6:17 Condolences to you and your Family Luke.

This is one of the best tents to keep your spiders dry and cozy.

Hi Luke, thank you for this excellent review on our Gossamer II tent. Sorry for loss, our thoughts are with you and your family! All the best, the JACK WOLFSKIN social team

Speaking of creatures in a tent, one night I backpacked into a campsite at Point Reyes National Seashore about 30 miles north of San Francisco. It rained cats and dogs all night with high winds also. In the morning there was a Pacific Tree Frog in my tent. You know it rained hard when even a frog seeks refuge from the storm

I'm not a camping enthusiast, however I've found watching your videos enjoyable because you tell it like it is. You take the time to explain why something is good or bad. There is not many channels out there that will do that.

Had my 1-person version for many years now. I've used it in rain, sleet and snow and it's never leaked once. At one point I set it up in a very poor spot with a ground sheet that extended too far out the sides, I had an inch of water up the outside of the bathtub floor on all sides and water sloshing around beneath me. Zero leaks. I've had it up in the mountains in Sweden and Norway, I've taken it on numerous fishing trips, car camping and so on. It has the same zipper design and I have never had a single issue with bugs getting inside. So I'd chalk that up to the user simply not checking to make sure the zips almost kiss one another. It's a great tent and easy to recommend if you are OK with the weight and size.

Hello Luke, my name is Markus. I'm from Germany. I have had the Gossamer I from Jack Wolfskin for many years. It was and is in frequent use in all weathers. I am thrilled to this day. It is dense, compact and light. A small tarp stretched over the entrance makes it easy to get on and off dry. Many greetings from southern Germany. P.S. You and Susi make great videos ..... it's fun to watch.

I also own this tent. Best waterproof tent I have ever owned. Looks cool. Quality. 👍

I have a tent with the tiny gap at the zipper ends. When I zip up, for the night, I put a bandana or sock in the gap and zip it up - problem solved.

Sounds like a pretty awesome tent, overall. Sorry for the loss in your family, Luke.

Condolences on your loss. Wolfskin has a good reputation here in the UK.

I'm sorry for your loss you and your family are in my prayers ❤🙏Strength and Honor

So sorry for you and your family's loss.

So glad this tent has the styling AND quality! great review Luke, ty!

Great review Luke but that amount of rain is not an event here in the UK - it’s just a Thursday 😆

I love my original gossamer. Thank you for pointing out its one small flaw, I will cut the zip protector flap to make sure I am getting the zippers to 100% meet. Easy fix. The hydrostatic head on this is high. Anything below a 3 is to me heading for trouble in real time. I modify all my tents to make them much better, but if I paid for the mods instead it would make the tents far more expensive. One super huge mod is to leave in your fave camping site a perfectly cut thick pile carpet piece in a black plastic bag. It transforms a tent into a cabin.

Sorry for you loss. Thanks for finding time to make the review. I own a Mk2 Gossamer 2 and it's a solid tent!

Sorry for your loss Luke, I'm glad I all ready have the tent, but I haven't been out in the rain with it yet, I'm so glad it passed your test night, another great video and review, thanks Luke.

Wow! You are on fire lately with all these reviews. Thank you.

The mosquito buzzing and landing on the mic in the beginning was awesome. When they stop buzzing they are drilling. Prayers for you and yours Luke.

Sorry for your loss, brother! Prayers

Looks like a great tent for an affordable price, Thanks Luke.

so much appreciated with your testing efforts Luke, you’re da best

Awesome thanks for review. Thoughts and prayers for your entire family. Sorry for your loss.

My most sincerest condolences for your loss and to the loss of your family, I will keep you all in my prayers. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this tent.

So sorry for your loss. Thank you for another great review!

I stayed in the one person gossamer for a solid 4 months whilst backpacking and hitchhiking around New Zealand. It did me proud through both storms and incredibly hot weather. People thought I was a bit mad for staying in something so small for so long. But it was just somewhere to sleep and store my backpack. Kept the horrid sandflies out!

So sorry for your loss. I will pray for you and your family.

As always Luke, thank you for the super great detailed test that you do for us! I am so very sorry to hear about the death in your family!

Luke you should work with a company to try produce your own tent. Take the practices and methods you know that make a good tent and try to make a good cost effective tent that you can actually confidently push to your viewers. I think that’d be pretty interesting. You could even go and make a series on you reviewing different models of your own tent and giving feedback and deciding what the weaknesses are and how you’ll fix them :)

Thank you for the review. I am sorry for your loss of a family member. Keeping you and all your family in my thoughts and prayers.

Love your channel! Thank you for all the time/information you put into the reviews and the great adventures along with your genuine love of the outdoors. I fully intend to be a Patreon Supporter asap. I subscribed a while back but hadn't really started to consistently watch the reviews and adventures until recently. You and Susie both are a joy to watch and learn from, together and individually. Deeply sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family❤ My name is Amber... I love the outdoors and I have camped before at campgrounds years ago when I was younger. As I have gotten older I realize my appreciation and love for the outdoors has grown in a good way. I also realize there is a difference in just camping versus hiking and camping put together...if that makes sense. As I have started to subscribe to numerous outdoor adventure type channels, my desire to adventure into the woods is huge and I love being out in nature. My favorite channels so far is your channel and Adventure Archives. I have camped before but I am new to the hiking/backpacking side of it. We have a new trail near where I live that I have hiked a few times and I have enjoyed it so much! Due to inexperience and lack of knowledge on some things since I am a newbie....I have my fears of certain things naturally, but know that I love being in the woods and the solitude it brings. So far this trail has only one camp site and I thought... it being so close to home...it would be a good starter for me. I am gradually making sure I have all the basics I need. I like a lot of the gear you have recently reviewed. I especially like the Jack Wolfskin Gossamer II tent. I think I would like this tent in cooler weather but wasn't sure what it would be like in warmer weather considering it doesn't offer a lot of ventilation. I was happy to see it does not leak but wonder what other tent you might suggest that does not leak but also has a little more ventilation in warmer weather. Would the Gossamer be alright or would it be stuffy? Sorry for the length of my message. Just wanted to give a little introduction I suppose. I love the Soto Windmaster Stove and the OneTigris Chair among lots of other gear you review. Also what would be on your list of things to take for a first time backpacking adventure along with any tips or advice? Thanks for taking the time to read this! I have great respect and appreciation for you and Susie for all you both do and bring to all of us watching!❤ Strength and Honor!!! ~Amber Leigh~

Nice! We know how Luke loves storms. This tent could be on my need to get list. Thanks for the review Luke.

I have owned two Jack Wolfskin Yellowstone tents for several years. The quality, waterproofing, ventilation, and durability are the best tents I have ever known. The affordable price makes it much sweeter. My tents have been used in heat and cold - no problems. Can't recommend them enough.

Condolences to you and your family. Thank you for creating your outdoor reviews!

Sorry for the loss in your family. May you always look high.

man i love the sound of rain on a tent

Condolences Luke, great info as I'm shopping for a tent at the moment.

My condolences Luke, sorry for your loss! God bless you and your family.

Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for your thoughts and adventures and sharing your family brother

Thanks, I was really waiting for this episode. Pretty cool how the tent performed. I have noted the name and I am really interested. Thanks for testing it out.

Hey Luke, sorry for your loss, my condolence to you and your family. and thank you for all the gear reviews, stay safe an healthy, God bless you and your Family always..

Excellent tent but I do believe it has been discontinued. It is sold out everywhere and it is not listed on the Jack Wolfskin website as well. That's a shame if it is discontinued.

Looks like an awesome tent! Great review, as always Luke. Also, my condolences on your family loss. I presume it was your uncle you'd mentioned in a previous video. Regardless of whom you lost, please know that you and your family are in my thoughts. Take Care.

Wow...awesome tent...sorry for your loss....God Bless your family....Freedom for all people...

Looks like a great stealth camping tent. Glad to see it got the Wolf Pack stamp of approval.

I’m real happy that tent beat the odds, I like that tent, def gonna get one, thanx

Our most memorable times in a tent were during the worst weather!

My first backpack was a Jack Wolfskin Denali 65. At over 6lbs it's pretty heavy but the build quality and robustness is on another level. Great product. Not much info on Jack Wolfskin here in the USA but glad I got the pack, still have it too 👍

My Vango Cairngorm tent has the same zipper design with the piece of fabric covering the corner, never had issues with bugs if you take a moment to make sure they are properly closed (which I always do cause I HATE spiders!). The issue you mention in your full review of the door tie-off loops obstructing the zipper seems pretty minor, I feel like I'd live with it. I reckon this could be my new tent! The Welsh hills see their fair share of rain!! Looks like the perfect blend of the Ionosphere (which is comically small for my *ahem* larger frame) and the 2P size of my Vango, without the setup faff. Perfect! Thanks for your diligence as ever Luke!

Thanks for you review Luke. 👍🏼

Sorry for your loss Luke. Be safe and well. 💗

Sorry for your loss

Sorry for your loss, thank you for keeping on.

Nice quick review, can't believe it stayed dry after all that! but the spiders are an issue! lol....Smiles, E

Thank you, your video helped me deciding for the gossamer I.

48 hours of rain and not a single drop inside. Highly highly impressed

So sorry for your loss, Prayers for our family.

Just love your tent testing, sorting out the good from the bad… there are so many tents on the market.. it can be a minefield..

Love the videos!! Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss. Great to hear about the tent. I have thought about this tent, but I purchased the Naturehike Mongar 2 instead. Being a big guy i really wanted the head room.

I'll be honest, Jack Wolfskin always seemed like the sort of brand for the 'All the gear, no idea' type. I've recently used a pair of JW boots for a 2 week Scotland hike....incredibly impressed!

Sorry for your loss. I am glad to see the tent didn't leak. I was really getting discouraged with the amount of leaking tents on the market.

As per your first day video of this tent I told a younger friend of mine and he is a scout master of a boy scout here in my town he got all the parents to come to gether and they bought 15 of these tents and have used them in the rain and in the desert heat and they all just love them. Being a cub, boy, and explorer scout when I was younger they seem to like what I tell them about. That's so much for what you do it helps so much. In Joy

I had the one person Gossamer when it was still Eureka and had many adventures, it never failed

Thank you for this review!

Nice tent. My thoughts and prayers to you family Luke.

We need rain in Las Vegas!! Thanks for the review! 👍😎🌧⛈🌂

Great video!! Praying for you and your family for your loss.

Sorry for your family's loss. Interesting video, thank you. Xx

This video makes me want more rain. But I'm in Colorado. We always need more rain...

Love the way you test it. I worked with a guy who would buy land and would wait only till after a heavy downpour to go look at land. Friends would ask him why and he simply said you don't know the lands characteristics until you see it when it is wet. Mother in law got a house at a really good price once and I never saw it until after she purchased it without asking advice. I know why they sold it cheap after I did finally see it. It was at the bottom of a hill and after a heavier rain water would go right into the house. I was there when she discovered it and spent the whole time out in the rain trying to divert the water flow to keep it out of the house with a shovel. So yeah, it pays to check it out under bad conditions before getting it.

Really sorry for your loss, may they rest in peace. Hope it doesn't burden your mind too heavily

Sorry for your loss Luke!!

Where I live out west it hasn't rained like that in three years

Dude, I'm sorry to hear about one of your family members passing. I hope you guys are all doing well & you are taking the time to process, remember & celebrate their life. Personally, I am more of a cabin tent guy. But, my daughter & I are going on our first camping trip together soon and I figured a smaller tent would help her feel more at size. So, I just ordered the Coleman 4 person Sundome Tent on prime day. Gotta say, pretty well worth the price dude.

Condolences to your family on the loss. I want to see you get into and out of that tent DURING a rainstorm...without flooding the bathtub floor that sticks out so far.

Sorry for you loss Luke and family.

Glad to see you again. So very sorry for the death in your family. You mentioned in a previous video you had been notified of a person in your family with cancer and time was short. Since we haven't seen you doing much overnight camping, I wondered if there hadn't been family issues that kept you away from your love of camping and videoing. Family and God first. I am very sorry for you and your family. Take your time to heal and grieve - we are here waiting for you. - I want to comment that the photography is just perfect. I love your close ups; the rain on the leaves, water rolling on the tent - fantastic. The green of the area is just so beautiful. The tent looks like it will get highest ratings - who could want for more with all that rain!!

My sincerest condolences Luke. Very sorry for your loss .

Nice review this tent is on my radar now.

Sorry for your loss Luke!! Strength and Honor Bud.

Sorry for your loss. Excelent review as always. S&H

I remember the first time I was called a camping nerd, here I am sad that we have to travel to another country to get our tent since we moved to another country

Nice to see you as well Luke! I hope Susie is well ♡

My main gripe is with the design of the entry/vestibule area. If you were to attempt to get in that tent during a rainstorm (especially that one), I see zero chance of it remaining dry during entry. Once the vestibule is unzipped, the internal mesh becomes fully exposed. Tents with vertical walls mitigate this by having just that, vertical walls.

My condolences to you and your family. Keep up the good reviews and soldier on my friend.

Impressive ..Condolence to you n family Luke can relate.. Nice tent n priced right..

That looks liken good tent and only $90 bucks ?! Can't beat that with stick very awesome ! thanx luke

Great review. I have this tent for a couple years now. Originally got it for a hike through Slovenia in variable weather and it held out well. One trick I found is to leave the outer tent attached to the inner tent when folding, so the inside doesn't get wet when you have to set it up again during rain. I did have problems with condensation though. Two people in humid weather that cools off during the night and the inside was just covered in droplets. Most of it flew down to the sides but some of it did drip into the inner tent. Usually not a problem when I'm on my own but still I think condensation is its main issue. Opening the outer tent flaps wasn't really an option as it was covering all our gear. Apart from that it's lightweight and compact, easy to set up, and a great value for its money (even at the price I got it for which is apparently twice what Luke paid!). Never had problems with spiders.

Nothing like being in crazy weather and being able to enjoy it, envy

Condolences to you, family and friends. Love from Scotland, 5* :D

Sorry to you both for your loss. .

Dope! Now I just need to know about that one Tigris so I can spend some money lol.

Great review! The only other test of a tent in my book is how it handles wind. I've been in my VE-25 twice when it has been wind flattened! It's not always possible to guy a tent off. My Trango-2 was subjected to gusts over 100 mph on 395 in the Sierra. Had to tie it to my truck just to set it up! Very stable and waterproof but a bear to set up!

I also campt one week with 5 days non stop raining in a jack wolfskin yellowstone 3. It was also dry. Jack Wolfskin have really good stuff

Hi from London UK, your tents reviews are the best I've ver seen, so in-depth, great channel. Subed!

Had a tent with the same bug problem some yrs ago i put some rtv silicone where they met and that fixed it

Sorry for your loss Luke. Take care, stay well.

Great review Are you under playing condensation? If it is only the door for ventilation with no cross breeze and the high bathtub floor