Make A Condo Tent From Tarps
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2014
- Lonnie demonstrates how to put two tarps together to make a tent condominium. Put two tarps together to make two separate living quarters but yet both can be opened up into one larger open area.
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Great as usual Lonnie!
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You're the reason I haven't died during my solo outings. Thanks for the great videos. Everybody please give a thumbs up and share so we can have many more👍🏻
Glad to hear the videos have been beneficial for you. Thanks also for the encouragement for others to share. Every little bit helps.
Thank you Lonnie and Connie working through your videos great stuff always a good watch
Thanks for sharing these set ups. Have a great day you and Connie. Thanks again Brian.
We started our camping season a few weeks ago, on our first trip I had forgotten the tent poles were stored for the winter in a different place than the tent and rainfly and were back home in the garage. My wife would have thought me to be a proper mtn man if I would have been able to pull this off. I will be trying it out the next time we go up. Thank you again Lonnie for posting these videos. Your explanations and demonstrations are easy to fallow for a southern California city boy like me :) Your living the dream!!
Hello Lonnie and Connie, I am Ronnie from Sacramento, .ca. Enjoyed your video very much. Thank you for sharing. Be safe out there.
Hello Ronald R. Glad you enjoyed the video. If you are new to the channel, welcome home. :o)
This is the best video for use of plash palatka's! Almost every military has a variant of this. Very well executed here! Thank you Sir.
Lonny, You just gave me my Quick set up shelter for my Hike on the Appalachian Trail. Thank You. For Both Tarp Videos.
Great! This potentially solves a problem that I'd been pondering. Since we last tent camped, my Sis has come to live with us. She needs a certain amount of privacy, yet I don't think she'd feel secure, being alone in a separate tent. Since she's never slept in a tent type situation, doubt she'd get much sleep because of all the things that go bump in the night in the woods. This approach will give her a sense of security, as she has her own room in our house, so to speak. Just have to figure out what sizes will work best for 3 people + gear + small dog.
Thank you for taking the time & effort to teach the options available for various circumstances. Much appreciated here. Just added this to Favorites, so I don't lose track of it, once I have appropriate tarps to practice setup. Thumbs up!
Very cool Lonnie, thanks for posting. Always learning from you.
Great stuff. gave me lots of ideas...big tarp for a tent and make a vestibule out of a smaller one. Nice tip also about the floor not protruding from the edges of your shelter. I see tons of videos showing this when using a tarp for a tent floor liner and I always have to chuckle. Been there, done that, wrung out the t-shirt.
Thanks Lonnie did not think about the many ways to use a tarp.
Thank you for your videos...I learn a lot from them. I hope to visit Alaska in the near future. Take care & God Bless
ive seen all your videos about the condo tent....awesome, my wife and I will be putting this to the test this summer. thanks for sharing Lonnie.
I am backpacker from Croatia - Europa Yours videos are awesome and worth every minute to watch Thanks four your will to share knowledg with others Go on and keep doing what you doing best Lots of good wishes and good healt to you and yours wife Long live my bush man Nature belong to people like us
Very educational, I think this would be a fantastic winter camping shelter. Keep up the great vids.
First time I've seen it, Lonny. Really nice! Thank for the time you've taken to show this fine idea.
This is one od the best youtube bushcraft channels, thank you so much for making it, i am so happy to see this video, i am making this setup tomorrow with my gf :)
love all of you vids that you and your wife put out and do :) you are such a wealth of knowledge , thank you for everything
I enjoyed your lesson you made it look easy but I am looking forward to gettting experience Thank you Kevin NZ
Just bought two tarps today for this reason! Ofc my fav youtuber has the answer ready for me on a smart way to set these tarps up! Thanks for inspiration as always Lonnie. Going camping this weekend :)
Very cool set ups i use the single tarp set up alot never tried a double like that very nice, and i'll have to try it thanks buddy.
Nice!! Your explanation of how to set everything up makes it seem easy. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge
This is so useful Lonnie and Connie! I am absolutely going to use the first design this summer. Detroit Tarp City will be amazing this year! haha
That is so cool Lonnie, thanks for showing this.
Super! Thanks very much for your time and effort!
Thanks very much for showing these setups. Only yesterday I was experimenting with pyramid setups of one tarp (Tarp: pyramid shelters ); your video gave me some great ideas on how to configure two of them.
Best greetings, Tim
Steintanz Thanks Tim. You also have some great tarp configurations on your video as well.
Superb. All your videos make me immediately go out and try what you've just shown me. Thanks.
Love your videos Lonnie. Very informative.
Something new I learned ::). Great Job Lonnie
great tarps lonnie, lots of ways for setting up...
thanks ..
..bill
Thats a great config. Lonnie, hope you and Connie are well, atvb, Ken
Very smart setup my friend, thank you!!!
Excellent demo and a great tarp setup for a closed shelter. Looks like a low(er) pitch Miners tent. A pair of backpackers could each carry a tarp (like the old Army days with shelter halves) and have a great shelter at night. If you did both sides with doors you should get pretty good ventilation and of course access from both sides. Oooh, at 15:20 I see a solo backpackers nighttime sleeping quarters with a covered cooking/storage area for rainy weather, cool… Makes me curious what a solo hiker could do with a couple of smaller ultralight tarps.
Side note: I tried the melted Beeswax boot laces just for grins. They are MUCH studier than my wipe on waxed laces. However, lesson learned (for me) I used a coffee can on a small burner. I put the laces in too soon. Wax was melted but the can bottom was so hot it also melted the paracord along with the wax :-) Next time I’ll melt the wax, remove the container from the stove and them dip the laces!
Thanks Lonny/ Connie Very Nice Presentation
Really nice. Thanks! Where we live and camp, we would have to secure and close floor gaps since we have lots of scorpions and rattlesnakes. Great tutorial.
Excellent video, I have heard of these techniques but never seen them in use. Thank you
Russell Fitzpatrick Thank you Russell. Glad we had the honor of being the ones to present these techniques to you. You are welcome.
Another great video thanks ,blessings .
Very good idea of setup, now I have to get a second tarp...
Thank you for sharing all the good ideas.
Atb, Odd
***** Thank you Odd. Glad you liked the video. ATB to you as well
I only have one tarp. Well, actually I have about 5 tarps, but only one of them is lightweight. It's about 10x12 and one of the heavy duty tarps I have is the same size.
So I think I will try out that configuration.
I'm not as flexible as I used to be, so I like my tents tall and spacious.
Thanks so much for sharing.
You are one of the most efficient Swiss multitool I know
(OK, OK, sorry. American multitool) ;-)))
+César Fernández lol thanks.
fantastic idea never seen this design before many thanks Lonnie,i will have to try this take care.....colin.
Great tarp set up ideas!
Great videos, ill be using this configuration in the Ozarks this week!!
+BabySealHunta I wish you good camping. Hope you enjoy the new tarp tent configuration.
Yeah you guy's rock!! Great Tutorial.
Wish I would have seen this earlier. I’m figuring with a third tarp you can cover the top & basically make it a double walled condo. 😎
Really make it water proof.
Yes or you can even separate the two shelters for even more spaciousness.
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You have some pretty soft ground there Lonnie. I like that. I like both your tarp ideas. I just found your site here and I am already a subscriber. All around, great job.
Thanks Mike. Thanks for stopping by and subbing. We have a lot of videos already posted as you may have noticed but we have many many more planned. Once again just wanted to say thanks,
Great vid, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the help
Fantastic emergency shelter Lonnie, or even a great option when the bugsare not out like they are this year. Voracious little critters this year, screens not an option!
Great video
Great video Lonnie...... I really enjoyed it. Digger
Ty for talking me along
from one Alaskan to another thanks never thought of combining 2 tarps but makes sense to me ..
wayne l Hello fellow Alaskan. Thanks for dropping by.
im not far from you really just north of Wasilla in Big Lake. been watching your videos for a while now thanks for that .. Im a bushcraft junkie ...
wayne l Thanks for watching our video and we are glad you enjoy them. I was in Wasilla a couple days ago when a lady walked up to me in Wal-mart and said she recognized me from my youtube videos. It was great getting to meet another viewer.
im trying your tarp hot teepee idea this weekend while taking my kids camping hatchers pass .. I picked up the parts today figured it be a fun camping project .
wayne l I'm sure they will love it. Good luck
Excelente maestro!!!
Great prepper origami 🙌
Awesome demo Lonnie! never have used two tarps like that, BTW what kind of tarps are those? they look really nice!
Good tips!
That could be nice little baker style too. Nice setup.
That's pritty cool LONNIE
'mornin,Lonnie-Connie & 'ole friend Buck;Great 2 C this.So very informative,& if done correctly, easy. Thanks 4 letting us sit-in on your skills.Hoping All's well there Friends
Happy Trails From Down East A Piece ATB Terry & Melanie
" GOD BLESS "
very good setup :-)
Interesting concept
Really helpful -- exactly what I was looking for. We use tarps when in the backcountry, but our configuration is no good with dogs because they keep running out at every sound and smell.. This provides much more of an enclosure.
LilMtn0011 Thank you. Glad the video was useful for you
Very good config, my friend 👌
Nice videos you are doing Lonnie. was just thinking the other dat about connecting 2 tarps.
Grettings from Sweden =)
Christoffer Hedlund Thank you Christoffer. Greetings to you as well, from Alaska USA
👍🇺🇸⛺🐻 great tent for the winter time Jim Lane Kansas City Missouri
Hi Lonnie
Great video, I'm wondering where you got the tarps.Haven't seen them before
Thanks Lonnie
That is really cool thank you so much
Thanks for sharing, i like that kind of shelter.
atb, SNAKE
Thanks for the two set-ups...
Clark
Nice.👍
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
jokerkunz You are welcome and thank you.
love all the videos sir army strong
Thanks man ! How have you been ? Looks like summer is finally hear . Keep up the grate videos .
Dave
awesome
diane roulston Thank you
great video , I don't like tarps though , they just don't last and loose their water repellency . I understand though its just a temp. thing ...... thumbs up !
dan moyer Thank you. A tarp should be no different than a tent since they are manufactured from the same materials and coated or treated with the same water repellency products. Tarps with grommets tend to have problems after a while with the grommets if not careful but I understand that tarps with quality stitched in fabric loops or tabs are more durable. just some thoughts
Very good..
Robin Conkel-hAnnan Thank you
Nice
To me the first configuration with the addition of a floor looks more comfortable than the second.
I just discovered moving blankets at harbor freight dirt cheap, they are rugged, light, heavily stitched, and make great windbreaks, as well as a plethora of other uses! Don't know if anyone else has tried them! I got the smaller one, figured it could lay on top of tarp on ground and my stuff can sit on it?? Less than 5 bucks and honestly tucks away easy into backpack with two big tarps and assortment of rope!
+Gregory House Dont get one wet
Ty for the heads up!
Nice...
I would use two 10 /12 tarps and do the same thing to get the same affect
You probably won't get this Lonnie but anywho. I was unable to learn how as you were in backyard :).
Yes Lonny, May be you can start a new line, As in, Back yard picknike Tarps. Over.
This would be perfect with two 10' x 12' traps for the whole family.
Love it.
gunlover1955 Thanks. Yes it would make for a great family shelter.
8:05 GAH!! murderous axe-wielding psycho maniac!!!!! oh wait it's just Connie.
Hi ya Lonnie/Connie! These r really nice setups, I realize it’s been along x sense u done this video, can u recall where u got them and the around about price. Thank u
You are right. It has just been too long since I bought these tarps as i actually had these two tarps for many years before I had even done this video. I think that i may have bought them from a national sporting goods store that we have several outlets here in Alaska Called "Sportsmans Warehouse". One online sporting goods company that usually has a good selection of nylon tarps is campmor dot com. I have not bought from them online but i used to buy from them many many years ago through their catalogs I would get in the mail. I was pleased then with the products and the company.
Thank you for this video.
Of Google would let me, I'd download it to watch over and over again,
Quick question, would an 'A' frame tent be plausible? And possible with tarps.
+Gerry Buck A person could make an A frame tent with a tarp but it would require a very large tarp since so much would be used up for the ends. The base of the tent would be much shorter than the top as well.
Really like your condo tent. Your very creative. What far north are you from???wish I was younger to do that. Enjoy watching your shows
Glad you enjoy watching the videos. I am in rural Alaska.
I haven't seen this yet, so tell me what you think: what if you set up two tarps like the second configuration, but not touching - using two separate tent poles, and spaced maybe 6' apart, but still facing each other, then built a "last all night" long fire in between them? I'm thinking that would deflect the wind away from the fire so it wouldn't blow into either tarp, but smoke could still escape straight up or sideways, and you'd be caputuring the heat from both sides of the fire. Might be good for "buddy camping" where you don't necessarily want to be THAT close to your partner at night.
Do you think that would work?
Marialla Sounds like a great idea to me and should work if tents are placed with the wind direction in mind to minimize smoke in the tents.
With a little more work, you should be able to get rid of the pole in the middle by lashing some thread throw the holes on to a tree, right? Would probably work bether with just one tarp, but should work with two aswell, to get rid of the pole in the middle to get some more space. Nice vid.
This looks awesome. What if a storm happens to pop up in the night. How does it do with rain where the two come together?
fafnar1 Thank you. If you notice very carefully, in the video you will see that there is quite a bit of overlap in the top. So position the tent to where the narrow ends are towards and away from the wind rather than the broadsides towards the wind. Also make sure that you overlap the top so that the over lap is pointing with the wind rather than against the wind. positioned and rigged like this, it should withstand a very strong breeze or moderately hard wind as well as rain. You will of course need to make sure that the stakes are very securely staked. The size and composition of the stakes would be dependent on the soil type that they are used in.
Put a ninja in there, and you got you self a "Nintendo" :)
Отличная идея,жалко только что нет перевода на русский с объяснениями было бы на много понятней.
Lonnie could you please show us how to make a triplex style condominium or back split with two car garage style tents ? Oh! yes I almost forgot can you also show us the best way to install a satellite dish for the best TV channel reception ? Thanks in advance :-)
+luwdmke is that with or without the balcony. lol
Far North Bushcraft And Survival 😂 lol why not both ways 👍😆😊
I enjoy your videos!! Very nice, lots of information for us greenhorns. Only one question on the dual tarp configuration. Once you are inside, how do you stake the flaps closed? I mean, I can see how you can do one, but to get that "other flap" to overlap and get staked down to become rainproof, how do I do that? Ask a raccoon to do it for me?
+chivone21 You use a stake that allows you to slip the grommet over it instead of placing the stake through the grommet before staking in the ground. You then reach out and place the outer door flap in place on the stake and THEN you close the inner door flap the same way on it's own prepositioned stake. If you can not find stakes with narrow enough heads to fit through the grommets then do the following. Tie a short loop of cordage such as paracord through your grommet and then place the cordage loop over the stake head.
I worry that in rain the open floor tarp setups will get lots of water running Under the edges. Can you do a rain day setup with and without a tarp groundcloth?
Many people will "trench" around their camp shelter on the uphill side at least to route water away from the shelter. We never have that problem here in South Central Alaska
LONNIE, what kind of tarps are you using for the Condo tent. They seem to be high-quality and don't make a lot of noise? I really enjoy you and Connie's videos. True craftsman, woodsman.
I bought the tarps many years ago and no longer remember where I got them. They are made of nylon. Thanks for the kind words.
I forgot to ask you, where did you get your nylon tarps? Thanks again.
Lil Mike I bought them from "Sportsman's Warehouse" a chain store here in the USA. If you can't find any good nylon tarps near you, "Campmor.com" has a good selection at reasonable prices. I have not bought from them from the web but I have bought from their paper catalog and was happy with their products pricing and service.