Unchained Preppers
General Category => Gear Review => Topic started by: Nemo on October 30, 2017, 12:24:55 PM
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Tents. Junk. Buy for kids toy in yard only.
Nemo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIbhYlrFC8I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIbhYlrFC8I)
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So what tents would you guys recommend?
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Big Ones...... I have a two man tent in each vehicle and then a 10 X 10 and a 10 X 20 in my bug out supplies. Also HUGE tarps for extra shelter.
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my setup is from my boyscout days; a 12x12 tarp, bivy & sleeping bag - and something i learned from the army - a hammock. it all fits into a stuff sack I don't camp alot anymore and this is a 3 season setup good for 99% of my needs.
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Just a suggestion...Tarps are GREAT because they are versatile. May I suggest buying camo ones or ones that match your AO not the standard blue ones.
Over at Max Velocity Training site, he sells tarps that are camo and have mylar sown into them. Good for deterring thermal imaging devise detection.
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great minds - as it were -
i have a mossy oak tarp 12x12 and my ground cloth is a space blanket lined grabber tarp. I'll checkout MV's site.
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I am chuckling under my breath as it were and hope no one takes this offensively.
Alot of the rugged campers here in SA have a good laugh at some of the american reality TV guys and there is a common saying that comes up when we talk about camping and tents.
Saying goes a little something like this:
"In america they call it survival, we call it camping. (South africa)"
Now i know there are alot of americans that CAN camp, and there are alot of differences between the environments.
and i know it is TV and and and.... but have you ever seen some of the tourists coming to south africa and then they go 'Glamping"-glamerous camping.... it's just beyond funny... :popcorn: i don't even want to know what i would look like as a tourist in america. :what:
Anyhow we have large tents that are made of ripstop, rooftop tent, large camper on the back of the unimog and then propably another 2 large standard camping tents...
Some require the usual cleaning and so on... have to redo the side panels on the rooftop tent for my truck though... needs some TLC.
Again hope no one takes offence. :fuckYeah:
:zombitron:
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No offence R-M at all.
UP is blessed to have forum members from around the world. It is a great way for us to all learn from each other.
On another note and i may have posted this before but....
A friend of mine is a 505 sailing enthusiast. At one time he was ranked 12 or so in the world. Any way he went to Cape Town, SA.
The marina they sailed out of and the hotel was surrounded by barb wire and had armed guards patrolling the facility. Anyhow, one night he and a bunch of sailors rented a car and left the marina to visit the "night scene" in down town Cape Town. As the story goes they stopped in one bar and it was wall to wall black folks. They had a beer and decided to move on to another bar. As they drove away from the bar, they were approached buy what he called "a mob" of folks armed with bats, rebar, and other weapons of the sort.
Well the mob chased them all of the way back to the marina and once in the gate was scolded by the head of security. LOL...Needless to say, they didn't leave the guarded marina for the remainder of their time in South Africa.
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No offence R-M at all.
UP is blessed to have forum members from around the world. It is a great way for us to all learn from each other.
:thumbsUp:
I've heard about glamping and it made me laugh - it sounds like a portable hotel. The US of A has an interesting cross section of people. I've been camping since i was a little boy. We only took tents in cold, wet weather or when my mother was hiking with us. - to my understanding, this isn't a typical upbringing in this country.
:cheers:
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In my youth I was quite the back packer. I had a very good buddy I would go off camping/hunting/treking with. We limited our back packs to 20# and often carried half of something while the other carried the other half. A great example was a 6' x 8' tarp we each carried.
Those tarps could be configured into some great shelter. Often we only used one to lay on the ground to sleep on. The one we liked in the winter was a Adirondack type configuration with a long fire pit in front of the open side of the shelter.
(http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/assets/images/autogen/Wayland-Shed-1.jpg)
Ours, the sides were typically a lattice of evergreen bows than are not seen in this stock photo. The secret was to make sure that the back of the shelter was facing the breeze or wind especially if it was going to snow.
Although our parents at the time thought we were crazy, we loved backpacking in the winter - Rain/snow or shine!
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In my youth I was quite the back packer. I had a very good buddy I would go off camping/hunting/treking with. We limited our back packs to 20# and often carried half of something while the other carried the other half. A great example was a 6' x 8' tarp we each carried.
Those tarps could be configured into some great shelter. Often we only used one to lay on the ground to sleep on. The one we liked in the winter was a Adirondack type configuration with a long fire pit in front of the open side of the shelter.
([url]http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/assets/images/autogen/Wayland-Shed-1.jpg[/url])
Ours, the sides were typically a lattice of evergreen bows than are not seen in this stock photo. The secret was to make sure that the back of the shelter was facing the breeze or wind especially if it was going to snow.
Although our parents at the time thought we were crazy, we loved backpacking in the winter - Rain/snow or shine!
Looks cozy :dance:
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Check out this lads survival tarp setup in Australia outback
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCmQgsJga0
As far as tents, im looking at Eureka mil-surplus, Snugpak, and I've been eyeballing the Mountain Hardware 4 season 1 person Hunker tent sold by SKD tactical.
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Good video Deathstyle. :bravo:
Back in the day we slept on the ground often using a close cell foam mat for insulation and a bit of comfort. Now a-days hammocks are becoming popular and I can see why.
Many hammocks even come with a cover for rainy or snowy nights. IMO, if I was to do it all over again. When back packing in areas that have trees I would go with a hammock and a tarp.
I do not support or not support this (https://www.moosejaw.com/moosejaw/shop/product_Hennessy-Hammock-Explorer-Asym-Zip-Hammock_10314589_10208_10000001_-1_)company. Just posting as an example.
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I am also a big fan of MSR tents. I have used them in winter alpine environments as well as in very hot and wet summers. They are a great combination of durable and lightweight. I am still a fan of 2 peice tents rather than single wall variants as they provide a bit more flexibility in range of conditions. I often use just the fly as a tarp over a bivy sack.
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So what tents would you guys recommend?
our main make here is basically oztent super awesome we have one. sets up in 5min easy.
https://www.oztent.com/ (https://www.oztent.com/)
:roflmao: JM & kbop
well on a side note i read about space blankets and their extra uses 22 and half most of which i think is super handy for camping in a tent. see link tagged.
I found it usefull and maybe it could help with the tent hunt aswell.
http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/22%C2%BD-uses-for-emergency-mylar-space-blankets-03242014 (http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/22%C2%BD-uses-for-emergency-mylar-space-blankets-03242014)
well now i found another link with 50 uses
http://seattlebackpackersmagazine.com/50-uses-for-an-emergency-blanket/ (http://seattlebackpackersmagazine.com/50-uses-for-an-emergency-blanket/)
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