...better for you to find the faults, saves us a lot of cash and anguish..lol..keep safe..

As someone in the military you quickly realize that “military grade” doesn’t mean good quality, just lowest cost good old Uncle Sam can get it for.

I love it how civilians think "military grade" or "used in our armed forces" think it is a highest tier. Trust me when I say this, a lot of military gear includes the slogan "embrace the suck".

Never have I ever looked up camping gear why is UKposts recommending me this? Anyway I will now proceed to watch the video

“Oh I wish, with all my heart, that my gear would stop falling apart” is all I have to say about “military grade equipment”.

The mere fact that you cant get in or out during rain is a big fault and a no go.

I can't recall ever having a tent like this issued to me in the military. The only thing we got was a canvas shelter half

In the age of internet where so much crap is on UKposts, I really like your channel. I’m not able to take the kids camping because of medical issues but we all sit down together and watch your videos and kinda live vicariously through you and Susie. Don’t stop the great content train!

I have never slept so well as I have after sleeping in a tent on a rainy night.

The more tent camping I see the more I'll stick with hammock camping. I got the larger rainfly for mine and have cooked under that sheltered area in a heavy rain. I've also hosted tent campers who had cabin fever. Easy access to enter & exit the hammock under shelter of the rainfly without getting wet is another advantage. The only disadvantage is the potential of being seen as a bear taco.

They used to call these "Lung failure bags" because these types of tents, even after washing, due to all the moisture build up due to condensation, would grow mold and fungus and soldiers would often get pneumonia or other lung related diaeases - AND if enough black mold builds up in the tent and someone inhales it, it's either bye bye world or hello lung transplant.

The one I was issued in the Marine corps I just ditched the rain fly and used a tarp over it and that was the best way to go

Design note on most military gear: Designed functional and rugged (usually) at the cheapest cost to the taxpayers (usually), not for comfort ever (for proof I submit to you the design of the version 1 HUMVEE seat - a crushable pad with a bolted down seat back somewhere in the vicinity). All gear comes in two sizes, too large and too small. Also for proof, ask anyone who has ever slept in any GP (General Purpose) Medium Tent which is a tent that's been around since the 50's I believe but is still commonly found in most military units for use in the field. Comes in two sizes, sweltering in the heat and freezing in the cold. Suggestion for a Steath1 possible solution we found since I've used many low profile tents like that: Use a poncho drape over the doorway since most doors like that are designed to take your boots off and hide / keep your gear close but not inside the tent while keeping a low profile. The drape ( usually rigged at about a 30 deg angle which spools water off to each side, not in front of the door, plus try to keep a "peak" in it which is superb for a 4 point tie down ) has to be rigged over the door but not contact the tent, therefore defeating the waterproofing of the tent, but what it does do is keep the rain out when the door flap is open which definitely helps with the condensation problem. Also allows you to swing your legs out over the "bath tub" and plop your feet in your boots without taking a shower if you get my meaning.

Thank god there are people like you out there to save us all the time, hassel and most importantly our money!!💰 Much love man thanks again for what you do!

I wasn't overly confident about this tent... glad you confirmed it..

Come on Luke, that small leak is the engineered cooling system to offset the lack of ventilation while maintaining stealth.

No thanks, I agree with you! I need air and very much dislike a tent that sweats on the inside. That's not water proof to me.

No idea what'd I do for youtube to recommend this, but boy, that's entertaining.

When you opened the fly, I was expecting water and fish to flow out. 😃

Reminds me of the standsport tent, they are cheap, I camped up in the mountains in May it was raining then went to freezing rain, I woke up with water all around..

I would have abandoned the test and move into the other tent in the background! Your evaluation is appreciated.

Such fantastic conditions for these tests! We got lucky that you could really put these tents through their paces!

Thanks for taking another one for the team Luke! After the I-survived-the-Mylar-Shelter adventure and this one back to back, I suggest you do a glamping adventure and invite Susie!

I love this channel. It got me into solo ultralight backpacking! Your videos are super in depth and helpful for me to find new and better gear! Thanks friend 🙂

What I like in this channel is the clear information what are the weak spots of particular designs and materials. Learning a lot.

You are doing a very important job by unbiasedly testing all of these products. Thank you!

That rain sounds like every day camping in the UK. Haha.

Thankyou for your integrity, too many tubers trying to flog the outdoor community products that just don't work, all best Will 😎👍👍

Thank you for doing this review. You are saving people a lot of money by giving them the information to pick a good tent the first time.

Nice video! Thanks for taking the time to put the temperature and wind speed in the metric system 🙂👍🏻

Another awesome review Luke.. Thx! It looks sharp when it's set up, but once you're in it, NO THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

Great video I love the effort you put into this so people do not waste their money on a product that doesn’t preform. I had a dome tent once and only used it a few times because of the lack of ventilation. Back in the 80s eureka made a tent called the Alpine Meadows. They made a 2,4 and 6 person. My son and I started back country canoeing every summer from when he was 5 till 18 . We had the 2;person and we never got wet in the the harshest conditions of wind and rain. The beauty of the tent it that the rain fly extended over the front and rear doors some and you could open the top foot on either end. We could dry clothes in there even with it raining. This was in the Kenai Moose Refuge on the Swan Lake canoe trail system.

That would be so uncomfortable in the heat! Great review...thank you and stay safe.

“Very old surplus tent” out for “ten years” 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Hold my shelter half

Thanks for the metric conversions, they’re very useful to me :)

its lockdown in the uk a luke video is very welcome. be safe everyone

Love the reviews man, especially love the popup temp conversions onscreen, saves me doing it myself :D

Thanks for another great outdoor gear review on this tent.

Thank you Luke for a great review.

Perfect review as always. Thanks!

I have the stealth and used it when I did my cross country motorcycle trip. You’re definitely right about the lack of ventilation. It’s snug and not a ton of room for gear. But it’s light weight and compact. Perfect for what I needed. Thanks for the video. I’m planning camping trips for this spring in Montana and thinking I check out hammock tents. I like the ideal about being up off the ground since I’m not focused on hiding so much.

Oddly enough, I have the old military version of that tent. Got it off Ebay in 2009 or so. It has the integrated poles/hub and sets up really quick. I love mine, tons of winter beach camping and it has always served me well.

I don't have a great deal of interest in camping but for some reason your reviews are really satisfying to watch! Keep it up

Great review, it's nice that you detail the cons that exist. Yeah, ventilation is vital and looks like that door is a real fail. 👍

Utah Jeff .... here ... I think I would rather sleep on my cot with a big tarp than in these tiny tents.... at 67 years old I cannot roll around on the ground like a gymnast anymore ...,

I would have traded my old pup tent for one of these while at Fort Polk in the 80’s just to keep the bugs out 😉 I used to zip up my sleeping bag with only a breathing hole and eventually pass out from exhaustion to keep the creepy crawlers off. Of course back then I was 18 and in the army and as someone else mentioned told to suck it up 😎 Love the video, thanks for taking one for the team!

I'm definitely buying one of those. Thanks for the info. I just bought a North Face Stormbreak I for bicycle touring. I think it will be fine-lots of ventilation & full cover fly. I have a Eureka Apex II that is great but a bit too heavy for lengthy bike touring. Be safe. 👍☮️🌞🦠😷🚲🏕

“If I open this door, everything on the inside is going to get wet”........ great tent design! FAIL

Thank you for the professional information.

Luke, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the ultimate, lightweight bug-proof mesh tent to pitch under a tarp. Considering the fact that we will all be using it with a tarp, the areas of concern are, is it lightweight? Is it totally bug/spider proof? Is it AFFORDABLE? Is it durable? Color would be a factor as well. I don't care how awesome it is, I just can't get excited about it if it's hot pink/neon green, etc. Barring a massive design flaw, it SHOULD be breathable. I think myself not alone in saying that YOU are the man for the job! (Don't know who else I would trust here on "the tube"!) Luke, thanks so much for all you do/ have done. Much appreciated!

I’ve switched to hammock backpacking and I haven’t looked back since. Once you get it right you’re hooked for life! (at least to two trees that is)

Test the Hilliberg Tarra tent some time, I have that tent and love it, was in a 3 day down pour stayed bone dry, good ventilation but made for cold weather and mountaineering K1 Everest etc

I've never been in a tent 100% waterproof, I camped outside for 5 years strait, (except winters) and what I learned is always use tarps over your tent...GL!

Enjoyed the video. I think it would work great in snow, looking forward to seeing a snow test.

New subscriber here, thank you for doing these tests! They are really helpful for a newbie camper like me!

The structure and design looks great. But I feel like they gave up functionality for overall design. Just one second of opening that door and the inside of your tent becomes an aquarium.

I have the army surplus version of your first tent. Slight variations with the rain fly but I love mine. Been camping in the winter and the rain and never had a problem. The blacked out inside makes it great for sleeping in because almost no light gets through. A little warm in the summer but it's not too bad with the doors open and mosquito net up. I sleep on a thin air mat and have never had a condensation issue yet.

I was out camping around Fontana lake while Zeta was coming through as well. Looks about like the same area. on the Tenn NC border. Was a great time!

This video was just too tense.

I have one of the Catoma Stealths as well. I am about 6 foot so it is very ... cozy. I never used it in very hot weather and after listening to your review, I am thinking it would be great as a cold weather setup vs. the litefighter.

I actually just took my Combat II camping and it worked perfectly fine although I did have the solid part of the doors open for ventilation

I have the military issue version and found that a good combo is to use a aus hoochie instead of the outer fly it works a treat

The setup that I spent a whole Summer and Fall in (9 Months) was a two tarp and cheap tent set-up. The tarps were long enough to seal-up the back and have a substantial vestibule in front. The sides of the bottom tarp came up on the sides to prevent water from splashing up from the ground and the top tarp did not reach the ground to allow for ventilation. I just used a cheapo dome tent with plenty of screen on top for ventilation and to keep the bugs out. Never had a problem with water infiltration or condensation. I took off my boots and left them in the vestibule and did all of my cooking there during rainy weather. I always stayed clean and dry.

Your editing is *top notch*. 👍

Thank you for going through a sleepless, hot, damp night for the sake of this video and I’m glad you did as I’m now even more happier for my purchase of a 23zero Outbreak 1550 swag over the Darche Nebula 1550. I chose the 23zero due to the window design that you can have really good ventilation on a hot humid night in the rain, while the Nebula has to be ALL closed up. Did I mention I live in Queensland Australia? It can get fricken hot & humid and I’d hate to endure a rainy night without an open vent. So this video really instilled how important ventilation is & now even happier I chose the swag I did due to its ventilation.

Love your channel bro, definitely outdoor I mean I would say extreme camping and a very honest from an experiential point of view. Bless you for the ordeal, looks miserable at best....

this guy is testing a tent in a hurricane...CRAZY... i love it.... SUBSCRIBED

"if I open this door everything on the inside of that tent is going to get wet." yes, with the door as part of the roof... who would buy such a mess outside of the military? lol who would even construct such a pos^^ thanks for your warning, you saved a lot of "challenged" customers a whole lot of money.

Excellent stuff, sir; as always!

I got something like this from Go Outdoors in the UK a few years ago. The upper parts of the inner were a mesh so it wasn't humid, but small... the tent was 6' long. I am 5'11. It paid for itself, offsetting the hotel bills I avoided paying but like the first one you tested, better suited to those outdoor types who don't mind the discomfort and damp, and who have no need of sitting up.

A tent I would recommend you checking out, is the Mil-Tec Recom 1 man tent. Seen some of it online, not a very expensive tent, and it looks really interesting design-wise, propably in the same "competitor class" as this one!

Where I’m at over here, ALOT of people like you put they tents up under the overpasses and I think that helps improve the waterprooficity.

Great review Sir… adapt and overcome is my motto

I'd rather carry a larger 2 person dome tent that weights more, then be cramped into a uncomfortable shell. I use a 3 person tent for 2 people.

Hey Mate, do a "state of the gear collection video" and a series on all of your favourite gear loadouts.

You should hang an altimeter in there when you let it stand like that. Most have readings for temp and humidity and my garmin would chart it over time. Give you a good idea for when you need to take some seasoning to baste with

Well done. Great review

Great looking tent! Perfectly acceptable for military grade stealth

Cheap tent without the rainfly to keep out the bugs, oversized tarp cover suspended over the tent to allow for proper ventilation and outside dry area in the rain. A good quality sleep system to be comfortable.

A tarp and a hammock/foam-air mat works just great for me. Tarp even works as a bivvy.

So you’re sayin’ it would make a good back-up sweat lodge?

I was in a tent for that storm as well, in a Coleman tent that did an ok job. My son and I were camping right off th pigeon river in Hartford TN. And the cold came in the day after and that was all of the weather we could take. It’s was a great vacation right up to the storm.

I’m so glad I have the Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2. It’s waterproof, has good ventilation, and has plenty of room.

I have a good 2-man tent by Moss tents (purchased in 1999) that stays very dry during several days of rain with decent ventilation, but condensation is a problem as well.

I do love your channel my dude, but one thing I've noticed is that most of your leaks tend to occur along ridgelines where there actually is a guy rope tie-off, but you haven't attached any ropes or pegs to those sections so they aren't pulled taught off the tent poles. As someone who comes from a country with far wilder weather than North America, 3/4 season camping got taught to me as a child, and the #1 lesson was never leave a single point not tied down. If your fly directly touches the poles it WILL leak, no matter the tent and no matter the spot. That's just how condensation works. Try tying up all your guy ropes and you may have a different experience :)

For the Rain forest of south east alaska a hot tent with a titanium stove is the way to get dry and stay comfortable. Can’t wait to try it out. Cheers. 4.5 lbs on the stove.

Looking forward to hearing about the Combat tent.

Hey Luke! Yeah that tent would not work very well here where I live. I would have to leave the sleeve off and just use a tarp over it maybe. Here in Texas you would really cook inside that thing all sealed up like that.

I like the way you do you're testing of different items and the way you explain the there are ways you could improve the item but what I'm most jealous about is you have an extensive area of places you can go to get away from people for some peace I'm suffering a lot mental health problems due to my wife and son having a life shortening disorder and I am desperately looking for somewhere I can go and just get for a few days away from home do my nature photography as this is so helpful for my mental status but sadly in the UK it's not as simple as you would like to think and now we're back under coronavirus lockdown this only makes things worse because now I'm trapped in the house at least we got some of your videos to watch I suppose we should be grateful for that I'm 51 one my preferred camping is Bush camping open just a hammock under a tarp although I do have tents So if you're ever in the UK would be interesting to meet you possibly even go camping for a weekend stay safe regards Darren

Nice job planning this. 🏕🏕

The fly opening is hinged on the side instead ofthe top if the latter you could prop it up it up as a canopy no drips.

This was not only a dope idea but dope video!

My Snugpak Ionisphere was very similar but they went with 100% mesh design to avoid the dew. But it was a very cold tent. Also vvery very low

I spent 6 weeks in a 1964 springbar tent in Ketchikan Alaska. While everyone with a plastic tent had to hang tarps over theirs, I sat back and relaxed. In fact my tent came to be the hangout place for everyone else. Zed water came through the walls even with stuff touching them. In canvas you never ever have ventilation problems. While my puptent isn't for backpacking, it weighs 21 lbs, if I'm going to be at a site and do my hiking in a hub fashion, then I will make 2 trips to bring it. Although I don't like carrying it more than 14km. Unfortunately today's springbar tents are seriously lacking in quality 😢

Back in the late 80’s I was attached to the 38th MDS in West Germany. Every month we were in the field. I loved it. As an Air Force guy, I spent a lot of time in the woods. I still have my issued cold weather sleeping bag. I have found no better sleeping bag than this one. We had fun. MRE’s, cold, wet tents and sleep deprivation. I didn’t mind it being in my early 20’s. I was a true GLCM warrior. Not a “GAMMA GUY”. Take care all. 🇺🇸😎👍

I like the tent,if it was taller by 6 inches and if it had vents it would be perfect for stealth camping because of the low profile. Is it a 4 season 🤔

Can't wait for the catoma stealth 2 review

I had an issue with a tent over the summer. I put a tarp on the ground and did a half wrap with the from somewhat open and now that your saying the air flow now I know where I messed up

Looks like a perfect winter tent

Although I appreciate the review done, it does give me some insight on a couple matters, I have two of these and I'll tell you why. I am primarily by both hobby, Industry/Trade, and self claimed survivalist [we'll see one day] from the overlanding communities. The couple rigs I have are all outfitted or can be to disappear for weeks on end if necessary middle of nowhere with moderate sufficiency and of course can be rigged out for different scenarios. There is NO one size fits all situation only what you can be prepared for. Our military does well in all scenarios except for expenditures because of a support system that is second to none. One rig has a sleeping platform inside of it, the '91 4Runner. A second rig, a '93 Ranger has a Flip-Pac unit, and a newer 3rd Gen Tacoma a RTT setup on a bedrack. NO stranger to sleeping in primitive settings. In fact, the Ranger was home in the mountains or desert floor for over 2 years and 4 months before Van life was really a UKposts "trend-setting" and I was still employed where I had to wear suits and ties to work 6 days a week. The Stealth tents for my needs were bought with the intention of being low profile, low noticeable use and to a degree of thinking, splurging in consideration it offered a lot in more protection than none or a gopher tarp with the added confidence that if it was needed at all - better than nothing as it might even provide some much needed morale in a bad time with shelter constraints. All in all, what attracted me was as a Mil-Spec pc, it should reflect some good and useful engineering aspects in theory. I also liked its compactness both in and out of use as I have them compression strapped to the bottom of my go/get home bag like a butt-pack in case I ever had to leave my vehicle in the wilderness or head for the wilderness. In the desert, the rainfly could go unused and make use of the above open vent, same with the door. Granted it does rain here and the fly would come in use at some point. The tent is mainly to keep scorpions and small critters away in a warmer to moderate NON-humid climate. Like you mentioned in the video, It would be interesting to use in a snow season just to see how it performed. I may have to see what I can do as snow 99.9% of the times is only in the mountains here in Nevada. Now If I were back where I grew up at in Michigan where its humid, often rains without much warning, I'd bet i'd have similar results. But I digress as knowing as uncomfortable as it may be. I bought them for a survival standpoint, not comfort, not because I was camping with young children and was glamping. It was designed and built for the use of minimal or a minimalists perspective. Live in a lifted, standard cab, Ford Ranger, even with a comfortable tent setup, for any length of time let alone almost 2.5 years and you will find out just exactly what you don't need in life and get some of it when you want it - trust me.