Is the Cloud Peak 2 a 4 Season Tent?
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- @NaturehikeOfficialStore Cloud Peak 2 Modifications.
All my mods done to this tent including guy line upgrades, pegs as well as poles.
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These are great tents. I did similar mods including changing the poles. I bought 10mm poles and simply used a pipe cutter to get the right length. Really simple. I only sold mine because rain would drive under the rain cap and then soak the inside.
All good advice, especially replacing the guylines with Dyneema. Even with the original poles there is far more structural rigidity in wind if they are interwoven, ie if each of the three poles goes over and under one of the other two. More of a faff setting up, but worth it. Also IIRC Quintcraft used to do (larger) rain caps to order... All the best.
Run a wax candle down the outside and inside of the door zips. Won't ever snag. Did that to my Cloud Peak 2 and never had a problem with them. My issue with the Cloud Peak 2 is the sheer amount of mesh. The top is mesh and so are the doors. Great to prevent condensation, lousy for staying warm. All the hot air vanishes and I end up cold, even with a thermarest and a really warm sleeping bag. I might be adding some velcro to the inside with adhesive silicone and adding a silver emergency blanket cut to size, to the top of the tent to keep some heat in. There's plenty of ventilation from the mesh doors.
Never knew that about the candle wax, i'll remember that for any tents that I have any zip issues with in the future.
Yeah lots of mesh with these tents, its a 3 season tent at most really.
I have used a short velcro strip attached to one half of the bottom square of velcro on the zip storm flaps and the other end wrapped around the pole. This prevents the zip from catching the flap and pulling it into the zip, Happens mostly when tent is wet and you are opening the door from inside
I have difficulties understanding it, could you provide a video or images, I would appreciate it
If you use a screwdriver you can pry open the gap in the zip pull, put it back where it I should go, then carefully close it back not too much though then use silicone spray or similar should work on most zips.
Ive just bought one, not even put it up yet! I'll mostly be using it for woodland camping so not too worried lol
As below - you can add an oil lubricant or wax to zips. Unsure how they work in really cold weather, where buttons are often preferred in places like Finland and Russia
My zip went, I was lucky enough to fix mine by changing from a Double zip (on one sid to a single zip. I needed to sew and fuse the zip together for about 4 or 5 inches at the top but Im chuffed I saved it. Still a great tent I use mine when I want space but the forecast isnt to bad and take the Helm 2 Compact when it looks rough. Great Vid keepp up the good work
Hello everyone. I measured a net pole length of 369,2 cm by tape measure. Measured 3 times. Also measured the 10 sections of each pole. The first 3 sections on each end measure 34,8 cm net length each, that is without the inserts ! That's 6 sections of 34,8. The 4 middle sections of each pole have a net length of 40,1 cm without the inserts. The 369,2 is also without the end tips on each end of the pole.
Just bought 3 9.5mm poles in red from your link - cheers brother - need a pipe cutter next!
No worries! I think I got the pipe cutter off ebay, surprised I forgot to put a link in the description, pretty sure it was only £4 or something.
Did you manage to get 1 sorted?
@Good Bloke Outdoors yes, my mate had one. Poles aren't here yet but dying to get on with it!
Great video, thanks for this. I've just bought this tent and glad to take on board your mods.
Great mods though and I'll do the same to mine but it will only ever be used for three season use , as you say you have to have confidence in your equipment.
Cheers been waiting for this I hope to do the pole mod for this and a taiji 2 ill be glad to have your pole now you've gone all fancy lol but thanks for sharing stay safe and keep them video coming pal👍👍👍
Thanks for the comment mate, nah i’m gonna keep on to this tent for now and try fix the zip.
Cheers for watching pal, hope to see you on the next 1.
Cheers for the video mate!
Not sure to upgrade poles or just bite bullet and put money towards a Terra Nova 4 season tent.
I've also upgrade the hat thing. Put thin wire around the edge and stops the flapping in the wind
Hi mate, what sort of wire do you use for the ends if you remember ? Cheers
Hexagon groundsheet n velcrow around the outer bottoms attsching to the ground is my next mission once i do my poles. Also though about getting a.tarp n cutting a larger roof fly n edging its hem eith curtain wire to take it past the inner doors to give more roof spread to stop rain in verstibule or i also like putting a tarp over tent in harsher rainy conditions so you can open her up in the rain...tie that baby down though
, great video as usual Liam 👍 this got me thinking about a tent I had when I was a kid in the 1970s, it was as water tight as a Prince Andrew alibi 🤣🤣 stay safe mate and keep enjoying those adventures 👍👍
Thanks mate 😂😂😂 I might have to use that joke if a tent ever starts leaking
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Oh and just so you know the Dan Durstan 1P V2 is available now and it only take 10 days to arrive in the uk and the shipping is less than 30 quid which is a big reduction to what it used to be.
Yeah i’ll take a look at these mate, thanks for the heads up. 👍🏼
Correction...it only took 6 days from ordering it to receiving it....Thats fantastic service and i had to pay 88 quid in taxes because the government need to send our hard earned money to help support other countries while they destroy ours :(
The zippers work much better if you apply zipper wax. I did it and they move so great now.
Thats good to know , when/if I get round to fixing the zip i’ll apply some of that.
Thanks 👍🏼
Great video! Why do people think that 4-season means that it should handle everything? Tents that can handle extreme wind are Alpine, mountaineering, basecamp or expedition tents. They are not the same as a 4-season tent. Cloud peak is not a 4-season, I agree on that.
I was under the impression 4 season just a meant snow skirt and a thicker inner? An alpine tent is probably more than most people need in the UK?
Great video, man 👍
Thanks Dave 👍🏼
We all do mods to our tents in 1 way or another some major some little simple things I've just ordered some 10mm poles for my niak.its difficult to do mods when the thing that fails i.e the zip can fail at any time from what I've heard people say and at the end of the day you get why you pay for more money should equal better materials and construction
Thats it mate, you get what you pay for. Can’t go wrong with upgrading to 10mm poles for the Niak, that sounds like a mod that will be well worth it. 👍🏼 thanks for watching Craig.
Thanks for the pole upgrade, great video but did you put the prebend in your new poles and if so was it easy. Thanks
No pre bending mate, I noticed after a few pitches they did slowly start to bend into place.
@@GoodBlokeOutdoors Great thankyou for the quick reply.
PTFE spray for zips
Great video again. I was looking at tentpole upgrade and found DAC Featherlite but they would cost more than the whole tent AND because of their widening end you can't cut them to size. Can you add a link to the store where you bought these 9.5 mm poles?
Thanks!
Thanks mate i’ll have a look now and add a link to description
where could i get the guy lines, would love some red ones like.
Dont no why i was hoping the tent flew off , looking at the pic 😀
😂 Gotta get that thumbnail
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Have you sold this yet mate
No mate, still not fixed it !
Are you going to use it again as it will do for Spares?@@GoodBlokeOutdoors
would u sell that tent
Not yet , maybe at some point. I want to try fix the zip first.
You did some snazzy modes there Liam but as the old saying goes 'It doesn't matter how much make up you put on a woman she will still be what she is underneath"...........Horses for courses hey pal ?
The big question is what tent will you go for next and trust me you are not done with tents even if you believe you are :) but dont end up like me who thinks a good night at home is spent stroking your tent collection.......One day a Therapist will come up with a cure...i hope :)
Thanks Olan thats so true 😅 and not sure what tent to go for next, something a lot lighter and probably a trekking pole tent for if I attempt some multi day long distance trips.
Puedes poner subtitulo en español amigo ???
Hello everyone. Can the Cloud Peak 2 be adapted to be a true 4th season / winter tent ? This tent is a copy of the Hilleberg Allak 2 (and Soulo 1 person version). From the Hilleberg product page:
- Kerlon 1200 outer tent fabric and 9mm poles make for a very lightweight yet supremely stable tent.
- All season construction: outer tent walls extend to the ground and mesh areas are backed with adjustable fabric panels.
- Dome construction with multiple pole crossing points provide outstanding snow-load handling capability.
Also, the outer tent of a winter tent should (be able to) extend close to the ground and/or have snow skirts.
The Cloud Peak 2 has 3 crossing poles BUT they all cross close together in the top of the tent diminishing the desired effect to strengthen the tent, especially from wind and snow loads. It may technically be a geodesic tent with multiple crossing poles but it lacks the real strength the way it is implemented.
The mesh parts of the inner cannot be closed off like in the Hilleberg Allak and there is no optional winter inner tent available with all closed fabric. So keeping warmth inside and draft outside is problematic.
I think a true winter tent is a 4th season tent only, not an all 4-seasons tent. In the summer you want a tent with a (complete) mesh inner (optional for the Allak 2) and good bottom and top ventilation for optimal airflow and minimal condensation. You don't want a sauna / sweat lodge.
Lastly, I also think the Cloud Peak can be used as is in mild winter conditions. So you can enjoy this tent year around but you have to pick your battles in the winter. Who of us really needs a bomb proof mountaineering expedition tent ? So let's all enjoy our Cloud Peak 2 !
No , it's not built for four season use
I agree
Our price is more competitive
Are you anything to do with Collinsoutdoors ?
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No
I agree
@@GoodBlokeOutdoors Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had two of them and I love them. Put silicone WD on all the zips and so far (three years) I not had a problem with them. I do want to upgrade the poles but the last time I looked, a set of three 9.7mm poles were going for £96 which was more than I paid for the tent! 😏