Terra Nova Laser Compact AS | Unplanned Wind Test.
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Out camping with the 'Terra Nova, Laser Compact AS' tent, wild camping amongst the Scottish mountains.
The weather forecast was initially looking good but changed during the night. This did allow me to see how this tent would perform with some moderate level windy weather.
To be honest I am not sure on this tent yet and need to do a follow up video covering all my findings. There are some things about this tent I am not too sure about yet and in this video I give my initial thoughts and ramblings.
The area I visited is called, Beinn a' Ghlò which is comprised of three Munro (Mountain) summits.
The location I was heading for was a Corbett called Ben Vuirich, however ended up camping on a lower down mountain top in between called, Sron Na H-Innearach.
'Ben Vuirich' Route: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/perth...
Tent: Terra Nova - Laser Compact AS.
Backpack: Gregory - Optic 48.
Sleeping Bag: RAB - Alpine 600.
Sleeping Mat: Light Tour R5.8 (Square).
Stove: Speedster Stove Setup (Meths).
Food: Expedition Foods - Thai Green Chicken Curry (1000Kcal).
Camera: DJI - Osmo Action 4.
Audio: DJI Mic - Wireless Lavalier Microphone System.
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I've been using the Terra Nova Competition 1 coming up 5 years soon. Used for 8 multi-day hikes, I'd guess around 2 months total putting up. The bungee cords are as good now as they were when new which has surprised me. If they are using the same cord then I'd have no worries about snapping or even stretching. Seems top quality cord.
Thanks for sharing and great to know. Atb
thanks, Ray, great video
Hi Ray, I’m like you. When I see old buildings I always imagine the people living there and how wild it must have been. I was out in the Lake District on Tuesday and had my dinner in an old quarry building. Just sat there wondering what had gone on all those years ago.
All the best mate
Dave
Cheers for watching Dave. I do find it facinating any time I come across stuff like that. Might do a little more exploring of old setlemnts in the new year. Atb
New to your channel, found via Murray's Loch Dochard video, I watched your take on the trip and other videos, really good tempo and ambience. Great work
Another excellent video a nice trip into the hills with the right mind set. Always listen to your instincts.
Great watch as always Ray. Keep them coming.
Thanks 👍 Atb
Really good video, thoroughly enjoyed it 👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Nice video as usual Ray, funny how Terra Nova can never do a 100 percent job it’s taken them twenty years to get the Lazer almost perfect but not quite!
The Bungee does last well and easily replaced with the fixing of choice I’ve cursed it a few times when it’s twanged my cold fingers 🥲
Very true and like most tents out there. Makes me wonder who actually tests the gear they make. Never seem to take advice or comments on board either even from big reviewers, but then again many kit reviews do seem to gloss over issues with the kit they look at. Atb
Cracking video as always nice views cheers
Thanks 👍 Cheers for watching and Atb.
Thanks for another video, Ray. 👍🙂🏕️
No problem 👍 Atb
Great little camping trip really enjoyed watching it.
Thanks 👍 for watching John. Atb
Thanks for bringing us along abd the editing uploading etc, i know they are time consuming so thanks 👍
No problem 👍 Atb
Thank you Ray, beautiful video as usual, loved the old buildings, completely agree, we are all but a wee blip in time. A handy rock to sit and have tea is always nice 😁
Thanks mate and glad you enjoyed it. Atb
Great to see you, and a perfect camp. I'm a winter camper too :)
Great to hear. Hope to get out int he next week or two in the hills as snow is forecast, and cant wait. Atb
Great Ray, loved the talk about instinct and places gone by. I often see such places and old hillfforts in Northumberland and wonder how they worked , loved and laughed. Cheers Ray
Hi Dave and hope you are keeping well. Thanks for watching and Atb.
Nice video Ray - shame the weather closed in but you looked nice a toasty - catch up soon 👍
Again, nice one, Ray 😊
Glad you enjoyed it as always. Thanks for watching and Atb.
Looked like a perfect spot to me... Warming your outsides with the stove and your insides with the rum... Lovely stuff... You're right about some of the locations for the old settlements... Most probably close to a main track/route back in the day - long before car parks with meters.... 👍
Starting to enjoy more of the off-the-beaten track locations. Also with views looking around and up rather than high up looking down :) Then again maybe I am just getting lazy and cant be arsed with the hike. Atb
@@RS.Outdoors 😉🍻
Another enjoyable one Ray, thank you. Looks a promising shelter. Lovely area for camping, brought back some fond memories.
Did look at this tent a few times to be fair, I had the compact 2 but did have a few issues, again, corner points being one of them.
Thanks again for sharing, until the next adventure…. ATB 👍
Thanks for watching mate and hope you are keeping well. Atb
Nice wee vlog Ray! Your quite right about the shock cord, have some on the MSR and last week with the cold weather they snapped. 🥶 Will be changing them out this weekend. Great stuff as always! 👍
Cheers mate and thanks for watching. Atb
You're right about following your instincts, l sometimes just get the feeling about a place that says it's not right and I move on. My cousins are half from the Badayou tribe of Borneo and I recently spent some time in the jungle with them. They're very big on avoiding particular spots they consider 'spiritually unclean', they believe in all sorts of tree and water spirits some friendly, some evil, some okay but to he respected. I am pretty atheist but can't help but think in that way out in nature, maybe Im a pagan at heart. Anyway great video mate
There is one great thing in Scotland: 350ml bottles of whisky. Perfect for day-closing-drink for two. And then well deserved rest after a long day with rucksacks on our backs. We love these 12-13 hours sleeps in the tent :) We have been to Scotland 5 times for a long distance walks. And we have just booked tickets for the next one in next May. Can't wait.😊
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. Hope you have a great time on your next visit. Atb
I have a Laser Compact 1 and the bungee cords are holding up well after 50 camps+. I love the tent and it has kept me safe and dry on some wet and windy summits. Only gripe is the door zip guard which so easily gets trapped in the zip unless you open carefully or with two hands!
Thats great to know and thanks for sharing. Atb
Such a lovely area. Great vid. I've been loving mountain trips for 30 years and as time goes by realise I was born in the wrong place 😂😂😂. I'm down south! Great stuff..... Keep it up 💪
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. We are lucky up here if the great outdoors is your thing. Atb
Look like a great camp and tent 👍🙂
It was great to get out and do a little exploring. Atb
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I was looking for one of my new videos and found your channel that is a million times better content!! 😂😂 can't believe you're another Ray and we've also got almost the same channel names too. Excellent video, new subscriber 👍👍
Cant ever have ebough Ray's, lol. Thanks for watching and Atb.
100% Ray always listen to your gut feeling especially in the world we live in
Thanks for watching mate and Atb.
Nice night away Ray, it's a cracking high level hike that one. They've made some fantastic improvements on the paths too.
Cheers Robin. Its a nice area and not too far to get to for us and as you say some fantastic views as you walk round the summits. Atb
@@RS.Outdoors I was meant to say, you can do Vuirich from the North and avoid the parking fees and crowds. If you go back to get the Corbett.
Another vote for the old sheilings - I love letting my mind wander at these places, what a different life those folk lived for sure.. harsh no doubt but I sometimes myself a little jealous... maybe I was born 200 years to late lol anyways.. Interesting thoughts about the tent, I'm in the market at somepoint for a 4 season one manner so this is very much on the list, but so is the scarp 1 and I think theres a new version out and with a little patience I should be able to get it at a more 'convenient' price I should imagine. Great video as always which we both enjoyed - ATB Tom
Lots of old shielings around where I was filming and looked like a fairly big set of settlements doted around way back. Trying to find the perfect tent is a nightmare as I am still trying donkys years later. Thanks for watching and Atb.
Great job Ray as always 👍 I feel your pain about the Tera Nova tent corners. I just picked up a Pioneer 2 a few months back and have used it three times and has the same set up. Was finding it difficult like yourself to get the tent nice and tight because its usually uneven groud on the hills as you know. I have used the yellow guy lines on the four corners and attached line loc 3's to them and put on some dyneema cord so i can tension/adjust it now. Have only pitched it in the local woods to try it out but looks like it should do the job keeping things more tensioned when up on a hill. Have just left the inner cord the same as the now. Should hopefully get out next weekend to try the mod out 👍
Many thanks for sharing the info to the group and will maybe try playing about with the tent to tweak it. Atb
Nice one Ray. Me also, don't like the idear of the bungee cord especially in this high stress area. I would change it.
Thanks for watching Marty. Atb
great video, was thinking about a laser compact for my next tent but im still in two minds.
Would check out more reviews before maing a big purchase. Not sure on this one yet as few other bits and pieces I noticed aswell. Have a cheap tent I plan to try soon that nobody has reviewed yet and seems to tick a few boxes. Atb
Great video, thanks! Well done on following your gut, clearly the right decision. Always enjoy these videos! Are you planning on taking the Hilleberg Souo out again if the snow hits?
Not likley this year but do have plans to take my modded Duomid for some colder camps to compare. Atb
My terra nova voyager is 28 years old. Had to replace the web tape. Works like a champ. Any problems. Terra nova fix for free.
Thanks for the info. Atb
Totally agree, I have a MSR 2 man Hubba and recently bought the Terra Nova Compact One. Easiest tent to erect my arse. I can erect the MRS blindfolded the Terra Nova is another matter especially if you are using a footprint. 3 none adjustable cords on one peg
and ive subscribed. thank you
It is not one of the easier tents to setup I would agree. Thanks for watching and Atb.
Thank you. Lovely video.
Im fascinated by your waist pouches. What do you put in them? They always look quite full 😊
I do believe the bungee cord is to allow movement in strong winds so nothing tears.
Thanks for the video. Surely that wasn't actual sunshine at the start of the trip, in Scotland, in November? Beautiful location 🙏🏽
Yes it was but didnt last long as is typical. Thanks for watching and Atb.
I agree. That corner set up is reminiscent of their cheap cord and guy set up on some of their old wild country tents, bit naff for a tent of that price. A
I agree... I was considering this tent, but the bungee has put me off... I otherwise like the tent, but the Fjalrraven Abisko may be a preferred alternative...
Great video again
Currently have the TN Voyager but looking at change to either the Scarp 1 or TN Compact AS.
For the Scottish Hills.
Which one do you like the best 👌
To be honest I am not a fan of either at the moment. If I had to choose one it would more likely be the Scarp just becuase my fellow YoiuTuber Murray has used one for about 7 years. But again lots of people have tried the scarp and didnt like it and then there was a influx of them for sale on Ebay for a bit. There is no perfect tent sadly as I am still trying to find it after all these years :) A few close but all have a flaws one way ot another. Atb
Nice video as always Ray. Have you improvised any hacks for the tents shortcomings?
Thanks for watching. Not yet but may do something for next trip out with it. Atb
Hi Ray, another great video. A good watch. I’m after a new tent for 2024 adventures. For £600 or under what would your top 3 recommendations be? I’m looking at the TN southern cross 1 and the Nortent 1. Any advice welcome. Simon
Would drop my Friend Andrew Park who has YT channel of the same name as he has tried more tents than I have had hot dinners. will say I tried the Southern Cross about 6 years ago and found it too cramped and I am only 5'10". It has really low head height inside which doesn't help. Not sure on the Nortent as Andrew had to bail on one camp due to wind with his. Drop him a line. Atb
great vid as always Ray, do you still do a bit of photography on your trips? cheers, atb.
Not really but when I do I dont really bother sharing anymore. Atb
New scriber here … regarding the corner bunnies on the tent, it is similar on my new voyager, my 1st terra nova and surprised they don’t have the adjustable corner points with stronger cord like on a lot of tents, do you think maybe you could retro fit a length of dynema and an adjuster to give more longevity and adjustment. Some things on these terra nova tents just seem cheap and a quick and easy option whilst others are great, not sure the designers think it through in actual use…
Thanks for watching. May try some tweaks to see what might work better when I have some spare time. Thanks for the comment and Atb.
thank you for another good video..
what do you think about this tent now? i m thinking if it was a better option than my fjallraven abisko lite 1, due to thicker materials and inner space.
id love to know the history of those old buildings!
Had a look on the map and there is loads of shielings dotted about and some areas not far away from my filming had aropund 10-15 dwelings so was a well populated area at one point in the distant past. Atb
@@RS.Outdoors thanks for that info. Love thinking about what it must have been like to try and survive there in times long gone. Must have been so hard and grim
Nice one Ray, cracking hillwalking area that eh ?
So how you getting on with the microphone, sounds really good and clear even with the muffler missing ?
To be honest not very good. The audio you hear is not what it was recorded like and also going through a similar issue with my latest video where I had not set the recording levels corectly. Little secret if you need to repair bad audio that I use and is is this free from adobe. Atb podcast.adobe.com/enhance#
@RS.Outdoors I've just bought the Rode Vlogger Kit to try with my Samsung phone and see how that goes.
I currently use a GoPro 7 with wind muffler and it's alright but means I need to be talking directly to the GoPro .
Suppose the Rode kit is the same so we'll see how it goes once I get chance to use it out in the hills
Can I ask how you compare the interior space of the AllSeason v the Staright 2 you used? I have the Starlight 1 and need something a bit bigger for winter. The Robens are bombproof and I don't mind the extra weight, just wondering how the TN Lazer compares to your experience in the Starlight 2. thanks
Interesting you mentioned the Starlight 2. Have plans for it in my next video and and an explanation of why I am using it again. Done some mods and mine and now weighs in at 2kg. Would say the S2 has as much space I believe as a Hilleberg Soulo and slightly better head height. Atb
@@RS.Outdoors wow 2kg, cant weight to see that, get it wait / weight to see it..... I love how bombproof they are and the ability to adjust ventilation is 2nd to non.e
We both got the same tents the duomid and the as compact ha which tent u find better for the winter , I'm still undecided, I love the as for the structure and the solid inner with plenty.of room but I like the simplicity of the duomid , like to hear your thoughts atb nick
Hi Nick. Still to really use the duomid in winter but do prefer it over this tent for a few reasons, mainly space. If I could find the perfect inner tent for the duomid I think I would stick with it for year round use. Atb
@@RS.Outdoors I totally agree with you 👍
They must surely have bin summer pasture dwellings, wots ur thoughts?
Great vid! I’m sure you have been asked a hundred times- do you have a link to the waist pack? - Ribzpack , just seen on the gear list 👍🏻
Used to grow barley near that house.. according to the gamie who asked why I was camping there...
No over parking fine?
Are you ok now with the quality of this we tent or any more we problem pop up thanks , interested in one but ill wait on your reply
Hi well done again good vid, hope you didn't get a parking ticket for over night parking? can be a joke.
No parking ticket but to be honest most are warnings to try and keep overnight campervans away. Atb
The shock cord join reminds me of my x mid. The inner is attached to the outer by a long shockcord and often when packing or setting up in the wind it can get twisted inside out. Annoying. Can I ask what mic you had? I use the rode and I'm always losing the bl@@dy wind muff 😂 useless thing it is.
I was using the DJI Wirless Mic. As I was filming with the Osmo Action 4 the reciever plugs direct into into the side of the action camera and so far works really well. Atb
Have you had your Scottish passport revoked for drinking rum? 😄😉
Not yet . I am partial to a good quality tipple but much better for staying of the stronger stuff if you know what I mean ;) Atb
Nice one Ray :) I'm always heading off into wee existential mental zones when I come across things like that. As you said, blips in time.
Starting to enjoy the more oldy worldy trips shall we say out in areas most people dont go. Hope you are keeping well mate and maybe get out yourself at some point. Atb