Be sure to see the video that shows how this tent was made if interested. Make A Campfire (Baker)Tent On the Cheap ua-cam.com/video/IVnSHQ7x5Ao/v-deo.html
Well, six years later? Told you from the start, Polyethylene shower curtains are awesome for the build. Glad you built one! Ive been using it for about eight years with my hammock build in similar conditions, but I do go with a roll of food grade plastic from a restaurant supplier, and throw up a quick cheap low outer six foot wind barrier around the trees to hold out wind too. You can get those rolls 24 inch by thousands of feet at 1mil for thirty to forty dollars on the high end with shipping. BUT! I want to let you know about a new material to replace the more costly reflector tarps: AND for real housing use too: NASA grade reflective and fiber enforced roll sheeting. Check out RadiantGUARD ULTIMA Radiant Barrier Insulation. This stuff is a massive increase on retention and reflection, not to mention RF signals and health issue buildings. Love the video.
My dad had a similar tent. He had a lumber tarp from my flatbed semi over everything.it was a large thick rubberish tarp. So he had made a overhang type porch. Like a lean to. He made a small fire far enough away left the front of the tent opened to have the heat inside. He had 2 American Bulldogs and a beagle. The wind shifted direction and got the edge of the tarp on fire. He had all his camping gear out there. He was at home in the farming country in Indiana. He made the tent by a pond about 250 yards from the house. Ok now the tarp caught fire. He was sleeping hard. He had a few adult beverages you could say. It was a cold fall night just him and the dogs all cuddled up. Once the rubber tarp was burning it started dripping molten rubber onto his clothing. He has 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over. Splotchy type. Just a bunch of random drips of burning rubber and plastic. The roar of the fire and burning didnt wake him. The smoke was increasing by this point. The beagle and male bulldog Got scared and ran to the house and started barking we assume to wake my mother up. There both in there late 50s. Mom didnt wake cause the dogs normally barked. The female bulldog sadie didmt leave his side. Barking nudging and licking dad. He finally woke up and the tent had fallen all over him he managed to cut the back open and climb out. He was in shock. Walked all the way to the house and woke mom up and said I think I screwed up still not realizing how badly he was burnt. Sadie had burns as well. She saved my dad that day. She was my gift to my parents after I went through a divorce and i didmt want to leave the puppy with the ex. It took my dad 9 or 10 months and some skin grafts to recover. Lots of pain he said. Sadie is still there and dad doesnt go to sleep with a fire anymore. It took him a couple months after healing to camp again against my moms orders lol. He learned a valuable lesson. He uses fire resistant materials when making a homemade tent now. I hope this wasnt too long. Thank god for sadie saving my father that night. It was back in 2015. Dad and the 3 dogs still camp by the pond but with no fires now .. thanks for the time to share!
10:02 "it's up to about 92 degrees... Its very hot in here" the way you said that just made me die laughing. Great work on the tent and video. Been a big fan for almost 2 years, and can say ive learned a lot. Thanks for what you do Lonnie and Connie!
He could dig a shallow hole in front of that tent where he lit that huge campfire. At least that could still keep the fire contained and heat going without running the risk of the entire tent catching on fire.
@@archiesmith5028: I've made one, though mine was made for less snowy conditions, so it's much lighter. It's made from 0.4mm clear construction plastic and mylar, both of which have really impressive tensile strenth. I didn't use any tape or other adhesive, but only buttons and twine and paracord for tarp loops and to tie it up. It works really great. Weighs just over 200g and cost "nothing". Maybe $20usd in total. It is a bit noisy though. But for an extremely cheap, extremely light tent that works so well, I think that's an acceptable compromise. :) You have to be very careful with it, though, because although it has high tensile strength, if you poke it, it will immediately rip and it's over. So I don't think it'll last forever, but it was a fun project. It wasn't difficult.
This old BC boy appreciates the time you spend going into detail explaining how and why you've done what you've done. As you can see, I'm a biker as well as a camper, fisherman survivalist. I've ridden from sea to sea and Mexico to Alaska over the last 50 years and 95% of it involved putting up a tent and making my own meals. I say this because your experience helps me when I'm on two wheels as well as 4 or out on the water. Sending along my thanks and respect Lonnie.
Really solid modifications. This certainly answers my earlier questions. I am glad you mentioned the knife as an escape tool. I always have my knife within easy reach even when sleeping.
Wow. Also...laughed out loud at the end of this. Casual camera scroll to a thermometer in the dead of winter....rocking a casual 92 degrees F lol! What a legend....
Hey Lonnie: You've answered a lot of questions. At their relatively low cost & weight; I've always wondered why more firewalls are not covered with a sheet of it. Thanks Brian 77
Thank you lonny for your expertise in these matters I am no expert myself but I do in joy your teachings on the subject. I would also like to add that I find your self and your good wife to be outstandingly good people 😊
Hi Lonnie, yes cool to see the set up working under those conditions, also good to give this security advice! The fire layer is of cures perfect for a long night out there, this it pure comfort out there:-) thanks for sharing my friend, wish you a great weekend, Taro
Thanks Lonnie. That was hot in there. Very effective! I saw a video once with Dave Canterbury and Cody Londine and as I recall they only used a sheet of clear plastic draped over a hollow in a bank as i recall, they lit the fire outside it and were really hot in there with just a small fire.
Best tent I ever had was one I made from a tarp...no poles, just guy lines, 10 feet long by about 6 feet wide, about 4 foot peak at entrance end and 2 foot peak and rear. I just cut, glued and sewed the seams...sewn reinforcements on stress areas...whole tent with pegs weighed less than a pound. Vents built into the peak at the rear, vented all down the sides that can be blocked off by velcroing the floor to the top. This design of yours is just perfect for cold weather camping and is making me want to build another tarp tent.
Now this is using common sense to heat inside of your tent! So glad you kept it outside of the tent and didnt put it inside like some people try to do lol! Thank you for this. Very helpful. Would probably help containt the fire if you used rocks. I'm so tempted to try this. Lol
Wow! Just the knowledge of the Shower Curtain Material is AWESOME! I'm now thinking of how much it could help (along with the Reflector and a Siberian Log Fire) in heating other Common Man Tents like the old US Army Pup Tent. Just make a good footprint for the tent, set it up, leave the front open, get your fire going, attach the shower curtain, Bingo! Thanks Lonnie!
Such ability with tarp its awrsome. Walking through this in the wood i would be so impress i would probably leave a note and some goodies. Small and optimized, perfect. Take care Lonnie and Connie you make me wonder about Alaska.
This is great information. I never thought that with such materials such an effect can be achieved. I learned a lot from this video and the one before. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us! Many greetings from German bushcrafter
You're the "Bob Ross" of Wilderness survival. I'm listening, getting it all in, next thing ya know I'm asleep. Dang, I need this to survive I says, then zzzzzz. Good stuff.
Lonny, you're the first person of all the Bush craft channels I watch that uses an actual reflective sheet behind the fire pit! I've mentioned it to all of them but they never try it! Also, when I was a tank commander I used to keep a canvas bag of rocks, not to big or small in the engine compartment during the day then at night I'd put them in my sleeping bag at the foot area. It kept you toasty all night long and believe me in Korea winter nights can go down to -40.
I used to work on the North Slope of Alaska and we would even run our trucks out onto the Arctic ocean ice at times. Several of us would wrap our meal in foil and place on the diesel engine back in the enclosed "dog house" of our trucks. That was really great to have a hot meal. I have not used hot rocks in my sleeping bag but I know that hot water in stainless steel water bottles slipped into a sock is just heaven on earth in the sleeping bag on a cold night.
I remember seeing the hippy guy on dual survival (Cody something or other) doing this in the first episode years ago, where they were stranded in Nova Scotia..... thought it was a genius idea!
schreineinAV Cody Lundin. Very cool guy! Hasn’t worn shoes for decades snow, sand, it don’t matter to him. I wish he would do another show. Always something interesting
Now THIS is the kind of tent that suits me to a T. I've watched a few of your others but my issue is I'm a little old lady only five feet tall and hands that don't work very well sometimes. This tent I know I can make because I have. LOL Excellent.
Really enjoyed this video and I like the modification. I'm going to have to look into those curtains. Thanks for your hard work in bringing us these videos!
Pull two strings and you have a Super Shelter! Great going. Everyone out in extremely cold conditions should have a Super Shelter for those unexpected things that happen. It could very well save lives, and at the very least make sleeping enjoyable. I imagine it is lightweight as well. Thanks for the ideas and your time to show it.
If you have not already seen my video at the link below, you will probably enjoy it based on your comment here. Easy Portable Survival Shelter For Extreme Cold ua-cam.com/video/qcxu9DPRpIw/v-deo.html
Lonnie, looks like this tent might last you several years. The only thing I've found with those types of tarps is that they don't hold up well in sunlight. UV destroys them pretty fast. I'm impressed with this, you have given me some ideas for one of my own. I was going to make one out of canvas.....still might. If nothing else, this would be a cheaper trial tent. Change anything I don't like before cutting up expensive canvas.
It sure might work. I buy the cheaper type tarps also, Lonnie said in the video that he made awhile back making this tent, he bought the better quality tarps. That could make a lot of difference! I idn't figure there was much difference other than price, but maybe there is.
Muskrat I know being from Europe,that the tarps have a life span of approximately 3years they are degrading slowly Mainly trough uv sunlight like you mention There are tarps on the market who does not have this effect but also most costly Atb Steve
Some real craftsmanship with plastic tarps and gorilla/ductape! Excellent ideas. I especially like the emergency blanket fire reflector, and the use of the same material inside the tent for insulation and reflecting. Always enjoy your videos; thank you!
Nice addition of the reflective material. I have Mylar/ foam adhesive backing on the wall behind the woodstove in the basement. It does reflect heat famously. Good job Lonnie and Connie . Thanks
You are awesome and the reflective tarp was the kicker to your tent .. in the next few weeks on going to make one for me and my lady for camping this spring here in the high Uinta's of Utah .. thanks Lonnie for your great work and God bless you and Connie ..
Sad to say but the coldest day so far this year has been 48. I’m intrigued to know what-50 feels like! I certainly would take the cold any day vs 100% Humidity in 110* shade!!! ☃️
Very impressive. The solutions, with the plastic heat and smokebarrier is genius! Simple and still I hadn't figured it out. I did try a couple of years ago to just sleep one night out in october. Had no watch. No flashlight. Smoke coming into my eyes. That thing you sleep beneath the fire. So smoke wont rise and get to you. Hadn't figured that one out. Was on a lil shelf. Looked good to me. Idiotic. Have the fire 20 or 30 cm higher than urself. Make like a big stair on a slope. An a frame. Dakota firehole. A tarp. Stuff a sack with branches from spruce. Insolation. I might try again. Who knows. People fleeing all over the world. Good practise. Great upload! Thx man! Very impressive!
I’ve watched a video of someone who put a little 6” dryer ducting underneath the sleeping area partially on a slope and buried the pipe underneath where his feet 🦶 would be, eventually the heat dissipation absorbs into the dirt and raises up into the inside of the tent 🏕 and the heat might retain long enough to last overnight, if you’re lucky 🍀. Good luck 🍀 and blessings for your innovation.
Mylar or spaceblankets work well less weight! Also painters clear drop cloth This type shelter works excellently!! Nice to see another OM on you tube! Also pls stress use of tinfoil as reflector too!
The idea of a dead air space works wonders. The PVA shower curtain was genius. It's obvious your fire was way to big but a nice cheap tent that will keep you warm , well you can't go wrong
You my dear have become an "enlighted & moden" mountain man...and the new improved shelter is a shelter ANY woman would be happy to share with you...bet your wife is tickled pink 👍
Great idea Lonnie, you have great survival knowledge unlike all the idiots that gave you a thumbs down , I figur most of those guys wouldn't survive the first week in a grid down situation.
UA-cam asked if this video was a good suggestion. Yes. Then why popped up with boxes to check. Checked informative, entertaining, calming, & inspiring. 😁👍 you're channel is awsome. I love your videos.
Brilliant video follow up from the tent video the shower curtain is a great idea. It looked thicker than the white sheet stuff and maybe less likely to get small burn holes from flying ash.
I made one with almost the exact same dimensions as that one you have and I got to admit it's awesome!!!... really keeps you warm and cozy in the cold nights but one thing I found out tape and the sun don't go together that well. After a few hours in the sun the tapes got all droopy and it kinda fell apart my second night I was camping out in the open elements I didn't have a backup plan lucky I've seen many MANY survival videos and I did what I could with what I had but I loved the tent will be making anyone but this time I will sow them together
Lonnie awesome video and wow that was warm inside for sure. Yes fire and plastic would be my concern as well but can be done safely for sure as you stated. Awesome video once again Lonnie and keep them coming. Cheers Fred
Camping in the snow sometimes just happens . Took our boy scout troop camping in October, was 65° sat afternoon. Sun it snowed 6" of snow and it was about 25°. We happened to have a pavilion so we moved our chuck boxes to protect them from the snow and has each boy put 1 change of clothes in a car for the morning. Went to sleep and vala instant snow. Started a fire, changed wet clothes and we all did good. Remember with the temperature change, it rained about an inch and then froze for the snow to fall on.
92 in AK, means way beyond comfy in NH :) Such a cool shelter. Inexpensive materials, very easy to make. But it's not "thrown together" like some overlapping pile of tarps. Awesome!
That is really something. Basically, you have created a foil chip bag for yourself. It doesn't take much heat to keep from freezing, but reflective heat is where it's at.
Saw this tent design once before on a tv survival show with 2 guys - Cody who was always bare foot and his buddy who came out of the service and used his military training. Cody built this type - without the Mylar reflective stuff - and it was warm. But that Mylar makes this outstanding.
You may also enjoy another video i did on a more survival type rendition of the same shelter theme. Easy Portable Survival Shelter For Extreme Cold ua-cam.com/video/qcxu9DPRpIw/v-deo.html
Thats a cool setup Lonnie! I have some materials for a smaller supershelter-type laying around, and had some plans to put it together this winter. But have not done that yet. I bought some clear vinyl for the front, something I now understand was stupid of me. I have to look for the stuff you got. The vinyl got super hard just in the backseat of my car on my way home from the store. I was planning of sewing it together, and then seal the seams with tape. What do you think? Any experience with sewing tarps?
I personally have not sewn tarp but I do know that it works well. Every Fall I stay in a sewn Tarp Wall Tent made from poly tarps that a friend of mine made. He sewed his tarp together rather than use tape like I do. His shelter works very well also and has held up for quite a few years now with only our once a year use of it. However, once I have used a heavy duty tape such as Gorilla or T-Rex tape applied on a new tarp at room temperature, I have never had any seam separation even without sewing. My tarp tipi hot tent has even withstood a windstorm that damaged signs and other things in the towns of South Central Alaska and teh seams are still just like new. Many many years ago I heard a story of someone who made a sail for their high performance ice sled. They glued and sewed the poly tarps and the tarps held up well. I do not know what adhesive they used though. I would guess it would have been some sort of contact adhesive.
Very good video. The changes obviously worked well. I am going to have to go back and see the original build. Looked very comfortable. I really like learning and I always get something from every video.
TIP: If you heat up some rocks in the campfire and stick them in a ceramic or metal container with a lid. You can put it inside your tent on a Fireproof cloth and it will retain Heat and warm your tent for hours. Stick more rocks in the fire outside and Exchange them as needed. A large Orange ceramic flower pot works best just stick the base on top as the lid and flip it upside down on a towel.
Wow. I'm not even 1/4 of the way in and this is hands down the best winter tent I've ever seen. While I've been thinking about getting an expensive and heavy winter camp setup I didn't really stop and think about how I have most of what I'd need to build this cheap setup already! And it wouldn't take up nearly as much space in my jeep as most of the other options I've seen.
You may or may not be interested in my other homemade tarp tent videos as well. One is a range or pyramid tent and the other is a small tipi. Both are designed to be heated with a woodstove. I also did a video on how to make the woodstove. Make A Pyramid or Range Hot Tent On The Cheap ua-cam.com/video/t47WFUZM4go/v-deo.html Make A Tarp Tent Tipi Hot Tent On The Cheap ua-cam.com/video/wtLdMIaIIFw/v-deo.html Make A Hot Tent Wood Stove ua-cam.com/video/L5fPbDwtUIU/v-deo.html
Nice Baker's tent, so well made! Enjoyed the tour with the new peva front cover. Am wondering how peva burns when put to a match and if it bounces sparks off without leaving a hole. That's doubtful but peva looks sturdier than the poly and those questions came to mind. Take care and all the best to you, Connie, Buck and family from Peace Country, B.C.
Thanks. I have not tried to light any PEVA to see how well it burns if at all but I do know that the poly tarp will burn if in contact with a flame. My PEVA got too hot during the video since I had too big of a fire too close to the tent. The PEVA gets hot. The wrinkle you can see in the PEVA in the video is a welded section of too hot PEVA that had got folded when I opened the shelter to go out. Where it was folded, it welded it self to itself. That is why I said in the video to build the fire smaller and further back as i could see that after the mods, not near as much heat was required.
That's interesting how it didn't melt and separate, only welded together. Noticed there were no holes in the PEVA which made it look like sparks might be bouncing off, although I imagine you used deciduous wood that throws very few sparks. PEVA appears to be tough stuff and looks like it might be good material for this purpose, thanks Lonnie.
Very cool setup, you could even add another reflector to the inner side of the roof over the fire to reflect even more heat inside so you have a very small fire then. Good find with the shower curtain too! I'll have to try and find one now.
I know you said you had a knife and could be out quickly if a fire !? If your asleep and that tent starts on fire you may get out but your lungs will be permanently damaged the lethal carcinogens caused by the toxic gases from burning Plastics that would just fry your lungs my friend! please be careful! Also consider some kind of metal mesh for preventing sparks and embers floating or popping your way ? I Got one I keep in front of the fireplace ? Be careful out there .
Be sure to see the video that shows how this tent was made if interested.
Make A Campfire (Baker)Tent On the Cheap
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Far North Bushcraft And Survival thank you.
The ocean disposal of radioactive waste pisses me right off could you talk more about this in your next video?
Uea I'll watch thanks god bless
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Well, six years later? Told you from the start, Polyethylene shower curtains are awesome for the build. Glad you built one! Ive been using it for about eight years with my hammock build in similar conditions, but I do go with a roll of food grade plastic from a restaurant supplier, and throw up a quick cheap low outer six foot wind barrier around the trees to hold out wind too. You can get those rolls 24 inch by thousands of feet at 1mil for thirty to forty dollars on the high end with shipping. BUT! I want to let you know about a new material to replace the more costly reflector tarps: AND for real housing use too: NASA grade reflective and fiber enforced roll sheeting.
Check out RadiantGUARD ULTIMA Radiant Barrier Insulation. This stuff is a massive increase on retention and reflection, not to mention RF signals and health issue buildings. Love the video.
My dad had a similar tent. He had a lumber tarp from my flatbed semi over everything.it was a large thick rubberish tarp. So he had made a overhang type porch. Like a lean to. He made a small fire far enough away left the front of the tent opened to have the heat inside. He had 2 American Bulldogs and a beagle. The wind shifted direction and got the edge of the tarp on fire. He had all his camping gear out there. He was at home in the farming country in Indiana. He made the tent by a pond about 250 yards from the house. Ok now the tarp caught fire. He was sleeping hard. He had a few adult beverages you could say. It was a cold fall night just him and the dogs all cuddled up. Once the rubber tarp was burning it started dripping molten rubber onto his clothing. He has 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over. Splotchy type. Just a bunch of random drips of burning rubber and plastic. The roar of the fire and burning didnt wake him. The smoke was increasing by this point. The beagle and male bulldog Got scared and ran to the house and started barking we assume to wake my mother up. There both in there late 50s. Mom didnt wake cause the dogs normally barked. The female bulldog sadie didmt leave his side. Barking nudging and licking dad. He finally woke up and the tent had fallen all over him he managed to cut the back open and climb out. He was in shock. Walked all the way to the house and woke mom up and said I think I screwed up still not realizing how badly he was burnt. Sadie had burns as well. She saved my dad that day. She was my gift to my parents after I went through a divorce and i didmt want to leave the puppy with the ex. It took my dad 9 or 10 months and some skin grafts to recover. Lots of pain he said. Sadie is still there and dad doesnt go to sleep with a fire anymore. It took him a couple months after healing to camp again against my moms orders lol. He learned a valuable lesson. He uses fire resistant materials when making a homemade tent now. I hope this wasnt too long. Thank god for sadie saving my father that night. It was back in 2015. Dad and the 3 dogs still camp by the pond but with no fires now .. thanks for the time to share!
Touching story. Dog are mans best friend.
Yes sir
Can listen this gentalman s soothing voice hours and hours.
Massive respect sir.
Really awesome tent. Well done Lonny :)
10:02 "it's up to about 92 degrees... Its very hot in here" the way you said that just made me die laughing. Great work on the tent and video. Been a big fan for almost 2 years, and can say ive learned a lot. Thanks for what you do Lonnie and Connie!
I as well..love lonnie...but i was cracking up thinking of him sitting there all relaxed..."boy its getting hot in here"...lmao
He could dig a shallow hole in front of that tent where he lit that huge campfire. At least that could still keep the fire contained and heat going without running the risk of the entire tent catching on fire.
That's some professional level hobo stuff right there..
Can’t tell if that’s hate or being nice
@@archiesmith5028 Being nice. Low cost comfort and thinking outside of the box.
CryptoAddict ohhhh I see now. Tbh i would love to camp in it 😂
@@archiesmith5028: I've made one, though mine was made for less snowy conditions, so it's much lighter. It's made from 0.4mm clear construction plastic and mylar, both of which have really impressive tensile strenth. I didn't use any tape or other adhesive, but only buttons and twine and paracord for tarp loops and to tie it up. It works really great. Weighs just over 200g and cost "nothing". Maybe $20usd in total. It is a bit noisy though. But for an extremely cheap, extremely light tent that works so well, I think that's an acceptable compromise. :) You have to be very careful with it, though, because although it has high tensile strength, if you poke it, it will immediately rip and it's over. So I don't think it'll last forever, but it was a fun project. It wasn't difficult.
Great video.
I enjoy your videos
The first video I've seen that talked about actual heat and warmth inside the tent, without having to wear several layers of clothing. Impressive.
Finally someone did a clear door hot tent setup.
This old BC boy appreciates the time you spend going into detail explaining how and why you've done what you've done. As you can see, I'm a biker as well as a camper, fisherman survivalist. I've ridden from sea to sea and Mexico to Alaska over the last 50 years and 95% of it involved putting up a tent and making my own meals. I say this because your experience helps me when I'm on two wheels as well as 4 or out on the water. Sending along my thanks and respect Lonnie.
Really solid modifications. This certainly answers my earlier questions. I am glad you mentioned the knife as an escape tool. I always have my knife within easy reach even when sleeping.
Wow. Also...laughed out loud at the end of this. Casual camera scroll to a thermometer in the dead of winter....rocking a casual 92 degrees F lol! What a legend....
Hey Lonnie: You've answered a lot of questions. At their relatively low cost & weight; I've always wondered why more firewalls are not covered with a sheet of it. Thanks Brian 77
Thank you lonny for your expertise in these matters I am no expert myself but I do in joy your teachings on the subject. I would also like to add that I find your self and your good wife to be outstandingly good people 😊
Hi Lonnie, yes cool to see the set up working under those conditions, also good to give this security advice! The fire layer is of cures perfect for a long night out there, this it pure comfort out there:-) thanks for sharing my friend, wish you a great weekend, Taro
Thanks Lonnie. That was hot in there. Very effective! I saw a video once with Dave Canterbury and Cody Londine and as I recall they only used a sheet of clear plastic draped over a hollow in a bank as i recall, they lit the fire outside it and were really hot in there with just a small fire.
Best tent I ever had was one I made from a tarp...no poles, just guy lines, 10 feet long by about 6 feet wide, about 4 foot peak at entrance end and 2 foot peak and rear. I just cut, glued and sewed the seams...sewn reinforcements on stress areas...whole tent with pegs weighed less than a pound. Vents built into the peak at the rear, vented all down the sides that can be blocked off by velcroing the floor to the top. This design of yours is just perfect for cold weather camping and is making me want to build another tarp tent.
Now this is using common sense to heat inside of your tent! So glad you kept it outside of the tent and didnt put it inside like some people try to do lol! Thank you for this. Very helpful. Would probably help containt the fire if you used rocks. I'm so tempted to try this. Lol
That’s quite an impressive tarp-tent configuration... Thanks for sharing Lonnie!
That's not a tarp-tent. It's a home made tent. Seems like a nice one, though I'd worry a bit about ventilation. It seemed a bit closed.
Lonnie its good to see you again ive
Got a cabin at the beach your shelter
Looks like a bakers
Tent miss you two
Wow! Just the knowledge of the Shower Curtain Material is AWESOME! I'm now thinking of how much it could help (along with the Reflector and a Siberian Log Fire) in heating other Common Man Tents like the old US Army Pup Tent. Just make a good footprint for the tent, set it up, leave the front open, get your fire going, attach the shower curtain, Bingo! Thanks Lonnie!
Such ability with tarp its awrsome. Walking through this in the wood i would be so impress i would probably leave a note and some goodies. Small and optimized, perfect. Take care Lonnie and Connie you make me wonder about Alaska.
This is great information. I never thought that with such materials such an effect can be achieved. I learned a lot from this video and the one before. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us! Many greetings from German bushcrafter
You're the "Bob Ross" of Wilderness survival. I'm listening, getting it all in, next thing ya know I'm asleep. Dang, I need this to survive I says, then zzzzzz. Good stuff.
Seriously outstanding tent!!! Pennies on the dollar to make and yet a most usable tent. Thanks.
Lonny, you're the first person of all the Bush craft channels I watch that uses an actual reflective sheet behind the fire pit! I've mentioned it to all of them but they never try it! Also, when I was a tank commander I used to keep a canvas bag of rocks, not to big or small in the engine compartment during the day then at night I'd put them in my sleeping bag at the foot area. It kept you toasty all night long and believe me in Korea winter nights can go down to -40.
I used to work on the North Slope of Alaska and we would even run our trucks out onto the Arctic ocean ice at times. Several of us would wrap our meal in foil and place on the diesel engine back in the enclosed "dog house" of our trucks. That was really great to have a hot meal. I have not used hot rocks in my sleeping bag but I know that hot water in stainless steel water bottles slipped into a sock is just heaven on earth in the sleeping bag on a cold night.
I remember seeing the hippy guy on dual survival (Cody something or other) doing this in the first episode years ago, where they were stranded in Nova Scotia..... thought it was a genius idea!
schreineinAV Cody Lundin. Very cool guy! Hasn’t worn shoes for decades snow, sand, it don’t matter to him. I wish he would do another show. Always something interesting
Now THIS is the kind of tent that suits me to a T. I've watched a few of your others but my issue is I'm a little old lady only five feet tall and hands that don't work very well sometimes. This tent I know I can make because I have. LOL Excellent.
At 10:50 "I have a knife on me at all times". Those are words that I live by.
Never leave home without one
Thanks for posting the update Lonnie. It's great to see it holding up so well in the snow.
Really enjoyed this video and I like the modification. I'm going to have to look into those curtains. Thanks for your hard work in bringing us these videos!
Pull two strings and you have a Super Shelter! Great going. Everyone out in extremely cold conditions should have a Super Shelter for those unexpected things that happen. It could very well save lives, and at the very least make sleeping enjoyable. I imagine it is lightweight as well. Thanks for the ideas and your time to show it.
If you have not already seen my video at the link below, you will probably enjoy it based on your comment here.
Easy Portable Survival Shelter For Extreme Cold
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Lonnie, looks like this tent might last you several years. The only thing I've found with those types of tarps is that they don't hold up well in sunlight. UV destroys them pretty fast. I'm impressed with this, you have given me some ideas for one of my own. I was going to make one out of canvas.....still might. If nothing else, this would be a cheaper trial tent. Change anything I don't like before cutting up expensive canvas.
Muskrat Thought: a couple of opaque sheets of visquean on top might protect the setup from UV. Worth experimenting with!
It sure might work. I buy the cheaper type tarps also, Lonnie said in the video that he made awhile back making this tent, he bought the better quality tarps. That could make a lot of difference! I idn't figure there was much difference other than price, but maybe there is.
Muskrat I know being from Europe,that the tarps have a life span of approximately 3years they are degrading slowly
Mainly trough uv sunlight like you mention
There are tarps on the market who does not have this effect but also most costly
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Steve
3 years is great! Mine last about six months! They don't cost much though.
有个更省钱的法子：有一种农业用防滴保温棚薄膜，一面是黑色，一面是银色……
好处：
1、便宜
2、各种尺寸几乎都有
3、耐用，抗老化，即便在强紫外线地区长时间日晒雨淋或者长期高温（50摄氏度）使用，也能用好几年（最少36个月），而普通塑料制品（尤其室内用品）很容易老化变脆碎裂
4、防滴，一旦室内水汽上升至膜形成水滴，不会直接滴下来，而是顺着膜流至最低处落下，可以保证大部分室内面积上不滴水，便于保持干燥……
5、无毒，必要时候可以用来提取饮用水
另外，这种薄膜实际强度还是比较高的，两层膜中间支撑间隔30cm到40cm，30厘米的雪没问题……
经验浅薄，说错勿怪……
Some real craftsmanship with plastic tarps and gorilla/ductape! Excellent ideas. I especially like the emergency blanket fire reflector, and the use of the same material inside the tent for insulation and reflecting. Always enjoy your videos; thank you!
Nice addition of the reflective material. I have Mylar/ foam adhesive backing on the wall behind the woodstove in the basement. It does reflect heat famously. Good job Lonnie and Connie . Thanks
What a great video really shows the aspects of a super shelter I appreciate all your videos Lonnie
That looks perfect for -40 camping! Could be my next moose camp. All you need is a steady supply of firewood. You are an inspiration, sir! Take care.
You are awesome and the reflective tarp was the kicker to your tent .. in the next few weeks on going to make one for me and my lady for camping this spring here in the high Uinta's of Utah .. thanks Lonnie for your great work and God bless you and Connie ..
You always have the best shelter ideas! thanks for the video 😀
Looks like an awesome set up. Smaller fire would work well, even in very cold temps.
Thanks for sharing this video.
Shit 28 degrees were I'm from is fricking a heat wave.. wouldn't even need a fire😄 we just got done with -50 degrees last week. Great video my man
-50 is very cold. 28° is manageable compared to -50.
In Alaska they start wearing short sleeves in 40°
He mean 92 f
Sad to say but the coldest day so far this year has been 48.
I’m intrigued to know what-50 feels like! I certainly would take the cold any day vs 100% Humidity in 110* shade!!! ☃️
Why aren't you sunbathing instead of watching this Helpful video??
Wow all that snow looks lovely
Looks so cozy, especially with the snow.
Very impressive. The solutions, with the plastic heat and smokebarrier is genius! Simple and still I hadn't figured it out. I did try a couple of years ago to just sleep one night out in october. Had no watch. No flashlight. Smoke coming into my eyes. That thing you sleep beneath the fire. So smoke wont rise and get to you. Hadn't figured that one out. Was on a lil shelf. Looked good to me. Idiotic. Have the fire 20 or 30 cm higher than urself. Make like a big stair on a slope. An a frame. Dakota firehole. A tarp. Stuff a sack with branches from spruce. Insolation. I might try again. Who knows. People fleeing all over the world. Good practise. Great upload! Thx man! Very impressive!
Your voice should one of soothing sounds on my alarm clock.
"It's, uhh, 7 AM now and, uhh, time for you to wake now..."
@John Gohde
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This is now my favorite way to build a camp fire! Thank you!!
I’ve watched a video of someone who put a little 6” dryer ducting underneath the sleeping area partially on a slope and buried the pipe underneath where his feet 🦶 would be, eventually the heat dissipation absorbs into the dirt and raises up into the inside of the tent 🏕 and the heat might retain long enough to last overnight, if you’re lucky 🍀. Good luck 🍀 and blessings for your innovation.
can you link the video? hard to image how that worked, sounds very interesting.
Mylar or spaceblankets work well less weight! Also painters clear drop cloth This type shelter works excellently!! Nice to see another OM on you tube! Also pls stress use of tinfoil as reflector too!
What a good idea WOW
The idea of a dead air space works wonders. The PVA shower curtain was genius. It's obvious your fire was way to big but a nice cheap tent that will keep you warm , well you can't go wrong
You my dear have become an "enlighted & moden" mountain man...and the new improved shelter is a shelter ANY woman would be happy to share with you...bet your wife is tickled pink 👍
Good job Lonnie :)
Pretty cool set up bro, I'm 56 and been period camping since I was a child. I still love it. Thanks for the video
Piva is almost the Polish word for beer which also can handle the cold. Lol
Lonnie thats slick all you need is an Iron plate set up over that fire and you have a place for a coffe pot and a camp skellette
Another super video! So happy to see a new offering from you guys this morning!!
good things come to those who wait. Wow did you make us wait! Good video Lonnie and Connie. My little girl Avionna said thank you also.
:o) Tell Avionna for me that she is very welcome. Thanks for watching.
She is doing your survival bracelet tonight. lol. You have a true fan. id rather her watch you and your wife than a lot of what is on TV now days.
Looks to be very comfortable during stormy weather.
Reflector oven. Like we used in the 70’s in Scouts. Cool!
Great idea with the shower curtain!
I always save old shower curtains
Muskrat Outdoors Do you do your own videos sir?
Yes I do. Just click on my name or picture. If you like it, please subscribe! Thanks!
No, but thanks for the compliment! I'm just another hillbilly out in Idaho. Ha!
Muskrat Outdoors absolutely true
You really are a genius when it comes to the outdoors. Your methods and creations leave no compromise and have a high level of finesse.
Excellent set up Lonnie! I like how you can see out. What a good idea with the shower certain. Nice and cozy buddy see you soon
Survival Mindset
Great idea Lonnie, you have great survival knowledge unlike all the idiots that gave you a thumbs down , I figur most of those guys wouldn't survive the first week in a grid down situation.
Love it. Thanks man. Appreciate you lots.
Hi Lonnie: Inspirational. Just what I needed to help prepare for my next trip . Stay Safe & thanks Brian 80
Looks very comfy. Another very informative video Lonnie. Thanks for sharing!
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Love it! 😍
Brilliant video follow up from the tent video the shower curtain is a great idea. It looked thicker than the white sheet stuff and maybe less likely to get small burn holes from flying ash.
Very cool. The shower curtain seems to be right answer! As always I enjoyed your video. Be safe and have fun
I made one with almost the exact same dimensions as that one you have and I got to admit it's awesome!!!... really keeps you warm and cozy in the cold nights but one thing I found out tape and the sun don't go together that well. After a few hours in the sun the tapes got all droopy and it kinda fell apart my second night I was camping out in the open elements I didn't have a backup plan lucky I've seen many MANY survival videos and I did what I could with what I had but I loved the tent will be making anyone but this time I will sow them together
Lonnie awesome video and wow that was warm inside for sure. Yes fire and plastic would be my concern as well but can be done safely for sure as you stated. Awesome video once again Lonnie and keep them coming. Cheers Fred
Camping in the snow sometimes just happens . Took our boy scout troop camping in October, was 65° sat afternoon. Sun it snowed 6" of snow and it was about 25°. We happened to have a pavilion so we moved our chuck boxes to protect them from the snow and has each boy put 1 change of clothes in a car for the morning. Went to sleep and vala instant snow. Started a fire, changed wet clothes and we all did good. Remember with the temperature change, it rained about an inch and then froze for the snow to fall on.
That was a nice sized fire... 😅😅😅
92 in AK, means way beyond comfy in NH :) Such a cool shelter. Inexpensive materials, very easy to make. But it's not "thrown together" like some overlapping pile of tarps. Awesome!
That is really something. Basically, you have created a foil chip bag for yourself. It doesn't take much heat to keep from freezing, but reflective heat is where it's at.
Congratulations on your English.
You have a very clear pronunciation.
Regards!
Thanks Lonnie great video
Excellent adjustments, Lonnie. My best to you and Connie.
Great job, Thanks!
Very well built! Thanks for the video.
"Hello, mister anderson"
LMFAO
Saw this tent design once before on a tv survival show with 2 guys - Cody who was always bare foot and his buddy who came out of the service and used his military training.
Cody built this type - without the Mylar reflective stuff - and it was warm. But that Mylar makes this outstanding.
You may also enjoy another video i did on a more survival type rendition of the same shelter theme.
Easy Portable Survival Shelter For Extreme Cold
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tent!? thats more like a sauna at that temperature! i believe that starts coming into the realms of glamping!
yes if it was 96 celcius.
with the outside temperature taken into consideration.....if you have been out in the cold for hours this would feel like an oven...lol....
As this in usa….so...It's must be fahrenheit NOT celsius ;)
B & A Talks sauna has to be 120 celcius perkele.
Joku Sälli 120 C is 248 F I’m pretty sure you would bake. That’s not a sauna.
Well done . i havent used a super shelter much but have played with it a little. Thanks again my friend.
Thanks for the video.
Gi ! 35 C inside under -3 C outside ! What a clever design ! Thanks for sharing.
Thats a cool setup Lonnie! I have some materials for a smaller supershelter-type laying around, and had some plans to put it together this winter. But have not done that yet. I bought some clear vinyl for the front, something I now understand was stupid of me. I have to look for the stuff you got. The vinyl got super hard just in the backseat of my car on my way home from the store.
I was planning of sewing it together, and then seal the seams with tape. What do you think? Any experience with sewing tarps?
I personally have not sewn tarp but I do know that it works well. Every Fall I stay in a sewn Tarp Wall Tent made from poly tarps that a friend of mine made. He sewed his tarp together rather than use tape like I do. His shelter works very well also and has held up for quite a few years now with only our once a year use of it. However, once I have used a heavy duty tape such as Gorilla or T-Rex tape applied on a new tarp at room temperature, I have never had any seam separation even without sewing. My tarp tipi hot tent has even withstood a windstorm that damaged signs and other things in the towns of South Central Alaska and teh seams are still just like new. Many many years ago I heard a story of someone who made a sail for their high performance ice sled. They glued and sewed the poly tarps and the tarps held up well. I do not know what adhesive they used though. I would guess it would have been some sort of contact adhesive.
Great video, and do-able too. Gotta try this set up .. and with the clear door you get to view the fire in the cozy warmth inside.
Great work! Thanks for sharing :)
Very good video. The changes obviously worked well. I am going to have to go back and see the original build. Looked very comfortable. I really like learning and I always get something from every video.
TIP: If you heat up some rocks in the campfire and stick them in a ceramic or metal container with a lid. You can put it inside your tent on a Fireproof cloth and it will retain Heat and warm your tent for hours. Stick more rocks in the fire outside and Exchange them as needed. A large Orange ceramic flower pot works best just stick the base on top as the lid and flip it upside down on a towel.
Wow. I'm not even 1/4 of the way in and this is hands down the best winter tent I've ever seen. While I've been thinking about getting an expensive and heavy winter camp setup I didn't really stop and think about how I have most of what I'd need to build this cheap setup already! And it wouldn't take up nearly as much space in my jeep as most of the other options I've seen.
You may or may not be interested in my other homemade tarp tent videos as well. One is a range or pyramid tent and the other is a small tipi. Both are designed to be heated with a woodstove. I also did a video on how to make the woodstove.
Make A Pyramid or Range Hot Tent On The Cheap
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Make A Tarp Tent Tipi Hot Tent On The Cheap
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Make A Hot Tent Wood Stove
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Funny how one could die from heat exhaustion in the wintertime lol. Only thing that would make it better is sitting next to a beautiful lake.
I love watching your videos, a lot of times I go back and watch some of the older ones , always good , always informative
Great video lonnie
Great video young fella, @ 71+ 🇨🇦 I'm heading out into the bush for a week. It's a balmy minus -16
Nice Baker's tent, so well made! Enjoyed the tour with the new peva front cover. Am wondering how peva burns when put to a match and if it bounces sparks off without leaving a hole. That's doubtful but peva looks sturdier than the poly and those questions came to mind. Take care and all the best to you, Connie, Buck and family from Peace Country, B.C.
Thanks. I have not tried to light any PEVA to see how well it burns if at all but I do know that the poly tarp will burn if in contact with a flame. My PEVA got too hot during the video since I had too big of a fire too close to the tent. The PEVA gets hot. The wrinkle you can see in the PEVA in the video is a welded section of too hot PEVA that had got folded when I opened the shelter to go out. Where it was folded, it welded it self to itself. That is why I said in the video to build the fire smaller and further back as i could see that after the mods, not near as much heat was required.
That's interesting how it didn't melt and separate, only welded together. Noticed there were no holes in the PEVA which made it look like sparks might be bouncing off, although I imagine you used deciduous wood that throws very few sparks. PEVA appears to be tough stuff and looks like it might be good material for this purpose, thanks Lonnie.
Tall Cedars ok
Very cool setup, you could even add another reflector to the inner side of the roof over the fire to reflect even more heat inside so you have a very small fire then. Good find with the shower curtain too! I'll have to try and find one now.
I know you said you had a knife and could be out quickly if a fire !?
If your asleep and that tent starts on fire you may get out but your lungs will be permanently damaged the lethal carcinogens caused by the toxic gases from burning Plastics that would just fry your lungs my friend!
please be careful!
Also consider some kind of metal mesh for preventing sparks and embers floating or popping your way ?
I Got one I keep in front of the fireplace ?
Be careful out there .
Very ingenious. Right now, with that fire, it might be better as a sauna when you are WIDE awake.