Is the Cloud Peak 2 a 4 Season Tent?

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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.

Great video, thanks for this. I've just bought this tent and glad to take on board your mods.

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

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

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.

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👍👍👍

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.

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.

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.

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

Great video, man 👍

Just bought 3 9.5mm poles in red from your link - cheers brother - need a pipe cutter next!

, 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 👍👍

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.

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

The zippers work much better if you apply zipper wax. I did it and they move so great now.

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

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.