How to have the best night in a tent | Fjällräven

Calle and Sofia share their best tips for a great night outdoors.

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[mrnobodieswildcampingadventure]

All my wild camping adventures on my youtube channel are with the Fjallraven Abisko Lite 1. I must say, at 60 years old, it is such a wonderful simple tent to set up. In summer or winter it has kept me safe and free from the elements. It is a tent I trust, in adverse weather conditions and so light and small to carry within my backpack! The materials are super thin, yet super strong (I purchased the footprint also)! I may get also the Fjallraven Abisko Lite 2 as I am trying to encourage my wife to go on some wild camps with me. Thankyou Fjallraven for making my wild camp adventures so enjoyable and safe! Liked and Subscribed

[JollyReaper_]

These tips should be on the the inside of every tent! great advice, Thank you

[danielbrehmer]

One thing to add ... eat before you go to bed! Going to bed hungry will make you feel more cold. And ... in cold weather, use a peebottle for the night so you don't have to leave the tent.

[GetUpTheMountains]

Sofia calling it "moist" instead of "moisture" is pretty adorable.

[jakeboss]

I remember countless nights getting very cold in the middle of the night, -20 below, to warm back up i would just get out of my tent and start shoveling snow as fast as i could to warm back up and always works perfect for me

[Crystal-hice]

Good gear is so important. I remember when I naively thought I could sleep in a tent using a yoga mat as padding. Boy was I ever cold! #longlifelesswaste

[robsvillmark]

All great tips! Yet one that is the most important for me in order to stay warm is "if you have to pee during the night, don't wait". Even if the thought of getting out of your comfy sleeping bag is uninviting. Your body will waste precious energy to maintain this fluid in your body at core temperature, I always carry a collapsible "pee bottle" so I don't have to get out of my tent, especially in the winter. (I believe there are some devices on the market to help ladies not get out of the tent, one is called the Shewee)

[Blomm]

"De båttel!" :D Lovely video! Great tips! Tack! :D

[mazer]

in picking a site, some more things to consider. on top of avoiding ridges due to possible winds, being by the water can be cooler or windier or more buggy, look for rocks and roots on the ground and sloping of the ground before pitching tent and check ABOVE the tent for ANY dead trees or tree branches (this can ruin a night or cause injury or death). Hang food away from tent and do not sleep in clothing you have been cooking in if in bear country. Be mindful of any wind directions, so any smoke from the fire (if you have had one and it is smoldering) does not end up in your tent while you are trying to sleep. Place a pad between your bag and the tent bottom to reduce cold impact from the ground. A inflatable mattress with have. the sea air temperature inside the mattress as the outside air temp, so a yoga mat or other pad will help keep you warm. Same as the concept of using a under quilt when hammock camping.

[ThommasWood]

Some really excellent and informative tips! ⛺

[hedleythorne]

I would also add earplugs and an eye mask. Though if you are asthmatic earplugs may be a pain as you can hear yourself breathing.

[BaldFoodieGuy]

Brilliant advice. I'm setting up my channel. Not sure which direction to take. Any advice please.

[silverspoon]

Great basic outside and inside the tent tips. I would like to add two to major points that I think you missed and are crucial. Look up and out for widowmakers (dead branches) and not pich up your tent in the middle of a trail, human or wildlife and ill think you’ll be on a good start! 👍

[patrickl.]

Nice video guys. Greetings from a 2016 Polar veteran!

[TheTrailDancer]

How much did Sofia laugh during this shooting? lol it looks like she wants to just laugh.. lol

[erani]

These videos are so great! Maybe a food related episode next with your friends at Primus? :)

[BriXiS]

Great video, thanks. I got one question though. I have a Fjällräven Abisko shape 3, fantastic tent, I love it. I use the tent with the original Fjällräven footprint.

In the morning, after a good nights sleep, I need to pack the tent in the stuffing sack and there is a lot of moister on the inside of the outer tent, Then I got two problems.

First problem: when I take down the tent the inner tent get socked and is almost impossible to dry out when the tent comes back up later in the day if the conditions are wet.

second problem: the tent stuffing sack leaking the moister out in my rucksack so everything around it get wet.

my own solution is that I unhook the inner tent and put it in the tent stuff sack and stuff the outer tent in a drybag.

Do you guys have a better solution?


Thank you.

[chanorinaldy]

Thanks for the Tips :) Really useful definitely

[ianrudd]

Brilliant. So many points well made and a couple of things that I had not thought of before. Certainly some points that I will use when I teach camping skills.

[michaelmcphee]

The moist just cracked me up🤣🤣🤣 but hey I don't have a second language to speak in. Women whose first language is English avoid the word moist in conversation. Moisture would work better. Nice video by the way...