5 mistakes EVERY new camper makes in WET WEATHER ⚡️⛈⚡️
5 mistakes EVERY new camper makes in WET WEATHER ⚡️⛈⚡️
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Camping mistakes If you have sleepless nights in the backcountry camping, backpacking, hiking, then this video will help. It’s 5 tips and tricks to make sure you have the best sleep possible while out camping! How to sleep well while camping. How to sleep warm backpacking. How to sleep comfortable while camping in a tent. How to not get wet in spring rain. Wet stormy weather. lightning while at camp. camping dangers. backpacking. rainy bad wet weather. How to set up camp and a tent in the rain. Storms. storming at camp.
Never thought id be getting tent advice off Jack Ryan 😂
You face is a mistake. Hope you dont fall down them hills.
From my experience. Keep a small shovel handy to create a trench around the tent where rainwater can run in another direction and not towards the tent.
Ciekawe podejście: kupić super drogi namiot, któremu się nie ufa, bo jest tak super cienki. To może być tylko podejście człowieka, który taki namiot dostał. Ehhh
cant honesty say there was any valuable information in this video, the tents are brutal and not of sound construction. a good cheap heave 3×3, 2×2 or whatever suitable sized tarp is ideal for a ground sheet, last thing you want is a puncture in a $600 tent to destroy it. also there should be no contact between the inner and outer layers no.1 mistake by campers. set up a 3×3, 3×4 tarp over your tent this keeps water off your tent but also gives an shelter to stay dry while getting wet gear off and getting your boots off before getting into you tent, also gives an area to hang wet gear up. most damp and moisture is actually brought in to the tent by the camper. Try camping in Ireland, you’ll not be long realising wet weather can and will make your camping experience and nightmare and the only thing you’ll bring away from your camping experience is a chest infection or pneumonia. Get out of wet clothing, dry down and put on dry clothes before bedding down, dry your feet, wet feet make you cold, keep you head warm, going to bed in wet or in wet clothing is a recipe for disaster. think you guys need a lot more experience before putting vid up and giving advice. I could go on but I’ve highlighted some of the most basic of issues that you didn’t touch on.
Will tarps be better than ground clothes?
Nothing about making a trench around the tent to lead away the water from the tent? .. That’s the FIRST thing anyone learns in the military or scouts.
Good info, thanks guys. Also very important to pick a location that’s not in a terrain low spot or drainage path. Take a moment to clear debris off the ground as much as possible before pitching tent to help prevent floor punctures. Great tip to always Look Up & avoid widow-makers.
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Most nylon tents do not let rain water in but there is a however. Stay away from the walls. any touching of the nylon will allow water to get through. Be sure your rain fly is tight enough to not touch the screening on the top of the tent in a rain. Once the rain fly touches the screen all the water on it will break through.
Regarding the liner tip, get a thick one so you don’t poke thru it and render it useless. Trash compactor bags work well.
What fool pays that much money for tiny tents????? Folks are seriously out of touch.
I mean i have a few cheaper Walmart tents that im sure aren’t proof but i also have a few DD style tarps that I could hang over my cheap tents.
My problem is my backyard slopes down into a gully and then in the woods upwards on a good slope.
I want to know how to keep the water running down on a slope from soaking the base set-up.
Other than digging a ditch around the tent i don’t know how else u do it
Fall is the best camping weather/time, Dan. Spring is second
#1 mistake new campers do is buy a tent and not a hammock
I’ve always laid a tarp on the ground under my tent, Is that a wrong thing to do?
Hello Emmet!
Great Job Emmett!
I used to live in Wisconsin until I moved to East Tennessee 4 years ago. Because my stepdad drag races, and there are a few drag strips near this East Tennessee area.
Sorry, but have to tell you: big bullshit! There, in 70s of 20th century, my dad bought tent for 5 persons, water resistant, just do not touch with finger during raining. It was tent from Czechoslovakia. It was sooo good and sooo inexpensive, for us in Yugoslavia.
What’s the point of a $500+ ultra light tent if you need extra material to protect it, because it’s too fragile? If the floor material is too fragile without another piece than it’s not a good design.
One thing I will never be without again is a rainfly. We camped in east Texas in A peril and May, and even if it didn’t rain, the dew would fall on us and everybody woke up feeling sick with sore throats. Fun trip but that was a miserable experience.
Idea: buy tent for 50$ like monsun 4 pro and pay 22$ to upgrade it for having aluminium skeleton
This video perfectly illustrates the stupidity of ultra-light camping gear (tents in particular). I’ll stick with my ‘heavy’ Hilleberg, thank you.
Can you test the tent: onetigris stella
Me as a homeless guy.. I didn’t have many problems on my first rainy tent day… I had a footprint tarp and wrapped my tent with more tarps… After a while I refuse to leave my tent when it rains I’ll even go the day without food and water… I hate being wet while being homeless.. there’s no way to get dry clothes and body heat is needed.. you can go a day or 2 without food and water.. does it suck yes but it’s doable… Water resistant is not waterproof you will still get condensation… So tarps or very very light coats of spray paint is needed
But you have to watch out and look carefully into the hydrostatic head because not all messure it the way you say, some might say e.g 2000mm but in the details you find it´s 2000mm over 1 hour. Some brands are sneaky about that because they know people are looking for the number and only paying attention to that and miss the over 60 minutes detail, but sold is sold.
$600, and it’s not waterproof?!! Omg
Coleman tents 130$ tarp awning for rain. Works every time. No need for expensive gear. Kinda silly to spend all that money
Hi Emmett. Carefully choose the site you pitch the tent in, watching for low areas in which water will pool. Can also dig trenches to direct water away from the tent.
Hi Emmett 👋
This was painful to listen to
What’s the best material for ground cover?
You can bet that any tent under $500 manufactured with a good waterproof fabric has not had all the seams sealed properly. Often only the fly has waterproof seams. A quality seam waterproofing kit is about $20 and it will take you about an hours to waterproof all the seams and then leave it for about 6 hours to fully cure before packing the tent up again. If this process is done every 3 years, you’ll never have to deal with a drop of water inside your tent. $20 dollars very well spent.
Can we get a flannel daddy colab?
If youre car camping, get a 50$ pop up tent and just set it up over whatever 4 person tent.
I’ve just got a Lanshan 1 Plus(with inner) and have started doing the "tweaks" to it before using it. On any tent the outer needs to be kept off the inner at all times so don’t just peg out the guy lines slack or the wind and/or weight of rainwater will be making them touch. This tent plus a 2mx2.5m silnylon tarp is only 1.4kg total but the tarp can be added above the tent in really bad weather or normally used as a shelter area to change, eat, chill out, hang wet clothes etc…I made a footprint from a cheap reduced tarp I got in Aldi for $1….Tent is a nice Khaki/Coyote brown, the dyneema ones only seem to come in hideous white, who the hell would want that trying to stealth camp!?!
Forget tents. I have camped outdoors for 50 years and have successfully used tarps and/or ponchos.
Some good tips there Jim Halpert!
Re tie outs. I have 4 and i actually double up so i have eight. I even add a bit of bungee as a shock absorber. If im at or near tree line or simply exposed, i set these out.
Don’t set up under a tree in Australia. Gumtrees tend to loose branches. Can kill.
Be wary of nice smooth, level, sandy spots in otherwise rocky terrain — they’re probably where water has collected during heavy rains. That sand was carried there by water. If there’s any chance of rain, choose a slightly sloped location. Examine the ground for water runoff paths and avoid them.
Hilleberg doesn’t seam seal their tents, but that’s because the way the stitch the panels together, and the thread used, it swells in moisture and seals itself this way.
Just saying, not all tents without a visual seal aren’t sealed in some other clever way 😊
I dont know if its practical but if tent is on a slope then dig a inverted U shaped behind the tent on the Upper side. That way water will glide around and down. But that is possible if you are not exhausted and have fair amount of relaxed time at your campsite
Trash compactor bag is stronger but still cheap Backpack linear vs typical trash bag
I have the fly creek carbon/platinum and it saved my life during a trip where it rained 2 out of the 3 days I was out.
You look like frickin Negan man
This is actually a video about "5 things you should buy and also use my promo code so I get more money"
Big Agnes are very hyped tents that are absolutely not worth the price. You can find many other tents with the same weight or less that is far more affordable and with higher quality. I certainly wouldn’t choose a Big Agnes. They are just too bad for the buck… And what is the best tent? It doesn’t exist because you find the best tent for your own use. Another thing; The lighter the tent is in relation to its size, the easier it is to destroy after some use. In my opinion, you get the most bang for your buck by buying a MARMOT tent. And now i’m talking about a 3-season tent…
Hi emmet