You've NEVER SEEN This Tent Before - Worth 3 Times Its Price 🤯
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- This tent looked like a good deal, but was it really? This was my first time using the Forclaz MT900 Tarp Tent from Decathlon and I was impressed! For a very reasonable price of around $200, it's made of high-end materials, can sleep two people, and weighs under 3 pounds. I was most impresse dby several small design details that are clever and well thought out. The product designers must have some experience of their own camping and backpacking. In my opinion, it offers excellent bang for your buck.
I haven't used it in bad weather yet, so the jury is still out on rain and wind. And the real humdinger is that you cannot yet buy it in the USA on Decathlon's website. So if you'd like to see them offer more gear like this here in the US, do us all a favor and like and share this video so perhaps they see there is demand for budget-friendly camping gear here too.
Or just go to France and get one yourself. You won't be sorry! 😁
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🚨 GEAR IN THIS VIDEO
⚡️ Forclaz Tent Tarp MT900 (Decathlon France, not an affiliate link) - www.decathlon.fr/p/tente-tarp...
⚡️ Forclaz MT900 UL backpack - decathlonamerica.sjv.io/Y96L7B
⚡️ Down puffy jacket - decathlonamerica.sjv.io/PyXB7N
⚡️ Merino beanie - decathlonamerica.sjv.io/Qyo07x
⚡️ Black Diamond trekking poles - amzn.to/4aIvZNe
⚡️ Gravel hat - www.graveltravel.com/products...
⚡️ Zenbivy Light Bed - alnk.to/8tOkWXF
⚡️ Wrangler ATG shirt - amzn.to/4d7Pv7t
⚡️ Camp chair - decathlonamerica.sjv.io/rQZRY5
⚡️ Foam Trek Seat Pad - decathlonamerica.sjv.io/JzGBDr
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00:00 Intro
01:39 Set Up and Ease of Use
06:31 First Impressions
10:11 Quality and Design
15:40 Pros and Cons
18:29 Do This
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A little hyperbole. In the real world 3 times that price you can get a Durston 2 person tent made of Dyneema.
Hiii, I have the 1 person tent and I'm a big fan! The vestibule in the 1 person seems a bit smaller than on this one (it's a bit of a struggle to keep my stuff dry while trying to cook stuff) so I'm considering switching it out for the 2 person. Something i wanted to share was that i was really really impressed at how easily the rain washed away all of the dirt it collected during my very dusty heatwave camping last year. I mean my tent was literally BROWN, so brown i asumed there was some brown pigment that might've actually kind of dyed it, but a lot of drizzle and one pretty pouding rainshower last weekend made it looking shiny brand new again ✨️
Wow, cool! Good to know.
Good and clear video. Some interesting points highlighted that I haven't heard elsewhere (good use of different materials in the right places).
Thanks from France
Merci !
The tent it's like a blank canvas, you can paint any color and any motif you like on it, and it's a perfect camouflage in the snowy environment. Thanx Decathlon.
A tent for artists.
it has no dye on it whatsoever, better for the environment. Also keeps the cost down
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There's a tent with a similar design available in the US called the Backbone by Featherstone. It comes in both 1 and 2 person options. The lay out is not exactly the same and I believe they're a bit heavier, but I'm pretty pleased with mine.
Decathlon needs to add more tent options to their website, but their gear is still good.
Good to know. Seems like a popular general design that several brands have used.
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have this tent and its awesome. Although i put it in my own stuff sack as it then packs down super small its hardly noticeable. The only downside is that with it being all white, it does attract bugs in the summer but performance wise, its as good as tents 5x the price.
Interesting point about the bugs. I hadn't thought about that. Thanks.
But does it really attract bugs or can you just see them clearly now? I've never been able to catch a mosquito faster than in this tent, that's a good thing! And I guess a colored fly absorbs certain wavelenghts while this white one doesn't, because I -very unexpectedly- found it much easier to spot ticks, also good!
@@illenseil yes I agree. Bugs are certainly easier to spot which is definitely a good thing. It probably attracts more given it's colour but with a light on, ALL tents will attract bugs so it doesn't bother me personally, it was more of an observation but it's still an awesome tent and would highly recommend it 👍
That price is incredible for what you're getting
Agreed.
Morning from a cross the pond. Its a good tent but not popular here due to the colour, we prefer to blend in.
I think that's probably the case (about the color) with most folks here in the US too, but I think it's kinda fun.
Beautiful camp site. Looks a lot like southwest Idaho / south eastern Oregon
Nailed it. Southwest Idaho.
Thanks again for using good units of measurement 👍
No problem 👍
Really good overview of the tent and glad you like it, but most people I know here in the US wouldn't touch this tent for a myriad of reasons. I really enjoyed your presentation, keep up the great videos! 👍
I appreciate that, thank you! I'm interested to hear more about why you think most Americans wouldn't be interested?
does the inner tend stand free if the outer fly isnt attached - just wondering if this work after seeing the hanging in your vid?!
from personal experience: not really. you can jerryrig it, but it is hard to pitch it sturdy and you wont be able to use the little poles to raise the footbox
Like @VictorSchmits said, not really. It's not designed to do so anyway. The trekking poles attach to the top of the outer tent and the bottom of the inner and those little poles.on the end mount to the outer.
yeah, NEVER, except last few years. True some differences here and there but that design is proliferating the scene ☺️
Fair point. I was pretty excited about this one.
Chase, thanks for this review - a very intriguing product for sure. Too bad it's not available in the US - why not, Decathlon?? You got some 'splainin' to do. Tangentially speaking, I wonder if you'd ever be interested in taking a look at their Quechua 2-second line of tents. They seem to be affordable car camping tents great for geezers like me. Those you can get in the US, as well as their pop-up line. TIA.
Edit: I was wrong. See comments below. My guess as to why its not available in the U.S is; it looks an awful lot like the Zpacks duplex, and seems to take a number of design features from Tarptent brand tents as well, both of whom have a tendency to apply for patents for stuff they develop. So they might not legally be allowed to sell it in the U.S due to infringement of patents.
Thanks for the suggestions! Indeed I'd like to take a closer look at some of their car camping tents.
I'm curious if this is the case. Though there is a ton of Decathlon gear not sold in the US yet. Even if it is a patent thing on this particular tent, I think it's mainly a market demand and operations thing for them. The US Decathlon site has a small fraction of available inventory compared to what they sell in Europe.
@@briandoolittle3422 It looks nothing like the Zpacks duplex... Decathlon is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world, there's almost no way this isn't being sold due to patent infringement issues, the US just isn't their primary market.
@@chazphot I'm familiar with Decathlon. They are, as you say, a retailer. While they are huge, product development is not their primary business. Almost every product I have ever seen from their in house label 'Forclaz' is either a generic product or copied items from other companies.
I was actually thinking of the Zpacks Duo offset when I made my first comment. Its the zpacks tent I (somewhat) most recently looked at, and I thought it was called the Duplex offset. The decathlon tent is double wall instead of single wall and its not made of dyneema, but its design and cut appear to be basically the same.
I believe they are in Canada. A whole lot closer.
Indeed. But the bread's not as good.
Sadly we dont have most of the European Decathlon stock in Canada :(
Meh, the Lanshan 2 is almost exactly the same for much less money.
Definitely an interesting contender.
Both have their pros and cons, but the main difference is silnylon vs polyester, or sagging vs lot less sagging. That's why I dismissed Lanshan. And usable length is a lot better in Forclaz tent which is a big deal to me. However, I just can't stand the white color for a tent. In the end, I found a friend of mine is travelling to the US and I have ordered X Mid 😂
Imas kopiju jeftiniju kinezi prave.
@@boske931 opet je to sil nylon, a i bas je losije napravljen od x mida
I'm pretty lucky living here in England, Decathlon stores are plentiful. Lee...
Indeed you are!
It’s not worth the squeeze ( inside ) and too expensive for its performance . Better off with a Lanshan pro
I may need to do a head to head comparison with the Lanshan.
Lanshan Pro is single skin though
Too short.... length
I thought it was ok for me.
X-Mid similar price point and much easier to set up
Thanks for sharing.
Xmid solid is 500 euros here in europe after shipping and tax. This is 190. So here they aren't really in the same price region.
@Xarkanian well here in the us we cant get these tents. I vote durston or I just got the tarptent stratospire. seems solid so far.
I would like to day hike WITH my trekking poles and not have them in use. Definitely not for me.
Makes sense.
This USED to be a good channel. Now its a Decathlon's advertising scheme and that's it. I'm unsubscribing and never coming back. And, btw, it's not worth 3 times the price. It's in fact a cheap and heavy tent.
Sorry to see you go, but thank you for the support until now. I just happened to have purchased a bunch of new gear from Decathlon so that's what I have to review at the moment. If I could do more I would. Not sponsored or an advertisement, by the way. This tent isn't even sold here in the US so I can't earn money from it, which is fine with me. I just thought it was a cool tent and wanted to show it to folks. In any case, I wish you all the best and hope you enjoy the outdoors all the same. Cheers.
@@outdoorempirecomyou never purchased you got them sent to you to over exaggerate this monstrosity, you are paid period
It's white.... I figured it was french
But no bleu nor rouge.