Mountain Camping with my £21 Tent • Staying Warm & Dry with Questionable Shelter
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- čas přidán 20. 03. 2024
- The long wet winter of 2024 continues, so what better time to try out my £21 tent in the mountains. I'd put this one off for ages because I thought it would be pretty grim (I was right)
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I love how camptubers wake up, set their camera up, and then pretend to wake up for us 😂 even though its an illusion, it feels like something's missing when people leave that bit out
I would include the setup for the laugh, part of the fun. 🤣
Soooo true I thought the same thing 😂😂😂
I like to think they leave a camera on the night before and cut away 99% of the recording :D
"Camptubers" 🤣
I'm quite a positive fellow, but wow - Frank is just next level! He didn't even pack a sleeping bag, preferring to rough it in his pants all night.. but come morning he still had that wide grin on his face. Really an inspiration to us all! :)
This made me literally laugh out loud and everyone is in bed shhhhh😂😂 😂 in fact I’m going to screen shot it so I can read it again if I need a boost one day 😂😂😂
We took a Frank Clone named James Bonded on Tour with us in Iraq... I will say he didn't go down well... 🤣🤣 True story.
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Hahaha quite something isn't he!!
To be Frank, he could be stealing the show here 🤣
Hilarious 😂
Happiness is spending 15 minutes with Claire…..🥰 (Wherever in the world you are)
How can you not love someone that always finds themselves out in miserable weather,
with sometimes questionable equipment, and yet always manages to smile and bring joy to all that partake in her adventures!
CZcams brings people together that in most cases never get the chance to actually meet and our lives are enriched for it!
All the Best to you Claire. 👍🏻🍻❤️😎
As a lifelong biker, I have spent a lot of time camping, including the well known Dragon rally where the wind chill on a Welsh hillside in winter can be life threatening. I have always used cheap tents with a good tarp over the top, making sure that the tent is at least 2ft longer than me, and I have never got really wet. Now in my 70s I have to be a bit more careful, so my son got me a long low double skinned survival tent, which is side opening. Great for me as I can throw a spare tarp out of the door in the morning and then just roll my arthritic carcass out onto it. Sorted.
That sounds great :D kinda like my Snugpak Ionosphere.. I'd deffo rather be in that than this haha! So impressive that you're still out in your 70s, I so hope I'll be able to keep going like you :D thanks for watching my lil video
Imagine Mountain Rescue opening your Tent and seeing Frank in the Tent with you - how you explain that one :)
or even worse, found dead with deflated Frank, imagine the eulogy.
Maybe Frank was sweating a lot inside that tent.
Haha! It would be an interesting story for them I guess 🤷♀️😄
that would be the story told and retold for generations to come :) Every rookie would hear the story about that emergency call they received in ye-olde days and they found a dead lady hugging a rubber man :)
Poor Frank's looking a bit deflated isn't he
I hope you didn't let him down 😅😂
Ive just had quite a spooky experience on a hike but nothing is as freaky as Frank
Looks like Frank was a sacrifice to the tent spirits :)
To be Frank eh? 😂🎉
@@timmooney7528Naaa he just looks a bit tents 🎉😅
Thank you, Claire Beare! You never fail to put a smile on this old Oregon woodsman's face! 🌲🐻😁
When my son was six or seven, I remarked that something in the store was cheap. He replied, "the good kind of cheap or the bad kind of cheap?" That tent is the bad kind of cheap.
Haha yes absolutely 😄 your son has got it figured out
Hmmmm. Looks more suited for the kids in the backyard.
Deffo!
Only if you hate your children.
@@talbenavraham1478and expect a call from child services
@@talbenavraham1478😅😅
@@talbenavraham1478lol
You have a decent track record of going camping and getting wet! This is enough to deter most people but your courage to endure the element honestly astounds me :O
It is not even ‘the elementS’ anymore, just one element 😅
It's her job man
It UK. That’s why they have the best rain kit ever. That’s why Canada has the best winter stuff ever don’t want to get wet don’t go to UK or Ireland@@tfinde
@@markwalker4485 i bought a sheepskin jacket from canada...weighs a ton and is really warm...my doctor said she would use it as a bed weight haha
It helps that she makes cash and it's a choice not a homeless situation lo
I'd hate for anything to happen to you, obviously, but the idea of you being rescued with a blowup doll on tow cracks me up! 😅
It would certainly be a tale to tell wouldn't it 😄🤭
@@WildBeare I can almost see the headlines!
Hi l want yo be your friend please @WildBeare
Single skin for the bin. That's my motto
Appreciate your dedication to the channel Claire (oh and Frank).
In the late eightees I walked back from an illegal rock festival. 50 miles across Wiltshire and Hampshire. The tent was tiny and had metal poles and ridge tube. They could have been gas pipes and were superby heavy. It was so tiny we laughed out loud when we first got in it. It must have weighed 3.5kg . We had no proper rucksacks, just seventies style schoolbags, one of whoms straps immediately broke and had to be replaced by baking twine. We used a single pint plastic milk carton that didn't have a proper seal lid as our water container. Didn't have a gas stove just some matches a pot some vegetables and stock cubes . On the final day we ran out of money and food and resolved ( not proud of this) to shoplift food if we couldn't get a hitchhike lift by nightfall) Caravan style square sleeping bags. It was hellish. But the landscape was fantastic. I resolved to buy decent stuff one day I did this in the following order: functional rucksack ( Norwegian army £8) sleeping bag with hood (Chinese brand £30) , rubberised rainsuit - heavy but effective (Issued by work). Then , some years later a VANGO Odyssey micro tent for a then staggering sum of £156. It was like walking into a new era of luxury. In some ways I love the modern world .. I love my half decent brand gear, my jetboil and fresh coffee. There's a Starbucks behind every rock.
My suggestion - buy the tent and a cheap 4mx4m plastic tarp to peg over it for a huge vestibule . Plastic emergency bivvy sacks are really useful cost nothing, weigh nothing and will save you from extreme discomfort ( and possibly death )..
"It will be donated to someone with kids or I dislike" - That gave me a giggle 😆 Thanks for another amazing video Claire! Also, I gasped when you said 21-pound tent in the beginning being and American lol
Haha yeh it made me giggle too 🤭 ohh that would be a heavy tent 😅 thanks for watching my lil vid!
@@WildBeare A mad idea.... how about a home made tent from water-proof jacket & pants material from a 2nd charity shop and some 2nd hand dome tent poles.......
@@WildBeare That tent would benefit from a lightweight tarp over the top giving it a second layer of protection and provide a place to put your equipment and maybe a bike on its side on the ground...
@@WildBeare Waiting for a sheep or cow to be staring at you and give you the fright of your life when you open the door.... 🤣🤣😂😂
In 2020 i decided to see how cheaply i could camp. I bought a pop up tent for around £20 and took it out for a night once the initial covid restrictions had lifted. It was a similar experience to this. I then decided to try to build around the tent, so i bought a huge tarp(5m x 8m), some camo netting and some poles. and set off again. That one was much better. I had the tent set up, with the tarp set over a framework of poles, in essence creating a larger tent around the tent, which i used as a vestibule area where i stored my gear, cooked and ate. I then used the camo netting as a door over the opening in vestibule to enclose it all. I finished it off with a set of solar fairy lights which i draped over the framework of poles.
I have to say, it was a fantastic set up and took me back to my childhood, building gang huts and camping out in the back garden. I stayed out for 5 nights in that. If i remember right, the tarp was about £30 and the camo netting was £20, the poles were around £30, so it wasn't bad value for roughly £100.
That is the sort of tent that will convince a newbie to never go camping again. 🤦♀️
Hello from Utah Claire! 🦬🦬👌👍❤️
Hehe yep! Helloo from UK :D 👋
Frank your supposed to step out of the tent. Don't leak in the corner.😂
Damn it Frank!! Honestly he can be such a nightmare
Good old Pneumatic Frank
Thanks Wildbeare you are awesome & always so watchable & inspirational. 🙌❤️
Ahh thanks! Appreciate you sharing my lil trips with me :)
First time viewer, I am so happy to see a woman solo camper. It makes me happy and proud to be a woman, you’re inspiring to me!
Nobody is gonna talk about fact she went to woods alone with blow up doll?
It is gross to be woman seriously !
You are a breath of fresh air in this mad world we live in. Always enjoy your videos. Stay dry and give Frank my regards.
There is nothing worse than it being wet inside your tent. Especially in any season but summer. That's why waterproof is the most important quality in my book.
The tent is waterproof. The moisture comes from your body. Problem on most small tents is ventilation.
Enjoyed the video. Such a beautiful country. I’m always amazed how a mountain can have areas of what seems to be grass floating on water.
Claire, your attitude and personality are “healing “.
Greetings from Savannah, Georgia.
Ahh, thanks, yes so beautiful up there, my spiritual home 💚 thank you for watching, best wishes from soggy UK :)
Lets be honest, for £20-£25 its obviously just a decent play tent for the kids in the garden.
Getting wiser with each post!- is it Franks, Thanks! Leave it with smiling Frank, he’ll just keep on smiling. Hey Claire I need to get myself a bivvy! Thanks for the misery you spared us with the hard lesson you took for us- we are grateful! Love ya!❤🏃♀️🌿🧘🏼🙏
As subtle as a porcupine in a nudist colony. I'm using that one. Really funny Claire.
hello, my weekly dossies of happiness hearing your voice and seeing your video!Love it and greetings from Switzerland 🥰
hmm
Ahh helloo, best wishes from a continually soggy UK 👋
I love your comments and your critiquing this tent you did it perfectly
FairPlay to you for camping out there in that £21 tent, I winced the way you grabbed Frank in the vestibules 😂😂😂 you are made of sterner stuff for sure 💪🏻
Haha thanks, yes I need to be more gentle with poor ol' Frank don't I. I'm surprised he still comes out with me!
Well at least you could use Frank', as a Life raft. If you do get flooded out. 🤣. I laughed all the way through your wee vid. Well done for putting up with the wee red tent. 😂
Och aye
Haha yes very true, Frank is so useful 😄 thanks for watching my lil vid :)
excelent observation
Lucky Frank ❤
Simp
Oh the jokes I could say!
Lucky? Frank has an inflated ego.
@@chillindave1357 that's why I left it there .lol
Lucky frank?! I counted at least three times he was in the way an he was quickly moved by a rather firm and hasty grab to the manhood !😮😂 one should wonder if that's the way this lovely woman handles men? Hmmm black leather, a whip? oh I think I'm in love ❤️ 😍 🥰😜😘
"Just a bit of a hell hole"... I love your videos!
Oh--that rain and wind! Your a trooper dear. Thanks again!😎
I think I shall have to watch this video a second time. I missed half of it laughing at your antics with Frank! It miffed me a little that you still got more sleep in that tent than I get in my bed. 🙀 Great entertainment, Claire. Thank you. x
Haha glad you enjoyed it, Frank secretly enjoyed it I reckon.. 'type 2 fun' as they say. To be honest it surprises me how much sleep I manage to get in these bonkers arrangements too. Thank you for watching :)
type 2 fun as opposed to the more popular type 1 fun
As most people attending Festivals seem to be out of their heads within an hour of arrival I think the tent is ideal. By the time beddy byes arrives on the first night, the occupants are completely immune to any discomfort whatsoever..🤣
Most of them probably don't even make it back to the tent. End up sleeping face down in a pool of mud.
Haha yes you have a point there 😄
It’s also worth noting that recent high profile festivals have been left with hundreds of abandoned tents after everyone used, this low price point may be targeting those that have no intention of taking it home. Sad really.
Andy from Kent Survival here on YT tested a cardboard tent specifically made to be recycled after a festival. His video is worth a look.
@@DavidDewis There are groups that collect and recycle the camping gear left behind by rich students, i've requisitioned some useful stuff my self, not to mention all the booze.
Nothing like being wet and miserable camping. Glad you went prepared and was able to make the best of it! I agree with you about “things can still go wrong” camping. As always, I really enjoyed the video. Stay safe Claire!!
Thank you Claire for another spirited & gutsy video!
Brave girl, even Frank went limp at the thought !
Always good advice, will help a lot if beginners , cheers
After questioning his life choices Frank felt a bit deflated. Although at 2:26 he had no complaints. 😘
Does that qualify as assault or inappropriate intimacy? 🤣
@@burgienl I thought it was why Frank had a big smile on his face. 😜
That's the comment I was looking for :D :D
Thanks for the video Claire!
MA'AM NOT THE PUPPET 💀💀💀
On another note, this vid was equally funny, relaxing and educational. You are so easy to understand, even for a non-native English speaker, I could listen to you for hours. Thanks for the great content!
Nice video. Bad equipment.
This is a perfect example of what I would say her in Texas USA, tape a quarter to it and get rid of it. That way when someone finds it, they can say they found something worthwhile.
You are correct with your advice. Save up, buy the best gear you can afford. Bad gear, new campers / hikers, very bad scenario.
Having bad gear can certainly turn a new experience into the last for a lot of folks.
Love your videos young lady. You are a courageous, smart, beautiful young lady.
God bless and stay safe on your adventures.
I look forward to you camping for a couple of days, with the best of equipment possible, when we get some much needed warmer weather. Always enjoy your videos Claire. Thankyou.
There's a beautiful 2-nighter on the editing pile :D although first I've got another mad one to edit haha. Thank you for watching :)
Seeing Frank gave me the best smile today. very funny.
He's very glad to hear that :D
Even with a lousy tent you make a great entertaining video with good one liners and advise. Thanks Claire!
I had to chuckle when you said what the tent was 😁 We use that tent as extra storage when out in the campervan to throw in chairs, dog bed (not the dog! 😇, even he avoids it! 🤣), cookers etc. Hopefully you've save someone from actually using it to camp in but without the poles could be used as an emergency shelter type thing! End of the worl senario! 🤪
Brilliant, Clair! It's got to be next stop the crisp packet!! 😂😂
Haha yep I think you're right 😄
I love the way you throw Frank around. The tent seems a perfect tent to either take to the beach for cover, or for kids to play around in the garden and for them to try camping in a safe space in the garden with their mates. It’s definitely not a hiking camping tent, a festival tent at a push.
made me smile... love the cheekiness without being over the line... keep living your life your way... way cool :)
Frank!!! 😂😂😂
Frank is emaciated and in need of a few good meals. As we say in Glasgow 'he's got legs like a sparra!'
And he’s cuttin’ about in his undercrackers
@@CursedWheelieBin he is, aye.
@@CursedWheelieBin She treats the poor man appallingly. I'm waiting for Frank, if he wants a more comfortable tent experience. He's a bit of a hunk!
When you were pegging it out. It moved and looked as durable as a Blancmange.
Love your adventures Claire.
Hi, Claire!
I almost laughed to tears with this video, as I had my own "Titanic adventure" with such a tent-like thing ;) :P
I was tempted by it as I once needed a substitute for true ultralite camping gear (then beyond my budget) when I go for autumn/spring outings and need an emergency shelter "just in case", without carrying a true tent. I'm not a fan of bivy bags ;)
So I bought from a department store such a "tent" like this one in the video. Had little opportunity to test it prior mountains, just a weekend kayak trip in September with little to no rain. So far so good ;) Then I risked to take it in November for serious solo hike in mountains. I'm not that stupid - I was about using huts and solid shelters accesible in the range, but just needed 1-2 wild camps at the very start/end.
So I went... The evening weather on the 1-st day steered towards wind&rain pretty fast. I chose a protected place in small forest on the mountain pass and set up my camp. The first 1-2 night hours were nice, but then realised that my sleeping bag has some wet problem. Quickly found quite deep pool of water inside the tent. I could use my drinking cube for pumping it out and had to continue all night. So my Titanic was sinking till the very dawn, pumps were operated all time, just the orchestra had deserted somehow, I had to sing alone :)
I had to quit and fall back home (all the way from neighbouring country), fortunately had enough time to dry my gear and after a day to join my friends in another mountains closer home :)
Regards,
-J.
So we meet again! ❤ the balloon man is funny!
Calling the stores out for their b.s. descriptions is brilliant 🎉
The note you ended on, this is the gospel. So many people go out into the elements and have a bad experience with rain and water in the tent. And that clouds the way they think about camping from then on. All tents have condensation issues. But... what I want is a shelter I can trust and that I know will not let in the rain. The Hilleberg Akto is a pretty old design by now, and apparently the Enan is better- lighter, just as good. But what I know when I pitch my Akto is- I'm gonna be dry, and it's going to stand up against the wind. That's all I want at the end of the day. I'm willing to slog 10 miles through wind and rain, so along as when I get where I'm going, I can pitch a shelter and get in out of the elements. The Akto is yesterday's design, but still solves today's problems. It has a generous vestibule for a solo tent. So, you can pitch in the driving rain, get into the vestibule (it will be cramped), and get your sleep system in place, undress and get into the inner tent without getting it wet.
If you're unsure what to buy, but you come across an Akto on Ebay for a really good price, snap it up. Back in the day, it was considered ultra-light. Not so these days. But it's still fairly light, and it will stand up to the elements. If it's still raining when you wake up and you have to break camp in the rain, remove the inner tent first and store it separate. Then break the outer and store it somewhere in your ruck that it doesn't matter if it's wet. You can pitch it wet again, install the inner from the vestibule (cramped but it works), and eventually when you get good weather, you can dry everything out.
The Akto is also very easy to pitch.
Thanks for advice on packing away when raining, I will practice when rain stops !
Thank you for taking on this challenge & for taking one for the team. I couldn’t do it!😂. The biggest issue I have with gear such as the tent you used for this outing is that much of this great is recklessly mis-advertised to the consumer. This increases the probability a novice outdoor enthusiast will get in trouble using it. Then the absolute misery they experience sours them on camping & hiking! To me the reality is nearly all tent/shelters are best paired with a good quality true camping tarp. Who cares about the extra weight! Staying dry in inclement weather at 2:00 am is worth it! Leave all the discussion/experimentation with ultralight gear to the hardcore outdoors people. In the case of this tent, if paired with tarp, it would at least shelter & insulate its occupant. Notice I didn’t say occupants.😏
Did Frank lose weight? 😂 Well, if you weren't near a water source, you could harvest all the condensation you could ever need! Oh Claire, you gave me a camping flashback. Went camping with my daughter and her boyfriend. Their tent broke on setup, so I gave them mine, and we went to town to find me a cheap tent. It was exactly like this but yellow. I'm only 5'5" and still couldn't lay straight. Major condensation! I didn't sleep a wink. We went back to town, returned it, and got a proper tent. Thank you again for a lovely video. You never disappoint Beare. 🌲⛺️🌲
Yep deffo no water shortage concerns 😄 ohh gosh, they're terrible aren't they! Without a bivi bag it could be pretty disastrous. Thanks for watching my lil video :D
She's entertaining and hilarious, keep it going gal
Yup, deffo more of a toy tent this one. Only suitable for the kids to play in, in the garden in the nicest of weather. It did however bring back funny memories of my first tent. It had twice the space of that one, but all the dodgy issues you raised here too 🙂
You’re such a queen. Thanks so much for these, makes me forget about all my troubles for half an hour ❤
Beautiful waterfall in the opening scenes!
1: I like that your phone screen is chipped. The fact that it still works and you haven't just replaced it for aesthetic reasons implies, to me, that you're practical.
2: I love that in the few videos of yours that I've watched, you always seem to be camping in a place so damp that I'd consider it a nightmare. I don't particularly like deserts, but I'm much more comfortable sleeping in them than in wet areas. Maybe that's why I like your videos. You camp in places I would not. I assume it's Scotland. If so, you've put me off the idea of ever going there without having a reservation in a nice hotel.
Haha thanks, well it's not the screen that's chipped, it's one of those tempered glass screen protectors. I'm always chucking my phone around as I'm clumsy as hell so I get through many less screens that way 😄
Mm this is north Wales and we've had a particularly wet winter, one of the wettest on record I think I read.. there's no escaping it at the moment. I don't blame you with the hotel at all haha. Thanks for watching my lil video, have a lovely week :) Claire
Thanks Claire, enjoyed this vid. Could you maybe do a pillow review as I can never find anything suitable that supports my neck comfortably.
There's a new partially inflatable Nemo that folks are raving about. I'm using the Thermarest packable pillow and I like it because I can adjust it's firmness.
Always fun and interesting videos from Claire
A very Frank review! :) Totally agree with your comments about back-up gear. Reminds me of my favourite saying: "Two is one, and one is none".
What a miserable looking tent,….only ‘wildbeare’ could spend a night in that thing !!!….well done that woman 👍👏👏
You made the classic mistake putting the bendy poles up… if you do the “over” pole 1st then the “lower” pole is fighting against the “over” pole and takes great effort to distort the now restricted “lower” pole… hopefully my explanation makes sense… 😊
All that condensation.....I guess Frank had a good time! 😂
Another great 😊 one to watch x
I am a relatively new subscriber. I love your gentle view of nature as well as your sense of humor! Add in your talent for camera shots, editing, and appropriate music selections and it always creates a wonderful end result! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. It would be much easier to camp without making them so your time and effort is definitely appreciated!!
Brilliant! Excellent advice 👏👏👏👏
Nice to see you've got your Garmin mini inReach, nice sensible piece of kit :)
Funny and dry delivery. Loved the video Claire :)
I enjoyed watching this, so real and honest and lovely, thanks!
This was just a random video on my suggestions that I clicked out of curiosity… and then Frank appeared, and I automatically hit the subscribe button!
Your channel has grown tremendously. I used to watch your videos in your initial days. I returned today to watch it again. Lots of love to you .
Awww I remember that tent and the struggles with the poles!! lol 😂Didn’t hold up well, but at least you gave it . ❤another go. Aww ❤that’s a wonderful idea and so sweet of you to think of the kids who will be blessed and enjoy it. Have a wonderful and blessed week!❤
Hello from Norway!
Thanks for this travel companion tip. I'm going camping alone for many days this summer, but now I will get myself a Frank. However I will not bother deflating him every day. I will just strap him on my backpack when I continue hiking 🤣
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Thanks for sharing your sunshine even when the weather looks awful!......until the next time -stay well! 🤓
OMG! Frank! Hilarious! You definitely brought a smile to my day!
At the beginning of this month, we helped a couple of teenagers set up a tent they thought would be big enough for both of them. It was so tiny, I initially mistook it for a pet's tent! The weather in the Lakes was merciless-rain, sleet, and snow all at once. Thankfully, they wisely chose to call off their camping weekend. I am glad they did after I saw your video. Definitely not the ideal conditions for their first camping experience, even at a campsite.
Ohh yeh that would have been grim! I'm glad they did too, probably would have put them off for life haha. Thanks for watching :)
That rain fly is adorable
Claire this video made me laugh. I laughed when I seen the cheesey smile on Frank's face. Thank you for putting a smile on my face.
The red with white light in that cramped space looked eerie like scene in a horror film. 😂
Frank is a lucky guy!!
Claire. It looks like you are being reborn. When you come out of that tent. 😁
AWESOME lessons! Poor Frank couldn't take it (stay inflated), despite you snuggling with him!! Thanks, Claire! Seriously, great lessons!
You make so good content, watching your videos all the time. Thanks.
That’s awesome ! I love Camping too🙌🏻🤗
Informative and funny! You are the BEST!
Ps: Brave too!
Good point well made. I once had to sleep in a bush by my local nightclub and if I hadn't prepared myself properly by drinking 10 pints I might have been woken by the bin men at 7am. Instead, thanks to my prep I managed to sleep in until 10 😂
It felt like ages since your last post, ive had my fix now, thank you, i look forward to the next one 😊
You are an inspiration. Thank you 🏕
This has been a mood. Stunning scenery though.
I loved the reading of the retailer’s descriptions over the music. I laughed. And laughed!
Fab video, the old saying. Fail to prepare, then prepare to fail. Always have a backup.
soooo funny, loved it!
You always have the logical point of view. I think that tent would be good for children in the backyard, maybe. Thanks for the video because it is always nice to see what you are up to. Can't wait to see what your big plan is. Stay well and be safe and hopefully you will get some better weather.
You do some good vids Claire good to see the real issues of condensation and limited space ❤
Good to see you Claire I envy Frank. A lucky guy!
Frank was amusing himself at one point, which is understandable. Very funny video, made me smile. 🙂 And good advice.