Hey folks, slothful hi career here today, tent the river country product to person back hey folks, I’ve got my current tent here. This is the river country product two person, backpacking tent, that I got off of Amazon retails right around the $60 price point pick this one up on special for right. Around $32, so I gave it a chance. They’ve been having some issues with some of the seams leaking, but according to the manufacturers recommendation, some simple spray, sealant or seam sealer along the seams is fixing the problem so for $32 I had to take a chance.

I did that and I gotta say I’m pretty pleased with the results of it. I had it set up in my backyard. A few weeks ago, some good heavy rain started in the evening six or seven hours of straight rain. Temperatures dropped down in the low 20s had some snow that night pretty decent 15 20 mile an hour winds throughout the evening woke up the next morning check the tin out perfectly dry on the inside, so the seam sealer seemed to fix those issues.

Also, it is not a free standing tent. You do have to have trekking poles, but it gives you some weight savings a couple weekends ago had it out on the trail to my daughter, slept in it got down around 30 degrees. That night no issue with condensation or anything like that in the tent. So overall I think it’s a really good tent. My biggest downside to this is it does not have a vestibule which you’ll see here in a moment once we get it set up.

So if you’re a person that needs a vestibule, this may not be the option, but if you’re again beginner looking for some cheap options, the lightweight options to get out on the trail around a $60 price point for what I can see so far is a good quality good value. This might be the way to go. So, let’s get this tent set up and I’ll show you some of the features all right.

We’ve got it all set up here and, as you can see, there’s the entrance I was talking about, does not have a vestibule, but it’s got a nice big two door entrance we’re just gonna. Take a quick walk around the side. Here, it’s got a bathtub floor. You get the pullouts there on each side to give you some ventilation for air. The backside here will come back around here.

Some way over here and you’ve got another pull out there to help with ventilation and we’ll see that better. Once we get inside, the tent seems that I was talking about manufacturer, recommends. Z seems right across the fly there that pulls out up the side of the a-frame on both sides and then I ran, and even though it is tape. Seamed I put some seam sealer along the ridge line, just to reinforce that as well, and then I put over long.

The edge of the bathtub floor I did that as well, and it held pretty well. I did not have any leakage whatsoever in the tent within heavy rain and snow. So, let’s get inside and we’ll see how roomy it is all right, so we’re inside the tent. Here again, this is a two-person tent. My daughter’s slept in here had plenty of room, gets a little tight with two people in here as far as gear.

That is again one of the downside. This is, does not have a vestibule, so you keep your gear in the tent. It can get a little cramped with two people, not a huge issue, biggest thing about the vestibule or lack of vestibule that I don’t like about. It is as if I take this out for a one-person that is super roomy for one person, it’s light for a one person.

You got plenty of room here spread out, but I don’t like about. No vestibule is if it’s raining in the morning or the evening, I like to cook in my best boil some water for some coffee or some tea or whatever your drink of choice, is I like to set the best to fuel up. I can sit here at the door and cook and be dry without the vestibule doesn’t give you that option.

So to me that is a downside of this tent, not a huge issue, but again for my style. It is kind of a downside for me, as far as room again plenty of room in here, it’s like a castle for a one-person tent. That’s super lightweight good airflow, with the tight side tie outs, there’s plenty of airflow in there again couple weeks out of the trail, two people sleeping in here down to 30 degrees, had no issues with condensation inside whatsoever, plenty of airflow.

It’s warmer. You leave the screen open and again you get a cool breeze, blowing and stuff like that, does only have the openings on the sides for airflow back wall completely solid, but you do get plenty of cross ventilation and stuff like that. So for a lightweight, very cheap option on a two-person tent or a large one person, I think it’s a great deal.

It really is again a price point around this. On Amazon, it’s gonna, be around 60 bucks manufacturer has been working on a newer model trying to fix the issues with the seam leaks. For me, simple can of spray sealant put two coats on it solve the issue, not having any issues with leakage and stuff like that. So awesome, lightweight, tent can’t beat the price on it.

I’ll put the link down below to Amazon for this tent. So, if you’re, looking for a super lightweight super cheap check out the river country, products tent on Amazon I think you’ll be happy with it. Thanks for watching my review of the river country, products to person, backpacking tent stay tuned here, coming up in the near future, I’m gonna be giving you my initial opinion and review of the hammock gear.

A wonder, lust hammock set up should be getting that delivered to me this week. I’m I do an initial review and then I hope here within the next month and stuff depending on holiday schedule, I hope to get it out on the trail and give you a full review of super excited about this hammock set up. It’s gotten great reviews online and I’m anxious to get my hands on it myself and try it out in the woods again.

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Hey guys, I’m not hiking today, but I will be setting up a new one-man, trekking pole, tent and a sleeping pad. When you first start out hiking, you might find that you’re using some heavier equipment as time goes on. You’re gonna want to lighten and equipment out, so I did start with a REI camp bundle. It had a camp dome to tent in it a sleeping bag and also a sleeping pad that was self inflating. What I quickly found out was that the tent leaked on your face when you’re in any kind of rain, so I took it back and now I’m trying this new tent out.

It’s a lot lighter, so it’s kind of like an ultralight tent. You don’t have any poles in it. You’re gonna use one of your trekking poles, which I never go hiking without also the sleeping pad is not self inflating. It takes about 14 breaths to blow it up. It only weighs sixteen point. Six ounces, I’m gonna try to link to both of these products in the description. So if you’re interested check them out, we’ll see how this goes well, as you can see the tent, this takes no time at all to put up these are the kind of states that it comes with the pegs they’re super lightweight and aluminum anodized I may change those out for some of the hook type that are a lot easier to push in to the ground.

So this is what it looks like on the outside I’m, going all the way around I’m excited to see a vent up here at the top and one down at the bottom. So let’s take a look inside here so inside you have room for probably yourself sleeping pad sleeping bag and down here at the end, there’s a pocket for putting your things. You don’t want to lose up here. You have the vent and also one down at the bottom. It looks like you can roll those up in the middle.

You have a trekking pole. One thing that it mentions is to never use the pointed end that you use on the ground to either use the rubber foot that comes with it or to put the handle in this little notch right up here at the top, so far looks like it’s well made. Let’s get inside and set the sleeping pad out so inside now you’ll see the sleeping pad and what’s crazy, is there almost color-matched I didn’t do that on purpose? As you can see, speaking of color, the tent is my favorite color army, green, pretty straightforward.

Have you ever spent any time inside of a tent they’re kind of pretty all the same looks like I reach top to bottom here, so you don’t have much space going. This way may not be for the tallest person, but for me it’s perfect. The reason I got this tent. Is that opposed to the one I used to have this one has a vestibule, which is a little area that you can put your pack and also cook outside, underneath it here in case it’s raining so overall it seems very well-put-together I, don’t see any apparent defects or obvious defects.

It looks like the bathtub, which is the bottom of the tent I’d, say: that’s probably about three inches deep, so that’s good for in case there’s any standing rain standing water not getting in so you the vent is here and one over there. I think I would probably position this tent so that air is coming in to the the face of the tent. So it’s traveling through to kind of help. With some of that conversation, like I, said this sleeping pad took me about fourteen breaths to blow up very easy.

It’s a free land brand and it feels super comfortable. I think this is gonna, be a perfect ultralight, camping setup except for the pegs I. Think I might change those out, so the sleep in bed, so sleeping pad, comes with this style. Opening inside there’s a check valve you’ll see it inside of there. So what I do is when I’m letting the air out of it I push the check valve. So this is in the open position and kind of holding itself like that that will allow you to roll it up without it holding the area in the whole time now inside the bag with the pad is a patch kit, just in case you spring a leak.

So that is a handy thing to have just in case. Well, that’s it for today guys thanks for watching I’m gonna, get everything packed up and put away in the backpack and ready for the next hike. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments be sure to like this video and subscribe. If you’re looking to learn more about camping, backpacking or hiking in South, Carolina.

All excited one of my subscribers mudbone m: u d b, o n e youtube channel name mudbone, but he has the same 3F UL, LanShan, 2 tent that I have, but he also introduced me to a new tent. That was it’s a single wall tent, yes, I’ve been wanting to try one but I didn’t want to fork over the money to Z packs and there I’m dual duplex just to see. If I like a single wall tent I, didn’t the condensation was the issue that was bothered me but anyway, so mudbone introduced me to this particular product made by this company.

Here it’s called River Country products, I think it’s a trekker, 2 I’ll type. It up here for you, so you know, but I brought I brought my little digital scale, so I’m weigh it for us: 2, 8, lbs, okay, now my this is my Lanshan 2p in a stuff sack everything the guylines – lets, weigh it and see what it weighs. This is. The one I usually carry okay 2 6. Now I’m gonna open it up for the first time, yeah I. Guess we got instructions here.

How to fold your new tent smaller than the football in under two minutes anyway, this is kind of the way it’s going to look. He says it’s easier to set up in my Lanshan stuff sack. He came in nice, nice, big one, I, don’t like folding them up like this here, I like just stuffing them in this football size right here we have a strange feeling to it. Okay, there’s a little package, one, two, three, four: five, six, seven, eight eight eight stepstakes, oh yeah, guywires, come already attached I’m, so I was curious about okay, alright, that’s as far as I’m going with this today, I’ll take it to the campsite tonight.

Set it up. This is the back. The instructions says to stake out all four corners adjust this camera. Here we go. Actually it looks pretty good for $50 00, tent yeah. You right it was a fairly easy setup. I was surprised that part was good. The first thing I noticed, though, not necessarily a deal breaker, but there’s no vestibule. For me, my Lanshan 2, tent I can unhook the inner push it to the side when, on a rainy or snowy day, I can cook right under my tarp.

Now, with this tent I’ll have to bring my 5 by 7 blue tarp from Walmart I’d have to bring some more paracord and a couple of stepstakes to set up a rain tent. So that’s the negative for me that it doesn’t have a vestibule as far as the tent I’m I’m surprised, it’s the easy setup and I’m gonna probably use it a couple of times and give you some feedback on how it sleeps. Let me take a look on the inside Mike said no YKK zippers and in windy weather they gonna dangle an make a little noise, but that’s not that’s, not a deal-breaker.

This is where the lock laces work. Good, I know. I said in the past. I would never buy another tunnel tent that had one entrance, because I’ve had some one-person tents and the tunnel did you just had one entrance and when you got in it to get that sleeping pad under you, you’d have to be like one of those desert lizards way. You raised one foot and one arm and try to stuff it under you raise the other foot and other arm, but this is wide enough and big enough inside that I.

Don’t think that would be an issue now Mike my brother-in-law. He he’s taught me everything. I know about backpacking I’ve, just watched him and learned, and we both learned together but for 50 bucks, I, think I. Think Mike is impressed with it really big well anyway. I think that’s. My only thing was the no vestibule I have to carry a tarp. Now, that’s the only that’s, not a deal-breaker for 50 bucks. It’s really not I! Think it’s a I think you did good and I’m.

Certainly glad you give me clicked me off about it. I didn’t mind for 50 bucks, because I always wanted to try a single wall tent because I couldn’t pull the trigger on zpacks, just to try it out and see if I really like it now trekking pole, tents, I’m sold on that I like that, but the condensation was always a sure couldn’t pull the trigger strip, mainly because of the condensation, but this would be a $50 trial and I.

Think it’s a 4 season, tent single wall, a women might like it. It’s got a little privacy to it. You know they’d like to do that, change their clothes and clean up in the tent, so that could work for them and it’s a really really easy setup. I was surprised we never set it up before. Just follow the instructions stake out, 4 corners, put up the trekking poles and guy it out what a deal so right now, I’m give it a thumbs up.

It’s a thumbs up. It got 1 storage pocket in the back. Actually, I was looking I said. I said it was made in America, but I really don’t know that, but I was looking for. If it was made in China, they’d have to have a little sticker somewhere in there saying made in China. I, didn’t see it, but also didn’t see made in USA in it either. Oh yeah mike says this seam sealed he didn’t see any loose stitches, so hey pretty positive when mike gives it okay.

Well it might roll up as small as a football, but I don’t want to spend that much time trying to get it it it rolled it up it fit on the outside of my backpack. Just like this stuff and didn’t work. The material on the floor was too thick. I think at least Mike seemed to think that I mean a good. It’s a good deal for 50 bucks and it’s made by this company here. River Country products and I’ll type it up here. For you all right.