First trip in a Durston X-mid clone: the Asta Gear Yun Chuan 2p
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2024
- Asta Gear, Yun Chuan (4 seasons) 2-person tent (woodland brown)
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Hi folks!
I am once again overnighting solo on the beautiful island of Kalasuntti, located in the middle of Sahajärvi Lake in Teijo National Park. This time I am tent camping in my newly acquired Asta Gear Yun Chuan 2-person tent. The trail I followed winds its way around the picturesque Sahajärvi Lake, located within Teijo National Park, SW Finland. I show how I set up the tent and some pros and cons I noticed while doing so. I bought the tent from AliExpress for 153 euros and had to pay an additional 37 euros in customs. Delivery was slow and took over 6 weeks to arrive.
The tent was a bit difficult to set up for the first time, especially the inner. By comparison, the flysheet was simple to erect and, if used alone, would make a palatial tarp shelter. As a two-person tent, it was very spacious with loads of headroom. The vestibules are large. I set up the fly at the recommended 135cm, which meant that some of the lower edges were quite high off the ground. I will have to practice a bit to get the pitch more even.
After a good night's sleep, I continue around the Sahajärvi Trail in the greening woods of early Finnish summer. I offer my thoughts and justifications for buying this tent over the Durston X-mid, of which the Yun Chuan is claimed to be a copy or ripoff. You can decide for yourself.
I hope you enjoy this video and hope to catch you again in the next one.
The footage was filmed with a GoPro 11.
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All the best, Kevin. :-)
The inner tent doesn't need any pegs to set up normally, you can connect the drawcord of the inner to the peg of the flysheet!
I tried that. I found that with the poles at 135cm, and the inner slung low, it was difficult to get the drawstrings to reach the fly pegs. It also lifted the corners of the inner tent in a weird way, almost like it would be better to peg the corners down rather than outwards to the fly pegs. It might have been the ground as well as it was not entirely flat. Nevertheless, the inner didn't have too much sag, a problem I have seen with other Yun Chuan owners. I have some ideas how to mod the inner even more to get a taut inner tent. It's part of the fun learning to tweak and adjust the tent. 😊
Very nice video and tent, greetings from Sweden
Thanks 👍 Welcome to the channel!
This looks great. Looking forward to getting out there. See you in July!!
Why wait? ☺️
Mosquito hell .. and warm as hell . 😂
I could hear the mozzies once you got to the island .
What a lovely day . A real campers camping episode. .
It was fine. Even sitting outside at night there was only the odd one. It will get worse though as the summer progresses.
@@snowcelt I saw them last week .. the hills are now off limits near me , unless chemical weapons are used . Even with insect repellent they are a complete nuisance.
Im going to camp next Wednesday, that'll be the last woodland exercise until September
@@snowcelt thanks for the inspiration to go camping
What about camping by the sea? Must be places you can also wild camp on the east coast?
Thank you. It's mutual! 😊
The slight issues you've had pitching are all down to the initial way you pegged the fly sheet out. The key is to peg the four corners really square and taught, then intermediate pegging point totally inline with the corners. Doing this the footprint groundsheet connects to the corner and the intermediate pegging points on each short end as does the inner. As for the pole height i personally wouldn't worry about a set height. If you follow my advice re the initial fly sheet pitching you just slip the poles in and extend until everything is taight.
The only thing im still unsure about is which way to put the poles up, the "correct" way is spike upwards as there is an eyelet for the spike but it concerns me that the spike may in time cut through the fabric at the top.
Anyway if you want to watch my video to see how i have the shape of the tent in comparison with the shape you had then look for Camping Guru UK.
Love the video and what a wonderful area you have to go camping. Ill be checking out your other vids. Cheers.
Thanks for your comprehensive post! Much food for thought! 😊
Try the Asta gear Crescent 2, the controversy about it is why it isn’t more popular. 🖐🏻🏴
I checked it out. Nice tent apart from the yellow colour. I wondered if any Durston fanboys would show up in the comments. None so far anyhow. 😜
I use asta gear crescent 2 here in the dolomites since 2019. It's a great tent and it saved me a lot of times from the storm and the wind. don't know why they interrupted the production after few years, but i saw that they reintrouduced it!
@@RiccardoGiacomelWow, you're very lucky to have such a beautiful place to camp! Did yours come seam sealed? I still have to do mine. As a newb Asta Gear tent owner, it is very encouraging to hear from folks with more experience. ☺️
@snowcelt I bought it in 2019, and I don't remember if it was sealed or not. I lacked experience. But I can assure you that the tent has taken huge storms in really borderline situations and has always behaved very well. It's definitely a brand that imitates other kinds of tents, but the quality is there. Sealed or not, I never had any problems but it seems to me that it was at the time.
@@RiccardoGiacomelif it wouldn‘t have been, you would have been drowned😅🫡
Mightn't it be easier to put the inner up first, and then the fly...until you get the feel of the set-up.
I could try that 😊