Hilleberg Tents in strong wind and snow, Swedish mountains

[nof08]

@1newbucketheadcover1 We did. This tent i very well ventilated but still it keep the water outside and you must allways remember to save a dry change of cloths to sleep in.

[nowayduude]

Making people aware it`s dangerous to use stoves in tents??? jeez man.. nobody should fall a sleep with the stove on in the tent. That`s why you have a stove-watch in the military.

Weather like that on the video is not uncommon in Sweden, Norway and Finland. We`re talking high winds and -5 to -30 degrees C, not counting the windchill. 3 feet with snow is also pretty common everywhere.

[MrCriticize]

a gaggle of hillebergs.

[cgooodie]

Some people in the UK just died through cooking inside their tent because of carbon monoxide poisoning and another family just last week were rescued unconscious by their neighbours. Although I guess these tents are well vented in these storms.

[nof08]

@cgooodie I allways open up the outer tent a little for ventilation before i start cooking. You save 50% fuel than you cook inside the tent! I never noticed any problem.

[cgooodie]

@nof08 Just making people aware it can be dangerous to use stoves in tents.

[appe1888]

That looks so fun!!!!!!

[runcycleskixc]

Sorry I can't call that "snow". Dusting, yes.

Show me how it behaves after 2 feet of new powder overnight.

[runcycleskixc]

Sorry I can't call that "snow". Dusting, yes.

[iwalkedinawall]

bergenser!

[TheSurvivalResource]

That looks great! Nice set ups.

[LastGreatChallenge]

Wish there were English subtitles!

[runcycleskixc]

Wind - yes. But where is the snow?

[nof08]

@runcycleskixc The snow is the white powder on the ground and on the tents.

[runcycleskixc]

@nof08 that does not count :)

[runcycleskixc]

@nof08 that's not enough to be called snow.

[runcycleskixc]

#nof08 - the amount of snow was negligible to be considered a significant a factor :)

[burton76]

@runcycleskixc looked flippin cold though!!!

[crazytacostudios]

@runcycleskixc lol, you know what snow is, right?

[nikazp]

I wonder how strong the winds were, 15 m/s? I did not plan to test my Nammatj 3 in 26 m/s second winds last September but ended up in strong winds (storm starts at 25 m/s). Did not sleep much and I also got the wind sideways and no chance to fix it, middle of the night, to tough winds and rain as well. It looked a lot worse for me but it held up at least.

[nof08]

I did not brought any windmeter but your estimation may be right. I am very glad that it was not a real storm that we had to fight against.

[SFConifer]

I slept in my Hilleberg Stalon GT on top of the Sierra Buttes, near Sierra City, CA in the Northern Sierra, one summer night. The winds started whipping up to 50-60 mph and the Stalon GT stood its ground, but the ground cover for my vesitibule which was unsecured blew away--it's yours if you find it...

[beacons4life]

No ground floor for the tent? What little weight you save for having no floor, is not worth the extra cold and moisture through seepage from the ground.

[nof08]

We have a ground floor to the inner tent but not in the absd. Can be some problems with open fire in the cooking device if you have a ground floor.

[beacons4life]

Valid points nof08. Fire hazard should be the number 1 concern. Especially when one is mostly indoors due to blustery weather. Good option to be able to remove the ground covering. Thanks for the informative reply!

[alimodiandude]

@nof08. That's what the vestibule is for. Only shelter above but no floor.

[nof08]

I have no experience of the Kaitum tent but of Hilleberg tents in general have no problems to endure such weather as in the video clip. I think Kaitum is a very good tent despite the low weight. Do you have a kaitum tent or du you intend to buy one?

[335few]

the kaitum, is it strong enough so that it does not break at this wind like the nammatj??

[tumpsikas]

@335few I just got Kaitum 2 GT in the mail. I am a bit worried they say "good for all but the worst weather" since I wanted a tent that can be taken above treeline and used in all weather and is light to carry. No experiences of it yet but seems pretty sturdy compared to Nammatj 3 GT, which I used a few months ago. I haven't found any comments of windy experiences of the Kaitum despite looking and don't really want my tent to break in the wind... :)

[ImSyrreFFS]

Fornuftig valg av telt. Ikke sikkert det hadde gått like bra med billigere alternativ.

[imaginos1450]

hillebergs....what can i say??they are truly great tents.!