I live in the USA. I just purchased a vango tent from the UK. It is leaps and bounds better than anything they sell here. Polycotton tent so it is so comfy. Thanks for sharing your experience with the tent.
Great review. A feature I like is the vertical doors - you don’t have wet doors flapping their way inside the dry space like a dome tent. Oh and the tent attached to the fly if the sky is leaking when you are putting the tent up. Oh and the porch that fits 2 adults on camp chairs, riding gear, stuff, beverages...
Great video, the two figures on the ground sheet are showing hand signals to marshal helicopters coming in. By adopting the position shown it tells the pilot whether you need him to land or not. 👍
Lone rider have an optional two pole addon in order to support the main entrance and create a shade. My issue were the straps all over the floor lovely trip hazard. And with the glorious British weather I rarely find a camping spot as neat as your garden.
This is the greatest review I’ve ever seen, thanks for your attention to detail and brilliant to see you can fit it in a topbox. I really appreciated that detail and showing how you did it, I’m hoping to fit it in a Pannier so I don’t have it on display 👍
Great video Dave, I was looking at one of these early on in the year but, the cost was putting me off, but now I have seen it in real life and your review I might start saving to get one for next year's Elan Valley tour
Nice one buddy. I was the same regarding price but like you I saved up. I spent lots of time in tiny low tents and really wanted one with the room but obviously the right size when packed. I took a chance on this and haven’t regretted it.
When I was about 8 tears old, we were camping and had steel pegs shaped like yours, I too stepped on one, it left a 3/4' hole in my foot. Luckily some bandages fixed it up, but I couldn't use that foot for a week or so.
Great review, be good to show others how ground sheet fits under sleeping area , basically undoing couple of front bottom clips of sleeping area you can run ground sheet to the back or from back end to front
Nice one mate. The inner tent just fixes to the outer Tent via the loops but it all comes built and I haven't had any need to remove it. The sleeping area has it's own groundsheet which is part of the inner tent structure as a whole. I don't think it's removable. You don't need to fix a groundsheet. The groundsheet you see in the vid is for the outer part and can be used if needed. Thanks for watching buddy and commenting.
Thanks mate. The Gobi looks nice but a different animal (if I'm looking at the right one). Not sure you can stand up or be able to tuck your bike in at night lol price is right though. Heavier and the pack size is bigger so wouldn't fit in my Top Box. Looks a decent tent though mate.
Great video. One of the better ones - I've watched about 5 on this tent - but none of the show how easy/hard it is to put the bike in as the whole point of this tent is to put the bike in it. Now, if you put the bike in so it will lean away from the sleeping compartment and not fall on top of you in the night, how easy is it to maneuver the bike into the bike area? I'd only buy one of these tents in order to put my bike into it so it's kind of the most important bit for me. Again, great video
Thank you buddy. On my next camp I’ll do a follow up vid and pop the bike in. Couldn’t do it in the garden. The doors are wide on the tent. I open the 3 outer doors when I put it in which makes it easier to move around and get off and empty the panniers. Thanks again mate
I can ride my 1250GS Adventure in and dismount without a problem... with side and top hard panniers. I park it on the side stand leaning away from the sleeping area and can easily get past it to get into the sleeping area by keeping the bars turned to the left.
Great video. When you have finished packing your tent and put it in your topbox. How big is it. Lone Rider says the carrying bag is 60 x 20 cm. This is to big for my panniers need it to be no more than about 43 x 20 cm.
@@stuarthull5706 He has an awning lol. That’s mental haha. Thanks for sending the link. Not sure about the groundsheet as it’s the shape of the front porch specifically. Gonna find the instructions and have a look…
@@stuarthull5706 Ok so the Groundsheet for this V2 of the MotoTent is deffo meant for the Porch area as in my vid. The inner Tent has it's own groundsheet built in. Not sure why the guy in the link you sent was putting it underneath the sleeping pod but I've checked and for this version, the Groundsheet is for the Porch.
Just get a small cheap tarpaulin from the poundshop to use as a footprint under your tent to protect the groundsheet. Use the groundsheet provided to put down in the awning.
Wonderful video-so instructive! Have you tried using your tent bag as a stuff sack and just…stuffing the tent in? I’ve learned from other tent people that folding a tent can lead to creases that compromise waterproofing. Or is it easier to fold-and-roll?
I've seen this type of setup my only issue is that I do not like the idea of sleeping next to my bike which way is a substantial amount and could tip on to me in the middle of the night. I'm wondering if there's enough room to work on the bike inside the interior portion
There's plenty of room to work on the Bike. Fear of toppling over? If you enter from the right and use a thunderfoot under your side stand, it shouldn't fall over. If it did it would fall away from you but I think unlikely to fall. You could use centre stand if you have one. I don't park my Bike in there anyway, I use the space to store gear, put the chairs in and cook. It's a great Tent.
Generally it’s usually hot in the Summer lol. Oh the tent. It has many doors and flaps to allow the hot air out and you can keep the fly screens closed. We have found it to be ok in the summer.
Great video, Mate. I'm considering buying one but the LR website doesn't show the dimension for the side opening where the motorcycle would enter and I haven't found it in any other video. My handle-bar / mirror width is 40 inches. Would you know the width of the opening? Thanx & Cheers, ^v^
@@MotovlogUK Tried them first ... no response. I don't blame them ... I know they're very busy. My 'eye ball' test says it'll fit OK but I've been wrong before ... ... ... once ;-) ^v^
This tent is near the top of my list but probably won't make it to the buy sheet. There are a few things I see with every setup video/review that bug me about this tent - 1. Why RED!!!! That's got to be the least relaxing inner tent I've ever seen. I'm not sure I could stand being in that thing for more than about 15 minutes while the sun is up. 2. The inner tent walls are very loose - and sag. I think that one simple elastic tie-off in the middle of each side would have solved that. Since I'm solo, it probably won't matter - it just bugs me. --- 3. I've never seen anyone use awning poles to hold up any of the doors - I know they have an awning kit, but no one ever seems to use it - It makes me wonder... Why?
Red supposedly is most natural for waking up, have a google. Also I imagine with the cost of the tent, the awning kit is just a bit too far in one go - and then forgotten about.
I live in the USA. I just purchased a vango tent from the UK. It is leaps and bounds better than anything they sell here. Polycotton tent so it is so comfy. Thanks for sharing your experience with the tent.
Nice to see a review by someone who hasn't been given one for free!
Great review. A feature I like is the vertical doors - you don’t have wet doors flapping their way inside the dry space like a dome tent. Oh and the tent attached to the fly if the sky is leaking when you are putting the tent up. Oh and the porch that fits 2 adults on camp chairs, riding gear, stuff, beverages...
Agreed mate. Great features with this tent
Great video, the two figures on the ground sheet are showing hand signals to marshal helicopters coming in. By adopting the position shown it tells the pilot whether you need him to land or not. 👍
Good job, thank you for showing how to pack it up. I definitely want to get this tent.
No probs buddy.
Lone rider have an optional two pole addon in order to support the main entrance and create a shade.
My issue were the straps all over the floor lovely trip hazard.
And with the glorious British weather I rarely find a camping spot as neat as your garden.
That would be good for the main entrance. Haven't had a problem with trips but my Son did stand on a peg! Silly sausage lol
Great review I am saving up me pennies right now for one to use next year2023 thank you for this honest evaluation.
No probs buddy. Thanks for watching and glad it helped
Great review bud! I am seriously considering one of these for next years trips 👍👍
It's a top, top tent mate. Loads of cool features
This is the greatest review I’ve ever seen, thanks for your attention to detail and brilliant to see you can fit it in a topbox. I really appreciated that detail and showing how you did it, I’m hoping to fit it in a Pannier so I don’t have it on display 👍
Well thank you buddy. Glad you got something out of it and all the best. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. 🏆
Great video Dave, I was looking at one of these early on in the year but, the cost was putting me off, but now I have seen it in real life and your review I might start saving to get one for next year's Elan Valley tour
Nice one buddy. I was the same regarding price but like you I saved up. I spent lots of time in tiny low tents and really wanted one with the room but obviously the right size when packed. I took a chance on this and haven’t regretted it.
When I was about 8 tears old, we were camping and had steel pegs shaped like yours, I too stepped on one, it left a 3/4' hole in my foot. Luckily some bandages fixed it up, but I couldn't use that foot for a week or so.
Yea they're a nightmare for the kids and forgetful adults lol. I've stepped on a few in my time.
Great review, be good to show others how ground sheet fits under sleeping area , basically undoing couple of front bottom clips of sleeping area you can run ground sheet to the back or from back end to front
Nice one mate. The inner tent just fixes to the outer Tent via the loops but it all comes built and I haven't had any need to remove it. The sleeping area has it's own groundsheet which is part of the inner tent structure as a whole. I don't think it's removable. You don't need to fix a groundsheet. The groundsheet you see in the vid is for the outer part and can be used if needed. Thanks for watching buddy and commenting.
@@MotovlogUK it fits under sleeping area if ground is a bit rough , it fits both sides where needed, I always put in sleeping area to protect tent
@@maz2496 that’s cool mate. Thanks for the info
great review Dave, very tempted, torn between this and the Gobi 3 man pop up,,,
Thanks mate. The Gobi looks nice but a different animal (if I'm looking at the right one). Not sure you can stand up or be able to tuck your bike in at night lol price is right though. Heavier and the pack size is bigger so wouldn't fit in my Top Box. Looks a decent tent though mate.
Really good tent for bikers.enjoyed
Great video. One of the better ones - I've watched about 5 on this tent - but none of the show how easy/hard it is to put the bike in as the whole point of this tent is to put the bike in it. Now, if you put the bike in so it will lean away from the sleeping compartment and not fall on top of you in the night, how easy is it to maneuver the bike into the bike area? I'd only buy one of these tents in order to put my bike into it so it's kind of the most important bit for me. Again, great video
Thank you buddy. On my next camp I’ll do a follow up vid and pop the bike in. Couldn’t do it in the garden. The doors are wide on the tent. I open the 3 outer doors when I put it in which makes it easier to move around and get off and empty the panniers. Thanks again mate
I can ride my 1250GS Adventure in and dismount without a problem... with side and top hard panniers.
I park it on the side stand leaning away from the sleeping area and can easily get past it to get into the sleeping area by keeping the bars turned to the left.
My 2020 Africa Twin Adventure Sports fits in no problem I can even push it in.. And it's great!
Super great video. Thank you for this.
You're welcome buddy
They make these things called tri-pods.
Cool. Send me one
Great video. When you have finished packing your tent and put it in your topbox. How big is it. Lone Rider says the carrying bag is 60 x 20 cm. This is to big for my panniers need it to be no more than about 43 x 20 cm.
When I watched Lone Rider video on this the ground sheet went under the main tent area?
Good review and overview of this tent
Thank you mate. Not sure why I’m being asked about the groundsheet a lot. The inner tent has it all built in. A different model?
@@MotovlogUK ua-cam.com/video/Q7lXjuM3P6k/v-deo.html
5.53 he shows it like yours and underneath
@@stuarthull5706 He has an awning lol. That’s mental haha. Thanks for sending the link. Not sure about the groundsheet as it’s the shape of the front porch specifically. Gonna find the instructions and have a look…
@@stuarthull5706 Ok so the Groundsheet for this V2 of the MotoTent is deffo meant for the Porch area as in my vid. The inner Tent has it's own groundsheet built in. Not sure why the guy in the link you sent was putting it underneath the sleeping pod but I've checked and for this version, the Groundsheet is for the Porch.
Just get a small cheap tarpaulin from the poundshop to use as a footprint under your tent to protect the groundsheet. Use the groundsheet provided to put down in the awning.
Speed up your actions man! I havent got all day!
Haha lol
Interesting review, thanks. The tent is tall and not very aerodynamic. How well does it cope with high winds?
Thank you mate. The ropes are strong and keep it pretty solid but yea it is tall. That’s one of the reasons I bought it though so I can stand up
It's fine if you put the small end in the wind as they recommend.
Wonderful video-so instructive! Have you tried using your tent bag as a stuff sack and just…stuffing the tent in? I’ve learned from other tent people that folding a tent can lead to creases that compromise waterproofing. Or is it easier to fold-and-roll?
Nice one buddy. Never tried just stuffing it in. As I'm packing for top box, I've found it quite easy to fold and roll down to the size I need.
thanks for sharing. cheers, mate.
No problem buddy. Thank you for watching.
Great video thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you buddy
Good video, I'm thinking of getting this tent, when packing the tent up do you leave the inner sleeping area inside the outer.
Nice one mate. Yea I just leave the inner tent fixed when I pack away. That’s how it was when I bought it.
Don’t ‘roll-up’ the front flap but do it by folding it in half and in half and in half… 😉
Now there’s.a good tip. There’s a reason I couldn’t think of that 🤣 Cheers buddy I’ll give it a go🤘
Great review
Nice one buddy!
Thanks for the video. What's the size of that top box??
I've seen this type of setup my only issue is that I do not like the idea of sleeping next to my bike which way is a substantial amount and could tip on to me in the middle of the night. I'm wondering if there's enough room to work on the bike inside the interior portion
There's plenty of room to work on the Bike. Fear of toppling over? If you enter from the right and use a thunderfoot under your side stand, it shouldn't fall over. If it did it would fall away from you but I think unlikely to fall. You could use centre stand if you have one. I don't park my Bike in there anyway, I use the space to store gear, put the chairs in and cook. It's a great Tent.
It's hot in summer? I live in Sicily, we get easily 35/40 Celsius here...
Generally it’s usually hot in the Summer lol. Oh the tent. It has many doors and flaps to allow the hot air out and you can keep the fly screens closed. We have found it to be ok in the summer.
@@MotovlogUK ahaha tnx a lot mate
Great video, Mate. I'm considering buying one but the LR website doesn't show the dimension for the side opening where the motorcycle would enter and I haven't found it in any other video. My handle-bar / mirror width is 40 inches. Would you know the width of the opening? Thanx & Cheers, ^v^
I’ll be camping in it in 3 weeks buddy and will measure for you. Should fit though. Give me a nudge when I release the next Elan Valley bids
I’ve just thought. Lone Rider are responsive. Faster way would be to send them a message. I’m sure they’ll respond quickly buddy
@@MotovlogUK Tried them first ... no response. I don't blame them ... I know they're very busy. My 'eye ball' test says it'll fit OK but I've been wrong before ... ... ... once ;-) ^v^
@@taproom113 It'll fit mate even if you have to waggle the handlebars a bit. I'll post the measurements if I remember when I go to Elan
@@MotovlogUK Thanx & no worries, mate. Ordered it in abject faith ;-) Skal, ^v^
Hi I’ve got a old XJR 1300 would it fit in that tent?
I should think so mate. It’s a big old garage
what are the lights that you kept mentioning?
I'll do a vid on them buddy
Here you go buddy. Just for you: ua-cam.com/video/s7gX24q6IV4/v-deo.html
did u had in the package some repair kit? was there something for the poles?
Yes there was a repair kit in the Bag.
@@MotovlogUK thanks for answer, i am just asking as i got some 3 pcs of fabric only.
Just an update confirmed by lonerider -> they started to ship it only with the “repair fabric “ no kit also anymore
@@xdjrazorx Wow. That's pretty lame!
In German the same Tent cost 200€, not 500€.
Harga tenda Lone rider ?
This tent is near the top of my list but probably won't make it to the buy sheet. There are a few things I see with every setup video/review that bug me about this tent -
1. Why RED!!!! That's got to be the least relaxing inner tent I've ever seen. I'm not sure I could stand being in that thing for more than about 15 minutes while the sun is up.
2. The inner tent walls are very loose - and sag. I think that one simple elastic tie-off in the middle of each side would have solved that. Since I'm solo, it probably won't matter - it just bugs me.
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3. I've never seen anyone use awning poles to hold up any of the doors - I know they have an awning kit, but no one ever seems to use it - It makes me wonder... Why?
good points
Red supposedly is most natural for waking up, have a google. Also I imagine with the cost of the tent, the awning kit is just a bit too far in one go - and then forgotten about.
Rabbit stew ;)
Poor nibbles. She gets loads of stick but yea lately I’m thinking slippers or Ruski Hat
Great review
Nice one buddy