 In this video we're going to be taking a look at the Cloud Peak 2 by Nature Hike and comparing it to what a lot of people would call it, let's just call it it's, it's, it's muse. It took inspiration slash copied the Alak 2. So we're going to have a look at both tents together and see if the Cloud Peak 2 is a decent cheap alternative to its more expensive counterpart. Stay tuned. Another video from the Fungarium and at this rate the 2021 highlight really is just, it might as well just be it with some real dramatic music over it and just me slow mo talking like that with music over it. It's been a good year stuck in here. Right, alright, enough waffling, let's get down to it. Let's get down to why we're here and that is to talk tents, tent talk. For complete transparency Nature Hike reached out to me and asked if I would like to review one of their tents and I've seen online a lot of people using the Cloud Peak 2 and saying it's a rip-off or it's very similar to the Alak 2 and because I've got the Alak 2 I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to get the tent and do a side-by-side comparison and see how it matches up and although I was given this tent by Nature Hike I'm doing an honest review of it. If it is shite then I'll say it shite and they'll just have to deal with it I'm afraid. Nature Hike, if you're watching you'll have to deal with it I'm afraid because it's honest reviews. The Cloud Peak 2, it's a two-person tent obviously it's waterproof, silicone coated fabric and it's got fully taped scenes so there's no need for you to seam seal it yourself. It's got professional 7001 aluminium poles and thick aluminium pegs and they resist the wind in all directions. Air vents at the top of the fly, high density mesh. The outer tent is 20d silicone coated fabric and 7001 aviation aluminium poles. Packed weight is 2500 grams so 5.5 pounds and that includes the footprint, the pegs and the ropes as I have it here. I'll put a comparison on screen with the weight side-by-side and bear in mind I have purchased the extra footprint for the Allac 2 which I'll incorporate as well. Now the Allac 2, god damn it's sexy even to look out on here. Minimum weight 2.8 kilograms, packed weight 3.3 kilograms. The outer tent fabric is curl on 1200. 9mm poles and the pegs are you get 12v pegs, the Hilleberg V pegs. It's an all-season construction, the outer tent walls extend to the ground and the mesh areas are backed with adjustable fabric panels. Both tents are fully freestanding so you can set the tent up and then adjust it and move it to for your view or to move away from rocks or bumps and lumps that you might be on. I'll put measurements as well as weight on screen now so that you can have a look and let's have a look how quick these are to set up side-by-side. It'll be the first time that I've set the cloud peak to up. We have to account for tying on of the guidelines etc but it went up pretty quick. Let's take you outside now and let's have a look at both tents in the garden set up. That's the tent set up. Now the zips as you would imagine not that they're nowhere near as good as on the Hilleberg. They do catch quite a bit when you look again something that you don't often deal with on the Hilleberg but for the price what do you expect seems to do the trick just fine. Let's take a look inside come on. Non-elasticated loops here for these door ties. Again for the inner door not elasticated. I do prefer elasticated and it has the T door like the T zip door. I will open both sides so there isn't a tie for this thing there's just a toggle on the end there that I assume just goes up into one of these loops and that'll just keep it out your way. It's not a bad little idea. Kick my shoes off in a go. It's a sunny day. Specious. Let's have a quick measure. 120. All right just loose. About 200 so 120 by 200 plastic hook there for hanging for drying your meat whatever you want to do. It's got the one pocket up at the head end. Fun. Whatever your bits and pieces. This is a dual door. Perfect if you're keeping with someone who's had too many wet and they need to be up at night for a for a slash. Let's put the air bed in. See how we get on. Again the X-therm Neo air large and that is touching end to end pretty much because I'm used to the Allac too so everything seems a little bit cheaper a little bit you know just a little bit more flimsy which you would expect. I don't care what is it I don't know me I'm just I've not been out in I've no I've not I've not sat in this in this tent for so long it see it feels like we're locked down since my wild camp in the snow so it feels wonderful to be back in it feel emotional because it's just it indicates freedom to me and adventure and spontaneity and everything that's been taken away from me and from a lot of people from us all so it's really nice to be in here there's a feeling of it right so let's just get down with it you've got more attachments to attach your little lines and stuff the pockets there are two pockets either side at the head end whereas there is only one in the nature hike the floor feels very sturdy very sturdy indeed the footprint with the nature hike just covers your bathtub whereas with the hillyberg it covers your whole porch area as well let's get this out say it measure let's have a look let's have a look what we've got so we're looking at yeah roughly 120 b127 so yeah it's roughly the same the same as the nature hike again double vest double double dawd but the thing with the hillyberg that sticks out to me is the amount of options you've got when it comes to your zips and and your ventilation there are so many more so many more things that you can do with it when camping in winter i have all this open because i've you know i've got a my sleeping bag keeps me warm my mat keeps me warm so i can afford to have all this ventilation open just the bug nets and it so far it's dealt with condensation very well it's exciting to be in here garden though isn't it so i will be out soon mate don't you worry don't you worry we'll be back out soon so again it's just touching just touching either side and this is the large externe neo air yeah man beautiful it's just a beautiful tent loads of clips for when you want to roll your doors down you're out your your second layer i'll show you so you've got this here it opens up and this turns it more of into a three season tent because that's just your bug net now just your bug net and you can open these top vents here and really air it out and that makes up for the fact that the the outer of the tent is touching the ground which makes it a four season tent but it also stops you being able to get that wind moving through it to uh to stop you getting the condensation so it's good that it's got all these options because without it it can get pretty soggy i mean i have buzzing i i get in the nature i can it is lovely because it's nice to be in a tent but what can you say when you get into one of these things man i don't know we'll leave that for we'll leave that for chats back at the fungarian but yeah it's just nice to see them both up next to each other we'll get an aerial shot so that we can we can see what they look like from above welcome back right what have we learned if anything are we still watching or have we done some have we done one to watch something a little bit more interesting i don't blame you if you have get the cloud peak too with the footprint for around 200 pounds this is probably one of the main factors as well as the cost because for the alak2 on the hilly bergs website it's 1025 pounds the footprint alone is around 100 pounds so you're looking at about 1100 quid for the alak2 which is eye watering eye watering mate um it's too it i personally it's too much for a tent are you paying for the name a lot of it is you know you're paying an extra few hundred quid for the name there it is it's very good quality it's excellent i wouldn't want any other tent now i was give i was gifted this tent for my birthday my partner and all my friends and family all chipped in on this website thing where you can chip in for someone's birthday they all chipped in and got me the alak2 for my birthday so i mean i'm going to treasure it and i'm going to use it till the day i die i've said that many a time but would i would i part with my money now it's hard for me to say because i know it and i love the tent but i love that tent because it was bought to me bought for me by people i love and i've used it and it's become i've said this before but it just transcended its monetary value for me it means a lot more it means freedom you know it gives me the ability to wake up in places that that just that nourish my soul as i sit here now if that wasn't a gift and if i was to buy it i don't think i would i think there has to there has to be a point where it becomes silly money for a tent and 1100 quid for a wig one too much mate i think it's too much two four six you know you could get five cloud peak twos for that you get five cloud peak twos for the price of an alak2 will the cloud peak two last you a lifetime i doubt it i doubt it if you're if you're a casual camper and you maybe you're a fair weather camper you just camp summers every now and again you look after it yeah why not it could last you a lifetime but if you're going out camping once a week like i sometimes do in you know when when we're not on lockdown and up on top of mountains in all sorts of conditions is it going to last you i don't think so the nature hike cloud peak two is a three season tent and you can tell that the you know everything's just that little bit cheaper a little bit more flimsy as you would expect for the cost if i feel like it should be said that don't buy this tent thinking that it can do the things that it's more expensive counterpart can do because it you might get found out and i don't want anyone to be going up into the mountains in the middle of winter during a storm thinking oh it's all right i've got this i've got this nature right too i'll be all right because that might not be the case the guidelines look a little bit flimsy and it might not hold so i wouldn't use it for for four seasons i wouldn't use it in bad weather but as a as a tent to go and pitch up and just enjoy the views and have a nice area to chill in it's perfect you don't have to break the bank it was dry i left it for a full night in the snow and then we had torrential rain last night and it didn't leak at all there's a lot of water coming off the lid or hat whatever you want to call it as i've found with the hillyberg the hat the water can sometimes drip and then bounce and get in your you're getting your uh in your little sleeping zone yeah brilliant it's bone dry that's that's it man what more can you ask what more can you ask absolutely bone dry i can't speak on the condensation because i've not spent a night in it i was gonna i was thinking about garden camping in it but let me just say this about garden camping because i've been torn i've been torn recently about garden camping and this is where i'm at with it um the reason i camp out and the reason i like to use these tents isn't to use the tents it's to wake up in amazing places it's to wake up in the woods it's enables me to wake up on the top of the mountain and watch the sunrise or the sunset it allows me to get out and and explore and that's what i like to do if i'm in my garden and i know that my bed my warm bed food fireplace and everything is just five meters that way i just can't do it and then i'm waking up and i'm just in my garden what's going to just stop me going in for a brew uh so it just becomes this thing of like i get more the idea of sleeping in my tent just makes me a little sadder because i know that i won't be waking up on top of a mountain or in the woods on the beach i'll just be back in my garden so for me i just don't think it's for me i get why people do it and especially on lockdown it's a change of scenery it's a good excuse to test out your new kit that's great but for me it's never been my thing and i just can't get into it i set the tent up and i was contemplating it but i can't i can't sleep out there in cold when i've got a nice warm house to to keep in and i've not got the views or anything like that so for me garden camping no i'll have to happily sit out and have a fire and chill all night but when it gets to bedtime i'm putting duvet over me in the comfort of my own house not to say you can't do it i encourage it especially if you've got kids get your kids out and do a bit of garden camping why not why not indeed so in conclusion if money's nothing to you of course you're going to go for the alak two it just makes sense especially in these times mate money's tight so we can't be shelling 1100 quid on the tent we just can't so the the cloud peak two is a great alternative to the alak two and i if i didn't own the alak two would be happy to have that as a tent the space inside is is excellent that's what i look for in a tent if i'm going up into the mountains and i know that i'm going to be tent bound for a while i need the room personally i know a lot of people just stick with a one person tent and that's fine i like the room of a two person tent because i like to do some cooking and film in and i'm just chilling you know if you're in there for a good few hours you're going to need some space aren't you otherwise you might go a little bit cuckoo it says it's a lightweight backpacking tent i wouldn't class it as as lightweight backpacking tent i would class it as one of these tents that is a destination so you're going for a destination you might be meeting your friends for a a fire or a few beers you might be going up up into the mountains to capture a sunset or sunrise it's like that one undone tent it's worth carrying it worth worth the extra weight just to have a nice home when you get there it's not for multi-day hikes i wouldn't use it for multi-day hikes and it's just a destination tent as i'll call them i'm impressed with it i'm impressed with it it's a blatant copy that's i mean i don't even think they're trying to hide it at this point it's it's an exact copy just done with cheaper materials it's like burger and steak yeah i've not had it out in any adverse conditions i've not even kept in it i'll be totally honest i've just had it out in garden just having a first look at it and i'm impressed with it but am i gonna swap out my alak too no not on your kneeling tom as i said i did get the tent for free and i'll be giving that away over on patreon sometime soon i'll leave a link for the cloud peak two below so you can check it out yourself make your own mind up so i'm going to be doing more videos to help people who are just setting out with camping and bushcraft spearfishing and things that i do and i've done for a while as a hobby and get out maybe do a bit more foraging until bozzer lets us back out to play again and that's it gear talk stick it on the highlight reel 2021 highlight reel something dining room talking about tents that's my tent talk video done i hope you've enjoyed it i hope everyone's doing okay lockdown three this is lockdown three in it is going a bit stir crazy if i'm honest it is a bit um um it's just cabin fever mate in it i think we're all suffering from a bit of cabin fever but as i look out there now there's snow drops poking the red through this sign of new life coming springs on its way and everything will be lifted soon and we'll be and we'll be out frolicking with our friends frolicking in the flowers with our friends until then if you are struggling with lockdown i'll leave a link below i'll leave a phone number actually below to the samaritans because you can always talk to them if you don't have any friends or family you can talk to you can always talk to the samaritans and please do because a problem shared is a problem halved which is cheesy i know but speaking from experience it really does help to open up and to talk to people because we're in we're in challenging times unlike anything anyone's ever dealt with before so people are dealing with it in their their own different ways so just plenty of kindness compassion and understanding for ourselves and to our loved ones as well um yeah just take care of yourselves i'll see you soon much love peace out bye right can't even walk out do you want to yeah we'll do this look we'll do one of these look see you later bye yeah see you later there love you bye