Prepper Tip: The Alpha Tent, Light Affordable Shelter!
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2019
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You can also use the cinch string in the hood to close off the hood. Even if the waterproof backing starts to peel off they make great shelters. However, virtually useless as a poncho after that. I had 3 ponchos when I was in the military. One was used for my hooch. The others I used with two poncho liners and made a makeshift sleeping bag. Much lighter and compact than my issued sleeping bag. When properly dressed for freezing temps can be used for sleeping in freezing weather.
Nice video man. Hey, FWIW, when you buy wire-nuts for this project, buy the green ones. They're made for connecting electrical ground-wires and because of that they come with a hole already drilled in them. Will make the project a little easier/safer.
I'm in the UK, and if there's any non USA viewers watching this who can't get wire nuts in their country, I came up with an alternative way of fixing to the corner grommets using short lengths of pole taken from the off cuts from the cut to size poles for the poncho (4 are required).
It also requires 4 tubes taken off the end of spare poles or tube of similar internal diameter. These need to be expoxy resin fitted on the tubeless ends of the Alpha's poles. Next the 4 short lengths cut have a hole down the centres where the shock cord was. This is a similar diameter to coat hanger wire. Cut short lengths of that and bend them as a blend of an S and a Z shape and epoxy one straight edge into a cut off. Repeat, then epoxy resin them into all four female pole ends.
Now the pole ends can be simply hooked into the corner grommets. The corners are still flat, and because the wire is a much smaller diameter than the grommets, stakes will pass through as well. I Stake down corners on a short side so I can hinge the opposite side up and prop it up with my trekking pole or a long stick for sitting under, having drinks, meals, reading etc until sleep time.
I saw this and thought. If you take a 10X13 tarp, anchor it at the 6 1/2 foot point on the two long ends and fold it over. On the upper half do the same as you do in the video, you would have a larger tent plus a floor.
Great idea, thanks for taking the time to share it.
Poncho and Woobie, must have for bug out bag! Great idea for the Poncho!
That's genius, very cool.
You need to cover this on your channel
great idea on this
Thanks for sharing !
Nice and simple thanks for posting 👍
Ahh, old alpha Rubicon. I do miss the IC's they use to put on. Really had some good times with them. I need to make another one of these up. Thanks for the post.
Yeah, I never made one, still a member there but I always wanted to make one of those ICs
Neat idea. I will go check Alpha out. Thank you for the review, George
Thank you.
Still have my poncho from when I was in the Army. Has many uses.
It would be cool if someone made a child's inflatable splash pool that was just the right size for that shelter. You could use it as a tub floor which could be an asset if you were camped on very flat ground during a downpour. That's why most tents have that kind of floor. But I know the whole idea here is to have a light wt and small package. I don't know how much a splash pool weighs or how big it is folded.
That is really nice idea.
LOVE this idea especially with some carbon fiber poles man talk about ultralight shelter!!😁✌️💚
Cool Idea, a reflective sun shade that they sell for car is a great cheap option for a ground pad or fire reflector.
Thats a great idea. I already picked up the UST reflective blanket because its thin and rolls up into this but I get those sun shades all the time from businesses around here giving them away for promotion so now I have a use for them!
Nicely done, you have a good tempo and keep it lively. Nice use of those caps and I actually like it neatly folded and wrapped. I've just come to learn about this type of tent and wanted to know how to set it up. Would be great to teach to people new to camping or survival and would be great for a small kit or emergency use.
Nice!!
It’s a very cool tent for a one person. Literally just for sleeping, it looks like.
Cool!
thanks for the video.
Genius. I'd been using that US GI poncho as my shelter in the army for over 10 years and that never occurred to me. Granted, the poles would be too bulky, long and heavy for light infantry use, still, great idea. If I hadn't just retired I'd pursue lighter poles that have shorter sections so pole bundle would only be around 10 - 12 ins long. The simplest method is where I keep a length of para cord (green, not blaze orange for mil use) attached to each end (middle grommet). When it's time to go to ground, tie the cords to 2 trees and stake out the corners and mid grommets with short, thin, light bungees. Works fine, but, still that criss-cross pole idea...
Yeah I am working on shorter poles, there is a place (I have to find it again) that makes aluminum poles in any length you want and also sells the shock cord. This will be more of a long term project on the channel, I am working on a sleep system for it as well so the whole shelter and sleep system will fit into a small stuff sack. Thanks!
That is a good idea. I would throw in a ridge line just to keep versatility. You know where I live sometimes there is no place to run a line so this would be great. It also give me a good Idea as quick hide or servalance setup using a few extra Items.
Yeah, I plan on putting some more paracord in there as a ridge-line, This will be one of those projects I work on and revisit in future videos :)
@@Iridium242 I like it thanks for bringing in the info.
Cool
Maybe you already mentioned this....the poncho can be flipped upside down and hung from tree branches for a rain water catch system....drain poncho from a rain poncho
Great idea, I did not mention it but that is an excellent idea
what a cool idea I checked the link you provided, using the poncho and some old shock cord poles, not bad for a emergency shelter, thanks for the demo
oohh i like this ... multi functional :) I see you did add that one thing in a newer video( 2021 sept)
I was thinking you can also do a similar one with a tarp. Saving your poncho to keep you dry in rainy weather
You can, but the bigger the tarp the more, flexible, and potentially unstable it will become. You might need to get thicker diameter poles. It's a try it and see if it works job.
I haven't got the measurement of the diagonal of the poncho (look it up on Alpha Rubicon), the poles are 111" so you work out how many times longer than the poncho diagonal. Then just multiply the diagonal measurement of your tarp by the same factor to get the pole length to make the dome.
I know what im doing this weekend
great I just had my fiberglass poles replaced off my miltec tent. I can use the old pole. to fit to a miltec ponch I have using this meathod. I have the gatewood cape but the poncho might be preferable to that in this format as a poncho can be used also as a ground cloth. a Basha or a lean to.
Awesome vid!!! Liked and shared! I looked on Amazon for US GI ponchos. Almost all of them seem to be different sizes. Does anyone know the actual size for the set up?
Thanks, You have to be careful on Amazon as there are many knock offs that are a different size, best bet with a project like this is to get a surplus one from a military surplus store that sells the real stuff. I will have to get the specs for this poncho and post them in the comments, thanks for watching!
Does the condensation get bad in there
Is the condensation bad in there
Nice idea! I need a rain pancho! Does that new suvival store near you sell them?
yup he has them
Your tarp beats my tube tent and nylon rope! But hey... I’m probably never gonna use it.
you use it when you practice with it, right?
What tentpoles where those
A pole off an old crummy walmart tent I got years ago, I just cut them down a few inches each to make each one 111 inches.
What is the length of the tent pole?
111 inches
Thank you!
I'm going for $111.00 Nice Pop Up....!!!!
I would turn the hood inside and use it for collecting rainwater, just put a bottle inside and then tie it in place with that paracord………..!!!
hey - wheres the door ?
there is none, you simply crawl under, or put it on top of you like an umbrella
This is very different. I would have paid good money to see you fit in there.
I tried it before I did the video a few days ago, its actually roomy, I saw it set u the first time and thought "no way" then I crawled under and was in there with ease, Its a pretty large poncho