 All right, here we go. Welcome to another video. I've got a new tent. I've got a new tent We're gonna do We're taking a look at the brand new Cedar Summit Alto We're taking a look at the brand new Cedar Summit We're taking a look at the brand new Cedar So I've got a new tent the Cedar Summit Alto TR2 Two years in the making from Cedar Summit. It's their first Foray into the world of tents. I was just looking for a new tent. The reason being is that it's a hilly burg is It's the Rolls Royce. It's lovely, but I feel like it's just there's too many people who have it now. I feel like you don't If you're into wild camping there are certain scenes in wild camping that if you don't have a hilly burg You're not, you know, you don't know what you're on about or you're not you've not reached that pinnacle and I think it's nonsense really. So I'm just trying to book the trend and I wanted to just I Didn't want to just be another sand-colored hilly burg On the side of a mountain. I wanted to look for something a little bit different And so I set out looking for a two-man tent and after a lot of research I found this the Cedar Summit Alto TR2 This is how it came in two parts Pretty nifty I've had it out. I've had it. I've put it up and had a bit of a look round it and and tested it out a little bit I've not done any overnighters in it Looking forward to doing some overnighters in it I'm just gonna set it up here in the garden and show you some of the some of the cool features because it has got some Amazing features. Look how it comes Comes in this fancy bag With these clips on and you can undo the clips so you undo the clips and it comes into three pit three parts there The fly the inner and then the poles so you can Distribute the weight about yourself perfect for bike packing or if you're going camping with your friend or your partner or both You can one each so there's not a lot of weight to it all I will put the specs on screen and I'll put all the information down below. I Just want to say that before I get into it. This isn't a sponsored video I've not been paid to to use this tent. I bought it out my own money because I Like the look of it and I want some a little bit different So yeah comes in two parts and this turns into something a little bit snazzy I'll do the stuff sacks for the for the outer and the inner which we'll have a look at it's got all the Instructions there on the bag so you don't get caught out it comes with this fancy guide It gives you all the information how to set up the different formations and the little the little tricks and tips that you Can do with it, which is it's got some cool little features, which I'll show you there's a few things that I found a Bit niggly. It's a tough one to set up, but we'll have a look I'm excited. I'm excited to have a new tent. We're not far off being able to use it either We'll keep that for later. I'll show you what that does later on. It's pretty cool My concern with a pitch inner first is that if you if it's if it's pissing it down with rain You don't want to get the inner wet like a lot of the MSR That's what steered me away from the MSR tents but with this one you can set it up fly first and then set everything up inside it and Similarly when you when you're packing it down, you can pack everything away keep the fly up and then pop the fly away Smells new smells new Peg bag there with a little pocket on the front of it which has Some extra guys in there Repair kit with instructions Cool. It was pretty bonkers putting it up Because I've not I've not been flummoxed, but I've not been flummoxed with a tent For many many years it reminds me of when you first start camping you like what where's that girl what they plug that into what I'd no idea mate, so Be warned is it's a tricky one to get your nogging round at first But like with everything practice makes perfect these are all attached So it's really easy just to Clip them all in place two at one side one at the other Yeah, shotgun someone's having a shoot and there you go. It looks pretty bonkers, right? That didn't even go that way that you'd think that goes that way to curve it over, but it doesn't It goes this way Which helps to create these vertical walls which give you loads more room inside You see this this goes that way up and Then there's a green tab and that just slides nicely on there These have got little hooks on the edge for these loops to go over and then similarly to Like the helm to and the hilly bug it has these clips so you can clip the inner to the poles Just not as many of them as the hilly bug. I like to which is good. Look at that mate already. You can see So this is the stargazer mode so you can have it like this Really steep walls on either side because of this This pole it's like inverted to create this Perfectly straight flat side bit, which is excellent. So these bits now these reinforced bits with the loops on one with the green loop on one side and one with gray So, you know, which way around it goes because this this attachment is gray and the other one is green So you're not getting it backwards. So these go on first. I'll let you have a closer look. So these reinforced Reinforced bits go over over and onto their like that So this is all in with one peg and then the fly has this Which can either Fasten on there like that or if you don't want that inner it can just go straight around the pole as well You can cinch it all up Let's get in there. Let's get in. They are YKK zips. So they are good quality You've got the one zip there, and then you've got another zip from the top Velcro as well So this is the one of the just one of the negative points for me Is this tie-off point? It's not elasticated which is a bugbearer man and Because of the nature of the material it's quite slidey so that with a bit of wind And what see all that just falls down Like that. So it's kind of It ends up being pointless really when it's a When it's a bit windy so I found toggles feel really nice Like a boomerang shaped toggle now the inner is elasticated, which is good Just keeps on a bit a little bit better and because this is the mesh isn't as slippy so it doesn't tend to fall away You can open both sides as well And it is a dual-entrance tensor For you and your partner you're not gonna work each other up when you're going for a slash in pink socks You coming in come on Come on in so what it does have is that vertical wall so that you can you'll be able to sit where you where you make Like that side by side and staring to each other's eyes while you have your hot noodle or whatever It feels nice. There's loads of tie-off points in here. You can get a gear loft separately for it But what I'll do. I think I'll just put some dyneema cord on just some it to chuck me get out man. Just Danielson just something to chuck my socks over and stuff sir Yeah, I think the gear loft is about 20 quid and you can get footprints You can get a footprint a smaller footprint just for the bathtub or you can get a larger one Which covers the vestibule area as well Which is what I've gone for this turns into a light bar What's a light bar mate? Hey There's no such thing as a daft question mate. Don't you worry about it because I'll be honest I didn't know what a light bar was but has these little studs on there which you can Stood on Come on light bar. Don't let me down in front of lads And so you put your headlamps and torches in there and this light will diffuse the light so you get a nicer light all Through your tent. We have the long pocket to either side Any room to chuck your stuff in but check this out Again, you've got your studs on here. Tell me this isn't a great feature So not only do you have the one at the side, but you've got this as an extra storage bag It's got a little bit on the front there to put your whatever's in and your whatever's in there as well I don't think it'd be Let me go on this side Like you're gonna struggle to get two air beds in here It'll be a very tight squeeze for two of you But for one person, I mean you could get two here in there if you're going ultra light But for one person it is perfect. It feels good. It feels roomy. You've got loads of options You've got the fly only mode. You've got the inner only you can do the hangout mode Which is where you use your hiking poles or some sticks and you can create a nice little Shelter from the rain where you can hang out with your friends and as I say you've got you can roll the fly up so you can have it For fully dry you can have it a partial fly mode There's lots of different modes you can have. I'll be honest when I first set it up I didn't like it. Well, I did like it, but it frustrated me because they didn't know how to set it up That was just more frustrating than anything else I think it's gonna get a lot of getting used to setting it up and the different ways of setting it up Yeah, little pink socks on me. Oh, what? Not long now until I can take it up the top mountains Right, let's go inside for some final thoughts Testing testing division two football red x-boy band footballer My first impressions. I say I've put it up a couple of times the first time was It was a bit of a nogging scratcher because normally I get a tent and I won't even need to look at instructions I because they often are similar in ways to put up so it's sort of easy But this one was a bit of a nogging scratcher at first especially with the multiple ways to set it up I love the features. I love that you can use the bags as Storage and the pole bag as a light diffuser. I love that you can do the shared carry or just Place it around your pack to even the distribute the weight if you need to especially with bike packing That'd be quite handy the way that the ridge Goes up on the outside and creates these vertical walls. It gives a really It gives a feeling of space when you're in there like nothing I've had in a tent before because normally you have that curved Curved roof, but it's sort of straight up so you can have a couple of you sat there quite happily and the versatility of it as well There's so many different things you can do having the the fly sheet partially rolled up So that you can check out the stars and then get back out if you can even go to sleep with it And if you feel a bit of rain you can get back out And it's really easy just to chuck the fly back over and attach it back to the to the attachment points and it's not until I get out and do multi-day hikes with it and get used to setting it up and taking it down On multi-day hikes, and then maybe I'll take it on a long distance hike Maybe it'll take over the Lanshan 2 as my as my lightweight backpacking tent because It feels like it's good quality when you're in there. It's it feels Light but sturdy. It doesn't feel as sturdy as the hillyberg. There's something about hillyberg that it's it's robust but you pay for that in the weight of the thing because Especially when we're coming up to finer weather the the hillybergs are really quite heavy So the alak-2 is like carrying Danny DeVito on my back wherever I want to you know up to top of a mountain and so I can only do one night So this tent is perfect for summer multi-day trips And when I just want that little bit of extra room as well. I've got the TR-2 it comes in a TR-2 plus as well, so like with the the four-season hillyberg tents or like with any four-season tent it doesn't have mesh and it has more of a cotton vibe to it to keep the warmth in and that You'll be able to push it into four seasons with that But then you're gaining a little bit of weight so it's it's what you want it for really and they do an Altro TR-1 and the TR-1 plus which is the one-man version that looks really good and for you ultra light backpackers That saves a bit of weight as well. I Went for the tube because I like to have a little bit of room and you never know if you might have someone coming with you at some point so You just covered more options for me having the two person tent and then they do the telos Which is the telos TR-2 and the telos TR-3 even with this one and that's a self-standing tent again it weighs more but It all depends on what you want it for I guess so you make your own mind up and that's it first impressions I love it. I love all the extra features. I love all the little the bells and whistles But are they just bells and whistles and how does it perform in driving rain? How does it perform setting it up and taking it down on multi-days when it's wet? Who knows stick around to find out because I'll be using it a lot in the coming months Yeah, the price is not a cheap tent. It's not a budget tent. It was four hundred and thirty pounds for the TR-2 it falls Into the more expensive category like your MSRs and your your big Agnes is and Not so much your hillyburgs there on another level out there, but yes, I'd say it was a It was it's in that the upper end of the price spectrum And that's it We're gonna be allowed out soon to be able to test all our new tents I'm sure everybody's been buying tents and buying bits and pieces to where to use once we're allowed out the gates And I look forward to it. We're over the hump now out. We're in our sender lockdown. It's you know I feel for the people that it's taking a toll on and You know just because if you haven't felt it personally, it doesn't mean other people are struggling So as I've always said just be understanding me just be a little bit more Compassionate and more considerate in these current times and look after yourselves. There's always it starts with yourself Look after yourself then you can maybe look after other people as well Absolute you all my fellow human beings right look after yourselves, and I'll see you all soon Goodbye