I think for the UK climate, a properly covered vestibule is one of the first things I'd want from a new tent. Along with the pooling on the flat roof, that's two design faults that would make this a no-go tent for me. Good review though mate - hope the missus is OK

T.A. Outdoors and Kent Survival are two of my favourites.

Nice that you're giving a bigger hammock setup a go. Hopefully it works out. I've done a few recent hammock camping backpacking trip videos. I'm smalltime lol. Might be able to get something out of them.

Almost the best budget wild camping test until the dying minutes lol nice work thanks for sharing. Feels like a lot of the camping/ hiking and other KZfaqrs are going quiet, thinking it’s been so full on and intense over the last couple years people are at burn out. Keeping my fingers crossed a bit of sunshine will bring them back and smiling.

Andrew Parks Outdoors has some great content. Thorough reviews. Well put together and mixes up a wide range of outdoor gear. Some fantastic locations and really tests the stuff out. Knowledgeable, fair and realistic about getting the best out of what’s out there before the rest of us have to put our hands in our pocket.

Did ya get free farts with the tent ?😂😂

Another shout for Border Raiders and Murray@ Scotlands Mountains is a must watch.

Good review. Good looking tent and great value. Hopefully they do make more. Did wonder if the ‘roof’ would puddle were showing us round it. Hope Mrs D is ok.

Looks a great little tent , Great video

It's a very similar design to the OEX Racoon 2.1 from Go Outdoors, shape and size, but the OEX is a inner pitch first with a fly sheet covering the aluminium poles and a 5000HH rating

Rambling on is really good

That tent look great value, actually looks nice too. Nice shade of green

Best wishes for Mrs. D! That band for the cook set is EXACTLY what I need. I’ve been trying yo get a decent net bag for years!👍🏼 Bugger! They’ve sold out!!!!!😬

Great vids. I do have two VDUB campers but fancy a bit of this wild camping. Keep em coming.

Another good video and seems a reasonable tent for the money too

Looks like an OEX Rakoon 2 .1,Great video!👍🏻⛺🥾

Hey Ben, my first wild camp was an organised one, led by a Mountain Leader. I've always followed his advice that you should pitch your tent foot-end into the wind (better to have the wind push the tent onto your feet than your head). And the foot-end should shield the vestibule from wind, rather than catch it, when the door is open. So, on your tent that would make me #teamright

A better replacement for this tent is the OEX Rakoon II, which is basically the same shape but a bit larger with bigger vestibule areas on both sides. Downsides are it's a bit heavier at 2.7K and it's a bit more expensive ( I got mine for £113 but it's currently at £144 on Amazon but the price fluctuates ). However, it's a better quality larger tent and can confidently be used for 4 seasons, it can also be opened fully on both sides, so nice for the warmer weather and two people.

Looks good value for the money. I assume you could solve the pooling on the roof by adding a fabric capping like the Hilleberg Soulo and Naturehike Cloud Peak 2. Regards Keith

'somebody moans about if you dont set the tent up properly', I feel your pain, they are like circling vultures. Great video, really nice wee tent, I hope it resurfaces!

Sorry to hear you wife was not good and you had to dip I hope she is feeling better 🤞, hopefully you can get out in the tent again to see if the rooftop pool holds up or not, great video looking forward to the next one...,.... Nigle🫣😁

Great find, even if it’s too late. Here’s to hoping you can find another hidden gem!

I was checking out the Light Tour mats today. They don't seem to have taken off how might have been expected with all the hype a few months ago

Nice tent that for the money , can’t go wrong , cheers for the link always appreciated 🤙 Hope Mrs D is ok 👍

I had 2 pairs of those Craghopper trousers to wear on two different film shoots, and the groin ripped/stitching came undone on both pairs. Be interesting to see how you get on with them!

That was a lovely thing to do for your better half - good for you - hope you didn't make her feel any worse 😋🤗

The roof pooling could be problematic. Shame looks like a great tent. Love the honest reviews as always. Take care buddy

I have a Campz lacanau 2person tent like you I got it in winter, £120, its a gorgeous tent with side opening, great headroom, 2 kg, and it'll be my summer tent. The only other KZfaqrs doing Campz tents are speaking German!

Hope this Mrs was ok. Thanks for the vid!

Amazon sells a fantastic 2 man tent, with aluminium poles and in a similar design, it's called a Forceatt tent. It's about £70, plus about £7 to replace the pegs for the better Y shaped pegs. It really is phenomenally good for the price!!! It claims to be 2.5kg, but I weighed mine after switching out the pegs and it is 1.936kg 👍🏼

Black crag is worth a watch. I have noticed the same, even full time youtubers to seem to have slowed down as well.

Thank you for a fab video - shame about the pooling...and onions! Favourite channels - Bushman and Blue, Kent Survival, Going Solo, Go4x4, AB Camping, Scotty's Gone Walkabout, Baum Outdoors and Haze! 😊

I love a properly covered vestibule

Nice looking tent, Ben, although im not sure about the flat roof design. As you showed at the end alot of water collecting on there 😮. Might not be your ☕️ but Bushman & Blue have some good adventures. Simon a bloke in the woods has some really good content but more bushcrafty. Ash Outdoors is also worth a look. Hope Mrs Daley is ok 🙏🏼

There's a great new channel called brothers wild. They are up and coming lads from Wrexham. They doing an interesting thing at the moment where they go to a train station and roll the dice as to what platform to take then again to choose what stop to get off and wherever they land they camp out

Great video as always and very informative! I’m think of buying the AliExpress flame sleeping bag and noticed you have one too, what’s your thoughts on it for spring to autumn camping? Ta

Camping with Craig is a good KZfaq channel and corporals corner he knows his stuff mate👍

Walk with Wallace, a Scottish lad - his channel is excellent. I like RS Outdoors, too, another Scot. Two great channels

I agree with you that outdoor videos have diminished recently, I put that down to cost of living crisis and people don’t have the funds or as much time off as they used to, that’s the case for us, we haven’t been out or posted a video for over three months now. Reference small channels, we have one if you want to check it out 😊

Try Hardy Tempest he makes some cracking footage, well put together.

Take a look at Scottish Summiteer. He s young Scottish lad who has a very personable way about him. And if you fancy a bike packer who’s also quite a philosopher, look for Jethro Jessop.

That tent has some similarities to the Fjallraven Abisko View2 tent, at least, insofar as the whole front and rear sides open up. Yes, that pool of water at the end doesn't bode well. You are spot on when you talked about camping opportunities correlating to seasonality. Some other channels for your consideration if you've not heard of them before..... Ireland based Sole Trail Rambling On James Out And About N.I. Tom Heaney Wild Caming Ireland Miriam Kennedy UK Based Westie Travels Border Raiders (superb channel IMHO) Border Rambler Stripey Hat Guy Walk With Wallace The Scottish Summiteer (young chap but very good quality) Bored Man Outdoors Good luck satisfying those watching cravings!!!

Do you have a link for your micro pump thanks

I remember when you started this mallarky saying " im never gonna be one of those that cuts toothbrushes in half " yet here we are swapping a mesh bag for a elastic band 😂😂😂 great video Ben hope the mrs is ok and feeling better 👍 apparently @Mickoutdoors is worth a watch if you want to lose the will to live 😂😂😊

Am a big fan of Craghoppers trousers - well made and great specifications and a sensible price especially when they have their frequent offers. I have a KZfaq channel - handily called @Phil.Clarke - 43 subscribers. I suspect my one self-subscription is supplemented by 42 alts my mother has made. Anyway, I think that I have made one good video - I happened to meet Commoners Choir on the 90th anniversary of the Kinder Trespass and filmed them singing in the fells! Awesome experience. Shameless plug over!

That looks very much based on the American ICS2000 😊

Good post Ben, but to be fair, its too heavy! You did a review on the Alpkit Soloist, and i know you weren't keen, but the £25 difference for nearly half the weight, perhaps makes a much better budget tent!?🤔

That one is very much like the OEX Rakoon. Not £95 unless maybe you get a discount code and a bank holiday sale. It's mine and my husbands favourite so I get why you love that one. Not sure if you have two adjacent hooks in the roof but I've found a way in the OEX rakoon to use the finger ring on the back of my phone to attach a guy rope to the two hooks and loop it to the ring so i can have my phone suspended and watch a movie while we're laying down lol.

Hi Ben, there has been a decrease in wild camping and bushcraft content lately. I think the weather is to blame as it's been so wet and cold so far this year. This time last year we'd managed 4 wild camps, this year we've just managed one. Good review of the tent, though i much prefer sleeping under a tarp or in a hammock myself though. Enjoying the content so keep up it going. If you're bored you're very welcome to watch some of our videos. Basically, middle aged people have various midlife crisis's and finding solace in nature. I promote the our channel so elaborately. 🙂 I'd suggest giving @OutdoorAlly a watch. He's a fellow veteran and is a good guy camping up in Scotland.

@gonealittlewild. Gary, nice guy from Devon. He’s done a lot on Dartmoor. Recently wales and Northern Ireland. Obviously @ksgonewild too. Thanks for the vid. Loving my light tour mat. Hope Mrs Daley is ok

Pretty strong wind there...🤭

🤣 1.03 more tea vicar..

Hope your wife is feeling better. I can recommend 'SoloSarah b', 'The Wandering Forester', 'Hiking for Health' and 'Rambling on' are all good people.

Oh poor Mrs Daley, i hope she's alright :(

I think there were too many people doing exactly the same thing for a time there and getting a buzz off the freebie kit. I’ll always watch anything from rialobran, Simon a bloke in the woods, step away from the screens and Steven Reid

Chris JB is worth a watch

keep up the good work. find us cheap gems.

A) As others have commented, OEX Rakoon 2.1 is similar and a fine tent B) Hope yer good lady is ok

Hope it was nothing too serious with the wife. That's not a tent I'd choose having seen that pooling, looked great up and until that scene. There are literally loads of channels still out there either camping or in the beautiful British countryside. @Border Rambler @Step away from the screens @Ant Survive The Night @When Nature Pauls @Eze Adventurer @Wiltshireman @Karen's Gone Wild ...me, lol.

I love the Eureka Backcountry 1 solo tent. However, they two are out of business. Still the design lives in other companies.

Hoods at the top

Camping with Sam bananas

Most waterproof/ripstop material is (generally) only made in 1.5 meter widths due to the size of the looms they are made on. The seems run across the width of the floor (if the tent has one) - less stitching, sealing and less likely to leak - its unusual to see an off-set seem running the length of a floor, but its position to one side means there's less pressure on the weakest part and should last longer. There's no need to buy a manufacture's footprint, you can buy, make or modify a much cheaper and far more robust version: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8WbkqmFvK-se6M.html&ab_channel=Bokooda I agree this time of year always gets me excited with the lighter nights coming and warmer (above 5˙C) temperatures. Keep up the down-to-earth reviews, they're fun, interesting and good for the 'average' half decent/fairish weather camper on a budget. RS Outdoors is a channel I watch, he's not prolific with his output, but this stuff's work watching 🙏🏽

What’s the hydrostatic head on it ..?

I always set my sleep system up the way my sleeping bag zips up... so I'm a #TeamRight

Epicurian hikers, small channel only been going for a few months with interesting one pot meals that are interesting and some diy stuff.

Hope the wife is okay. Same to you, have you recently discovered any new channels? I sometimes steal techniques used in none camping videos too 😅

Bored man outdoors has a good channel

Good bloke outdoors m8 he's brilliant 👍

Try Blot outdoors.. He cracks me up.

The weight is good, but the format is like the OEX Racoon - which is heavier - but probably more durable, and cheaper. When is saving 500grams actually a good thing? Another good video though. Thanks.

Great video-hope your wife is ok.

This is a rebranded OEX Rakoon 2, or very close to it

Heard the Geordie Wildcampers prettt good mind….😬

you going have to take grizzly gaz up kinder great vid

A good channel is Wiltshire Man.

I will send you a sticker Ben

Wasnt for the fact its a inner pitch 1st id of said get the racoon if thats the type of tent you like,touch heavier but think i paid 65 of some fishing site new!! Never had a problem with the flat roof but your vid is planting doubts🤔. P.s hope mrs daley ok

Border Raiders are pretty hood if you like cinematic intros

@ScottishSummiteer is a relatively unknown KZfaqr who's been putting out loads of decent videos recently. Some of them are hikes, some wild camps, some bothy stays, some multi day hikes with camps.

Dunno if you've heard of him but there's this geezer called Gaz and his wee doggo called Fenzel.

Did I detect some flatulence, around 1:03???

@ 1:01 he let's one rip!

Seems ok the tent - bit of design flaw retaining the water on the top . I have trimmed who I watch wrt camping and hiking - I like your channel and Ben , Luke from TOGR , Wildbeare , Stripey hat guy and AB camping , Cimber bushcraft and Bjorn Bull Hansen. That's it I find the rest either annoying or trying to get me to buy " this must be the greatest bla bla bla ever " . Also hope the wife was ok . Best wishes from the Carpathian Mountains.

Fatman Faffing is a superb channel. OK, the production values are about as budget as they come but subject matter and of course the ridiculously good looking presenter makes up for this.

Cotton Bud @CottonBud videos are beautifully filmed. Why he only has 2.78k subscribers is baffling.

Have you watched the Wiltshire man

Oh and Wilde Beare is good.

Think a lot of creators have struggled with the crap weather, just so wet out there, but here is a list of great content creators that have great back catalogue that can be watched Firstly Lucy oranGina, she is currently going through breadt cancer treatment ,but still getting out there watch is staggering seeing what she is going through and cant believe she does not have more subscribers. Others Karen gone wild obviously Owby outdoors,Muddy bootlaces and Fit for adventure. Hope Mrs Daley ferling better and good hubby points for going home .

Red Branch Bushcraft, TA Outdoors, Spruce On the loose are all good channels when I’m not watching you, Gaz or Wildbeare.

Check out ' Pennine Wayne'

I enjoy this channel: WildBeare

12 th sagitarian made some good videos over the years,did one where he went deep int kielder forest lookig for a airplane crash site,and the winter one up 9 standards,lundys wildcamping good for a laugh

TA outdoors is good

Aussie camping channels: #The Silly Swagman and #Scottys Gone Walkabout.

I think there is a bit of utube burnout going on as content has been a bit strange lately. I used to follow summit or nothing but he's gone a bit quiet. Good bloke outdoors I like and Backpacking uk, Andrew Beavers, Black Crag, Lonewolf 902 and The outdoor gear review are good. Lots of Korean, Thai and other Asian camping channels although am not sure quite what they are selling 😂😂.

Have a look at Miles From Anywhere. He’s videos are pretty good and his drone footage is first class 👍

Hope your wife was ok 👍

I don't want to be THAT guy, but since you asked... 🤣 I do a small fishing channel that I'm going to be expanding into the realm of "fish n camps", where I pull up on an island in my boat and camp overnight, then fish the next day. Videos from guys like you and Gaz have really helped me learn what gear is easiest to pack in the boat and not take up too much space. It won't be every video I do but I'm gonna try and do them once a month summer into the fall. It's also in the US so if you're interested in in broadening your outdoor horizons I'd be glad to have you subbed!

Lay off the beans n toast