Was Camping with TEMU a BIG Mistake
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- čas přidán 17. 10. 2023
- I tried Camping with a complete setup from TEMU in heavy rain.. was it a BIG mistake? lets find out.
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I love content where people put themselves in a situation
Oh, yeah, right. Here, hold my beer.....
Me too 😂
same, like thanks for your service lmao
You’d really like survivorman
Mix silicone and alcohol or whatever. Maybe acetone. Dip the fabric kn that
Went camping in Scotland in 2017 with an Amazon tent my mate assured me was waterproof. It was a 24 degree scorcher until the second we started to erect the tent. It horizontal rained for the next 2 hours. The tent filled with an inch of water. Our inflatable sleeping pads were floating around inside. Then the rain stopped, the sun came out. We spent an hour drying everything and the weather forecast looked perfect. The second we were done it rained again and the same thing happened. The midges were unbelievable and we had no nets. We gave up, packed up our sodden possessions and drove an hour to a remote hotel, somehow we got a room at 1am. It’s the best pint and shower I’ve ever had. We were camping all of 4 hours but you’d think we’d been lost in the Andes for 2 months 😂
Oh that’s a funny story lol I love it 😂👍
Sounds like you nearly made it into the SAS. Well done.
😂
Brilliant story!
Average British weather, lol.
I used to camp all the time... haven't done it for a long time now [I'm 80 !] but I remember the mishaps, the questionable products, the attempts to make things work... with a smile. No matter the issues, I loved the outdoor experience. I have some recordings of rain on a roof or tent to help me drift off the sleep. My tip is to always bring at least two extra tarps, cording and hang whatever you can off the ground, in the tent or under a trap. Our greatest McGuiver save? We drove over a pot hole with a log in itand put a hole in our muffler on the way to the campground. No worries... we cut a beer can in half long way, wrapped it around the area of the muffler pipe with the hole and held it in place with some duct tape we always took camping with us... another tip.. duct tape will fix anything! . Worked so well we didn't have to take the car into the shop for a month.
that is quite funny, thank you for sharing. I love stories of resourcefulness like this
lol u took the thought right from my mind re. duct tape… that stuff is really just life’s great band-aid, isn’t it.
(Clever anecdote, btw.. suppose I’m a fairly good problem-solver, generally, but I’m afraid I prob would’ve been a bit useless on the muffler issue.. Good to know.)👍🏼☺️
Beautiful story! love the Macgyver reference
My Uncle Hank kept a big sized roll of Duct Tape on his truck shift and his motto was " Never Leave Home Without It " !😊
I never been camping before but I always wanted to.😊
This is one of the best videos I've seen for testing stuff. Very entertaining.
Thanks cindy
Entertaining and relaxing!
@@KentSurvivalhey homie you look like a juggalo a met 🪓🦋🎪🎡?
Andy we appreciate that you endure these trials so we don’t have to!😂
I was trying to put into words how this adventure made me feel, but I think you said it perfectly 😅🤘
Even a pillock would know this stuff is shit.
He’s buying cheap Chinese crap which will go straight on the bin. Let alone the footprint of the crap in manufacturing process.
We should all be boycotting this crap not endorsing it.
😂😂
I've been watching his videos for months now and only just found out that his name is Andy and not Kent. I presume Kent refers to the place in England then.😂
And you keep smiling well done
When I was a kid, Dad always coated the tent with wax to make sure it didn’t leak in the rain. It worked.
That is great to know.
Works on tents made of canvas... not sure it would be very effective on the vinyl.
The best way to water proof these tents is with naphtha and a couple tubes of silicon, find a bucket or plastic container like a rubbermaid that will hold what ever it is your proofing by stuffing it in the container, it has to be big enough because you are going to put about 1-2 qt of naphtha enough to cover and fully saturate the material and not overfill out the container, then pump in the silicon tubes and stir until mixed, soak it for 10min or so and hang it out to dry for 24hrs.
That’s a trick for canvas/fabric tents, probably wouldn’t work too well on vinyl or other plastic tents.
I used to dissolve silicone caulk (About a third of a small tube of 100% silicone in mineral spirits. Then painted my 18.00 nylon tent with it. The mineral spirits evaporated away, the smell left with it, and it would be good for about 3 years. So, i camped out all the summer for about $6 a year. And it's comepletely legal in the US to camp in any National forest as long as you are 500 yards from water, and a half mile from a campground. Where the actual wildlife dwells.
They make a weather proofing spray that works amazing on tents. I used it on an old tent of mine and it’s given me several years more use.
Great video... Thanks for the reviews! And thanks for the reminder that I need to weatherproof my tent! I love to just watch a fire burning... it can be so mesmerizing!
My bro what do you mean "several years more use"? Wasn't temu just founded and launched back in 2022? last year? Lol
@@SovannT92 um you do realise it’s not just temu that sells tents right lol 😅.
I love how bushcraft type content is 30% dicking about in the woods and 70% cordon bleu cooking.
Mate those steak tacos looked immense
I always carry an extra tarp just in case there is a catastrophic failure of the tent. Thank you for your field test.
You must always use a tarp over the tent...
Indeed. Better prepared than SOL.
tarp over the tent is mandatory
You should always have two tarps and not in case of a catastrophic failure of the tent. It’s common sense practice to lay a tarp under the tent and then to tie a second tarp over the top of the tent to shield against moisture and precipitation.
@@grouchostarx531 I was camping in south Arizona for 3 weeks just a yr ago. Pulling over off long roads going nowhere, offroading where nobody could dare see me and then setting up camp. Was in an area of flash floods and with a 2hr rain once, a deluge where I even got to see a huge waterspout and take pics and video of it (it felt like I was in a movie, the news covered what I saw too) but as per my wish, I got caught up in a flash flood where even I was slightly concerned.
Setting up on a really high hill after hearing weather alerts for a few hrs on phone, it was amazing but I never got wet being in the tent. I use a very durable tarp under the tent and it came with rainflap that works for $40. I was perfectly dry as I watched the landscape turn into a nightmare of rivers that kept getting bigger and bigger where before it'd just been dry land and very odd gullies. With 4x4 and a jeep 12" off the ground, I ended up driving through some of it but mostly walked around in the rain, jumping over creeks, stunned to the core having never seen anything like that in my entire life. I had a can of silicone spray juuuust in case but didn't use it. I never got wet wearing frog togs having best time ever just like a little kid. The landspout as the news called it (wasn't any tornado but sure looked like one) lasted 5 mins and was almost right in front of me. Cannot wait to go back this next yr when vacation pay gets reset.
This popped up on my feed randomly and I'm glad I checked it out. The way you pace these videos is so calm and relaxing. Thanks you
He fr doesnt over cuts everything like atleast 90% on youtube and its so calming
Zackly!
I think most of the cheap online stuff is ok to use as long as you don’t expect it to last. Good as an emergency kit, or to use at a festival. It’s gear for the city camper that goes out once every few years.
Your landfills are full of TEMU and that’s not really OK
i love those little lanterns.
we have a store here in the US called Harbor Freight and they usually sell them for about $5 usd or $3 on sale. they had a big sale a couple months back, $1 each, so i finally decided to try them out, and after thorough testing i wish i had bought more than just 2.
the only thing that would make them better would be if they had 2 or 3 different brightness settings.
but $1 or even $5 each for a lantern that can work for multiple nights in rain, sleet, and snow, and over a week in sub freezing temps, and still work as intended, and without even having to replace the batteries? i'm definitely not complaining
Harbor Freight is a dangerous place to shop!! 💸 💸 Their low prices are so tempting 😉
I adore these rainy camping videos. There's little in this world I love more than hearing the rain hit a tent or tin roof.
Yea its awesome, I sometimes get alexa to play me some sounds of rain on a tin roof from spotify xD
Yes, it’s lovely, as long as I’m in my cozy warm home.❤
@@bojohannesen4352 what's sad about listening to nature sounds?
Its better when you do it yourself
@@GaryLivesey1602there’s nothing sad about it he’s just being a d bag
When I go tent camping I take a 12x12 pop up tent and a 8x8 pop up tent and set the 8x8 up inside the 12x12 then I push it into a corner to give me room to step into the 12x12 zip up take off my shoes step into the 8x8 and zip up! All the rain and wind are on the 12x12 and you stay warm and dry in the 8x8! Works great! Gives you 4pm to put your supplies in the 12x12!
Sounds like you would have a little air space for insulation as well? Great idea!
Genius!!!! Plus if a bear wants to "unwrap" his "beef jerky", he'll have to try TWICE as hard;)
4pm?
What a great idea
You have common sense, you must be old like me.
Many years go, I was active in a historical recreation group. I had a 6 foot tall circular tent - comes in handy when I was dressing in full Elizabethian gowns! Your video brought all those memories back - including camping in a storm and having 4 inches of water in said tent. Luckily, by that I had learned that little comforts like cots were worth it! Thanks for taking us along.
This is exactly my brand of youtube video, the algorithm is doing its thing today. Subscribed
I think that tent looks like a fun lounge room camping night for the kids.
Too expensive...
@@lousalama9331it's temu . If you think that's expensive then you must eat out of the trashcan or something.
@@lizacrochets98 I agree with you normally, but the price has been stated for this tent - 118 pounds! For that price, I'm sure you can buy several play tents if you wanted, no doubt cheaper and cozier.
@@lizacrochets98 I had "kid tents" as a kid, which were supposed to be toys never to be used for actual camping, and they were less than half the price of this.
@@h3rpad3rpacifilis ahhh I see. I was crocheting while listening and must have missed it ! That price especially on temu is outrageous for that quality!
This is the first time I’ve ever seen you. What a very entertaining video and I have to say you seem like the nicest most even tempered guy I’ve ever seen, especially putting up with those conditions. You’ve made a subscriber out of me! 😊
☝🏼I second, fs. lol That’s the bloke u want with you in an emergency, zombie apocalypse, what have u…
*saw
@@albtckl where?
Same here ☺️👏
That the same company that sell chocolate coffee pots. 😆
Wait a second... Is this one of the RARE, simply honest people on CZcams? Trying products and telling you how they work without also selling their integrity? I might just pass out. Well done, young man. Well done. NEW SUB for me.
You set your can under the strongest stream running off of your tarp. And put the tortilla in the pan until it starts to bubble up, then the other one, then flip it and put your cheese etc on. Then the cooked side of the first tort down and flip it to get the other side. As far as the fajita tacos, after you open them and add the sauce and stuff roll them up into burritos and they won't be such a mess to eat with food falling all over the place. Fold the bottoms before you roll. - Tips from a camping Texan
@BadgerMonkey you forgot to add, don’t over season the meat! Good steak doesn’t need that much, it overpowers the meat 😂. I cringed a bit with all the seasoning.
Those extra metal pieces that came with the fire pit are to allow you to raise the height of the top grill. Attach them to the side and rest the top grill on top, i assume it allows you to feed the fire. Great video as always.
Yep, i have a similar smaller one and it has the same things. Handy tbh.
Or to use the tiny bottom grill raised up, or something like that
Ty, I. Wanted to get one as a backup or something and if I do, j now know what they are really supposed to do instead of whatever I have them do. Lol
Thanks Steven
@@sergiughemes4506 I have a slightly smaller rectangular one and I really like it. It makes a nice smallish fire using less wood but still very comforting and relaxing. Also, I can not bend much due to titanium rods on my spine and I put it over the top of the big fire rings in NFS campgrounds so I can easily tend my fire.
If you want to collect more water since you are putting up a tarp already, we often will put water collection at the corner of one of the tarp ends. This allows the water to drip off the tarp and into the collection device. Or if you attach a piece of string to the tarp and place it into the vessle, water will drip down the string and into the pot.
Never drink water collected from the tree canopy. Animals do poop on the leafs.
@@regulatorsO311 what if you boil it?
@@regulatorsO311 Before purifying*
@@regulatorsO311 exactly...parasites and bacteria.
@@skullcrushers1000 that is a must, the only freash water i have ever had was straight natuarl springs. Even then there are no guaruntie
😂 Takes me back to my camping days, when everything gets damp .. light that fire please 🙈 Several decades later I spend my evenings out on my large porch .. dry .. electric blanket and duvet 😂 Love watching your vids from the comfort of the dry and warmth but fresh very fresh air 🎉
I agree
Watching from Australia - love your attitude about it all, always with a smile, lots of trial and error here - grateful you showed it, can't wait to delve into your other videos
Watching this in my truck after a 453 mile trip. Therapeutic with the Weymouth coastal rain and wind belting my truck. Cheers, mate.
Take it easy around the coast tonight, drive safe!
@brookieb538 Thank you very much. Beats driving in -27°C weather's in the Arctic Circle of North Sweden! I'd woken up in Scotland yesterday morning, too. Haha. Now I must get ready and continue my journey, I have noticed the strong winds rocking my truck - to which has helped my sleep! Have a great day!
i spend all day doing office work staring at a computer screen and it's like a hot bath for the soul watching your posts Andy, keep 'em coming, thank you :)
I agree, mate, 100%
I mean, I agree, ma’am
100% the same
Same! I live in a 7 million person city, and there's nary a forest for like a 300 km around. These videos are like a breath of fresh air, I even bought several scandi grind knives even though I'm probably only going to use them like twice.
@@devildante9I hope you can get out into nature soon. It's so good for mind & body.
Friends don’t let friends buy anything from temu
I used to have a pump up Igloo tent back in the early 70's. It was great.
You seem like such an even tempered guy, no matter the problem. I’m in my 70’s, used to backpack in the western U.S., miss it like crazy. I now live vicariously through your treks. I appreciate the detail you include in all your videos. Thanks for being you.
Well said!!
Loving the content mate, my dad got me into this he always would watch your videoes alot lately, one after another. he wasnt fit anymore more to go camping he sadly passes at the start of this month, i since found all your videos on his laptop and have been loving them since, your so calming to sit and watch i can understand why he likked your videos so much keep up the good content mate!
Rip ❤
I'm so sorry for your loss 💔
Sorry for your loss ❤
So sorry for your loss. (Do you watch Mav?)
Sorry for your loss.
Just randomly checked this video for no real reason, but to find a chill guy doing a product test and showing some nice cooking, its got it all.
One time when camping in a colder area with rain, we set up a smaller tent inside a larger tent. We slept inside the smaller tent, and it was more insulated because it was inside the larger tent. I can see using a tent like that one inside a larger tent. It also would be fun for kids to play inside the home, and in an emergency at home, it can provide an enclosed sleeping area if the home doesn't have heat.
Camping under a big tarp is a great idea, quite a few folks and families here in Alaska do it quite frequently. You combine the big tarp with your cot/tent and you should have a grand time.
I've had the wet tent experience before. It usually comes from misjudging how much ventilation the tent needs for condensation from my breath vs how much body heat I want to retain.
I set up in the dark once right on a natural spring. Woke up with an inch of water in the bottom of the tent.
Exactly.
@riosoma i wont lie, that sounds more like a you problem than a barometric misjudgement.
my dad always brought those dehumidifier bags to stuff in tent pockets, didn't eliminate it entirely but it kept it from getting worse than like a cold but not ice cold glass of water
Jolly good entertainment for us here in the Midwest of Missouri. Love it!
KARL PILKINGTON!! THATS WHO YOU REMIND ME OF! 😂 I love the videos
My wee ideas:
- tent pitching tips and tricks. (Glow in the dark tent pegs, how to use guide / guy ropes, different ways to pitch in for example rough ground or hard ground).
- how to wash up & basic hygiene routine on a multiday camp.
- camping gear vs non camping gear and compare the bulk for example sleeping bag vs duvet, folding bed vs camp bed and your thoughts on 'glamping'
- get involved with reinassance (can't spell), some of those guys have massive canvas tents, one person had a full king size bed at an English heritage event last year 😂
- aldi centre aisle bargains if you are going for wee bargain buys.
I suspected the rain fly was not large enough for one and you hit on the fact that the sides didn't have a way to pull out taut and was just flapping. Plus, the tent probably wasn't well waterproofed. A coat of spray on waterproofer would probably do it, but you would think they could have done that for the price. 👍
For this, the tents have a roof. And in fact he has it. But he didn't put it ON the tent. He put it to the side.
I realize you were TESTING the tent, but in real life anticipating rain, I always pitch the tarp OVER THE TENT to make a second roof. Keeps the tent drier and don't get the loud drumming on the tent rain fly when trying to sleep.
@@attorneyreel1181 I often use a tarp over my tent if I'm even remotely expecting rain. The tarp keeps the tent dry and allows me to keep the tent dry whilst I take the tent down and pack it away.
Most tents need to be waterproofed with spray especially the seams
Beautiful nature shots. Immediately subscribed, love the mushroom shot at the beginning! I’d love a nature doc narrated and filmed by u of just little things in the woods that you find beautiful. Like a house tour but the outdoors and little things you find beauty in! Love it so much
Now I know why our explorer scout troup used rugged Army Surplus gear.Years later after the quake of 89 I felt the need for a 2 room tent we got from Sears so we could keep our 2 kitties separate from the third kitty in the event we'd need to evacuate.We tried it out on the back lawn in summer but it let in condensation big time!Next item I got like that was a patio umbrella from Ikea and I sprayed it first with sun protectant(prevents fading &sun rot!) then the water repellent spray.Wow big difference!
Loved your video and your trying out products for dependability.I subscribed!
Your water repellent is probably based on those horrible FOREVER chemicals. They never degrade and are now in everything, everywhere on earth. Inside you also there are these PFOS chemicals created by the big corporations. Free ride for them eh
Thanks Andy for sharing that vlog and sadly at your expense, teaching us that tried and tested camping gear is worth shelling out for. Cheers
No no ,thank you
A tip: when you see condensation in the top of the tent…DONT TOUCH IT!!! Various waterproofing agents react to the touch. They’re better off left alone and eventually air-dried
Your right about that..! I remember camping when I was a kid in the boy scouts in those green canvas weird musty tents and it started raining and there was no leaks and some guy said don't touch the canvas or it'll start leaking so I just had to see about that and sure as hell drip drip drip after I touched it..
@@stevenjanssen8182 🤭😂
@@stevenjanssen8182
It’s like when you’re a kid and DAD says “lick the bottom of the ice-cube tray”.
SOME THINGS, you just have to experience😉
Me: wtf is an inflatable tent
The tent's support blows up with a pump. You still secure your tent to the ground, but there's no rods
Watching from Dalton Georgia 🇺🇲 Loved your video 😊
Why not contact TEMU for a return of the faulty equipment then you can let us know what their customer service is like? You’d get your money back too! Thanks for sharing your expeditions. I’m a fair weather camper but would love a chance at bushcraft so love learning from you.
Its pretty widely known that buying things from Temu is a gamble. You're not getting any customer service lol.
A woman who I used to follow here on CZcams was buying TONS of clothes from them, and claimed that they had good CS. I was skeptical.
Yes, a company built on literal slave labor cares about your shopping experience.
All i did was leave a negative review and was given a refund
I've ordered various items from them and their customer service is better than Amazons. What made me switch to Temu was when I saw the identical items on Amazon for way more. Let's face it almost all of our stuff comes from China anyway
Once my sister asked my dad what his least favorite camping trip was and he said it was the one where it rained the entire weekend and everything was wet and there was mud everywhere. She would later talk about camping with me where the subject of my favorite camping trip ever came up and I couldn't figure out why she was laughing when I told her it was the one where it rained and there was mud everywhere, because there were also frogs, worms, and salamanders all over the place and I had an excuse to spend an entire weekend playing in the mud.
First time seeing one of your videos - I love it!
It's super interesting to see what you can and cannot, should and shouldn't do while backpack camping like this, and some of the ways you can save money or instead save yourself some problems by going for the budget options.
I've picked up quite a few ideas for how I may want to approach backpack camping (usually a car camping kinda guy) just from this video alone so I find it super helpful and you've got a very calming and relaxed screen presence.
Thanks for the quality content and keep it up!
Only just found your channel and I’m stoked. I am wanting to start doing solo camping but I still need to get supplies and watching this is super helpful in keeping the basics mindset and how I might fair.
Looks like that tent is better to be set up under the tarp on a rainy night. Then you would sleep nice and avoid bugs if there are any around. 😊
I find your videos so calming, relaxing and therapeutic, thanks!
This adventure was quite relaxing. I felt like I was sitting across from you. Thanks for letting us tag along. New subscriber in Texas. 💖
I really enjoy watching you take time to appreciate the small things and laughing off the difficult parts
You are such a delight, the sorta person it would be cool to hang with even when its shit weather! Thank you for the trials, I Iove seeing the woods of home from over here in Australia - watching you camping is almost as good as going camping Just keep being You!
I really enjoyed watching this video. Apart from feeling like we're camping with you, your calmness is relaxing. Gonna binge watch some of your other adventures 😊
I cried along with you in the middle of the night when you found everything wet D: We live and learn! Grats on your sub numbers mate, I look away for a year and you're one of the top dudes now, well deserved sir.
If you want to collect water from rain in the Australian Infantry we used to set up our Hutchie's and from each corner tie another piece of Hutchie cord and run it down into a water bottle, instead of dripping away the cord acts like a pipe straight into the bottle. In heavy rain once in the Jungle when our platoon was out of water and couldn't get resupplied we filled the entire platoons water supply in 4 hours. That's 8 litres per man.
Innovative
Love this story. Just read it out to my Aust army cadet son 👍🇦🇺
fortawesome1974 - when you were discharged didn't they remind you at the time that the military secrets act would still be enforceable in your civvy life ?
You could be shot sir 😅
Thanks for your sacrifice, Andy 😅! The thing that gets me with Temu and the like, is that it isn't that cheap, and you could get much better gear at Decathlon etc for the same-ish price (and actually physically see the stuff before you buy)😮
It's interesting to see my native cuisine making appearances in places I wouldn't expect. Great video!
I have just come across your channel and i feel so happy and at ease watching you, you're such a kind soul and you remind me a bit of my late dad, we use to go camping all the time and i havent been since he passed, but watching this video has made me feel so warm inside and you're just so chill and kind, im subscribing! :)
You always make the best out of a bad situation and always seem happy and positive :)
that was definitely a case of... "laugh or you'll cry" tent moment 😂😂 fair play you do keep it authentic 👍
The sound of the zipper on the tent, as well as the rain hitting, brings me back to me childhood.
Thanks for taking us along! I still feel like a kid testing out new camping gear!
You make camping look so easy and relaxing. This has never been the case for me personally, unfortunately, but it was really interesting to see. Thank you mate ^^
Andy I commend you for all you do for us viewers. You knew you might be in a world of hurt using that tent. Thanks for the video, I enjoy your content very much.
Thank you kindly! I enjoyed watching and learning what's worth buying and what ain't. I went camping with 34mph gust and rain once at the Texas City Dike. Had the same issue with the one man tent I bought from Walmart. It held up to the wind but the rain pierced through the threading like a hot knife on butter. The first time I camped in the rain was in Yellville, Arkansas I put the tent next to the bluff so I could look out over the mountain. The rain caused a mud slide and my tent went with it. Me and my friend in tow.😂😅 I was 9yrs old. My poor Daddy felt so bad when I came into the dormitory with head to toe mud and pieces of the tent at 3am. That was the old canvas tents back then not the new nylon kind. Thank you for sharing.❤❤
Glad I came across your channel, I love camping videos
Oh the sacrifices that are made to educate ourselves!!! Always feel for you but also love the good and the bad! At 57 years old I have had some very dodgy Walmart camping gear!!! Thank you for your service and fun!!!
One order from Temu and I was done. Thanks for braving the Temu junk and the rain for all of us who watched in our nice dry recilners
Temu is great if you know when to use it.
If require high quality products, especially if you travel temu is not the way.
If you are good to go with low quality products, temu can save you a lot of money.
Most sold shoes & clothes are low quality, so temu is great. If you however choose to buy high end clothing (not luxury) then temu is bad.
Always remember….Temu is more so about collecting your information than your money or giving a good product. I try hard and not promote CCP as all companies in China by law have to report anything that they are doing. Yes your information
@@gregmoessner3104 we already sell our informations to google, amazon, apple, etc, so we might as well also sell them to the ccp.
I've ordered ALOT over the past 3 years and never once any issue with anything. It's a hit and miss like ANYTHING you get from ANYONE
This is why the landfills are full of Temu/CCP toxic junk. Your immoral purchasing practices
You're so easy going and actually very relaxing to watch! Love love this video!!!
Andy, as a Texan, I definitely approve of your quesadillas and lager…looked very nice way to soend an evening! Come to Texas for a unique camping experience if you ever get this way.
Andy good vid. Your a champ to tolerate that disaster. I always cover my tent area with a tarp here in the southern U.S. Pine Cones falling and critters dropping stuff. And I always put down a ground tarp or matt. I found that TEMU stuff is usually too cheap to use with my family. Thanks for the commentary.
Thank you for the very real and honest review. Sometimes camping just doesn't go well. We can all learn from your experience.
I see you with all that dry wood and get jealous. I live where it’s rarely that dry ever. Even my “dry” firewood at home isn’t that easy to light. Very entertaining to watch you try out all these tents and such. Very brave of you. I am sorry to admit I was laughing at your wake up predicament with all that water. I’ve been there myself with reputable equipment rated for heavy rain.
Watching this while sleeping in my car beside the river. Very therapeutic
Lots of tents no matter the brand tag are not suited for rain/storm conditions; and most likely not bought by hard core camping enthusiasts for that reason. Andy you did say at the outset your were curious to test the tent in rainy conditions. The tent didn't perform to your expectations. European and Asian campers who use inflatable tents appear to use a more heavy duty model and combine them with an extra large tarp and an additional ground sheet. However, as usual it was a great camp, and nice food. I have always wondered if there was an advantage to using and inflatable tent for camping in the spring/summer and if there are fine conditions I am guessing this tent would be more than adequate. If Temu were aware of the design flaws no peg out points etc I am sure they could do the modifications. Thanks to your honest review people have the opportunity to make and informed decision on how and where to spend their money. Thanks again, looking forward to the next wild camp. Cheers from Australia
Two main things I noticed about the tent was that the ventilation space at the top was too small, coupled with the inflated, bulky frame bits made the ventilation space even smaller. I don't think the tent leaked at all, I believe it was all condensation from breathing, body heat and outside temps being cooler. It's incredible how much condensation builds up from just breathing and body heat. Also, the sides not having any guide lines to keep it tight from flapping around meant all the condensation drips were going all over the place. All in all, it's an interesting concept but it missed the mark on a few places. I watched this video just to see what kind of quality Temu offered in their camp gear ~ I've looked at that camp light and stove, for the price it seemed like it was too good a deal for them. Thanks for checking them out, I'm an avid camper/hiker and love checking out this kind of stuff :-)
The budget Walmart tent I have is a similar design except it uses fiberglass rods for the frame. The issue I had was where the cloth material for the walls is sewn to the tarp bottom of the tent, the stitching holding it together was a bit sketchy. I had to Flex Seal the stitching inside and out to water proof it as best I could
Tiny houses have same issues so we use heat air exchangers. Amazing how much condensation a human makes.
I find watching how you set camp very relaxing. Knowing the forecast, I would get a small fire going so I wasn't caught trying to start one while it's raining and the humidity makes it more difficult. Nevermind. You just built it🔥🔥 Glad I came across your vid!
I felt every “eurghhh” you said 😅this gave me flashbacks to many damp experiences that still make me shudder!
Shame the tent leaked. There's nothing more frustrating waking up soaked and packing away a drenched tent.
If you knew then what you know now, you would have put the tent under the tarp 😆 But, it is all trial and error.
Looking forward to the next episode 🤞
He did mention using the tarp over the tent, but that it wouldn't really be testing the tent. Understandable.
I find that cheaper tents dont have protection on the zippers or a fly sheet that covers the openings well. So the rain makes it's way into the tent that way. Had a few rivers in heavier rains. :)
You have no ventilation vents,best to unzip the tent to allow some movement of air and have a seperate top sheet floating above the tent to keep the noise down for rain.This happened with the forces tents many years ago,The army poncho was good for a tent & also served as a ground sheet.
Actually, it is amazing how much condensation can be built up in a tent from a single persons body heat. I know when i go out onto my back porch in the winter, the plastic roof 'rains' on me on the inside when i walk around and door my photography. And its just my body heat moving around under the plastic 4 feet away melting the ice under the roof. In a tent, in the late fall, it can build a lot of condensation, especially if theres a lot of moisture in the air. Up here in Alaska, my RV the inside windows would 'sweet' if i didn't turn the furnice on and the temperature got cold enough to build up condensation and not be warm.
Yep, it is condensation. I had that happen to me when I was younger and camping in the mountains during Winter with an "expensive" tent.
Over the years, I learned all the hacks to supposedly stay dry while tenting. The last time I woke up to wet sleeping bag & tent floor I tossed my 'waterproofed' tent. Ive sworn that if & when I go camping again, it will be with a large tarp over a hammock!
You camp awesome..... everything is calculated....based on experience....
Nicely done....
I love it....i wanna watch every videos you've had
You are an amazing soul! Thanks for the video man.
I did not think that tent would pass muster. You do work hard with your videos. I bet you sleep well when you get home. Cheers
Getting wet in the night is my least favorite part of camping. I have spent a lot more money than I wanted to to get the equipment that I was sure would keep me the most dry. When I first started camping, I had a tent and a thin sleeping mat. I woke up much wetter than I cared for. Then spent a little more and bought improved equipment. Still got a bit wet, but there was improvement. Over the years, I bought four tents, each better (and a little bigger) than the one before. I determined that the larger the tent, the easier to keep dry, so my last tent was big enough for four people, even though I always camped alone. I think the difference is in keeping your stuff away from the sides.
Regarding your equipment, I was impressed by the knife. You used it to chop firewood, then turned around and cut up your greens for dinner, and it did great. Not sure how long an inexpensive knife like that will keep its edge, but right out of the box, it did a good job. The lantern that stayed out all night in the rain and still worked in the morning was also impressive. I don't know how many I went through, but it was the same as the tents. Each time I upgraded and spent a little more until I was finally satisfied.
The wet walls come from the people inside breathing. Condensation is a bitch, especially when camping below freezing. I sure don't miss trying to pack up a frozen tent without damaging it.
I have to say I appreciate why we all enjoy camping and going outdoors: the peacefulness of being in a forest for me makes it great. You show this off well and congratulations on that. I often find other outdoorsy channels are too quickly cut and feel they need to keep up with other styles of channels that don't fit camping culture, so well done and keep it up!
Thank you for the great information and your commenters are also so helpful. You are so great and enjoyable to watch and listen to.
This is the first time I have seen you . Thank you for an amazing video . I can’t wait to watch the others.
Thanks for putting up with the damp to entertain us. What a brilliant video. Thanks for sharing. Hope everything dried out ok.
You're a better person than me. I would gave abandoned camp wayyyy sooner. Thanks for the fun video and sacrificing your dryness to let us know that Temu, like Wish, camping gear should not be on our list of must haves. 😅
New here and I really enjoyed it and u really let us see the truth of what was happening from beginning to end and I appreciate that. Look forward to more videos and going back to watch others. Love and blessings, stay safe
Thanks for a great breakfast idea - it's become one of my staple morning fuel ups!
Yikes! I always wondered about Temu and now I know. Sorry you got stuck in the rain. BTW, I just signed up to support you on Patreon. 😀
Following you from uk . Your videos are Great .
You should of opened both outer doors a little and left the bug net closed so the air could circulate through! Everything you used was nylon so you was essentially sleeping in a plastic bag 🤷🏻♂️ so the tent did pretty good, the lamp worked, the knife did what you wanted, you had hot water and hot food 👍 all of which was better than sitting under a tree without anything 🫡
First time I've seen you. Thank you for posting video, I really enjoyed it and I forgot how fun camping was. Going to try it with my grandson this summer. You were pretty prepared and wise.
Can't beat the simplicity of a tarp - look forward to the tarp bivy camp already !
The minute you said, "Temu tent." I already knew that was not gonna end well. A lot of their products are not true to their word, in advertisement. I definitely wouldn't trust their products on a serious camping trip. Sorry you endured that, mate. ❤