Severe Storm Camping in a Temu Tent - Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Overnight Adventure

[Music] my friends welcome to this episode of the outter gar review I hope you all are doing well for this adventure I just made it out to the campsite that I'm going to stay at Let Me Tell You Folks The View out here is incredible check this out finally a nice campsite with a great view most of the time I'm deep in the woods surrounded by trees so this is definitely different as far as the weather conditions go today it is beautiful temperature 64° it's incredibly warm at the same time it's fairly Breezy hopefully it stays the same or calms down just a little bit ultimately we have no control over this so we will see what happens together in this adventure the primary focus is a tent that I purchased off of Teemu a very inexpensive tent recently I put up a preview of this tent and in this episode we're going to test it out because this is an inexpensive tent that I purchased off of Teemu I'm not going to trust this product that's why this is not a backpacking trip I have my vehicle here just in case I need to bail because the thing is this when it comes to Teemu or any Chinese site when it comes to cheap gear you never know what you're going to get I look at these type of products as a Gamble and before I purchase anything I ask myself what am I willing to lose 20 bucks 40 bucks 100 bucks as for this tent here it was 120 bucks so I took a gamble on it because it looked interesting so far I have to say I'm impressed is it going to leak is it going to be a good shelter I don't know let's find out together to start off let's go ahead and let's set up this tent real quick for I just got the tent all set up and here comes the wind even stronger now hopefully that's not a sign of what's to come the forecast is not calling for any wind so I'm not really sure where this is coming from I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the forecast is wrong but whatever the tent has been fully staked out I do have the door open and up as you can see it's an awning as well as a door for now I'll leave it this way especially as I get the tent ready for tonight as you all can see here the design of this tent is very interesting the actual length of this is incredibly long it is over 7t long perfect for one person no doubt at the same time time this tent has a ton of ventilation you can see here that the body is covered in mesh and when you're inside of the tent there's a ton of air flow [Music] the tent is all set up for the evening the sleeping pad is the one TI gri obsidian which is a fourth season pad that I am currently testing out the blanket on top is a product from snug pack I reviewed this many years ago to this day I continue to love this product The Snug pack jungle blanket is excellent It's inexpensive it's warm it's just an awesome product it's funny over the years I have purchased maybe 40 of those and I'm sure you're wondering why have I purchased 40 of those I'll tell you why anytime that I meet a viewer of the channel who has a child who's interested in the outdoor I buy them a jungle blanket so over the years I have purchased literally like 40 of these things if it's a boy they get a jungle blanket if it's a girl they get something more girly without a doubt this is an awesome product that continues to perform well even though the quality of snug pack has gone down the prices have gone up the quality of this product is still good to this day what I need to start thinking about is a tarp setup here I do have a few trees here that I can use to set up the tarp but the overall placement of these trees is not the best I'm going to think about this for a second and I'll bring you all back as soon as I've figured out what I want to do for in [Music] yeah is that for cheers everyone cheers talk about a beautiful campsite this really is one incredible views the area is relatively flat we do have some trees that's good huge fire pit it's kind of funny there's this gigantic fire pit here but yet all of the drywood in this area has been burned so everybody who's comeing here having a fire they're having to bring their own wood a few years back I came out for a trip I wrapped it up I was going home I was driving this road here and so I'm like driving the road and I come across a log in the road right keep on going here's another one keep on going here's another log somebody had dropped their firewood out of the back of their truck or whatever there was dry firewood randomly placed all over that road for Miles that sucks I feel bad for that person that's funny I don't believe I've told you all the weather forecast for this trip so later on tonight around 9:00 rain is coming in the forecast says that over the course of the night a/4 inch of rain is going to fall and then it's going to rain for the rest of the day tomorrow and so on so this should be a very good rain test for our Teemu ENT some viewers can become very upset when it comes to Chinese products unfortunately within the outdoor space most products are made in China or Vietnam or the Philippines there are very few us-made Outdoor Products there are a few exceptions for an example thermarest makes sleeping pads right here in the United States the thing is if you want a sleeping pad from thermarest you're going to pay for it there are a few companies out there who have experimented with making two versions of a product for an example Kelty made a tent some years back they had a Chinese made version and a version that was made in the United States the tents were exactly the same the only difference was where they were made at the Chinese version cost 150 bucks the one made here in the United States $650 in my opinion one of those tents made sense the other did not I personally do my best to support as many American companies as I can as it makes sense something to consider is that I have to purchase everything here on the channel 99 98% something like that and what I review is based upon your feedback if I see that there's a lot of interest in a certain product I get it in to review that's how it works it doesn't matter to me where the product's made at it's all about your feedback now with that being said talking about Chinese products specifically I'm going to share with you all how I see things and you're free to completely disagree that's completely fine here with the channel you don't have to agree with me at all you can think differently you can see things differently when I give a review I'm sharing my thoughts I'm not sharing your thoughts I'm sharing mine you're always free to disagree we're all individuals we think differently that's fine when I purchase a product from Teemu for an example I look at it like this I'm still supporting American jobs think about the workers who are bringing it across the sea think about the workers who are unloading it think about the custom agents who have to approve it think about the individuals who then truck it across the country think of the fuel that's being purchased for those trucks to deliver those goods think about the individuals who have to process the mail then the person who delivers it so on and so forth that is how I look at purchasing a product like this or any other product we're still supporting American jobs it is easy to forget about all of the people who are working behind the scenes you may be purchasing a product that was made in China but at the same time you're putting food on the plates of Americans that's important to consider now of course you're free to disagree I'm not saying that things are perfect because they're far from it anytime that I'm having a conversation with a viewer about americanmade products versus Chinese I ultimately say the same thing if you don't like the way things are right now vote and change it do something about it don't complain to me about it because I control absolutely nothing other than my vote that my friends is how I see it cars it's quiet out here this time of year it's quiet out here in a few months this place is going to be super super busy nonstop overlanders just one after the other not too many motorcycles but some mostly dirt bikes I just noticed everybody I had a tick crawling on my pants it came from my coffee cup I had placed it down on the ground put it right here in my lap and that's where it was it is that time folks we have to worry about ticks again the truth is you have to worry about them all the time it doesn't matter if it's 10° outside 20° or like today when it's like 60 on many occasions I've pulled ticks off of myself at 10° F it's because of ticks that I treat my clothing with Permethrin Permethrin isn't insecticide yes it's a chemical I don't like chemicals just like everybody else but you have to do what you have to do so with that tick there it was crawling around but within no time it would have been dead as for the conditions it's still windy but luckily with this tent here it's actually blocking some of the wind so I can sit out here and I'm perfectly fine as you all have seen I set up a tarp and that's really more for like protection later on tonight going into tomorrow wake up run over there stay dry and that's because the weather forecast says that it's going to begin raining tonight and it's going to rain all day tomorrow it will be interesting to see whether or not this tent is waterproof place your bets ladies and gentlemen it's time to gamble sh all [Music] is for for this everyone is awesome so what I have here is some broccoli and a red vinegarette sauce or dressing something no matter what it is it's amazing I salted it just a little bit it is so good as far as the time goes it is now 6:10 the sun goes down in about 10 minutes the temperature is dropping and the winds are picking up just a little bit man that is good that is so simple but yet so tasty as far as the cheese burger goes it's plain and simple we have lettuce tomato a little bit of garlic salt some pepper and we have some mustard and mayonnaise with a side of ketchup this is amazing plain simple and delicious now that I'm eating I discovered just how hungry I am I don't want to talk to you I just want to eat [Music] man that's good I tell you what everybody I'm going to enjoy this meal and I'll talk to you all in just a bit for dinner was was amazing that cheeseburger was the best one that I've had in a long time it was so good even the broccoli was amazing as you all could see it's getting dark we have about 5 minutes of light left I went ahead cleaned up and now the question is what do I do as far as the time goes it's only 6:45 unfortunately we're not going to have a fire tonight already discussed that a little bit there's no wood around here I mean this place is so popular in the summertime you would be lucky to find a stick this big to burn to be honest I might spend a little bit of time underneath the tarp talking to you all then I think I'm going to call it a night something we should think about is the possibility of this tent leaking so maybe I should get as much sleep as possible before it rains because I might have to bolt out of that tent H I don't know that's something to think think about there it's definitely within the realm of possibility as far as this tent goes I have no idea what's going to happen it might leak it might not I simply do not know drinking coffee at 700 p.m. might be a bad idea generally I could fall asleep after drinking coffee the only thing is is like I have crazy crazy dreams like super Vivid really bizarre dreams I love going to sleep I mean it's like you're going on some crazy adventure every single night I tell you what everybody there is something I want to talk about tonight I want to talk about just for a second here a man named Steve Steve is one of us he's one of the viewers of the channel and his daughter sent me a message the other day and said that he just recently passed away he'd been fighting the good fight against cancer and he lost and the way that she spoke about Steve is the way that I hope my kids talk about me when I'm gone it was very clear very evident that Steve was a good man it really did sound like he was a stand-up individual and uh his daughter was just saying that basically anytime somebody would come over and be with them they would watch my [Laughter] Adventures that's awesome so this cheers is to Steve cheers my friends on to the next adventure this is what the forecast says everyone showers likely mainly after 900 p.m. patchy fog after 3:00 a.m. chance of rain 70% rainfall amounts around a/4 of an inch tomorrow rain 100% chance up to half an inch and it's just rain every single day as for the winds it says South 6 to 8 mph that's not bad well everybody it is now 8:30 I'm inside of the tent and I'm going to call it a night my plan is to get as much sleep as possible before the rain starts just in case you never know what's going to happen with a cheap tent so who knows a few minutes ago I checked the weather and it has increased the amount of rain that's coming in tonight it says now half an inch of rain that's a pretty good amount that's definitely a good test for this tent everybody I will see you all in the morning good night for now good morning everybody it's around 4:30 in the morning I have an update for you all surprise surprise this tent is waterproof it has not leaked a bit and it's been pouring outside in fact right now there's like a river of water surrounding us at the same time it's windy I'm glad I'm inside of this tent and I'm going back to sleep [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] h [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] oh yeah my friends good morning good morning as far as the time goes it is now 7:12 it says on the watch here that it's 53° 94% humidity and we are at 3330 ft this morning it's fairly chilly because of all of the moisture in the air the humidity but it's windy too luckily we have this tarp set up this is a lifesaver while I stayed dry inside of that tent it's very small it's long but it's small I was in that tent last night and I was thinking about how it would be the perfect Ste Ste camping tent the black material blocks out 95% of the light coming out of it so you can be inside of that thing stealth camping lights on and only a small amount of light would be coming through the tent is waterproof how about that the inexpensive teu tent I took a gamble on it and I won with where I set the tent up it is actually up on a rise there so the inside of the tent is completely dry but everything around it is basically flooded that's one reason why you have to carefully select your campsites when you go [Applause] out wow what a beautiful place you know very very cool something else that I like a lot is the Forerunner I've been receiving quite a few questions about it what do I think about it do I miss the truck I do not missed the truck not at all it was a fantastic Tundra I loved it but I was ready for something different something smaller as you all saw yesterday it easily fit inside of this campsite I was able to navigate this area very easily navigating this site with the truck would not have been easy because it's just so big but I definitely love the 4Runner it's good to be back to one of those I don't know if I spoke about this in the previous Adventure but I sold the tundra for more than I bought it for isn't that something the whole vehicle Market is insane right now you know like Toyota for an example like their vehicles are so hot they're flying off the Lots Toyota's been setting like records every single month for sales but from what I've heard that's not the case with other brands not only did I get more for my truck than I paid for it but with the incentives you know the discounts and whatnot then factor in the tax right off I did pretty good on this you may be wondering whether or not I missed the trck truck and how loud it was you know the truck sounded great it really did and I thought I would miss it but I've really grown to enjoy how quiet this vehicle is it is so quiet whereas the truck was so loud I mean redneck loud I'm a redneck welcome to the South that's how it works [Applause] cheers let's check the weather forecast this morning and see what they say it says rain with patchy fog before 1: p.m. High near 52 winds up to 8 m an hour chance of rain 100% rain amounts 1 in today so last night I would say a good half in fell considering that point that makes that tent so much more impressive it's a cheap Teemu tent and it didn't leak at all even with heavy rain all night long the rain started last night around 9:30 and it's been on like Kong all night all morning it says it's going to rain tonight it's going to rain tomorrow it's going to rain Friday Saturday it is always raining up here in the mountains and at the same time it's always [Applause] windy [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] this is pretty good it's probably the equivalent of a candy bar though Nature's Bakery oatmeal crumble strawberry let's don't look at the nutritional information let's just eat it the ultimate combo bite coffee [Applause] sip H I'm thinking about what I want to do it's 7:30 pouring the rain super windy a little cold I'm thinking about packing up and heading out of here what do you all think if you were here instead of me what would you do right [Applause] now would you stay would you go it's going to rain all day all night tomorrow the next day and so on what would you do this is pretty funny everybody I got a message from Suzy saying good morning how you doing all that stuff and she asked about that tent and whether or not it leaked and I said nope it didn't leak it's another teu tent wind and she says why is it that bush nail tents leak and Teemu tents don't I have no idea it shouldn't be that way when it comes to the table here the cookware and all of that stuff I purchased this a few years ago go and just now am I getting around to actually using it I bought this for like overlanding purposes and this is the most expensive outdoor product I have ever purchased or I should say the most expensive Outdoor Products this is actually two different components here this kit is incredibly awesome it is so well thought out welld designed the quality is pretty good for what it is I will have to say when it comes to the water jug here I have to say when it comes to the water jug here I did have to make two repairs because when it comes to the water jug here I have when it comes to the water jug unfortunately I had to make two repairs it leaked from two different locations luckily I was able to fix that pretty easy but everything else has been really solid incredibly cool incredibly well thought out Ultra expensive all right everybody it is time to pack up it is time to go breaking everything down is going to be fairly easy straightforward most of the components are large I can easily just grab them put them up inside of the tent I went ahead and broke down everything already I do that as soon as I wake up before I exit the tent every single time I'm out for a trip I roll up the sleeping pad I compress the sleeping bag and so on I get all of that done so I don't have to do it later I tell you what everybody before I break down all of this wet stuff let me tell you all what I do with it so inside of the vehicle here I have two large dry bags they're like 75 L dry bags I will take all of this wet stuff The Tint the tarp the poles the steaks I'll put everything inside of those bags and then roll them up that way the inside of the vehicle doesn't get wet it doesn't get nasty that is how I go about storing all of this wet stuff when I go out for a wet trip and it works really really well all right everybody it is time to go [Applause] [Applause] my friends I want to thank you so much for joining me for this trip I hope you all had a great time just like I did can you believe it the teu tent did did not leak that's impressive oh man I am absolutely soaked and it's time to go home so everybody take care be well I will see you all next week with some new reviews in the next adventure bye for now for for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: TheOutdoorGearReview

Views: 136,156

Keywords: camping, camper, camp, cooking, survival, surviving, survived, wild, wilderness, adventure, Ice, weather, Freezing, Backpacking, Stealth adventure, winter camp, truck camp, thunderstorm, Truck camping in a rain storm, van life in rain, truck camp thunderstorm, toyota Land Cruiser camping, rain truck camp, land cruiser camping, Japanese Import, 4runner, 4runner camping, 4runner overlanding, 4runner overland, temu, temu tent, temu camping, temu storm camping, temu tent storm camping

Id: Y7AvHKdoLfU

Length: 50min 59sec (3059 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 21 2024