A new fly sheet, new poles and a new inner...... Sounds like Triggers broom😂 as for a name, maybe you could try a night or two in the pink tunnel😂 take care Liam and God bless you mate 💪😊🙏
You’ve got a brilliant tent there Liam for 200 quid. I bought the same tent, same colour in 2007 from the long-gone Alpenstock in Stockport, for £750 with discount, including a footprint. I first used it for a car camp around the Outer Hebrides with my two boys and for about 10 years after. It faded eventually just the same as yours, but hadn’t seen that many nights of use, it’s just a problem with that colour, like a 1980s red Vauxhall Astra! It’s the perfect campsite/bushcraft/basecamp tent, where everyone can gather to eat/socialise, even if they have their own tents to sleep in. If you did get hold of a footprint then you could detach the inner and push it back to create a gathering space that Billy Smart’s circus would be envious of! It would also be ideal to make a hot tent out of, if you’re handy at sewing. For general use I’d be surprised if the sun damage made any practical difference to its strength - it’s designed for Arctic expeditions for Gawd’s sake, so losing maybe 10% of its strength is insignificant. I miss mine, having sold it on eBay 7 or so years ago for £500, with no repairs or physical damage. I’ve now got several tents for wild camping, including 3 Hillebergs (the Nallo 2, the ‘Soulo killer’ being my favourite 😉. Whatever you do, don’t sell it!
Get over the disappointment fella of it not being a bargain, you have paid 200 quid and it could end up being the best 200quid you have invested❤, great video
No its really not - sadly in the outdoors, performance is not about how something looks or its colour, its about performance in adverse conditions, tensile strength and the amount of physical UV damage its taken from high altitude - there are tell tale markers with this tent if you know what your looking at. Staining the material will not make it "new" again. Very dangerous advice. Purely letting you know encase you are thinking of doing the same, or anyone reading this and thinking it will make it safe or new.
Agree , the tent looks dry though a good coating of fabsil would revive it somewhat . I would imagine hilleberg know about fabrics so have built uv effects into the equation , however there is no doubt this has been around the clock . Very best wishes !
That's definitely been used as a base tent for a fair period of time above the snow line. The snow has built up around the base and protected the fabric low down. Being pitched altitude the UV rays are stronger as well. It will definitely have affected the strength but by how much who knows. Great find though.
Possibly used by British Antarctic Survey or a company that Ski Tours crossing Greenland etc. Clean the Flysheet in Nikwax Tech Wash , make good any repairs, Silicon the repairs and the Inside of the Groundsheet Taped seams, then spray Flysheet and inside of Groundsheet with Nikwax Tent and Solar Proof. Replace the lower Tent pole that has quite a bend in with new section and don't forget to connect the Door bands that run across ground. for the money paid still got a serviceable Tent that would take a storm or two, use it as an Base camp Tent in winter / family Tent, got a bargain there with some travel history.
Send it alpkit in ambleside to wash, seem seal it, fabsil gold it with a few coats, jobs a golden the pink pipes ready to go. Make a how to video on seen sealing etc happy days
Take it somewhere where you can camp near the motor and when you know it will rain and see how it stands up. If it leaks, sell it on. If it doesn't and there is no delamination. Keep it.
This is brilliant! As soon as you said about it doing the rounds and then going on Ebay, I knew the rent you were going to pull out…I’d been watching it too and was curious! Can’t wait to finish the video! 😂
I have a Vango Omega 600XL, which I keep as a Vehicle emergency Bug Out tent along with a Winnerwell Woodlander Medium stove and a Winerwell stove jack. Total cost was about £400 for the tent and stove. Converting the Hilleberg into a hot tent sounds like an excellent idea.
Use the Hilliberg as a base camp then take a smaller backpacking one on your 'night on a mountain' trips then return to the Hilliberg to sort out your supplies, fresh garments etc ready for your next mountain.
Liam, that tent is ace, a sewing machine, and heat-resistant material will make a fantastic hot tent and a brilliant video. Go for it lad, love the city comment 😅
give it a good reproofing and take it out with the bushcraft boys and give it a good test in some wind and rain , but not too far away just incase it does fail
I reckon that tent has seen either some polar action or really high altitude stuff. The snow skirts and the extreme fading suggests high UV damage, especially prevalent at the poles and higher altitudes. It was deffo worth a punt for £200 bangers. ATB
Would make a mega hot tent! conversion would be easy enough, get some fabric dyes and camo it up & re-waterproof... BBB sat playing cards middle of winter in't woods 👌 ( + vids of the conversion process )
Give it a good clean with a mild cleaner, maybe check seams and apply seam sealer were needed and cover it with a few coats of Fabsil to waterproof and UV protect it. Use it for campsites, base camp, snow winter camp with mates and split weight between ya
Hang onto it as part of your collection.. then when you retire from expeditions at the ripe old age of 87, you can use it in "Tent World"... The worlds first tent museum.
Free party on moors, chill out vestibule and trance in main room. Call it clockwork orange, flyer tod and hebden and they will come. Lay on some cans of Red stripe, magic mushrooms etc you'll make a profit on the 200 bar outlay no probs mush🎉 🥳 🔊🔊🕺
Still my favourite channel pal top Monday night watching love it and well done with the 25k subscribers 😊 keep the tent mate and use it on less risky camps decent size and will do a job defo 😊
That's a whopper kidder! Dunno about names for her, but the next time you're in the Lakes, give us a shout and my two walking mates and me will join you. We'll only have to bring a sleeping bag ! Yeah, like a lot of comments here it's gonna be a site/base camp tent. Too big and heavy to lug around. Cheers, Ozzy.
The only down side of a Spendybergs tent is the stress of keeping it perfect ? you have bypassed that , the stove hot tent would be my choice brilliant idea .
Will be perfect as a hot tent Liam. No worries about damaging it either as it's damaged already!! I converted my NatureHike Opalus 2 (like Lonewolf902 did) and it's half the size of this Hillie and it's fine and dandy. 👍 The Opalus 2/3 is VERY similar to this.
Think I seen that pop up on eBay a few times lol, red definitely fades more than other colours as it absorbs more of the UV light I believe blue is best for not absorbing it, I have seen red a Berghaus tent outside gooutdoors etc the slightly less faded that spent a year or so outside.
Just use the damn thing! Family tent in the summer time? Way too warm mate! Give it a good rain test with a hose pipe , and treat it with a waterproofing spray if it leaks! Really liked your vid!
Longer wavelength visible light (like red) is more toward the the infrared end of the visible spectrum and therefore has less energy. Because of their greater energy, the shorter wavelengths of light cause more “bleaching” of the pigments in the paint and more fading.
I wouldn’t worry about the poles , the inner is good and the flysheet I would reproof it , that is still a good tent , I guess it just depends if you actually have a use for it
Loving the videos mate, good to see a fellow bradfordIan doing well on youtube, look forward to see how the tent holds up in real life 😀 hot tent idea a good idea 👍🏻 The hillbilly berg
Can you reproof the fly? Redo the dwr? You are a machine but that things way too big to take out solo mate! Winter canping sounds the best idea. Especially if it's multi day. You'd be greatfulnof the space. I reckon you could insert a flue site.
That tens has been well loved and used and your right the history of where it’s been would be interesting If you wanna big tent we used to have a khyam Indiana 8 know that was a huge beast 😮
Donate it to your local Scouts. They'll freakin love it. Loads of life left in that for the Cubs and Scouts. Maybe inspire the next lot of Good Blokes Outdoors!
It’s gone to a few festivals in the sun is my guess. Whoever owned it cared enough to do a few decent repairs though. Maybe a few kids in a week long camp site somewhere sunny down south, hence the holes, hence the father’s sound repairs.
So many suggestions on what to do with this tent, I won't add any more. I will look forward to seeing what you do with it though, guaranteed to be entertaining 😁
Get out in the winter ❄️ Have an adventure at the very least. Bivy backup you will be golden mate. Maybe do a waterproof check on it before you go. Reproof it if needed and compare the before and after. Do hilleberg recommend reproofing there tents ?
What about buying some tent care stuff for the fly sheet or something to bring the colour back. If it's ever possible...?! I always care for my hilleberg's... and they will take care of you in the storms and weather
I have that same top, I gotta admit, it's the dogs balls! It works and does exactly what it's meant to do, but tell me, is yours also starting to fall apart?
Yeah you have definitely got yourself another mortgage, But they are great tent's, I mean look its been at the bottom of base camp for at least 5 years. And it's still rocking.and that is a great idea for hot tent camping, and cycling you'll definitely get 4 bikes in there, can't wait to see you take you out though. Cheers take care of yourself and see you soon Alan 💯👍
I'd be tempted to stick it in front of a wind machine and test it. if it stands up to the proper windspeed - would be interesting to see. thats been to somewhere like North Africa I reckon.
Still a bargain that Liam, i dont know if the seams are taped on this model, but check the seams over, repair as nesaccery and give it a good coat of fabsil to add water repellency and stop any further UV degradation. It should be good for Basecamp use in the UK, it was originally designed for arctic conditions, so it should still cope well with UK conditions 👍🏻 run an iron, with grease proof paper between the iron and groundsheet to re attach the seam tape...(Ive got a video on my channel on how to do it 😉)
You could always raffle it,selling tickets for £2 a go,the money you get from your viewers,buy yourself a new tent,can’t wait to see who’s the lucky winner😂😂😂😂
