise for me. The use would be winter camping in harsh conditions, not more than a mile from my truck. @@ALinsdau
I hope these companies understand the ‘trust weight’ your reviews carry. It seems semi regularly these days I’m researching gear and stumble upon your review which seals the deal. Thanks again for the content
Glad to help!
Excellent tent. It is identical in design to my very first winter tent that I bought back in the early 80s. I did my first camping trip from Canada through United States down to the bottom of Mexico with it. I had no experience but everything went well except for my first stop off in the USA. The moral of that camping trip is to check the menu first because it ended up being the largest nudist colony in the USA called the Rainbow Gathering.
It was made by a Canadian company as a winter tent. Yours has a few more tie on points outside, and a side facing door. Also the inner wall of my tent was permanently sown to the outer wall with baffles in between here and there. I sold it to a friend of mine who still has it. It's been on my mind to buy it back from him one day if hasn't fallen apart. Just for memory sake. I would be afraid to even see what the price of your tent would be here in Canada especially at this point in time. Prices are skyrocketing like they're sitting on the tip of a Elon Musk rocket waiting for takeoff. These days I'm just a prepper. I put away a few odds and ends in case things go crazy in this world which looking at the news these days that's where it seems we're headed.
Be prepared...
One further thought when the ground is TOO frozen - tie some super light weight nylon bags (even use ziplocks (larger ones for enough weigh :-) at end of your guy lines. Put in rocks (you can use lots of small ones you would not be able to tie to), sand, snow, ice chunks, etc. You need enough weight, but they sometimes freeze in place just on the surface. Probably saw this idea first from Warmlite - if you got side windows on your tent they came with little bags to use instead of pegs to hold out tent window flaps so you would not tear the window flaps when you tripped over the lines. Also when there IS snow, you can bury them if you don't have sticks or larger pegs for deadman. A few times I used ice screws (for climbing); of course that is quite a bit of extra weight if you are not ice climbing. Also I will mention snow flukes - the Warmlite tunnel tents promote just 2 good anchors at each end; on glacier trips I would have flukes and ice screws along - as well as use skis, poles, and ice axes to anchor in deeper snow . Cheers.
Good pointer!
Fantastic review. I went for the poor man’s version, the Fjallraven Abisko Lite 2. Great channel 🙏🏻
Good choice!
The best Review of a tent in YT.
Thanks!
This is my second winter useing mine and I love it !!!
Camp safe!
Always sharing the best reviews Al … good or bad.
Thanks!
That guy line runner trick ! Love it thanks will try that 💪👍
Any time!
Excellent, detailed, and very informative review…
Thank you for the tip with the line locks, much appreciated 👍
No problem 👍
I just finished watching your movie…WOW! Captivating from start to finish.. well worth a watch by all your followers! Where to next Al? Maybe ski from the South Pole to McMurdo!
I've been working on a Greenland trip for 2 years but the pa-ndemic has really shorted things out.
VERY NICE AND FOR ALLMOST HONEY REVIEW.......CONGRATS for that !!!
To come strait to the Problem about the Stakes you were talking about at around 28:30min ......I`m hiking Iceland since 30 years and the last 2 Decades mainly in the desert Highlands outside the main season only. So I had to figure out the same Problems with different grounds then you had. To be honest.....the main Stakes that comes with all this modern Tents ( Hilleberg included ) are more or less unusable ( to say it in a friendly way) or they are JUST TOTAL CRAP.......I would only use them in Summertime with fair Grounds only.....at least.
But in Iceland ( but also mainland Scandinavia, Scotland ) you have mostly ( especially in the inner Land ) very rocky Lava Grounds or its very loose ash sand ( Iceland only).
In Wintertime all in in all their you have frozen rock solid stone like surface or you have a shitload of Snow.
To cut a long story short........I always have two sets of Pegs.......one full set of TITANIUM ROCK NAILS from Hilleberg or other brands ( the sturdy version......because their is also a lite version of it available as well). Each of it with around 16gr.weight and 16cm in length. And the second set is snow pegs.....but a shorter Version of that of the Hillebergs ( ca. 20cm in length only) what reduced the weight substancely down to around 30gr. per peg instead of the Hillebergs 50gr.
The Titanium Rock Pegs could be hammered into even totally frozen rocky grounds.( what I have done quit often at my 350km Highland Winter Traverse 2012 with many spots with nearly no snow to use the snow pegs)......the snow pegs on the other hand are used for the rest ( like snow...of course, but also the quit common sand or ash and even normal grassy or fluffy moss grounds. So 460 gr.in total for just 10 Pegs of each typ is a lot compared to the maybe 230gr of the standard Hilleberg Black Label Pegs. But I NEVER EVER had Problems to anker my tents properly, nor had I Failures like bent or broken stacks........and their could be nothing more worse, then to get out of our cosy sleeping bag in the middle of the night within a storm, because of Pegs got loosen or bent......like I have seen quit often by other campers even at official camping grounds around the coast under that quit common Iceland Storm conditions.
So my Advice to all of you guys, who are new to advanced camping......do you a favour, keep the standard pegs that were delivered with the tent you bought at home and buy you some PROPPER PROPPER Set of Stacks and you will be rewarded with peace of mind when using your expensive tent under demanding conditions.
You wouldn't buy yourself a Porsche or Ferrari but fit it with the cheapest thinnest Tires you could find......just to keep the cars weight low.......wouldn`t you
CHEERS ......and Happy Camping
Great tips!
I also replaced the standard issue pegs.(Nammatj3) with titanium mail pegs a couple of years ago. Mainly for frozen ground with no snow, and also for ground with lots of below surface rocks.
This is one of the very best reviews! Thank you so very much for your excellent detailed video! Highly appreciated! Wishing you all the best and stay both blessed and safe and healthy! Best regards from the Hilleberg Nammatj 2 homeland Sweden! :-)
Thank you!
A fantastic review mate, I will be buying one. It is great to see someone that has put the tent to the test and limits. A great video.Thanks again
Thanks 👍
I am ready to look at a Hilleberg, but am unsure as to which model. I have narrowed it down to 2, the allak and the nammatj 2.
It's primary purpose will be hunting in the south island of NZ. We experience days of rain and snow and driving force winds. Can you please make some recommendation on these. The main advantage I see with the allak is that the sides don't compress as does a tunnel tent.
Thanks also for the advice I saw on one of your other videos on jackets. I recently purchased a Eddie Bauer jacket when in the States at Xmas.
Another great video,keep up the good work👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks!
Fantastic video and so informative. Thank you and all the best.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great guided tour and advice, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
no I'm not homeless haha, like the humour. Line locks, I always struggle with my Staika line locks to adjust with one hand. Now I know the correct technique, thank you. I wanted to update my comment - more I watch it more I'm amazed about quality and professionalism of your footage and wording on details.
Thank you!
Great review Aaron, thanks, love ya channel. 🙏
I've got the Jannu and it's an fantastic tent. I've had it for 5 years and I use it for snowshoe camping in up to 80 km/h winds, the harsher the better. It's a 3 x 9mm pole dome, I peg out the base and clip the poles in and it just pops up by itself. Very quick and easy in heavy winds.
Don't know why I've not seen them in high altitude mountaineering videos. The Black Label, 4 x 10mm pole Tarra would be a great tent for expeditions.
Thanks for watching.
Of ALL the Hillies, I got a crush on Jannu. Owners praise it for wind resistance. Do you have experiance with it taking headwinds?
@Haourss I've had it out in some frightening winds, probably nothing compared to Aaron's experience's though. Maybe 80 or 90 km/h ? No problem, as long as you have ear plugs.
absolutely awesome review ... from someone who has actually "lived" in it. superb.
Thanks!
Excellent review of this tent IMO. Pretty cool trick with those cord / line locks :D Thought about this tent . So far I have always ( stateside / Michigan ) been able to use stakes , rocks and trees / logs as anchors . Have the snow anchors also . Is there another tent now , that you would buy for the same conditions , other than this one ? I've looked at Marmot , NF & BD also . My son ( Colorado ) has the Marmot Thor 2P he likes a LOT . Has a bunch of the same features as this one . Anyway , if you'd do different the next time . Please let us know . Great review ... Gubs
Thanks for watching.
I appreciate the overview of the tent but I wish you would have actually fully tensioned the tent. I’m really trying to decide on this tent. I had a staika and it was like you say in the video an absolute pain to pitch alone in high wind. I have a Niak for my everything except bad winter conditions and really like the pole sleeves for ease of setup. I am considering the soulo but it seems too small for winter use with all of the extra gear needed for cold weather and snow traversing.
I lived in the Nammatj for 3 months in Antarctica and for several months on Denali. It works pretty well for solo deep-cold camping.
For filming under "red" light: you might be able to use filters in the blue range to knock it down a few notches, but YMMV (esp with video rather than old skool film) and def would need practice...a variety of blue-ish filter numbers would be: 44, 47, 47B, 65...you can find these old film colored filters on eBay with ease
That'd be nice to filter the red out.
Hi Aaron, thank you for all the work you do to help us decide on equipment. I have the WM Puma 6'6", is there a mountaineering tent that is longer than this Hille tent? I don't like the idea of the end of the bag going past the floor.
I used the Keron 4 GT in Greenland - it’s longer. Read about it here:
Two Friends and a Polar Bear (Greenland): amzn.to/45GKzlS
There are some very large domes too.
A gréât review!
Very interesting and clear!
Would like to Have more informations about your back pack!
Thank you very much!
It’s an old Gregory pack.
Do you know that you can send the Nammajt to Hilleberg. They will fix he minor defects and refurbished your tent back to new condition if it meets there warranty. And I'm sure they could make that patch job better as well.
Good pointer, thanks!
Thanks for a detailed look into Nammatj! Where and how do you run your liquid gas stove in this tent? Interested as the tent is of a smaller size.
I use the stove in the vestibule with the door open, depending on weather. Be aware of carbon monoxide danger!
Thanks for the thorough review! Can I get your opinion on the Samaya tents? They look fairly sturdy, simplistic, lightweight , but they are far too pricy, pretty startup and I think their tents are manufactured in China even though they are European. Not ideal, but I'm willing to overlook that if it is actually quality
Those Samaya tents look nice, though $$$. Would like to try one some day.
Great review, thank you. The weight differs from 2.5 - 3kg have you weighed your full pack weight?
Tundra Pegs and a hammer works in frozen ground. It it's rocky. you need to haul some heavy rocks and use your imagination. I have had the same problem and prefer freestanding, but they ar difficult to pitch on your own in bad weather.
Good pointers
Curious what your thought process is on this vs the gt version.... GT adds about a pound and a half to an already heavy tent. But dang does it add some useful space. I'm wrestling between the two of them right now
For 2 people get the GT. For solo, I don’t want the weight so I put up w a smaller vestibule.
Good stuff as always. Thanks!
You bet!
I have the ENAN and I hate the stakes. I swapped them out and I also swapped the guy line's with super reflective lines. It's so much better now.
Nice. Good pointer.
great review, thank you for posting! i live in north dakota and camping in -10 F is a common thing for me. i am going to be purchasing a BL Hilleberg for my winter camping adventures and hope to be able to get some -30F nights this next winter. Frigid winter camping is my absolute favorite and arctic blasts are my favorite weather. About condensation build up in the Nammatj, would you say that there is about nothing you can do in those low temps?
Not much, leave the vents fully open and the door top partially open as long as there isn't a storm. Then, scrape the frost with your mug in the morning. In Greenland, we gave up on scraping and just suffered with the frost. Read about it here:
Two Friends and a Polar Bear: amzn.to/45GKzlS
I gave my Nammatj to a buddy and went with the BD Eldorado and Bombshelter. I like the Hilleberg and was a fanboy (being a Swede) but the inner tent elastic anchors failed.
Thanks for the notes.
No they didn’t.
Have you never had issues with the heavily sloped back of the outer tent being pressed down to the ground under heavy snow load? A few years ago my Nammatj 3 did get partly flattened in a 2 foot snowfall with heavy drifting (probably over half way towards the first pole from the back was flattened). The kerlon 1800 survived the ordeal fine, but it was not ideal, and a real bugger to dig out without damaging the fabric. Admittedly, the entire tent was almost buried, but I have wondered if a more vertically walled tent such as the 'Staika' or 'Allak' might fare better? I will still use the 'Nammatj' in heavy snow, but perhaps try to find some way to better support, or protect the rear outer tent. How did you avoid that in this model?
I've had my Nammatj and Keron half-buried in storms without too much trouble. They do get squashed but that's hundreds of pounds of snow. Those others might fare better.
I kick the snow away from the inside or I have to go out every 2 hours to dig the tent out in an intense storm on Denali. Not much sleep those nights.
@@ALinsdau Thanks for the reply. I was also pushing away snow from the inside until I fell asleep. After that the snow accumulated for 6 hours or more. Only the back of the Nammatj was flattened--the sides and vestibule remained almost as they were before the snow load. I would have feared the Kerlon fabric might rip if I had anticipated it being flattened to the ground, but it did not, and still holds it's shape like a new tent many years later. I'm not sure how to avoid this in future short of what you describe. Perhaps placing my pack under the rear outer tent would provide enough support, but would likely be a bit awkward/inconvenient. Buying a Staika, or Allak is not in the cards, as these tents have doubled in price since I purchased the Nammatj, and I don't winter camp enough to justify the expense.
So what’s worse: not being able to put your dome tent in a storm, or not being able to put your tunnel tent on frozen ground?
I can come up with rocks/sticks for the tunnel tent. It's annoying and not great for wind.
Struggling with a dome is possible but not enjoyable. Getting a tent pole across the face and smashing open one's goggles from a flailing pole is something to watch for.
Helsport's expedition tents have wide guylines that keeps the middle section fairly tight.
Good to note, thanks!
how many snow stakes do you need for the tent?
At least 10 snow stakes.
awesome review,,,, thanks
No problem!
Do you wash the tent? If so - how?
On a warm day, set it up and use a garden hose with a gentle spray.
How do you pitch it? With the wind at your back and stake the two front corners first so the wind is blowing toward the door vs from the side or toward the foot end? I have the 3p and with the footprint it weighs 8lbs. Do you miss a footprint? What about fabing one for just the vestibule? Is your Jackson Hole book in stock? Planning a Grand ascent via Owen-Spalding the end of July.
Here's my video pitching this tent in a storm:
ruclips.net/video/qJ0VxMLYOeQ/видео.html
I use a different method than recommended. It's worked for me in polar and mountain storms for over 1/2 a year of use. I don't miss the footprint at all.
The Jackson Hole book is in stock at Jackson Hole Book Traders and here at Amazon:
Jackson Hole Hiking Guide: amzn.to/2RiQFs0
Love ur video new subscriber. I have a dilemma maybe u cud help. I love the Nammatj 2 and I'm thinking of getting it but in the GT version. But I'm Also looking at the hilleberg staika tent. Its the dome freestanding tent black label like the Nammatj 2. I'm having the hardest time choosing. I own the nallo 2. I love the GT on the Nammatj. I'm concerned about strength, noise, and staking and decent size. I'm 6ft a big guy and I hate trouble getting in and out.. I love the concept of tunnel tents and the GT vestibule looks amazing!! I have a feeling I'll just have to buy both the staika and Nammatj 2GT. But I'll have to buy one and save for the other. Is there anything u can tell me about the two versus each other? Is the Nammatj really gonna be so loud? I don't camp much in the hot direct summer. I camp spring fall winter. But I just got the nallo this spring. Havent used it yet. I want a great tent for me and my dog that can handle wind, snow loading and be a great tent and experience. I live in the north of Minnesota USA. I know both tents r great but I'm just seeing if anyone can say something that will inspire me that wud help my decision. These tents r spendy so its important to me like anyone. U have alot of experience. Can u give some guidance? Thankyou!!
Tunnels tents are loud in wind.
Do you wash your tent after a long trip to store? If you do, is there any deterioration in the material?
Not usually. I dry it out completely, make sure there is no mold/mildew based on sight/smell, clean out the crumbs completely, then store.
I did clean mine on the advice of Hilleberg with a Nikwax product called SolarWash I think. I then retreated the outer tent with a Nikwax waterproofing. I saw no ill effect on the fabric. At that point I had owned the Nammatj for 8 years, and used it on multiple camping trips.
What's this 'footprint' you keep mentioning with regards to tie down points?
There's an additional tent footprint you can buy. I skipped it but some love them.
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I`m doing long distanze Solo Hikings in the Highlands of Iceland since more then 3 Decades. And I`m using Hilleberg tents most of the time ( the Soulo in summer, and the old ( discontinued in the beginning of the 2000s) Nallo 2 that looks like the Nammatj 2 , but is made out of 1500 Kerlon or in Winter Season the Nammatj 3 that was also made before 2002 and out of Kerlon 2000 ( 10cm higher roofline inside and even wider, so very comfy for one person and only 300gramms more weight, then your Nammatj 2 ).
And I always use 20cm long and 5mm diameter Titanium Groundnails, that you could hammer even in the hardest frozen grounds, and they seam to flex a bit, so even when there is rocky grounds as well, they slip into it quit easy.
You could get it from ebay or amazon from china for less then 50,- USD for a set of 16 nails. And weight is just less then 20gr. per stick.
Cheers
It'd be great to get some titanium tent stakes. Nice!
Aaron, do take nails with you as well as snow pegs? In case you have to camp on ice or frozen ground?
I've not taken nails before but I will now when I ran into the frozen ground but no snow problem.
@@ALinsdau Hilleberg's Stingers are very expensive but work brilliantly. I reckon they'll go into anything!
What size backpack are you using? How many litres?
80-105L backpacks.
Why are zipper pulls not recommended? I was considering putting them on my Bibler I tent..
According to Hilleberg, zipper pulls put oblique strain on zippers.
Ahhh. Good to know. Thanks
My 10 year old Nammstj came with zipper pulls. I did have to replace the front door zipper two years ago. The new tents must include pulls of dome kind?
can you have the tent open on the right side instead of the left ?
I'm afraid not.
@@ALinsdau That's ok, I bought a Tarra a couple of month ago and it's even better.
Free standing or not, all tents need secure guying so if the ground is that bad for driving in a stake it' not just a tunnel tent that will be at a disadvantage!
Very true!
26:50 noisy in high winds
Very!
The Tarra is a free standing tent.
Great to note!
Not entirely free standing, though. You need at least 4 stakes for the Tarra.
@@Luuk_M it stands on its own but you should always stake it down in case the wind condition worsens.
I dont get it, almost every video with a Hilleberg tent brings up the cost as being high. For comparison, a roadrace bike cost 6000-10000$, a hunting rifle with scope is around 10000$. A new pair of lightweight gtx hiking boots every year for the same life span as a Hilleberg tent is 250$x10 (probably even more). You cant compare a professional tent manufactured by a small company with the highest quality standards with whatever is sold on amazon...
Good pointers on comparison.
100kn winds LOL no. That one can never stand such wind speeds, it is questionable if any tent can. 100kn is 16 on extended Beaufort scale, such wind destroys well built houses. Hurricane level wind speeds start from 12 bft
I regularly build a snow wall to survive. It's a lot of work but worth it.
Is that Gorilla tape covering your nose?
My takeaway is you showing how to loosen & tighten the guyline tensioner with a gloved hand. Not even the Hilleberg videos show this lil trick. Warm Regards from Reno, Nevada
Thanks. It’s a handy trick that took a while to figure out.
@@ALinsdau This tent is now priced @ $925.00
"I'v edone blah blah blah, and spent blah blah blah days in it, in blah blah blah conditions" but you all you show is your back yard? Buh bye.....
Thanks for watching.