Solo Overnight in a new Hot Tent with a Woodstove

In there, but look you're still in the tent in here. Get all the way right in here, chair, and tell me this ain't the ultimate tent honestly. You're completely protected in there, but you can feel like you're outside. Would you just look at that. No way. Very warm in here. Folks, Joe here. I found this awesome beautiful hardwood forest. It's the fall time, all the leaves are almost off, it's all on the ground everywhere as you can see. Couldn't be more picturesque. I'm gonna camp here tonight in my new favorite tent of all time. It's been a long time since I did a comfortable camp like this. You guys are used to seeing me going canoe tripping with minimal gear or whatever. But I've got a lot of good gear here. It's gonna be a comfortable night. I'm excited for it. Let's go for it. It's unreal. I'm gonna set up right around here. I'm gonna find a level spot. I used this tent once the other night and holy smokes I'm excited to show it off. I really like it quite a bit. It's my favorite tent right now. Right here seems to be pretty decent. Move some of the leaves away and see what we're dealing with. I'm gonna leave my tent. It's windy out right now and it's supposed to rain all night so this is gonna be a really good test for this tent. Fingers crossed. They don't put the name of the tent on the outside of the bag in any form. I keep the tags on it because I don't care but you can read them, they don't say. It says warranty in and it talks about the Pomo people. Cool, but I don't know what this is. So I have to write on it. I have quite a few of them now. I write on the outside of it with a permanent marker what a description of it how I will remember what it is So I can't tell you the name of this right now, but I will put it down at the bottom It might be the loom one. I don't know. We'll see but this tent what I like about it It offers a couple different options of camping or rather feeling You can be in it with your chair sitting outside with a rainfly above you with a stove next to you or you can be sleeping in a very nice comfortable white dry satin sheet type feel thing. I'll set this up and show you what I mean. Now this tent has a wood stove with it, stove jack rather, and it has three poles. That is too colored like the ground to just throw on the ground. So in the pocket she goes. You come with these overly heavy duty stakes. They're good, but you certainly don't need all of them or that strength of them, but that is an overkill that some people want. So this is the stove jack side. It's easy soil to push into here. Okay, see it stops in that pocket there, right? I'll show you. There's a nipple side, protruding side, and a flat side. Obviously, you're putting the flat side through. A rounded side, rather, whatever you want to call it. Well, I put all three in before I try and prop the tent up. You don't have to. I'm going to have to restake that. Problem. Maybe I shouldn't have staked it in first. You know, you get the hang of it after you set these up a couple times. Okay. Stick with me. No edits, you know. All Joe. All right, so there's holes that go in like that. And that's in. Repeg that, obviously, at least on this side. Got two pegs, that's still pegged in. But, and it's as easy as that as a fix. No harm, no foul. Pretty good pitch, a little sag here and there, but we got it overall good. Happy with it, we gotta put the stove in it still. And I gotta take you on inside and show you what it's like in there. I guess you could call it a tunnel tent. Not around a water source, so I brought my own water in. First time in a while to have to do that, too. I only put in two pegs, you know, there's a whole bag of them, or four pegs. Ha, ha, ha. And like that's the sleeping spot in there. But look, you're still in the tent in here. Still very much in the tent. You can close that, you can close that, you can close what I'm looking through right now. You can sit in here with a chair. Room for activities are endless, you know? Oh, hello. This stove is pretty cool too. It's small enough, but it doesn't take up a lot of room. It's light, it's titanium. And I still can cook on it. Cooked on it last time, no problem. Even though the top didn't seem like enough surface area. But it was. Look at that. That's the top of the thing. But I'll show you. Don't take my word for it, you know. I think if I ever went on a group winter camp with some guys, if there wasn't enough room in their canvas tent, I might bring this tent and stove as a setup and be able to be self-sufficient on it. Or just go by myself. That probably will end up happening anyway. All right, let's get this in here. Forgot that their stoves have this function, which has not, I've only used them a handful of times, but it not failed yet. I'm gonna put this so that the damper control is at the back. Bam, son. Just threw all my stuff in this duffel, Aquafest duffel, nice and easy. We got a real size pillow. This is luxury. When I said luxury, I meant it. A nice war bonnet, top quilt, and my sleeping pad. These will go in the nice, dry, warm sleeping area. So this is an inner tent. This white, this clips in and out. And it also has a front zip up, if you wanted this separated from the outside here where the stove is. That's all clean and white and nice in there. Makes it nice and easy for sleeping. Comfortable, very comfortable. And if you want, this tucks right away in the door. It's not a big deal for me though. And there's a door on the other side. If you sleep this way in it, you're laughing, right? That can get all messed with later on, but it's my dry, white, safety, nice satin zone without any satin. It's really nice in here. I haven't seen this kind of forest in a while. Happy I found it. Okay, we need some real firewood. If nothing else, we can get some down stuff. There's gotta be some nice, dry, dead standing. Those are good. They're smaller, but. they're good i don't need too hot of a fire something to cook on keep the chill out this looks good too actually yeah that's good wood that might even be oak i think it is okay let's get to work okay pretty happy with that that's all hardwood oak and ash or sorry oak and maple my bad some big long ones there i can even get that if i need it there's just so much in my tent is can you see it where does she go right around there i can see it from here it's not far did i Did I mention I like you here? Decent amount of wood. Get that stuff split up and cut up now. In here, chair. So that side you can get a little bit farther away. But do this for the camera. You can sit in here. That can close. That can close. When you stay from rain, stay from cold, sit in here. It's tight. Don't get me wrong, but I'm sitting. I'll put the chair over there after and really get it choice. But let's get this fire going. All hardwood. Not a birch to be found. But I do have some petroleum jelly cotton balls. That's what I always carry, so let's get it going. I'm gonna just whip up a few shavings just to better my chance, you know, at getting a fire the first time. Not that I have any concern, but this is why. I'll get that, it's on my chair. This is why I don't, because I get prepared beforehand. What a novel idea. I could probably do that in other aspects of life, but let's not blow it out of proportion here. This really is an awesome tent. I do like it quite a bit. If it's one of these guys, I'll probably... Do the job. Hardwood twigs right on top and some more shavings. Make sure my flue is open. It is now. Damper, flue, what have you. Damper, flue, what have you. I've got a nice steak to cook up and some potatoes and garlic and onions and some tea bags. What else do you need? Hopefully the rain does come and we can listen to it pitter patter on the tent and hopefully we can stay dry. First time I used this tent it did rain a little bit but it's supposed to really come down tonight so that's a weird noise. With its dome shape we shall see how it does with shedding the rain. Not concerned but we'll see. It does have a false bottom on it and it won't it won't burn anything it doesn't even melt the snow underneath of it. While I'm out here camping today and tonight to power all my needs I'm going to be using the Blue Eddy Elite 100 Mini. Its compact and lightweight design makes it easy to carry and store. One kilowatt hour capacity supports full day outdoor power needs. 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You really can put another guy in here if you're really tight with him. Actually looking at this, look at this! Look at this! Now stick with me class. I'll learn you something. I didn't even know about this. I didn't realize that this side could come open too. Look at this. Even more versatility. You're completely protected in there, but you can feel like you're outside. I'm gonna take this on like a super late season canoe trip where I can not portage much or at all but like set up and have a wood stove and be super comfortable maybe bring Will actually. That'd be a trip for Will. Would you just look at that. No way. Pretty badass man. I need a new sleeping pad but they're expensive. This one's got holes it's been patched but look at how comfortable this war bonnet. Over quilt, top quilt looks man. That'll be nice and warm tonight. I certainly won't need the fire going tonight But we'll cook with it and stay warm until you go to bed. Looking forward to cooking. Man it's burning so clean you can't even see the heat. She on I promise. She going. Ah! Love that sound. It's like bowling pins almost. Not too shabby. That'll burn for quite some time, especially when I'm pretty warm already. Supposed to get chilly tonight, and with the rain, I'm sure that'll be a welcomed thing, plus cooking, and I'll have to have a fire out in this leafy stuff, even though the soil is very, very damp, and it's actually soil, but it's okay. There's not many rocks around here, and it was kind of windy. We'll go without a fire regardless. Fire inside. Now, I'm not usually good with the drone, you know, no formal training to speak of, but we should be able to get a couple of cool shots. Admittedly, I'm not that great with the drone. It's going to be supper time. I'm big hungry. We got a ribeye steak for NutriFarms. We've got some potatoes, onion. We've got seasoning, butter, some cookies. Oh no, there's some, there we go, some garlic, some real garlic, some not nasty garlic like last time. Oh, and I'll be back to that, um, to that shelter I built, like, for sure. I just, I had some busy, uh, stuff going on these past couple weeks. I took Autumn down to a Disney concert and stuff for one of her favorite things in life. So I scored some, some daddy points, which I'll do every time, so. Alright, let's cook this up. Sure nice to have a wood stove and a solid shelter. Okay. Let's get some seasoning on this piece. Look at how good that looks. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Montreal steak seasoning, please. And it's still Montreal steak seasoning. It's still the same I used to get back in the day. Hasn't been tainted yet. Thank God. We'll see what time brings. Thanks. See the size of that compared to the top of that. It's still fine. It still heats evenly. It holds it, again, like cast iron would. Save a little bit of this butter for the morning. It's going to wind you, bud. All good. Ooh. Thank you. Me likey, it's getting a little dark. Good, butter in there again, pour it. Should cook up pretty nicely. I think it's done, I think it's all done. Looks really good, I'm gonna set some lights up and pull this off and let it sit actually. Put on it, chill bro. All right, time to close up the tent a little bit. Conserve some warmth in there. We'll leave a couple things open, but my food's ready. I wanna dig in, time to dig in, ooh. Look at this, so soft. Oh my gosh, steak is cooked. Little bit more than it needed to be, but I don't think it's gonna be tender anyways. So good. Mmm. The old heavy cover spork. One end spoon, one end fork. That is a spork. This is so fricking good. I could have been a chef if everybody only ever wanted to eat, you know, steak or pancakes or fish or, that's probably it. Maybe eggs? Eggs? You got it. Very good. It's raining a little bit now. You can hear it on the tent. I'm sure it'll pick up soon, I hope it does. Shangri-La, the old one-handed door. Got him, got him. Hunkering down a little bit now. Oh yeah, cozy, cozy, cozy. Cozy, cozy door. Just styling and profiling. Wait till I go in the satin area, the satin sheets area, you know? Son of a bitch. Oh, very warm in here. Closed all the doors and everything a little while ago. I haven't stoked it up in a while either. She's warm. I do like this tent quite a bit. I forgot to mention there is a floor. This whole thing, the comfortable satin, whatever, white sleeping place has a floor. Not just walls. It's nice and comfortable. Out here it has no floor. You'll hear a mess of wood. I have my shoes on. I have the fire going in the fireplace. The wood stove rather. And then in there, everything's off the ground. Best of both worlds. I have not seen that yet in a tent. I'm very, very impressed by it if you cannot tell. Okay, boots stink. Time for bed. Oh, oh yes. Yes. The comfort. The comfort of the satin. I've never had a tent that was white like this inside. I guess my canvas tent, but not the same vibe, you know? This inner tent has an inner door. I could use that for a vent out there too if I wanted. I like it. I like it a lot. I'm growing my hair, like it or not. Inside, outside, but still inside, you know? All right folks, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning, good night. 7 a.m. just after, it's not too cold. I'm gonna get a fire going though and take a chill out of, what chill there is out of the air and cook up some food, maybe some tea. It didn't rain bad at all. It sprinkled most of the night, but nothing crazy. I heard a buck snorting, a buck, a male deer snorting all around me. like camp last night making all sorts of noises like that anyway i'm gonna make this fire now i made a bunch of shavings last night i was sitting here my counter there's no birch bark at all not i need to be found there we go nice oh that's a little toasty it's getting laid out but this uh my big camera's dead and the gopro is not good in the light the camera's not dead the sd card My card is filled. It's peppermint tea in the morning. I don't know if I showed you this other entrance when you don't want to deal with walking through the, where the fire is and the dirt on the ground and everything with your sleeping stuff. You just come this way. See, it still, still smells good. I can pour water on the ashes for sure. That's all the pipes. See about the stove. So again, I only used two stakes last night, like on either side, four total. This could have been, they have these tiles here with the rings and you just sneak it all out like that It's all tight, but it was fine for the last night. It loosened up some with the wind, too. What they give you is like 20 steaks in that peg bag. They're golden either way if you want to use them. Okay, got my jug of water here in case I need it. Let's get this tent down. So for a hot tent you get with such luxury ease of setup and takedown as you can see it really packs down relatively small. I'd say the biggest bulkiest things are the poles. There's only three of them but they are heavy and they're long but like compared to like a normal and I'm not saying this is as good as a canvas tent as far as like real winter time type stuff but like I would use it for sure and test it out and see how long it lasts like It's doing good, man. It's doing good. You could probably go out on, like, a decent week-long trip with this thing and be safe and be fine and be happy. You might need a little bit of room. Boom. It's a one-person for sure. You could do, like, an overnight with, like, your kid or a dog or something in there, although Wolfie would not appreciate how hot it gets in there, but it makes life nice. It makes life comfortable and easy, and a warm, dry place to get over the elements if If you need it, is, uh... And to sit and relax in too, that's the thing, not just like lay down, like actually sit in there, you could journal, you could watch a movie, you could whittle, you could cook and eat like I did last night. You can do so much things, so much room for activity, you know? All right, so the bags could use a little bit of an upgrade. I wouldn't mind seeing a bigger tent bag, easier Easier access from the middle there is not the greatest. And if they could label. The names of the tents on the outside of it, that would be good too. Listen up, Paulie. These are all suggestions from somebody who really uses your stuff. That's the size of it. And the wood stove is pretty small too, but we've got to deal with that now. One of the good things here is there's no duct. It's all literally just soil. It's actual good soil. So I don't have to be as concerned, but I have a bunch of water to douse everything. And I'll make sure 100% everything is safe before I get out of here. Let's do it. I'm going to put a little bit of water down first. Just says to act as a buffer, make a little bit of mud. I'll dump right into that. Overkill, for sure. Handy, it's got these handles on it. These handles are quite handy. Very lightweight. A false bottom in there, that's a piece of it that fell out. Another piece, there's three of them. Okay, learned this from Ray Mears a whole long time ago watching him. You mix the embers and the water and the mud together so it becomes this like mucky paste thing. And then you spread the ashes. The whole ember mess is mud pie. We throw it around the woods to leave less of a trace of where you were. Now, nobody can say that's going to catch on fire. That's for damn sure. All right, that's not going to catch on fire. So there we go. Now, all that is wet and cold to the touch. We're good. All right. That would be a very lightweight winter camping setup, you know. Hey! Sun's coming up. It's going to be a beautiful day. Look at here in the forest, very, very pretty. And the only tell that I was here is just this little bit of leaves that are moved out of the way here. And the first windstorm, that'll get righted. So I'm happy. I hope you guys enjoyed this trip. I sure had a fun time. Love that tent. Next time you see me, we'll be out at that shelter with Wolfie, building it some more, getting ready for winter. I have a couple of cool ideas to do it. So I'll see you next time.