Discover how to do camping on a tight budget. 

As a beginner to wild camping and whatnot, I'm trying to kit myself and my son. We're having a blast, but these wee videos are handy to show us what we can get, or do we need. Not sure if it will be a long-term hobby but we're trying to get fit and have fun.

I don't know about English chili con carne but here in the southwestern U.S. if your face doesn't melt a bit while your eating it its not spicy enough. 😅 I love your videos. ❤

I enjoy getting out wild camping and have been watching your vids. I really enjoy them and you doing reviews on various camping equipment.

First time viewer, you got yourself a new subscriber, very good informative video thank you for sharing

Good time out with some different equipment but most important you did it on a budget(close) and explained in detail that you don't have to have the best just make use of what can afford.Thanks for sharing 😊

Another brilliant video that I enjoyed watching

Glad to see you on your feet after your wild encounter with a deer Dan! Cheers!

Not a bad tent for a beginner Dan done well to show a basic setup for camping good advice and educational and entertaining dan

I bought a Yellowstone one man hiking tent a few years ago as my first wild camping tent, it has a mesh inner and a green fly sheet, cost me about £30 and it's absolutely brilliant. I've sealed the seams and proofed it with Nik Wax tent proofer, used it loads of times even though I now have a good upgrade. That blue tent looks like it might put people off, all that condensation, but the rest of the kit looked great. Thanks for uploading and glad you're feeling better.

Really enjoyed it thanks. As I think it shows a cheap starter things are ok for a one nighters but a few pounds more is better if you want to use it more than once. This sort of videos show that. “Well done for that”

Hope you are doing better with the injury…Nice outing with the cute not so wild Fox…The family of Fox that where under my deck this spring I left alone so they would keep their fear of people. Have fun stay safe.

Great video, Dan. How about doing an army surplus camp. You can get some cracking deals on cheap kit.

Dan I watched your video a year on its release and my opinion of your “MAT?” Is it doesn’t matter which side is facing you…the rocks will be easy to feel under your aching back…😂! I thought up another use for the mat it would be a good sun shield for the front window of my truck in the hot Tucson, Arizona sun😊! Your tent would be good to collect water on the desert floor in an emergency 😮! Have a great day!

Hello Dan , I think at the end of the day , The most Important item for Camping has to be a good Tent , and a quality Sleeping Mat / Bag , Money well spent on these two items is well woth it , another great video mate , shows that you can get some bargains if you shop around , Be Well my Friend , best wishes to you and the Family . 😊👍

Great video, that tent gives you and indoor pool hehehehe

Lovely video of the Fox Dan😀

I always come back with more than I went for in those stores 😂 tent looks like a Hilleberg Akto copy. I go with foil side up. That grill falling apart from that one piece was brilliant 😂 The fox whisperer

You can tell your up north when the baskets have security tags on em 🤣🤣🤣

Picked up the raised firepit with fire resistant gloves for £12 and it's absolutely fantastic. Great for me and my eldest son for a wkd camp in North Wales 👍

Good to hear you are recovering from your ordeal with the Deer 😊

Hi there woodsman this is brill coming shopping with you really good video from sylvia ukxx 💐💕

Dan Great vid again and to see you caring for the foxes . As for the tent I’d suggest maybe just getting a tarp . Either way your going to be eaten by bugs going by what you said . You should not have as bad a condensation issue . As for the insulation mat you was spot on silver side up.

Another top class video EW. 👍 Budget doesn't have to mean low quality (as you know better than me I think) If you shop around, and take tips from the likes of yourself, you can put together a pretty good set up for not a huge outlay.

You'd probably find less condensation in a bin bag 😂 I understand the reason behind why you did this video but think if anyone was new, just getting in to wild camping, etc. this isn't the way to introduce them. There's budget, and then there's just shit. I think we all know which category this tent falls in to 😂😂 Good to see Carrot out too, repping The Shire 👊🏻

I have that eiger trekker tent its ok apart from not enough stake holes on the outer fly resulting in a flappy baggy outer. Definitely foil facing up,under the sleeping bag or mat

tbf all tents are good in the summer nothing wrong with a 20£ tent 10£sleeping bag 20 for gas stove with bottles 5 on food&water cooking stuff no more than a tenner so i dont no why u find it hard to keep it under a hundred its so easy to do

Well for under £50 from Amazon I got a Mountain Warehouse bivvy bag and a Trail 3 season sleeping bag, and I'm skint. No idea if my kit is anygood but I'll find out. Great vid.

Foil side up...or down: it depends on the season. Foil side up is for warmth, and foam side up is for avoiding condensation to the extent that is possible.

Great video, you should have got that horn to chase the deer away lol

I was in my local branch of The Range this morning. There was one of those flimsy collapsible cookers on the shelf. It didn't inspire much confidence.

Real turmat meals are really nice. The reindeer stew, kebab stew are mint

Been thinking about the condensation issues that we all have at some stage. During the warmer months, how about using a USB fan and help draw the warmer air out of the tent? Obviously during winter you don't want that but I've seen one or two others try it and say it's very good at reducing the amount of water in the tent. We on average are supposed to breath out roughly 1 pint of water every night....

Nice tent 👍

Nice tent for mr fox😊 i was hoping to see some steak grilling😊

Reflectix is best used to reflect heat. Up to 90%. But to do that it needs a few inches of airgap in front of it to "reflect" the heat back to you. That means you don't want to sleep directly on it because then you would be conducting heat through the metallic surface, which would not work so good. A few inches gap between you and the reflector is what you want mate.

The like the mesh firepit, we tried one and it didn't burn the grass not a mark.👍

Dan….you should have bought the horn in The Range….you could frighten away deer with it 😀. On another note, your comment about buying budget gear and if you don’t like it , throw it away !,! Sadly that’s what happened after the covid lockdowns were lifted, people bought crap gear and couldn’t be bothered packing up and taking it home, result was rangers and wardens having to clean up sites around Glencoe, Glen etive, Loch Lomond etc ( probably the same in the Lake District and the dales etc ) ? Once again, great informative video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥾🥾

loved the video, really wish i had some nearby woodland i could wild camp in in Lincolnshire. unfortunately it's only tidy commercial campsites around me with electric on every pitch lol. would need to drive for hours to find anything wild to camp in

Hi Dan for the price you paid for the tent £35.00 it did the job but obviously the issue with condension is expected at that price. Like you said its perfect as a starter tent but I hope it doesn't put people who are just starting camping off because of the condension. Great info as always.

That's great that Dan you need to convert it to calor gas using yer plumbers trade

that tents interesting would make a handy grab bag for a night on the fly that fire pit mesh looks ok,reading the comments alot here are missing the point of the budget gear , if its someones first time its handy because if they like it they can upgrade if they then decide its not for them then its no loss, i keep forgetting the range has camping stuff i got windbreaks from there 8 year ago and they still going strong with original poles,even though they a bit tatty now they still do the job

When you're chilling watching the English Woodsman and then someone you know from your hometown just pops up camping with him 😂

Aldi have reflective windscreen covers in or exercise mats,the mats look a bit narrow tho

The tent is a good concept, just needs some refinement and would be excellent

I’ve used that fire pit for years , never fallen or failed … I would be more concerned knocking the taller one over … I’m a bit of a clutt .. great vid thanks

Love the budget videos helps knowing if gears possible to get cheap

The foyle side definitely on the top cos it would bounce back your body heat.

Another great video I’m new to the wild camping scene and definitely will be getting some gear and haveing a go this summer Watching your videos has made my mind up 👌

I absolutely love these “Buying on a budget” videos, brilliant.

I’m in the foil side up camp 👍🏻

👍👍👍 Nice 😊. These 'Budget' Posts are especially handy for those who wish to 'test the water'. At the very least, the kit can thereafter be relegated to back yard camping .. keeping the kids happy, safe and out of the adult's hair 😏. Under €200.00 .. add a cheap waterproof Tarp / Tarpaulin to go over the tent, some other odds and sods and one would be good to go for most 3-season camping 'not too far from home / car' scenarios .. extreme weather excluded of course (that's what the Weather Bureau is for 😊). Use a pull-along shopping / garden cart and one doesn't even have to carry anything. 'Condensation' .. a basic knowledge of School Physics / Physiology will enable one to figure that one out beforehand. Thanks for sharing .. take care ..

Blooming heck Dan, deer last week, foxes this - I think you should rename yourself Dr Dan Doolittle - he talks to the animals 😂

Foil side up is right mate, it's to reflect your body heat back up

Glad to see you're feeling better if not best Dan. Good call on not going too far this week. People need encouragement to try camping and you give them the confidence to try. Good on yer.

Bro chili con carne is supposed to be spicy! Hence the “chili”. Looks good, I want to try the real turmats. 👍🏼

Dan, good advice for budget camping is not using those expensive dehydrated meals!!!!

do a budget camp with a hammock and tarp setup... at least you won't have condensation problems.. be interesting to see how cheap it can be done for ?

Next Budget video you make, try Argos!

I was looking at getting one of those fire pits, but what do you do with all the ashes afterwards ?

I would consider a tent left behind at a festival, extreme toxic waste and only handle it in a haz mat suit

You should have grabbed one of those lamps bro. How you gonna see?

That tent is abysmal.

Your wee knee buckle giggles over the squeaky horn ....... Had me in tears 🤣🤣🤣glad your feeling better

Great video mate, not a bad selection from the Range....looks like a low budget glamping set up! Good to see you out and can still hear the pain you're suffering with. Hopefully you'll be 100% soon!

50 or 60 quid seems a lot for a discount store sleeping bag , I’ll wait for your review though.

I use the pad foil side up

Your a big kid with that horn😂😂

Im not sure if i really like the design of the tent or i hate it, either way it's good for people going on their first camp. The condensation was just silly and that firepit is dangerous. I think more people would enjoy camping but their only memory is using kit like this.

Good video glad you’re feeling better I think that piece on the the cooker is to stop the pan go over the gas cilinder because some people were using to large of pan and the heat reflecting over the gas and blowing up stay safe 👍

Had any further thoughts on last week 7:00

If you’re a first time camper and on a budget… Don’t buy two stoves… Don’t buy a big gas cooker… Don’t buy a full set of pots… Don’t buy an expensive tiny bag of freeze dried food… Don’t buy a super cheap tent… Do your research, spend a £10 or £20 more and if you have to, put it away for a month and then buy the rest when you get paid again. You don’t have to buy EVERYTHING at once, especially if you’re on a budget. As far as those raised fire stoves… don’t buy two and don’t even buy one. Just dig a little hole, collect some wood and make a little fire. Or don’t make a fire at all? If you want to cook food then buy a cheap gas stove that you can screw on to the top of the canister and you only need like one pot. Most camping pots come in two pieces, so you can make a coffee or tea in the top part and cook some food in the bigger bottom part. As far as food… just take a bag of microwave rice and a tin of curry or something to mix into it. Never go by these “camping on a budget” videos because if you follow them, you’ll end up throwing it away and either having to spend MORE money on better stuff or you’ll just be put off camping all together. Your best bet is to watch multiple camping channels and look at who camps in areas that resemble where you’re from/plan on camping and then just buy a bit of gear they use (after doing some research on it) every month or so. Get the basics first so you can start camping straight away… a tent, a mat and a sleeping bag. If you have to go in your cupboards and take a little saucepan, then do that instead of buying all the pots straight away.

I go foil side down with those foam things, I got one and used it once, it's in the camp cupboard now. I am looking more towards the tarp set ups now and even though I've got better hammocks now, I'll keep them for dense woodland in autumn/winter camps. I now put all bedding into a bivvy bag even in a tent. It saves a swampy night in some cases. I see where you're coming from- good idea. I think now buying camp gear bit by bit rather than all at once like that and get summer camping kit in winter out of season as it's cheaper so by summer you've got decent kit and spread the cost. I found a new online shopping thing like Ali Express and I've got a few decent bits from there. Took less than a month to arrive from China too. Called TEMU.

OEX looks good

I would say foil like you x

Eurohike backpacker great tent for 40 quid

Good video Dan glad your feeling better mate tent was alright I suppose for starting out but yeah suppose you only get what you pay for these days sadly look forward to your next vid mate take care and all the best 👍👌🔥🔥❤️

Hi Dan, Have you don't a Decathlon Budget camp?

Waterproof

Get the star wars tent

Where do you get those meals from

Every camper/backpacker needs a bicycle horn.😂

Best place army surplus sleeping bags £15!

dont need any of that Tarp wool blanket ground matt wear water proof coat hat over trousers and boots small tin and hex blocks to boil water and dry food like nuts and raisins biltong

Honestly think you could do it better for that budget in go outdoors or blacks if you look at the right stuff

woodsey see ifu can get a naturehike canyon 2 man in to show us.. jus seen the one man on todgr w luke looks interestin think ull like

choose your limit, buy once cry once - love your videos !

👍👍👍👍🙏🙏

I recon Mr fox was looking for a juicy stake you used to leave him ..lol.btw how's your ribs mate ?

Honestly just buy a cheap tarp and take a pan out your kitchen and a lighter. Job done

Ay up me duck. You always have the foil/aluminium side to your body as the foil/aluminium reflects the heat radiated by your body back towards you.

I could have got you 25% off all your gear as I work there. 👍

Daley Outdoors did it for £150. Can it be done for less than £100

I'll have to have a look in there as I could do with sonme gear but my budget is zero to notjing 😢

In theory, it's silver side up according to the science. In practice it makes absolutely no noticeable difference.

Interesting video and good fox footage..

New subscriber here, watched alot of your videos the last week. Nice. Newly single, spent loads on family tents and setups but now on my own I need to get new gear and scale it down (on a budget) but I'd rather go to campsite, near a pub or beach n just chill so I don't think wild camping will be for me. Got a cheap 3 man tent of marketplace,need to sort bedding out now. Sim or a cheap supermarket inflatable mattress? Def gonna go for double sleeping bag/quilt. I'm a wiggler and like to spread out haha Got my eyes on cooking items on amazon, roll on payday. Also need a chair, has to be a high-backed one. My god, this camping stuffs stressful hahaha but love your videos,hope your better soon too. Ps. Any one told u that you look like an AEW wrestler...John moxley? Its the beard lol 🤘

wat tarps that josh got

I hope you are feeling better Dan, I love your videos, i think the reason your videos are so good is because they show what real camping is like for most people, and your talking approach is very down to earth.

You dont need tons of kit, remember you need to cary it. Its good to have a few spares, just incase of failure. I have seen these flat stoves but are bulky if you need to xary everything everywhere. I tend to use tranjia 27 or campinggaz bluet 200 c stove it does most things and gaz lamp.

Oh I need that horn for my cane !=8)