Lanshan 2 Backpacking tent - 11 extra modifications!

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Can you believe it? Here are yet more useful modifications and ideas to help you use your Lanshan tent. I've developed them over many more nights of using the tent and testing out different ideas that I hope you'll find interesting & useful!
This video follows on from the previous one: • Improve a Lanshan 2 Ba... - take a look.
Camera; Torin Long
The useful clips are here: ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/g...
I bought my Polycro sheet from Amazon: amzn.to/477bjMO
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Vestibule extension
01:46 Fabric clips
02:45 Inner hanging tension
04:02 Outer tension
04:29 Catenary lines
06:21 Storage pockets
07:11 Hanging hook on pole
08:11 Polycro footprint
09:55 Thinner Dyneema
10:23 Using poles to locate pitch
11:08 Colour-coded bungees

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@deanherring8623 Ай бұрын

I have enjoyed watching your videos and learning about tips to improve the tents. I purchased a similar tent in New Zealand. A "Orson Indie 2" from "Intents Outdoors" and set about applying some of your improvements only to find some were not needed due to the superior quality in the design, materials of the tent. Of course not everything is free as it is a little heavier. If you wouĺd like more info Id be happy to email you with photos. Or come to NZ to walk our 3000km Te Araroa trail and I'll show you my tent.

@longsufferinghiker Ай бұрын

That sounds very interesting. I think it wouldn’t take much to make the Lanshan even better, so if there’s a version already out there then it could be a winner! Photos please! Thanks

@deanherring8623 21 күн бұрын

@longsufferinghiker will try to remember photos next time I set it up. The "Orson Indie 2" tent is more taunt or s better fit so no need to provide extra support to the tub floor walls to keep it from sagging, or add a bungie cord to the inner tent to stop the walls from sagging. Ive also seen little improvement in head room by lifting the end guy ropes. Another superior design is with the inner tent walls. They are upside down T zips so you have more choice over how and where you enter.

@pipandbenji 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Charles, you have defined the lanshan 2 in terms of mods and improvements. Made a great shelter into a really super adaptable one depending on the conditions. Always enjoys your videos

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Thanks mate; much appreciated. It makes all the work worthwhile to get nice comments like yours.

@hannaeyad 8 ай бұрын

I LOVE your videos and my Lanshan. I’ve been pitching without poles using a cordage ridgeline and Prusik carabiners. If you did that then maybe the catenary line could just go up over the ridgeline at the center. So many ideas and so much fun!

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I did try just running the line over the ridge, but that wasn't strong enough; your cordage ridgeline will certainly be better! Let me know how you get on :-)

@43963 8 ай бұрын

Good thinking! Especially the catinery line from the apex is a great idea, saving weight of the poles while backpacking. I am fond of my lanshan 2. Having the same fly sheet colour that gives me a very cosy feeling and a good night sleep. Thanks for sharing! Regards from from Henk.

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Thanks :-) I hope the idea works for you

@baldmountaineer 3 ай бұрын

Genius!! Especially love the pole hook and groundsheet. Thank you. I will certainly be trying those.

@longsufferinghiker 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hope they work for you :-)

@acnud 8 ай бұрын

The Lanshan 2 gets better again thanks to you 🏕️👍

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Aw, thanks! ☺️

@theoutdoordogandhikinggirl 8 ай бұрын

Great additions to the previous video. Thanks for sharing.

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Thanks; I'm really glad you like them :-)

@chriseidam7319 8 ай бұрын

Very good. I repurposed $5 thrift store carbon-fiber fishing poles into a pair of two-piece strutts for the foot or head whall guyout. I CAREFULLY (eyewear, respirator, heavy gloves) cut them to fit my needs, sanded the cut ends, then wrapped the cut ends in nylon thread and Loctite Xtreme Glue. (That glue fixes delaminated boots and trail runners, btw.) I used pointed wooden dowels to cap the ends that stick in the ground. A pencil sharpener works great to sharpen the dowel plugs. I clipped off all but one guide (loop ) and filed those rough edges for each set I was fabricating. They work great. I wrap my guyout line around that loop before staking it. The strutts are feather-weight.

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

That's a great idea; fishing poles are ideal :-) And thanks for the tip about the glue!

@pipandbenji 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@life-outdoors 3 ай бұрын

It was funny to see your first mod video and how I'd done similar mods independently. I'll definitely have a look at some of these when I start using mine again as the weather improves. I use a different tent during winter. What's the highest wind speed you've used the tent in?

@longsufferinghiker 3 ай бұрын

I hope some of these are useful to you as well! I’ve never measured the wind speed 😟 but the worst night was on the Cape Wrath Trail when a calm evening on s super pitch soon turned into an overnight storm. The type that has you getting up every hour to check the pegs. But the tent was fine, and in approx 80 nights I’ve never been seriously worried. Pitched nice and low, with good pegs, it has a shape that naturally sheds the wind if the doors are pointed towards the wind. And the poles are super strong. Much better than a lot of more expensive tents, I think. But then I am a bit biased!

@life-outdoors 3 ай бұрын

@@longsufferinghiker I camp about 75+ times a year, mostly wild camping. I mostly use the Lanshan when hiking big distances and warmer weather (it's got the mesh inner). A Pioneer when colder or wild camping (it's a good size for one and a small footprint). I have a Cloud Peak if I'm having to share. Thanks for responding and I'll have a look at trying some of your ideas soon. Any excuse to get outdoors is a good one. 👍

@diceau 7 ай бұрын

thank you so much very handy mods.

@longsufferinghiker 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome; hope some of them work for you :-)

@mfarley252 8 ай бұрын

Great video!

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@AngiefromthesparklingRiver 8 ай бұрын

it's out! Yeah! 😃as always very well thought out and practical! Thank you very much for showing it! I always look forward to a video from you. I love my new Lanshan 2 very much, it feels like a mini house, very cozy. Unfortunately, I now have a bit more trouble finding a suitable place since I'm here in the forest, but so far I've been lucky 😁. I wanted to ask you if you have an opinion about the stability of the trekking poles. Is aluminum better or carbon? I heard carbon could break more easily under heavy loads, so I haven't bought one made of carbon yet.

@longsufferinghiker 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I use aluminium poles because I, too, believe that they are less prone to snapping. One of my poles was slightly bent on the Cape Wrath Trail when it saved me from falling during a river crossing, and I am very impressed by how it has retained its strength regardless. From what I've seen, the carbon poles aren't significantly lighter, either...

@AngiefromthesparklingRiver 8 ай бұрын

@@longsufferinghiker Thank you very much, that confirms what I was already thinking. I'm glad I hadn't spent any money on it yet and I'm even more happy about my aluminum trekking poles now 😊. good time and safe trips!

@Official_RPG_IRL Ай бұрын

Anyone know the name of the knott that comes on the oiginal guy, that goes from the doors? I untied mine on first use.

@longsufferinghiker Ай бұрын

It’s nothing special; just a knotted loop. But TBH you’ll be better off ditching that guyline and instead using a separate guyline, and bungees for the doors. See my original Lanshan 2 mods video for details Improve a Lanshan 2 Backpacking Tent? Try these 13 modifications kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJ9lqLOhxtXWcqM.html

@Official_RPG_IRL Ай бұрын

@@longsufferinghiker thankyou sir

@nsrvtqc Ай бұрын

Foot prints should never extend past the inter tent, it’s asking for big problems. It allows water to set between the two which gives the water time to penetrate the bathtub. Far worse than sitting directly on the ground.

@longsufferinghiker Ай бұрын

I know what you're saying; any water sitting on the footprint is a problem. But I would just say that footprints should not extend close to the edge of the flysheet. My footprint covers only half of the vestibule area, so I don't encounter any problems. And the benefits of that extra area are certainly worth it.