Insane. This guys camping game is next level.

Steve: “I’m gonna put a tent in a tent.” 10 Million people: “Nice. I’ll watch.”

I legit have no idea why I watched this, but it was fascinating none-the-less.

he camps alone but always cooks food for everyone truly cultured man

Use the big fire, if you have one, if not use the candles to boil water for a hot water bottle. Burning candles into open area is pointless. You need a heat sink like the bottle to store the heat. If you have a container that seals boil a couple of potatoes and remove them, wrap in a pillowcase and toss in sleeping bag to warm it. Fry potatoes for breakfast. Then seal the hot water and place in second tent and it will give off heat it has stored.

"-7, so a little chilly" Classic Canadian

Just a note from an Alaskan: instead of using the lighter for each candle use the previously lit one(s) to light any additional. This way your not using as much lighter fluid.

Tarp down first under the fishing hut would have helped, Steve. But yep, concept works. Set up our 2 person dome tent inside huge canvas cabin tent (full-floor), at high elevation 4 Mile Campground in Park County, CO, in July. (It still snowed lightly that night, even in summer!) Humidity built up inside the dome tent from our breath overnight, but it was 20 degrees warmer inside the dome than the larger cabin tent, which was another 20 warmer than outside temp. Air-mattress and double-zipped together sleeping bags helped, too. Also, kept our clothes inside the foot of the sleeping bags so there were warm clothes in the morning.

Jar candles work a lot better than the tea lights. I used 3 jar candles to heat my room during a power outage a few years ago. The outdoor temp at the time was around 6F during the day.

Something is just so emotionally appealing about trying to stay warm in the cold winter.

Now this is what REAL KZfaq is all about. Just a dude sharing footage of an idea they had. No crazy sponsor advertisement, no crazy intro outtro, just a camera and some good times.

When I watch these videos I feel like I did when I was a kid goofing around in my backyard. "What if we put in small tent inside a big tent and then tried to heat it with candles???" I love it. 😀

My evening ritual isn't complete without watching a few camping with Steve videos before bed!!!

Steve: sets up tent and gives tips on how to withstand freezing cold and winds Me, a tropical person who lives on the equator: good to know.

This double tent method works for staying warm in a home that's lost power in the winter (maybe downed power lines in an ice storm). The carbon monoxide detector is a must.

This is some of the most wholesome content I've seen on KZfaq Steve you're gem and a treasure please keep up the good work and blessings go out to you

I had that exact same tent. I lived in it for 2 years. Like it was a little apartment. That was great.😊

Last night I heard a noise from my chicken coop. I was terrified at the prospect of Steve Wallis stealth camping in my coop. Luckily, it was just a bear. Imagine my relief!

I agree with others. This is exactly what KZfaq started out as. Just a regular person hanging out, doing something they think someone out there might be interested in seeing. It was refreshingly humble, and as a result was charming. Based on this video I hit subscribe; can't wait to enjoy more of this relaxed trial and error style!

That was such a nice video, Steve. I felt like I was "there'. I sewed a tent once. I used aluminum rods and screws for the frame. It was to protect a small group of deaf people during a large outdoor convention. It RAINED cats and dogs, but my deaf friends and their children were dry inside the tent I made. Deaf need their hands to talk, so holding umbrellas is awkward. Now, I'm disabled from an accident, but I felt like I was there with you,... figuring things out as you went along. I recently bought a Coglan's 450 Camp Heat and the little folding stove,... for my house when our next power outtage occurs. Keep being a discoverer. Have fun.

Love the winter nature cinematography in this one.

Evergreen tree branches to insulate the ground covered by a tarp works great to keep warmer. I loved winter camping when hubby and I were middle aged. Now pushing our 80s so not getting to do it again. Memories are precious.

I know this is an old video, but... I am a truckdriver and have had to survive in really cold temps. If you place the candle in a metal coffee can, all you need is 1 to raise the temp in a semi truck. I know this works as I have done it. It will keep it just warm enough to survive the night. Wind plays a big role in staying warm in a tent.

Steve alwasy cooks and/or eats like he is serving 4 people, lol, love it!!!

There's something satisfying about watching someone else shovel snow. :)

This is exactly what I did when I was homeless. I filled the empty space between the two tents with pine straw for insulation, and built an awning for the front door for cooking and a little sitting spot in incliment weather.

Steve, I'm going to implement your idea-- tent cacooning-- on those relative cold days in CA when I feel a little depressed. This idea would absolutely light up my mind and comfort! The sound of the quiet crackling fire is so peaceful... Enjoy your next camping trips!

I have watched so many of your videos but today you got me at “spike”. I have been using it for years. Never met anyone else who loves it. I think your videos remind me of my childhood. Playing in the woods and building forts. Creating special hiding places. Thanks for reminding me how much I enjoyed those adventures!!

The tent inside a tent is a great idea. Unfortunately the bigger tent did not have a floor , that will hurt hard for heat retention there. Also I can see light from under the edges of the big tent, the perimeter of the tent should have always be packed with snow

Steve try out the interlocking foam mats as a floor in your ice tent . Makes a world of difference when we go ice fishin for a bit of insulation from the ice and snow

Good way to stay warm in your house too! Cold front coming....

I only just found this guy’s channel, he seems like the most likeable person alive, I can’t tell why.

My dad was in the army, stationed in Germany after WW2. He always talked about how they would throw a bunch of rocks in the fire and, at bedtime, they would grab the rocks and toss them in coffee cans to heat the tents.

Next week, Steve heats his tent with warm thoughts and cooks over a match

I have been so homesick for Alaska and this really hit the spot for me. I loved the sounds of the snow being shuffled around and stomped on. It gave me tingles. I guess its my version of asmr lol

It's just hit 4°F here and it feels insanely cold to me. I don't see how you guys can exist at -40°C. Love your videos Steve! It's crazy to have seen this small channel of a guy camping to save money during school blow up getting millions of views!

The suspense in this video is really in-tents.

I like how Steve is like "this isn't an educational channel" when he legit convinced me to get into backpacking this past year. Maybe it's not educational, but it's definitely inspirational!

I lived like this for about 5 months I put the tent inside a tent under an abandoned railroad bridge and it kept me dry and warm

Excellent! On several occasions I've taken my big, Kelty 10-man tent (it could probably sleep 12) along with my regular 3-man REI tent and invited another couple of people with their own tent to share winter camping, tent-inside-tent. Four people with plenty of room, including room for four chairs inside the Kelty but outside the two smaller tents. When positioned near the fire, with the Kelty door open, and both the smaller tent openings angled towards the open Kelty door, the comfort level inside was rather awesome. We zipped up the Kelty for sleep and to keep the bears out, and first one awake rekindling. We only use two candle lanterns, each with one tea-light, to light the interior. There's enough ventilation not to worry about CO. One thing we did do is hang aluminize mylar sheets to reflect body heat and some of the campfire heat back at us. Thing about candles in an enclosed space: Soot. They're horrendous for your lungs! Oh, man! If you can't start a fire with just natural materials... One sheet of aluminum foil will stop them from sinking, and the foil reflects heat up, away from the snow. Given the size of your meal, how many others are camping with you? "There's no other heat source than maybe me." Yes there is. The ground. Whenever you place a triple-walled tent over 100 square feet of earth, things will be warmer inside than outside! This fact was utilized to great extent by Northern Plains Indians who lived in large semi-underground huts throughout winter. With a good 2 to 3 feet of sod on top, and more snow on top of that, the interior temperatures of these 700 sq ft structures was quite cozy at 50 to 65 deg F and above when it was -20 deg F below outside.

My dad taught a winter survival course in rugged forests in Wyoming and Montana. My brother and I came along sometimes when we got old enough. At the bottom of our sleeping bags overnight we had a full size snicker bar which was a huge treat. Everyone had one in their bag, a chunk of fat and sugar and some protein too is an excellent short-term fuel. If you became cold enough to wake up your internal furnace needs stoked quickly. Snickers to the rescue!

Ok, suggestion on warming the tent, etc...like the first nations did for the sweat lodges, put stones in the fire and transfer them to the tent. There are certain stones, which will stay warm longer. You can carry them from the fire to the tent in a cast iron pot. That will also remove the CO concern.

Averaging 80-BTU per candle, you would need roughly 45 or 50 tea lights to supersede the cold leaching in and actually warm up the space at 0C. That being said, having that many candles in an enclosed space would definitely raise the concentration of co2 and monoxide to an unsafe level. It was definitely an interesting experiment. Since most of the heat is wasted before it can actually heat the space, id recommend using a few deathtrap clay pot heaters to heat your space without risk of C02 poisoning or monoxide death that is present if you were to burn 50 candles openly. With each of the candles, the heat is absorbed and lost only 2ft above, but with the clay pot you heat the pot so hot that it will give off a higher than ambient temperature which would subsequently raise the temperature of the tent. Based on some research, you could expect maximum 2C increase per candle with the flower pot method. Even more if you cover the drainage hole with a clay saucer to maximize heat absorption. Flash point of paraffin is about 200-250 C and the pots can get well beyond this temp so this method is also a death trap, I guess at that point its up to you whether you prefer to die in your sleep from overdosing on monoxide or possibly be caught on fire with a side of acute monoxide poisoning. Either way you aren't gonna be too happy... or warm. Love your videos, I enjoyed watching and will continue to watch your videos until I run out of fresh content to watch from you!

I've done the tent inside a tent before and it actually worked well in super cold weather. I had an electric heater I was able to utilize inside the big tent and that plus the outer tent keeping the wind off of the smaller one really helped.

You know you're Canadian when you describe -24C as "moderately cold weather."

Just a word of advice, a CO detector won’t pick up anything on the floor until it’s reached that level, by which point you would be dead. Needs to be 150mm max down from roof level to give an early enough warning. It’s your life but I’d keep that in mind in future.

The theory is sound. Tent inside a tent. The outer tent creates a wind block and a thermal barrier. So the smaller inner tent can warm up enough just from body heat, and no wind means you’ll get and stay warmer longer. The candles, or tea lights won’t actually do anything. Btw, loving the ice fishing tent for the outer tent. That definitely makes a big difference compared to a standard 10x10 cube tent.

Gotcha beat! Almost 30 years ago I started setting up a tent, inside a tent, inside a tent; which was where I took my hot bathes when winter camping in Minnesota. Then took that to the next level by putting a DIY hot tub in it. Had nice hot soaking at minus 30 many times.😁

Nowhere on KZfaq does there exist more pure, simple, and passionate content than that of Steve Wallis.

I used to work in an outdoor gear shop in Austin, Texas for 7 years. Of alllll the camping tricks I've seen, I have NEVER seen a Tent inside a Tent. Genius. Absolute genius.

Thanks Steve for your down to earth style. I really enjoy your videos ☺️

Chuck Norris. Famous for his snow shovelling prowess 😂 I love Steve

It’s -16°F and ya boy got dollar tree candles going 😂 what a trooper

1. Insulate floor gaps with snow. 2. Heat up large stones. 3. Place hot stones into tent. 4. Seal up the outer tent.

Not sure how I ended up here, and without knowing the purpose of this video, I ended up watching the entirety for a possible grand finale. I don’t even “camp”, nor am I stoned, yet here I am 😂.

I love this idea! Of the tent inside a tent. Car camping, obviously, not backpacking. Gives a nice cozy feeling. & your stuff outside your sleeping tent is still not in the rain, etc. Love it.

Years ago a friend of mine spent the winter in my backyard in his small tent that we setup inside an old green canvas army wall tent. He put a plywood floor in the big tent and used candles for heat. After a seriously cold February night -14F or -25C, he commented …. “it was a 3 candle night and I only had 2 candles”

Steve, the snow on the ground inside the outer tent is acting as a heat sink. The inside temperature will not rise above 0 degrees Celsius until all the snow is melted. Putting the candles in the snow just directs most of the heat the candles generate directly into the snow and not in the air. A simple ground cloth will help create a temperature break and prevent the melted snow from soaking your back. A pile of evergreen tree branches will do similar things. I once camped in the Appalachians and set up a tent before the snow fell. I was fortunate enough to gather up a giant pile of leaves and set up the tent over them. In the morning, there was 6 inches of snow on the ground and I was toasty warm. It helps when the heat I was generating went to keep me warm and was not spent on melting snow or thawing the ground.

Love it Steve! Praying for you. Thanks for your videos brother!😀🇨🇦

I added this recipe to our home rotation and it was a hit! I didnt know if it was from Steve or not, but I found this again 2 years later! I had just watched a couple videos at that time, but am now an avid follower.

I'm glad you didn't add background music when doing this. I like to hear the snow crunching, and the sounds of nature. thanks

These videos make my Thursdays especially during these times. Who else agrees!?!?

I think a tent within a tent would feel much more secure than just a tent by itself, and certainly better than just a sleeping bag.

Steve makes me so happy

Yunno as a Floridian who's only seen snow once in my life, this entire clip had me fascinated. Now I'm sleeping to winter storm sounds at night and pretending I'm in a warm tent 😂

"Usually I have a camping pan, but today I had to bring my home skillet" WHAT UP HOME SKILLET?

Here's a tent tip. In case of fire or need to escape rapidly, always have a knife handy and just slice a "c" or an "s" shape in the side and dive out the hole. Just a straight slice is hard to get through.

Just out of interest a single tealight produces approx 32 watts of heat. 50 would therefore produce 1.6 KWatts.That might have elevated the temperature a bit , but I guess with that volume of air to heat and raise the temperature from an already very low temperature you'd need even more than that to feel mildly warm.

Hey Steve, native Americans used to heat large rocks in their campfires, then bring the heated rocks in to their teepees at night for warmth. Maybe try that sometime?

When I was a youngster we'd get a huge snowfall and then finding the picnic tables was always a score because you could dig under them and have a ready made snow fort.

This is a cool idea. I'd try using those playmat puzzle pads for the floor, and then cook inside the outer tent, which would provide some heat too.

This guy is so real and natural. Love it

Double tent also works well in very rainy weather - gives you a vestibule for muddy boots and wet coats.

I went camping by myself and got lonely, now I'm watching this guy camp on my laptop and phone hotspot 😂😂

I’ve tried the same thing in similar conditions with the tea lights and with the same results-they provided a cheerful ambiance but no heat. I was however able to heat water to almost boiling. I still bring candles but just for photography and to read by. I hiked the John Muir trail (18 days) with candles to read by which was of immense value when one is alone for that long. This was back in the 80’s before LED’S and good batteries were a thing. Thanks for the show-love ‘em.

I did this in November, my friends idea…got down to 28. It was crazy the temp difference inside my little backpacking tent vs the bigger tent. Great way to extend the season!!

Only Steve rates himself in BTUs.

Hey Steve, I'm not too sure if you'll see this, but here goes. I've been struggling with depression, overthinking, and daily b.s. in life. Your videos have truly helped me. I don't get out a lot so it's nice to see the seclusion, nice and quiet woods. I can't thank you enough for doing what you do.

what a concept, a tent inside a tent…. 😅😅😅😅😅🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻 Stay warm and safe. Mike from Florida.

This was my first camping with Steve video I watched, which was a couple months ago. I've been on a binge since

"I can easily sleep in here." Sleeping isn't the problem. Waking up is.

The clay pot thing is not to keep the candles from going out; it’s more of a chiminea concept. The clay absorbs and distributes the heat. Use a large clay pot with a clay saucer big enough to accommodate the top of the pot. Put the tea lights on the saucer, put the pot upside down on the saucer. You’ll need to put in spacers to make a half to one inch gap between the pot and the saucer. This creates a chimney effect and gives the candles enough oxygen to burn. It your pot is stable on the spacers you can use this to boil water or heat up a can of soup. You’ll need a grate for the top to maintain airflow.

Watched this ages ago, thought I'd re visit it. Hi Steve!

When Steve came with the bbq gaz I was like can't you start a fire? Steve coming back with the torch hilarious this guy just don't mess around with his fire!!

"Honey I'm going to camp in the frozen snow in Canada and heat the tent with some tea light candles, wanna come along?" "Oh no Steve you go right ahead, have fun." 😜 I'm watching this from my 65 degree Fahrenheit house with a blanket thrown around me thinking how cold I am. 🤣

A friend of my SIL's, got kicked out of his house, had nowhere to go, so he ordered a 'hot tent', asked a friend if he could put it in his field, so up it went. He put it on a waterproof tarp, and built a surround for the stove, he ordered a load of firewood, and there he lived for over a year, through nearly two winters... Only thing that got him-- a mildish winter with lots of rain, flooded the field and his tent. He ended up moving into an abandoned trailer and using the stove from the tent in that.....I dunno how he lives like this, but he does and he seemingly likes it

Oh man, the air mat inside the sleeping bag! Brilliant! I feel like a goofball not realizing, lol Thanks for sharing the adventurous expirement

Very relaxing to just sit and watch , you have a very calm and soothing voice and demeanor about you.

My sister made me an emergency kit for my car. It included a large empty coffee can, a small bag of sand and several unscented candles. The idea is to seat the candle in the sand a bit below the top of the can. The can and sand absorb the heat and put off the some very comforting warmth.

"There are far better KZfaq channels." Maybe, but yours is the most entertaining. 👍

Him n mav are my go to peacefully end the night type videos👌🏻👌🏻

Is it just me or is Steve super likeable? Subbed.

The fact that your channel is NOT a 'how to' channel is precisely the reason I like your videos so much. It's just relaxing and enjoyable to watch, and fun to watch your stealth camping, and going down the river trips, and whatever other outdoor stuff you're doing.

"I'm not Chuck Norris". Who shovels snow and then thinks of Chuck Norris as the "go to" for bad-ass snow shovelers? Steve Wallis does. Steve cracks me up every time.

Oldie but a goldie! Love rewatching the tent-in-tent videos.

Thoroughly enjoy your content mate.. Thank you so much. I hope you're doing well and keepin on keeping on.

"Snow doesn't catch on fire." *taking notes* "... I hope." *scribbles out previous note*

I love how he tries throwing the logs onto the fire pit and misses every shot, then it cuts to him carrying the tent around the vehicle and there's just wood logs all over the place as if he just gave up lmaooo

I like how the tent just popped out in such a convenient way.

"...put some Alfredo in here." (empties entire pot of Alfredo in).