 Hello and welcome to another video. In this video we will be taking a look at the Terranova Southern Cross 2, which is a four-season two-person tent. I got ridden by Hillyburg and I've been out in Milanshan during the winter months and a few other bits and pieces and I'm realising that I need some a little bit more sturdy and a little bit more four-season so we're taking a look at this which is a true four-season tent. It's my first look at it so we're going to pitch it in the garden, have a little look around and then I'm going to take it out for its first spin in the wild. Join me as I take my first little explore around the Terranova Southern Cross 2. I've also got a footprint for it which I'll put down first. The weather's been terrible of late so I've just had a little bit of a break in the weather so I thought let's get out in the garden, have a look at new tent. Wow smells good smells good and then in the pole bag he's got a separate area which is pretty cool separate velcro area to keep your pegs there she is set up so that was pretty easy pretty easy without reading instructions and one of my main things that I'm looking for in this one is ventilation especially to stop condensation which in winter can be a problem let's have a look I'm excited oh it's been a while mate been a while since we've had a a new tent wow there she is that's good it's not elasticated but we can live with it there we go get her on the other side there all doors open fully and there we are nice and roomy feels nice and sturdy let's have a look inside I wear it does look like this bonkers room but he's a wide angle lens welcome tails from the tent the vestibules are pretty big I'll tell you what we'll do I'll fasten it all up actually from the inside but first I'm going to go and get let's go and get my air bed and blow up my air bed and put it in and let's get a true test of how how much room this is and if it is truly a two person tent gives a sec let's have a look oh that's all right is that length wise there's a lot of room let's close this door the quality feels good I'm not sure you want to have a feeling of like you're in you're in a something that's gonna look after you when chips are down there's not as much room as in the alak to the top here it's quite a thin up top the inside is quite far away from the outside which is good for condensation my mat there's ample room at each side if I push that so it's touching and we have a look at the bottom we've still got 460 mil we've still got about 18 inches space there so there's a lot of room so it's if you're a taller lady or gentleman it's ideal for you could you get two mats side by side you're going to struggle I think they will cram down I haven't really got this for a two man tent I've got it for my one man winter tent four season and so it's perfect I mean for just me it's exciting there's enough room in here we've got some loops up top for for lanterns and I can string and which I will do is I'll attach a bit of string from this to that so that I can hang me socks over or whatever choose to do right let's have a quick look at which floor we're looking at 124 centimetres 224 centimetres in length from its highest point to the floor it's quite impressive actually and that is 96 centimetres it'd be very easy to get changed in here and just spend time in here it feels very it feels good you know you get that feeling of a tent now one of the things that I'm that I am keen on is ventilation and you've got these flaps here that comes down that's all mesh the outside there's a mesh layer there plenty of through draft there's one behind you to mirror that let's see what these are saying so you've got the main door so you can open that oh that's good this is what I was looking for this top section which you can zip down roll up and the material is quite it's quite silky and quite you know slippy and the loop and toggle the loops are pretty big for the toggles well it's fine it holds it fine see it holds it fine but it's it's still it's not very tight a little bit of farting about and that's going to come undone because why don't they put it like either make either elasticate it or have a toggle like you've done on the outside it works really well on the outside just put a little toggle on the inside because these are the bits that I like to I like to have all these squared away nice because they're the inside your tent that's the aesthetics in it if you're in if you're stuck in here for hours on end you want it to be all squared away nice and if I'm you know if I've got cold hands and winds are blowing and I've got a fanny around with this and it keeps coming undone my head's going to go in it head's going to implode but that is a lot of ventilation there and then you can open the main door and it's got this a little hood here with the wire in it to keep it up and that's going to stop rain coming in you can close that so you're not going to get any bugs in there and I said it closes one handed as well and then you've got your ventilation as I say it's a two man tent it's got two doors pockets we have a pocket down there and a pocket up here as well again mirroring itself there doesn't seem to be a side that's specifically for your head it all seems pretty symmetrical the only gripe is these ties on the inside oh I've got two zips so one you can zip it all the way down for your ventilation then one at the bottom brings it all the way back up it has this little clip so you can fasten the door at the bottom for when you're in high winds it also has this clip on the bottom so that you can I'll show you you can just open your door clip that onto your external frame and that's out of your way very quick I love that it was the same on the pioneer 2 a great feature it feels good I put you at the other side I mean it is it's symmetrical so you're not seeing much different from other side plenty of room actually for this bed my air bed and it's widest point we're looking at 62 and 62 and 62 so you're 124 all the way across and we're getting that at a push at a real push for two so I would say it's two man it is two man if you've maybe got thinner air beds or you don't mind overlapping them a bit as far as a person being in here more than enough room for two people just getting your air beds in I don't like solo camping a one man tent so much because especially in winter you're in there for a long time I like to be able to move around get changed and do what I want to do this seems to have a lot of room for that I like it the initial my initial thoughts are I can't wait to spend some time in this tent and that's when you get to know your tent in it is when you're out and about in wilderness again you're on the other side now so you've got this same thing there I'd be keen to know how it deals with condensation because there is quite a lot of ventilation options the material feels really good and the porch it's got a really good vestibular area you're looking at what there is widest point at 53 centimetres at its widest point plenty of room to cook plenty of room to put your bag and it all clips on so it pitches in and out at the same time which is a bonus especially when you're pitching in the rain where's my shoes or other side let's get my shoes on the southern cross 2 is a completely freestanding lightweight tent suitable for all season backpacking taking its design winning inspiration from the award winning laser range of lightweight tents but with an additional pole to provide extra stability and structure new for 2023 adjustable upper vent hoods on the flysheet to help with condensation revised adjustable flysheet door tieback for opening options and extra pegging points on the door the tent has two doors and two equal sized porches enabling easy access while providing plenty of storage for kit the flysheet and ground sheet are fully tapered providing complete waterproof protection there's a useful webbing loop at the bottom of the flysheet door to accommodate a trekking pole enabling you to create a canopy the packed weight of the tent is 2.43 kilograms the pegs are terra firma pegs 13 grams and the guidelines are dynamo reflective the cost of the tent as I make this video is 900 pounds they do offer a wide range of different tents on the website so it is worth checking out a couple of other tents that I can recommend are the helm compact 2 at 300 pounds and the pioneer 2 at 399 pounds I'll leave a link below if you want to go and check out their website and use the code here's 20 at checkout to get 20% off all non sale items as the clouds start to turn a little bit gray and ominous I'm going to wrap this one up so that's my first look at the Terra Nova Southern Cross 2 I'm excited by it and I'm excited to take it out into the wilderness to give it a proper run for its money oh there's Robert I'll never mind that never mind Robert she's a sturdy one as well I'll probably swap out the four corner pegs for my delta pegs put some cord on the inside as a washing line I own the pioneer 2 I've owned the helm 2 as well which is discontinued now but that was one of my favorite tents I've still got it upstairs but it's got a rip in it and one of the zips has come off because I did put it through its paces so I might get that fixed and see about I'll definitely be comparing and contrasting the Southern Cross 2 to the pioneer 2 I might get them pitched up in the garden at the same time and have a little look through but I want to take this out and do a couple of wild camps in it at least spend a night out in it so I can get a proper feel for it and spend some time in there and Terra Nova were kind enough to give me a discount code for anything on their store that's not in the sale tents, clothes, hats whatever they have you can get 20% off if you use the code here's 20 and I'll leave a link below so just follow that link and if you want this tent or any of the other tents they do they're a UK company and they make some quality gear so you get 20% off thanks Terra Nova for that I guess so the next video will be me camping in the Southern Cross 2 so stay tuned for that thanks for watching and I'll see you soon goodbye for now should I get intent look that's how you do it innit say goodbye come on just hide it best to be all because can't be bothered to open the door see you thanks for joining me goodbye cue music