PLEASE ONLY USE THIS AS A SUMMER TENT !!

After I seam sealed it and then fab sealed all of fabric witch cost extra 5 pounds at most iv been using my one of these tents for two years now in all weathers with no issues and stayed dry in worst of rain and snow in winter months so I can totally recommend it

The old tents used to have poles like that and a rubber grommet went over the spike to keep it waterproof

As a kid back in the late 50's , early 60's I had one like this one. It was identical except mine was made from canvas. I got from Herter's World Wide Outfitters , today a part of Bass Pro. A buddy and I were camping on the St Johns River ( USA , Florida ) when a category 1 Hurricane hit us. We road out the storm ( 3 days ) in that tent and then continued our camping trip after the storm left.

It is what it is, a cheap tent and I love it! I'd drop the poles for something lighter or rig it up to a ridge line instead. 👍

Good little budget tent

Hi EW. You can use rubber plumbing washers on the spikes. You also used to be able to buy plastic pole caps to go on the spikes and plastic feet to go under the bottom of the poles to spread the weight out better on the floor. This tent takes me back to my first tent as a kid. Thanks for another excellent video.

I've got this tent got it for me and the boys doing bushcraft, very bad condensation, but its very light so good to take for a quick shelter on a day camp

Two cheap tennis balls. Cut in half........they go on the bottom of the poles, and create a small hole to slip on top of the spikes.........also a coating of fab sil and its ok for a spot of rain. Good vid mate

Same as my first one as a kid only not canvass - and probably quarter of the weight, especially wet! Good camo' - for the top we used to use old cotton reels with a plastic bag over and taped down. That's worth £30 though. With a spray of fabric waterproofing, might be okay.

Looks great for the money .. cheers Chris & Sam

In garden slept a few nights with doors open lots of condensation! Managed to get army camp bed in easily,loads of room for one person. I put Fabsil on and the colour changed to a more pinky/light brown colour!,ok for Autumn. Door tie outs fiddly,for £30 not bad. Plastic bottle tops( milk bottle) with holes made used on top of poles.

Great little review this dan, and a cracking summer tent by the looks of it! Cant beat that value for £30. Ive got some Kombat UK kit like a coat and a bag, had them a good year now and they're still spot on so looking like a decent brand

love the camo for the stealth. love the classic "pup" style, love the side long vents and door mesh, and weight......and HOW MUCH 30 quid.... superb starter tent. peace pall

I had a tent very similar to that one when I was a kid back in the 1980's. It was fun back then, but I didn't expect much more than rain resistance back then. Now I use an ultra light bivy and a poncho as a rain fly or a hammock with a rain fly. I still don't expect much more than rain resistance, but the modern system weighs one third to one fourth as much.

Tarp over the top and a couple of elastic bands over the poles and should be good to go.

I could kip in that. Had tents like that when I was a kid. Summer camping only. Be great for grandchildren garden camping. Stay safe Dan.🔥

Thanks for the review. Use Trekking Poles upside-down instead and put the spike cover on the outside. It'll make an inexpensive 'hide' for bird watching and stuff (just as long as the floor's not too crinkly). 1500HH isn't much, but Fabsil will up it's water repellency quite a bit. its obviously not a Hilleberg, but if it gets someone out on a (fairweather) adventure, then why not?

Good review, based on your comments I can see where someone could make improvements to make a good starter tent. Like you say, the camo is very effective, so a great woodland stealth shelter!

It would be good to see you use the tent for the summer season , should be fairly cool inside , be well my friend .

I think I'll use this for my winter camping ;-)

Cheers Dan, I think this tent is in many ways, an improvement on the French army F2. . I love the full mesh on the doors. With a UK Basha over the top, I think it would be roomy, waterproof and cosy. I'm definitely buying one my friend.

The screw-on a Lucozade lid is 1 1/2" in diameter (39mm) and has a 'pip' in the centre. Drill a hole in two tops equal to the uprights diameter so they are a 'push fit' and you have two umbrellas to shed the water away. Just found your videos, I've subscribed and hit the bell, keep up the good work.

I think it has a lot of potential. A few mild mods . Swap poles for tracking poles. A light weight tarp to compliment it as a extra rain protection and or porch . Tks for the review.

Dan I used a tent like that for a few years. Do yourself a favor and pull a paracord line inside the tent across the ridge line between the two vertical poles. It helps massively with the roof flapping about and gives you somewhere to hang your lamp at night or dry your socks. I have never owned that particular make or model of tent but I grew to like my version of it quite a lot. You are quite correct about the pegs. Upgrade at least the two that hold the poles to the ridge line. The wind will have them out in no time. But once you have done that it should stand up to reasonably high winds. I will be keeping my eye on you using that tent. For 30 quid it looks like it could be a good summer tent. It is not like you will be taking up into alpine mountains is it. I should think it is a massive step up from a tarp and bivi bag. My DD 3x3 tarp weighs in at more than half that tent and with the bivi bag I bet it comes close to being the same weight. Good trade for a summer camp. I just got myself the Dutch Army tent to play with. So it will be interesting to see who's tent leaks first. 🤣

My pal and I used a ridge tent a lot in the seventies, including walking the Pennine Way in '73. A simple piece of a plastic bag and two rubber bands keeps the rain from running down the poles. You also need to put a bottle top under the poles to protect the groundsheet.

great design. as you said fair weather camping. love your disclaimer.

Hi, i have just bought one of these tents for when i go motorcycle camping in the summer, I agree with you, it looks good, and bought it for only £28! but i dont think it is for anything otber than summer camping. Happy camping!

Good tent for the money 💰

I have one of these tents and have found some pole end covers on ebay in different colours which do ghe job really well at keeping water out of the tent

Thanks for taking the time to do a video. But seriously, we both know that it's a garden tent for the grandkids n'Timmy the dog. I'm a little worried about just how quickly you guys are coming out of lockdown. You be good stay safe and wash your hands.

Nice video thanks

Sometimes the old things work better than the new. It's a great tent, I was traveling when I was 14 and had a similar tent and that was really good. From Germany 👍We don't have to keep reinventing ourselves. Sometimes a beer helps too. 😅😂👍 Have a nice Time

Make a paracord bung for the pole gaps, lash a few turns of it around the pole and melt gently with a soldering iron to form a plug that seats into the grommet, do one for each pole and after use just store them on its pole.

Nice close review, most appreciated looking forward to you testing in rain. Just bought one and will proof and clear mastic the seams for use on wet and summer moorland as a tick free zone, for winter or storm hill conditions would take an extra groundsheet, and sling a basha over it. So looking forward to using it. Great close up inspection, thank you so much. Harry. Flying haggis films.

You can the plastic washer cap things for fixing corrigated roofing sheets ro cap off the poles. I've got the lichfield combat 1 which is similar but has a ridge pole and fly sheet which has those caps.

Looks like a decent tent for a few nights away, I would put a ground sheet under the tent though, the one on it looks quite flimsy.

Excellent review

I have the French F1 Desert tent and it is great except it leaks where the door toggle are sewn in. I will seam seal them and it is a great style of tent for the teens. If you put a basha tarp over the top as a rain fly I reckon it would be useable in winter... but maybe not an English one!

5x5 bivvy tarp over the top and a thick bivvy tarp underneath with a camo net on top ... mixed with a decent sleeping system and this tent could be the best tent yet... and for £30 ....

I started out on tent designs like that. You can buy (or used to be able to) rainstops to slot over those poles. They're ideal for light summer camping but I wouldn't trust them for heavy weather. It's small supprise the French always surrender. I wouldn't want to fight a war if that's where I had to sleep in all weather's 😂

Great Looks ok You have to do a rain test in this Dan You just have to it's the law 🤣

For the price it looks pretty good. Get a couple of large suckers off ebay etc and drill an interference fit hole in the middle and push them over the tip of the pole pin. Nice on EW

My grandkids would like this, getting wet will be decided by how you put it up. I gave up my tent to the girls when we canoe camped at school. Rained in the night and they got drenched. After that I had to put all the tents up! Great times. Stay safe atb 👍🦊

Not a bad looking tent for the price.... Great video Dan...ATB Chris.

I have the Kombat uk ranger dome tent. Not a bad tent. Throw a tarp up and it’s quite decent

Really enjoyed this video, when I was a boy this was the type of tent that was our go to, nothing else on the market. Now there are so many choices I can't decide what to buy. Maybe I go back to this type?

Yep, I agree. I wouldn't risk it in winter or if heavy rain is forecast but I think it looks pretty good for the money. I also agree it's maybe a bit heavy for backpacking but I would take it bikepacking. And maybe next year I'll take it up Annapurna!!! Once again thanks for doing reviews like this. They're really helpful.

Be OK for summer use but I thing I would bring a tarp as well and some seals for the pole tops, a tarp pegged on top would be like another waterproof skin.

Hi Dan, I bought a similar tent branded 'Mil -Tec' and for the money it's fine, I did waterproof it just to be safe, one thing to be aware of is that it's easy to kick the pole over with your feet in the night... maybe some velcro at the bottom of the pole /floor, take care mate

That is the type of tent I got as a kid for in the garden, my school mates were going away on planes. I would not have swapped not for one minute. That could be some family adventure in the garden with the kids for 30 pounds. Times are hard for some but camp in garden is the best.

Its like a tent from my childhood. Looks ok for the price. Thanks and stay safe.

Not a bad little ultra-low budget tent. You can't expect double skins for £30, nor much in the way of features, however I do like that it has plenty of ventilation for warmer days, but obviously that'll come to bite you in the arse if used on colder days. I think I'll stick with my Eurohike Backpacker 2 DLX :)

Evergreen , for the summer mate !.

deffo looks ok for a summer tent, excellent review thank you.

Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

Good to see you again dan and thanks for the advice on the oex stuff

Great entertainment as usual. put gardeners cane tops on the tent poles .

Spot on thanks great value for as you say woodland camping 👍😊👌

like something you buy the kids to play with in the garden !

Looks an amazing tent but would be nice to see it made with some great fabric that is waterproof.....

Yep got that one mate, great for nice weather!! So will probably use mine on both of those days this year lol... nice one brother 👍🏽👍🏽😎

Iv just seen little rubber grommet on top of poles if you remove this place pole though hole of fabric then slid grommet back Down spike it stops water from getting inside tent I tested it with hose pipe in garden for 20 mins no leaks every think stayed dry inside

Cheers for this dude. I use a Kombat Uk Elite for bikepacking, it's a twin skin off of ebay or amazon (can't remember which now). I've used it in the rain and it works well, bit damp at the bottom end panel (Only middle panel is waterproofed) but for under £40 it's cracking!! Probably not the best for heavy downpours though!

Nice review again thanks for sharing

I like the review of the cheaper tents I bought a cheap tent of ebay for £25 it was double skinned and it had a porch that tent lasted me 5 years. Keep it up 👍

My very first tent was an A Frame. But, it did have a flysheet too. This brought back some memories.

PS I remember using rubber washers to keep the pole points waterproof.

Such a top bloke with quality authentic content. Earned yourself a new subscriber mate, keep up the good work 💪

For the same money you can get a German Army (Bundeswehr) Flecktarn canvas A frame, one of the two ponchos buttoned together jobs. Will last you a life time, a cracking little tent, certainly a 3 season job. I love mine. Yes, okay, it is relatively heavy, but it has a hell of a lot of positives to make up for it, not least is, it will disappear in any UK woodland from 30 foot away.

And another good review 👍👍

Definitely a 1 season tent. Love your channel Bruv, I have just subscribed.

The tent is what it is and you have reviewed it as such. It's an out and out summer tent. Nice type of MTP camo pattern though. Might be worth putting up in your garden and treating it with Fabsil Gold to give it a better chance in a heavy shower. Keep up the good work mate.

Not sa bad for under £30 for a summer tent, plenty of room. I’d swap the poles for my walking poles and make a seal above from a rubber washer or summat. Give it a coat of fabsil and you’re away.

I've got a tent that uses that same system. To stop water dropping down the poll I put a tight rubber washer got from B&Q. I keep a few in an old 35m film can with the tent.

I got something similar last summer off Military First site and it was fine,camped in a pine forest local and had no problems,but definatly just a good weather tent

WE NEED A RAIN TEST , I KINDA WANT IT LOL

Looks a decent tent for woodland pal. Might have to purchase 1 👍👍🎪

I bought one last year and like it, my only gripe is that there's not a 1-person version. Call me fussy, but with 2-person tents a stinking pal might want to get in with you..:)

Bought one of these myself after new year, I've had it in light rain and it was sound, mainly bought it to use up Scotland in the summer though

You could use corks to stop rain water entering at the top of the poles (thats if you can find any bottles that still *have* corks!)

with that top I thought it was a fitness video . lol great watching

I like the style of this tent - its definitely a summer tent. I would like to see it tested out.

Had tent 40 yrs ago same design never ever leaked left out in snow wind brillant design

I always go for a 2 man because I go camping alone I like to use my bike and I can get the bike in the tent as well (folding bike) don't want to risk it getting nicked

Had one with a floor like me that it don't hold much water . Heavy rain I don't think it will hold . Wind I don't know ? I had the experience that if you can see light on the stitch .no go.

Could use walking poles, to make pack size smaller and lighter, tarp with a ground sheet, I like it 👍

Great video as usual. That tent though... its like someone looked at the French Army F2 and said how can we make it worse? Pole tops need dollies (wooden tops that sit over the spike and deflect rain) Why they didn't keep the flaps for the side vents is puzzling as well.. The zip is not covered so will seep water but at least its a separate piece to the bug net. I'll be interested to see how it fairs in a rain test though. If it can put up with a summer shower level of rain, not a bad buy at all.

Another great vid Dan.

To be fair that is a pretty good play tent for kids. A rubber washer would stop water getting in the pole holes but not sure I'd want kids sleeping in it out in the rain even in summer.

Hello Dan why don't you use elastic band the top of the pool,s 😉👍 on the inside

Hi Dan , you could try a rubber or silicon grommet for that tent pole ,It should keep out any water mate .

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Price must of gone up since re named as a teen tent, but i found a unused one on fb for fiver, think its a lot better than a cheap dome tent, you at least get a water proof rating and seems well made tho,

Could use but of old inner tube block hole. Don't look bad for 30 quid

Been looking at this for a couple of weeks, like the idea of it as a tarp with added bug protection. Check out the channel Andy's East Coast (nowt to do with me btw) where he shows how to improve the waterproofing, then tests it with a hose

For the price that looks ok, I would use it. 👍

Like number 53.. from Doha Qatar. Nice to see you back in action. Cheers

Always enjoy your reviews I have a question for you , if someone is on a low budget do you think it's better to buy a better quality looked after Pre Owned Tent rather than a New one ? Best regards Shaun

its like the f1 french tent