Solo Overnight in Hybrid 'Floating Tent'

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Solo Overnight in Hybrid 'Floating Tent'

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I head out into the woods for a solo overnight camping trip in a hybrid floating tent bivi. The setup allows you to either camp on the ground in tent or bivi mode, or turn it into hammock mode and swing between the trees!
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@MikaelOdqvist Ай бұрын

Great that you are feeling better, great to hear!

@debradaniels936 Ай бұрын

So glad yr better now xx

@TecraTube Ай бұрын

I need that tent in my life. going to set it up in our spare room wall to wall 😂. I'm buying that baby now! 30% off too! thank you for showing us this great gear

@lIIIllIlIIlIlI Ай бұрын

😂😂

@MrDefaultti Ай бұрын

I have Haven Tents "Lay flat hammoc", so no need for this. But interesting anyway.

@boromickfc Ай бұрын

peg some guide lines out from the bottom of bivi to stop it rolling more

@jeantaylor824 Ай бұрын

Mike I'm glad your feeling better

@michaelericdolman27 Ай бұрын

Glad you are feeling much better Mike. Take care

@franckbald3750 Ай бұрын

This kind of hammock is part of the basic equipment of a French legionnaire during training in the jungle (Guyana)

@jimmccoys5778 Ай бұрын

Glad you’re on the mend!! What an ordeal. Hard to imagine that burger could have done that! As innocent as it seemed at the time! I had a similar thing with salmonella a while back. The fever that wouldn’t go away was my only symptom. Crazy! Keep pushing on mate!!!

@tentpitchr Ай бұрын

I saw a guy from London Ontario have a similar hammock tent. He used on a bike trip around Lake Erie. I have wanted one since.

@doozerakapuckfutin Ай бұрын

Mike I’m so so glad your back . Even if it’s once a month I for one am just happy your back

@funkydozer Ай бұрын

What’s up with his back?

@1leg956 Ай бұрын

Love seeing you out again mike take your time god bless you peace and love from 1 leg uk England

@Hector-vx5yc Ай бұрын

Hi TA outdoors! I’m fairly new to your channel, I’ve been binge watching your videos, I must say, your videos are awesome! I’m really enjoying them, I’ve learned so much! It’s awesome to see how things are done in the UK, beautiful scenery, someday I’ll visit the UK!, if I may ask, how are feeling? I watched the episode when you got really sick, I felt bad for you! You’re looking great! Also, I enjoyed watching your friend forge an axe, on your other channel, awesome job!👍🏽From Washington state, USA 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💯💯💯🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️

@thebeachpotato278 Ай бұрын

Glad to see your recovering, ive taken note and cook the bejesus out of any meat I eat now.😊

@dantheeman6162 Ай бұрын

"Was talking to the wife got bored of that so I went camping"

@KKKK-jy3vs Ай бұрын

That chemical heater in the MRE just blew my mind!!😂

@joshcline8764 Ай бұрын

Oooooh you got the skittles! Haha.

@ScorrFamilyAdventures 22 күн бұрын

Another great video, I love MRE's which I get from an Army surplus store here in Canada. In addition you make a fire look so good!! Glad you are feeling better!!!

@Everywhere2 Ай бұрын

It's like a suspended coffin. Are the goths still around? They'd love it.

@TheRubenkj Ай бұрын

6feet up instead of 6feet down? 😂

@41241ivatt Ай бұрын

I’ve just come back from my DofE this is a brilliant break from everyone i went with

@mmalus Ай бұрын

Pls make a video about dealing with mosquitoes. And pls show us your buq repelant kit

@jackiec9062 Ай бұрын

I'm so pleased you're finally feeling better, take care, loving the camp Luv from UK 🇬🇧

@joeshmoe4658 Ай бұрын

The way he casually dumps the contents of a MRE onto a patch of poison ivy, fugn' minty bud! 👌🏻

@jaymeswheeler Ай бұрын

Thanks for the quickie. Bath the kids put 'em to bed and camp. Nice healthy way of life way to break up life from work and home outdoors. Great to share with mates when you can.

@FindTheFun Ай бұрын

I've had one of these for years! You can buy two and zip them together as well! I love it, I was looking for a bivvy hammock for a long time and they were the first one I ever found. Super worth the money.

@Slikx666 Ай бұрын

It's so nice to hear that you're off the meds. 😀👍 I'd own something like that bivvy hammock thing, but i just wouldn't feel safe in it. I'm overweight and i just don't know if it would support me, but a lot of things are like that, theyre designed for the average person. 😆

@Ogrematic Ай бұрын

Yeah, me too. 300+lbs, I have to be careful, cots, chairs, etc.

@KaylynnStrain Ай бұрын

glad to know you are feeling much better. that hybridd shelter lookslike one I would enjoy

@ArielleViking Ай бұрын

I’m so glad you’re feeling heaps better, that’s a really neat tent/bivvy/hammock 👍🏻❤️

@VDS_yt Ай бұрын

I'm glad you are feeling better now!

@ddraidex6842 Ай бұрын

I’m glad you are feeling better and I love this camping setup great video.

@graemedolan2208 Ай бұрын

Glad your feeling much better now Mike. Great video uploads as always

@pharaohzhoundz Ай бұрын

Great to see you out n about! Glad you are well.

@BraxxJuventa Ай бұрын

Good to see you better again Mike. 😁👍🏼😁👍🏼

@JEBOOUTDOORS Ай бұрын

Nice set up, Mike. Easy and fast deploy and off the ground.

@leslie-jq7qc Ай бұрын

Welcome back young man nice to see you well and healthy again.

@davidtwigg5252 Ай бұрын

Glad to see you fighting fit and back on it. Nice one

@user-qy1gp7vt6e Ай бұрын

Your tent is good Mike

@robertr4193 Ай бұрын

Very glad you are feeling better and don't have to take the antibiotics any more. It's never fun being sick and what you got hit with the e-coli was very dangerous. just glad you are getting healthy again.

@kingrafa3938 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Mike. Love that tent!

@user-steve Ай бұрын

Good watch Mike

@julianoazz4372 Ай бұрын

Get Well soon

@chillaxin65 Ай бұрын

Just came back from my first hammock camping attempt. Torrential rain, tarp and bug net did their jobs thankfully. Used those same straps. The extra strap loops makes a perfect drip line.

@hansesselink9386 Ай бұрын

Good to see you back on your feet. looks like an interesting hybrid form. Love the hammock camping since 4 weeks to be honest. Onlu problem I see is that for one or two persons that will work for more that is a problem. Looking forward to see you using in the rain and as a bivy tent. Keep up the good work. BTW nice addition as a walk I checked on the trees me and my dad planted.

@cowboydiecastracing Ай бұрын

Always enjoy your videos my friend! Glad your feeling a lot better!

@jonathanfrost8767 Ай бұрын

Glad you're mended.

@sydneymcconnaughhay5947 Ай бұрын

Great video

@billarseneau3354 Ай бұрын

I like the bivi option, with that air pad it'd be too noisy for my taste. I have an Amok hammock which requires an air pad and it wakes me up every time i move. I ended up making a custom over for the pad from a bed sheet. It helps, but not perfect. Thanks for the video and I'm glad you're doing better.

@awkwerdcreations408 Ай бұрын

Just at the part of the video where you are hanging the hammock, apologize if this was pointed out by yourself or another comment, but the straps around the trees should actually be a little different. You want the part you are hooking the hammock to to be as straight as you can. Then all the weight is along the tree and not just on the one look. I know its counter intuitive when you are familiar with basically any other knot, but it also makes a lot of sense once you learn it. Great videos either way, I tend to binge them while sitting at my desk, working from home!

@amgroves76 Ай бұрын

Glad to hear you've improved. Lots of yoghurt and Yakult for you 😂 liking the size of the 40 odd liter backpack, shopping for my own now, take care 🇬🇧💚

@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888 Ай бұрын

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Nice camping video🌷🌷

@johnvanboolen7820 Ай бұрын

Hi Mike, thanks nice video, I got a Haven tent, (similar sort of thing) had a problem with the mat slipping around in the night so used that 'non slip' stuff for under mats in the house on wood floors, glad you're on the mend jv

@jankraster8781 Ай бұрын

Get Well soon Mike

@fatmanfaffing4116 Ай бұрын

Nice hammock tent. I use a Helsdon hammock which is a lot quicker to set up (literally 2 minutes) and the versatility of a shelter system that can be hung or set up on th ground really changes the dynamic of your nights in the wilderness.

@glyngibbs9489 Ай бұрын

Nice concept and a great vid. The hammock needs a double floor so your mat and extra insulation can be used without popping up rhe sides. I'm a very active sleeper and that's rhe biggest problem when hammock camping.

@ithacacomments4811 15 күн бұрын

bear burrito....❤

@freddyoutdoors Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed watching looks a relaxing camp

@TAOutdoors Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Bushybazoutdoors Ай бұрын

Nice to see you out feeling better, looks a good set up but like you said a bit on the big size , great vid 👍

@spider5001 Ай бұрын

Really cool🙂 I have something similar called the haven. I love it. I can put my backpack and all my gear in with me

@Kelley-j8k 15 күн бұрын

Definitely enjoyed this video. You should do more wondering where you got the hammock?

@FreezyAbitKT7A Ай бұрын

I have a nesting stainless utensil set with a separate fork and spoon . I can manage the extra weight

@Conor_133 Ай бұрын

Great video! Looks a lot like the DD Superlight Jungle hammock

@SirFrederick Ай бұрын

just bought one of those hammock/tent thing now. Had some biv's on my yule list for a while now.

@paulliddle8008 Ай бұрын

Great bit of kit buddy, i really.wish i could swing 😂😂 but i get motion sick so grounded i remain. All the best to you, pleased to hear youre getting over the E coli. Laters dude. 🤙🏻

@drummerboy6464 Ай бұрын

Mike, I'm pretty much recovered from my ECOLI infection, which infected my urinary tract and my kidneys, though I think my body is still a little below par in fighting minor infections, as I have had a couple including and eye infection. On the mend now, but it seems it can affect your auto immune system and short term make you more susceptible to other infections.

@TAOutdoors Ай бұрын

Glad to hear you are on the mend! Did you do a course of antibiotics too? How long for your recovery?it definitely weakens you for a long time.

@drummerboy6464 Ай бұрын

@TAOutdoors I ended up having IV at A and E the first time I went there, and the had 4 courses of oral antibiotics. I would say it took me about 5 weeks or so to really start feeling better, but still a little run down. Plenty of vitamins and healthy food, seem to be helping an awful lot.

@dreddpirateb Ай бұрын

Happy you're better mate. You are, indeed, a strange case. Aren't we all :)

@jonathanluce9130 Ай бұрын

Nice hammock tent, if I had one of those I doubt I'd ever be able to get out of it 😂

@Hadrada. Ай бұрын

Wasn’t Covid or virus as many said then lol Glad your better

@Sally-nse2 Ай бұрын

E Coli it was

@ericmiddelbos129 Ай бұрын

nice hammock

@PabloP169 Ай бұрын

A bit disappointed that you didn't use the fly, but I guess that we will see it used in the future.

@jennifertucker107 Ай бұрын

Your wife must be a very patient person.

@storm3698 Ай бұрын

I love nature and the outdoors but believe it or not i have never ever been camping though i would like to. My gf isn't really interested in it so i may go on my own. How do you get the confidence to camp somewhere overnight on your own? Do you feel safe? Any ideas on how to build confidence on camping alone. Thanks

@frogmaster83 Ай бұрын

Very similar concept to my Russian army hammock.

@DavePT157 Ай бұрын

I am getting your axe. Just in the middle of moving, then need to find a new job lol. But definitely getting 1 this year

@danstanley8597 Ай бұрын

Hi Mike, any chance you would do a up to date breakdown of your pouch with fire lighting heat head torch etc and your first aid kit? Love the videos keep you the good work

@martenhackmann5010 Ай бұрын

That looks like a lot of setup. You should give Haven tents a try. Same thing really just way easier and faster to set up!

@outdoorsbeyondnature1980 Ай бұрын

10:57 When will you be making WWI 1914-1918 and WW II 1939-1945 shelters and exploring the areas where the army built bunkers?

@marcomcdowell8861 Ай бұрын

Crua makes some interesting gear.

@knight8152 Ай бұрын

Nice set up. Love the light weight sleeping bag. Great for a tarp rain fly.. Only thing missing is a gun. Never ever never go into the woods without a gun. 😇

@Ogrematic Ай бұрын

UK, dude, no guns.

@DucBushcraft82 Ай бұрын

Nice video❤❤

@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 Ай бұрын

Good video

@Ogrematic Ай бұрын

I learned from one of my military buddies on an airsoft weekend if you add the salt packet to the mre heater it gets WAAAY hotter. Notice: Do NOT Put In Your Pocket!

@roughwalkers Ай бұрын

At least your using proper tree huggers unlike the DD hammock rope 😅

@barbybushcraft Ай бұрын

Show

@TheRubenkj Ай бұрын

Am I the only one who read HYBIRD? At 1:41 and 18:30 I read hybird. But anyway really nice to see you out in the woods again Mike.

@ctrlaltdelicate Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's probably a reject that got sent to Mike since they can't really sell that, as small of an issue it might be.

@TheRubenkj Ай бұрын

@@ctrlaltdelicate still a really cool tent/hammock. I was thinking it was named hybird as high bird, since it gives you the change to sleep higher then a normal tent.

@jamesbrownmiller808 Ай бұрын

A word of caution, when eating the United States MRE’s make sure you drink plenty of water, if not the MRE’s can back you up! I’m a 69 year old United States Marine Corps Vietnam era veteran and have eaten many C-Rations and MRE’s over the decades!

@ADI121195 Ай бұрын

What ration pack was that the only ones I have seen don’t have the chem heaters

@TAOutdoors Ай бұрын

This was US ration pack. Most of them seem to have the Chem heaters.

@jjdd519 Ай бұрын

Great clip! Can I ask what the leather type material you took out of your bag was at 23:28

@gabraelnorrisAK Ай бұрын

Any tips for making shelters for over night camping? I want to use natural resources and make it all by hand.

@Sally-nse2 Ай бұрын

He has a ton of those check the playlist.

@gabraelnorrisAK Ай бұрын

@@Sally-nse2 I've watched a lot of them I just wanted some tips for them

@Sally-nse2 Ай бұрын

@@gabraelnorrisAK a good tarp?

@davehumpleby3440 Ай бұрын

I bought one of those Aldi sleeping bags. There's so little down in there, you can see right through it. There's more nylon than insulation. I used it once inside the house in summer, and I was freezing. I found a thin synthetic fleece blanket to be far warmer. Regarding the bivi, was it flat enough that you could sleep on your side, or did you have to remain on your back?

@wedavieglasgow1770 Ай бұрын

Hi buddy how was it for sleeping did it feel like it wanted to tip you out during sleeping /turning.. never tried a hammock tent intrested though

@nicholasrusso7256 Ай бұрын

The US MREs are single meals not 24 hour like some other countries'

@judemueller6426 Ай бұрын

a kid broke my tent today and now I'm gonna find him

@DoomsDay1661 Ай бұрын

😂wtf

@TheSaneHatter Ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this video. I’ve had a curiosity about these “hammock tents” or “bivy hammocks,” including this exact model. However, reviews are hard to find. (I don’t currently have such an item, due to my inexperience with hammock camping: just a large Bivy. But I’m getting there…)

@TAOutdoors Ай бұрын

Now I know how to set it up I can do it much quicker next time. Seems a versatile piece of kit. Time will tell!

@TheSaneHatter Ай бұрын

@@TAOutdoors Meanwhile, do you find that it’s heavy? My choices are down to pretty much this model and one other (Lawson Blue Ridge), and both of them are described as being heavier than other small shelters, like the Bivy tent that I just bought. (this could be important, when it comes to packing, such as whether I decide to hike with it, or carry it on a bicycle.)

@cunning-stunt Ай бұрын

How did you find your back after sleeping in the hammock? I have a Hennessy Hammock that you can use as a bivi, doesn't have rods but easy enough to find a stick or use a bike. I like sleeping on hard surfaces and find the curve when used as a hammock gives me a bad back. apparently if you sleep on a diagonal, corner to corner, it means your back is straighter. I still get a stiff back from it though. Have bought a snugpak instead.

@jnorth3341 Ай бұрын

Big question I've always had on hammocks, can you only sleep on your back? I generally sleep on my side and I don't see how to make that work with this.

@claudiaclark6162 Ай бұрын

Interesting it says Floating Tent what does that mean? and how does it work? Does it just float in air or can it float in water?

@kopparsulfat Ай бұрын

Can you turn around when you sleep? And sleep on the side ore stomach?

@lewisgardner1660 Ай бұрын

I have been suffering bad gastric issues since a bad meal a few years ago, I should have shares in toilet roll company

@ambidextrousshooter6463 Ай бұрын

That probably isn't why you have gastric issues tbh. I'm not a doctor but I'm not an idiot. That's so not why. Everyone has had a bad meal in their life and gotten badly sick. But we all recovered. So you have something else going on with you that's for sure.

@jhayre1000 Ай бұрын

I have been looking for a hammock solution to my camping. due to the face my local woods are on a hill. do you think this hammock would accommodate my guide sog as wel as me?