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Naturehike Cloud up 1 Tent (Mustard Green) $126.64 Delivered @ Naturehike Official via Amazon AU

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Lower than it has been for a while. Maybe the best bang for your buck tent. Other colours are available but for 20D this is the cheapest. Too bad the navy blue costs $20 more, looks and sounds much better than mustard green.
I was considering a truly UL Nemo Hornet on sale for over $400 but for less than a third of the price and weighing only .5kg more I went for this instead like a true ozbargainer (plus it comes with a footprint).

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  • +6

    Got one, cycled round Japan with it. Works well as a bikepacking tent, recommend.

    • +1

      i was gonna say the tent they often market as a 'cycling' tent is also discounted today to about $118, grabbed it earlier as im a little sick of the bivvy on bike rides at the moment

  • +7

    Cloud-up 1, 20D total weight = 1521 grams, (with tags & plastic bags removed)
    Footprint groundsheet = 196g
    Tent inner, + fly + poles + bag = 1181g
    12 Pegs + bag + guy-lines = 144g

    (Be mindful it's not a freestanding tent as they claim)

    • Sounds good.

      But what do you mean it isn't a freestanding tent? Do you need to tie it to something (eg. a tree)?

      • +2

        Probably means needs to be pegged out to stand up…but I can't be certain.
        That's just an assumption to what I understand free-standing to mean.

        (Generally fee standing tents means if you make it, the frame holds it's shape. )

        • +1

          Yep, it really needs to be pegged out, without pegs it's barely usable… (not a big deal but it could be an issue if you're specifically after a freestander)

          A true "freestanding" tent can be setup on hard ground, concrete, tent platform, or sand, where pegging isn't easy or practical and it will hold it's shape and be usable, like a traditional dome tent with cross poles…

      • +1

        It needs 2 stakes to pull out the corners at the foot end of the tent.

        It can be set up free standing in a pinch though if a) there's no wind and b) you have something with a bit of weight to put in the corners to hold them out - your bag/water bottle/etc. (I've done this with the Big Agnes Fly Creek - what this Naturehike one is based on)

  • Reminds me of a Mountain Hardware tent I had in Europe. Lived in it for 2 months and learned I always wanted a door on each side. They look like phenomenal tents for the price though.

    Anyone know the Naturehike version of the Hubba Hubba is? The stronger version I mean not the ultralight… Is it the Mogar?

    • +1

      Yep the Mongar. Bought one after my Hubba got 'lost in the mail' from a freight forwarder. Excellent tent, the Mongar

      • +1

        Oof, lost a Hubba Hubba in the mail? What was the end result?

        I mainly do my camping in winter above the snowline and the idea of using naturehike tents is a bit offputting, but they seem to have excellent reviews.

        • +1

          It was via myUs.com
          Very sketchy explanation, no explanation just that it was lost and offered about 2/3 of the original cost as a refund.
          If you're camping in winter id get a something bullet proof, can get pretty sick if it goes wrong.
          Naturhike are good but I wouldn't trust them for winter level protection.

          • +1

            @Sapiens: Ah man that sucks so much. I wouldn't have thought people would know enough about tents to bother stealing them, but i guess these days you just google it and see what the price is and say it got lost.

            Yeah, I ended up with the Wilderness Equipment Second Arrow UL which I've been very happy with so far, hoping to really put it through it's paces this winter though.

  • How does this compare to the $41, 8P Discovery tent from this deal? 😅

    • +2

      It doesn't.

      • *Wrong answers only. 🤣

  • If you like bright colours and really standing out in the bush then the safety orange one is $109. ;) But not 20D…

    Thanks for the post OP!

  • I guess you can use all type of tents for winter camping?
    If yes I might get this one.
    But surely, I’ll have to get proper insulation as well for bed?

    • Yes you can use it but will need good insulated mattress and bag or blanket. Depends how cold you are going.

    • They sell a 4 Season model of this tent with a snow skirt

    • +7

      Unless you're camping on the Snowy Mountains or in the mountainous parts of Tassie, a three season tent will be fine year round in Oz. The 4 season tents are designed specifically to handle snow load on the roof, and prevent snow blowing in underneath the fly. (They will also be very windproof to deal with alpine gales). In our climate, such tents are almost always going to be condensation machines.

      • +2

        4-seasons can be a bit of a pain if you don't really need one… I have the 4-season Lanshan-2, the amount of condensation between the solid-inner and the fly is terrible, much worse than a 3-season…

      • Sounds good, looks like this would be good for us here in Australia :)
        I might get one for my solo trip.

  • +1

    OK, I got unpublished for posting a link to BigBox and Amazon with cheaper prices on the orange colour.

    A simple google search will show you this for $117 at BigBox and $109 on Amazon.

    • +3

      The 2 listings you mentioned are the cheaper quality 210T Polyester 3,000mm, not the 20D Nylon Silicone 4,000mm, hence the price difference.

      • OK cool, thanks for clarifying.

  • Hope they repeat the deal on the Mongar

  • Can anyone more in the know than I comment how this compares to this (which I bought from a previous deal)
    https://www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/tents/hiking-t…

    • +1

      Materials and weight look pretty similar, I actually prefer the design of yours a bit more with the side entrance and decent gear vestibule, would probably feel a bit less claustrophobic. They're both pretty decent 1P tents. How do you like sleeping in it, is the big question?

      • +1

        Cheers mate :)
        Sadly I haven't had a chance to use it! I've set it up for a look and quite liked it so hopefully get out soon!

        • +1

          How does it look set up? Hopefully a lot better than the images of it on the Anaconda website.

          The Naturehike (which I have) IMO is the better of the two. Is made of Sil Nylon, lighter, stronger, dries quicker, and packs up smaller. Side entry is good on the MD.

    • +1

      I'd trust the OP model in higher winds. The "dome" shapes tend to catch more wind than the low profile ones. Having said that everest base camp is full of dome tents but they're expedition grade North face designed for living in for weeks at a time so not quite the same thing.

      • Hard to say - those Everest dome tents will be three or more poles instead of two, and specifically designed to route wind around rather than simply resist it. But the OP's tent is almost a single pole design - just the Y-pole additions at each end to create width - which seems like it might struggle more than even a two pole dome with some wind directions. I suspect with both these lower cost tents there will be physical limits to wind-resistance, and it'll most likely be the quality and orientation of the pitch that determines whether they survive bad conditions. If the wind changes overnight to be strong broadside, both will probably struggle a bit. But the reviews I've seen of both suggest that conditions would have to get really bad to break them. The quality of these "budget good"* tents has improved dramatically in the last couple of decades: it's a lot harder to go really wrong than it used to be.

        • Budget good means they're not 1 season K-mart specials, they're competing at the low end of the same market as Marmot, Big Agnes, North Face etc.
        • I've become somewhat obsessive/paranoid about wind after returning to camp after a days skiing to find my supposed 4 seasons tent halfway up a large tree even though it was full of gear including a heavy self inflating double mattress. Admittedly gust were probably 100km per hr as even a ski on the grass was being rolled over sideways.
          I've now got a MSR Fury that is extremely taut when rigged properly and combined with screw in tent pegs I'm confident it'll survive anything that I can.
          However I'm here for a light 1 person hikeable solution that's not going to need to survive alpine conditions and the OP looks like great compromise for the $

          • @mauricem: Yep, you're always grateful for good quality gear when Nature decides to demonstrate its true power! I have a twenty year old Mountain Hardwear tent that is still absolutely bomb proof, and there's nothing like sleeping soundly in it while a storm rages around you. Like the Fury, it's definitely a heavier carry than either of these two options though.

  • +2

    Finally affordable housing for millennials and gen z

    • +1

      The colour also reminds you of smashed avo on toast

      • And Ryobi bargains.

  • +1

    It looks like the Cloud Peak 2 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Naturehike-Backpacking-Person-Seas…) is available for $132 and the Cloud Up 2 is available for $177 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Naturehike-Upgraded-Cloud-Up-Backp…) also.

    After looking at reviews, I decided to get the Cloud Up 2 for ease to setup and a marginal increase in weight for more room as someone who is 188cm tall.

    • Yeah, the 1p tents tend to be very "1p", so not a bad choice. It's also good to have that space as a backup in case someone else's tent fails, or if you just want to go camping with two people and split the weight. Lot of flexibility. The 4 season tent design is quite interesting. I've never seen a tent that is, ahem "pitched" at the 4 season market that has one of those partial flies over the top. I assume the inner is designed to be water proof on its own and the "hat" is just additional protection, but it seems like it would be flappier than a 1920s dance party, not to mention a potential sail in really high wind.

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