Light Tents
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big ears
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No real expert but from my own personal dealings. Get a two person tent, one person tents are like coffins and you cannot get your gear inside so it will get wet if it rains. Look at the DoE recommended tents in cotswold outdoors or other retailers. I got a Coleman, easy to erect not that heavy and loads of room.
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Lots of great advice here. One thing I would add: I was doing quite a few trips to Scandinavia a while back and folk were forever telling me to get a hammock. Well...it is a Marmite item. Try before you buy. I am happier sleeping on the ground by some margin.
And my other big discovery: Thermarest self-inflating sleep mats. They probably add one season to your sleeping bag's rating, plus a modicum of comfort for very little pack weight.
Tarps are versatile and great for lightweight camping. But top end tents like the Hilleberg range are hard to beat. 2kg delivers a bomb-proof tent for two. At a price. But I can vouch for performance as I hiked the Pyrenees with one camping high meadows in fairly lively weather.
Why choose between tent and tarp, have both! Here a tarp gives me a stand up dressing area in the dry once outside the tent. Arjang, Sweden:
Picos in Pyrenees:
And my other big discovery: Thermarest self-inflating sleep mats. They probably add one season to your sleeping bag's rating, plus a modicum of comfort for very little pack weight.
Tarps are versatile and great for lightweight camping. But top end tents like the Hilleberg range are hard to beat. 2kg delivers a bomb-proof tent for two. At a price. But I can vouch for performance as I hiked the Pyrenees with one camping high meadows in fairly lively weather.
Why choose between tent and tarp, have both! Here a tarp gives me a stand up dressing area in the dry once outside the tent. Arjang, Sweden:
Picos in Pyrenees:
404Shooter
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There is some good advice here, and a number of options you might consider. For my part I’d like to throw two alternatives into the mix. My recommendations are based on personal experience but like everything in life, personal preferences are exactly that.
For winter trips, I use a Crux Strike. An expensive offering from a British company but worth every penny (in my opinion but I use it a lot). It’s sold as a two-person tent but while it’s a little bigger, it’s lighter and packs smaller than my old one-person Vango. It is a single skin tent so very easy to put up in bad weather (only 3 simple poles and four pegs) but the material is ‘clever’ in that there is very, very little condensation. I love it.
In summer, the Alpkit Elan might be the answer. It’s is a bivvy bag from another British company with two hoops to keep the bag off your face (and midges away) but has a side entry zip that makes it easy to get in and out of. Probably not as robust as my tent but very light and much cheaper, I like this a lot too.
For winter trips, I use a Crux Strike. An expensive offering from a British company but worth every penny (in my opinion but I use it a lot). It’s sold as a two-person tent but while it’s a little bigger, it’s lighter and packs smaller than my old one-person Vango. It is a single skin tent so very easy to put up in bad weather (only 3 simple poles and four pegs) but the material is ‘clever’ in that there is very, very little condensation. I love it.
In summer, the Alpkit Elan might be the answer. It’s is a bivvy bag from another British company with two hoops to keep the bag off your face (and midges away) but has a side entry zip that makes it easy to get in and out of. Probably not as robust as my tent but very light and much cheaper, I like this a lot too.
gonzo
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+1 for me on the DD Tarps 3x3mtr.
Use as a cover, or with the addition of a few pegs and a bit of stick, you can make it into a tent arrangement.
Loads of YT videos on this.
Have used on Dartmoor lots of times. And in some pretty nasty conditions.
Ex army bivi bags are great. But, can get worn out ones. So see if you can get a new/unissued one. There were lots of desert camo ones going cheap a while back (£20 new!)
The ex army (new again) 3/4 length self inflating ground mats are pretty good too. And I carry a bit of aluminiumised bubble wrap (sold in B&Q for insulatiung behind radiators) as an additional ground mat.
Ex army one man tarps are good. Though smaller and heavier than the DD ones.
Use as a cover, or with the addition of a few pegs and a bit of stick, you can make it into a tent arrangement.
Loads of YT videos on this.
Have used on Dartmoor lots of times. And in some pretty nasty conditions.
Ex army bivi bags are great. But, can get worn out ones. So see if you can get a new/unissued one. There were lots of desert camo ones going cheap a while back (£20 new!)
The ex army (new again) 3/4 length self inflating ground mats are pretty good too. And I carry a bit of aluminiumised bubble wrap (sold in B&Q for insulatiung behind radiators) as an additional ground mat.
Ex army one man tarps are good. Though smaller and heavier than the DD ones.
Freeforester
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Looks like the 'Clochter Pot' at a former fine hostel in Strathdon?
Could never find the time to sleep in it much m'self, but I blame that on the company I kept
devon deer stalker
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My tent was WAY to close to you, next time I'm going to erect my tent in the next State!
Cheers
Richard
A J
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