Premade Concrete Canvas Tents - Just Add Water 

★★★ *FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIDEO / FACT UPDATES* ★★★ *1) The Tent is too expensive and not worth it* - Yes you are right, for you and me. But it was probably design for organisations that require a building to be setup fast in remote locations, like the military or emergency reaction forces in storm damaged areas. A place that can be setup real fast and outfitted as a HQ, to organise forces, and once finished they just have it demolished. *2) Concrete is not waterproof, the tent will leak* - That is why it has a white plastic membrane inside, so the water stays outside the plastic, plus this tent was not designed for long term conditions, just quick reaction forces like the military. *3) It does not have windows or ventilation, you will suffocate unless you leave the doors open* - well maybe that is what they had in mind with the design, something quick and sturdy for short term duration as a Headquaters and if need be I am sure they can always cut a hole and fit a vent. *4) Most of you are focusing on the tent and not the material itself* - The tent is just one small factor of what this video was about and what this material is good for and what it can do. *5) Most of you are saying the Military would never use these tents* - My opinions above are just that, opinions on who might use these tents, no one is saying just the military will buy and use them. I just check the Concrete Canvas website, these tents are still listed as an item they sell, and they say they have a *"designed life of 10 years"* Here is the webpage for these tents - www.concretecanvas.com/cc-shelters

"Dug out a rough trench" Shows the cleanest smoothest trench I've ever seen, and I work on construction sites

Now I finally realized why the tents in videogames are completely solid

I can barely afford rent, but I'm convinced I now need to buy concrete canvas for some reason

The tents look like habitats being planned for Moon and Mars colonies.

This material would fly off the shelf if it were a bit less expensive.

Getting the tent back in its bag after use would almost be as difficult as getting a Coleman dome tent in it's original storage bag.

The real question is why this was recommended to me

Imagine you got a pallet of concrete canvas shipped to you, and it had water damage

"they dug out a rough trench" , err they dug a precision trench 10 x the original .

Imagine still pumping the tent and the rain is coming. Edit: Guys, relax. It's a joke. No need to be salty because of a joke. There's still much of salt in the ocean 😉

Imagine the skateparks you could set up with this stuff

all fun and games until someone wraps your car in it...

an interesting application of the thinner variety, if it had marine-grade concrete: DIY boat hulls. My grandfather made a sailboat hull out of mesh and a thin layer of marine concrete. Less complicated to do then fiberglass, and more rot-resistant then wood. provided there was a good way to seal the seams, two of those rolls over some formers could churn out a 30-ft/10m boat for a fraction of what fibreglass typically costs (since you need a wooden core, then fiberglass and resin layers on both sides). It wouldn't be quite as light, but would likely weigh less then Grandad's boat did, and that sailed fine back in the day (It was before my time, though he still had the hull when I was born)

I'm gonna set up one of their concrete forts in my living room.

This is the most brilliant idea, especially for here in Florida where hurricanes are plentiful.

A 20,00$ to $30,000 dollar tent 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️ I mean it's cool but it's not that cool.

I recycled used carpet, then use it with concrete like shingles, they are very heavy once impregnated with Portland and water. Works great for erosion barrier.

Thanks for not wasting 7 more minutes of my time and getting straight to the point of why I even clicked on the video in the first place, Cheers.

Iv been living in a Premade Concrete Canvas Tent for 3 years! Its nice and cold in the summer and nice and cold in the winter too. Plus no windows for people to stare at me inside my bunker while I do the things that make me feel like god.

Now I know how the state stabilized a hillside above a big retaining wall, it was with "concrete canvas." Very cool stuff.

BRILLIANT...Always wondered how they held slopes on side of highways...SO COOL...learned something new today!!! Thank you

I feel like i just watched a commercial and it was so worth it! now i need to find some concrete fabric and have fun.

I love shit like this

Reduce That Cost To About $5000 For The "Tent" And Under $20 Per Square Meter For The Fabric, Then You Have A Real Market.

That "bye bye" at the end is the biggest gift to mankind

Great Concept, I Had This Idea When I Was 10 years Old, But Hey, THIS Product Is SUPER OVERPRICED !!

Concrete canvas is great for homesteading... This is going to be the route I take ! Buy some land, get like 5 of these, and boom excellent shelter

I dipped my backpack in quickcrete, sprayed it with water, let it dry and now my back is killing me!

It's great for water-storage too. Have some similar around here for emergency water.

Awesome. This could revolutionize do-it-yourself homesteading.

Never knew how much I needed this till now...

This technology will definitely pave the way for great success and ideas for the future 👍

Just watch out for the load bearing characteristics of containers. They are very strong at corners for vertical stacking, but you are not supposed to even walk on the unreinforced top (roof). I thought of using concrete canvas for hardening a simple either above ground or buried container house the first time I saw info on it. The rolls are also pretty heavy to move and unroll, requiring a pretty hefty forklift, front end loader, etc.

Fantastic product. Why is this not everywhere? Someone needs a marketing team!!

Mind blown~! This is AMAZING!!!

I hope they come up with a multi layer system that you can add rebar in the middle, this would be awesome to do a foundation for a simple shed or something like that in your yard or a garage floor

to all who criticised the ventilation: 1. there are vents in the doors 2. there are doors on both ends this means that air can constantly flow through the structure.

The tent is cool and all, but that anti-rockslide method was truly a wonderful use of this material.

If it were only a little bit cheaper I’d consider making a home out of it. I look forward to seeing some more videos of liveable dwellings made of this material in the future. I hope you have some more vids on it coming soon. Thanks for your time and effort in bringing this to us 👍🏼

That would be great for small projects like steps. A person would have to consider how much a roll of that stuff would weigh. It would take a crane or fork truck to move a small roll.

WOW! The answer to my koi pond needs lol

Awesome product. Thanks for sharing.👍

Amazing stuff, what a brainstorm of an idea!

It would be good for making cycle paths quickly from scratch.

How do you explain *this* to a caveman? "It's a "special dust" carpet that becomes stone if you spray water on it" *"THE WHAT?"*

Amazing stuff !!! never knew existed. Thx. for the video.

That's pretty cool, I can imagine lots of applications for a solution like this. Just don't expect that using "95% less material" will result in the same sturdiness and longevity as a traditional build would.

I've got so many questions about this as potential house structure or shop., like primarily how well would this hold up in high winds, what would be used as a foundation to satisfy city regulations, and so on. Not many buildings will hold up to a tornado - but I personally would still like to know what kind of wind speeds this will stand up against.

the tent sounds like a nice pre fab home, just add a shower and toilet + power/ac/internet and boom... home sweet home :D

PremadeConcreteCanvasTentsjust addwaterbatteriesnotincluded THAT'S FUNTASTIC!

Thank you for accurately calling it concrete instead of cement in the title.

This is amazing. This is a miracle material...we can incorporate it with RCC Roof house. Pouring RCC slab is a difficult job, needs man power, setup, concrete mixing machines, this canvas makes it so much better.

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Now I can make my quick and easy secret mountain base.

This is pretty amazing for erosion and flood control. Wow.

They had that in an old book about Star Wars.

This is great! Thanks for featuring us, Wonder World!

I've worked with this exact product, great stuff

My dream of owning concrete underpants has been fulfilled!

i'm wondering what the service life of these materials are. when can you expect the PVC membrane to fail for example. and how does it handle thermal expansion after it has hardened?

I've seen the road-side surfacing a few time, always have to take a double take when I see them because it looks like a bad video game render

Absolutley amazing!

MOst awesome, space applications to this wonderful product as well!

A lot of criticism of this product seems to be from people who seem to think this is a consumer product. That's completely misguided - this product is clearly aimed at civil engineering and military use where budgets are large enough to afford this kind of thing. My main concern with this outside of the obvious price issue is the longevity. With the water-works example it seems like the vast majority of the work has to be completed anyway so the only benefit the concrete canvas seems to have over pre-fabricated elements or poured-in-place structures is it's weight and thus transport costs. However at only 10mm thick at best any water way would quickly erode through it meaning the channel would need constant maintenance. This is not to mention the dubious structural integrity of such a system when faced with things such as landslides, storm surges or otherwise. Either way it seems like the money saved in transport costs will be far less than the money spent on maintaining the structure. As for the 'military' application with the 'tents'...it's laughable. The aim of the product is to establish a reasonably hardy shelter in a quick time-span, yet it accomplishes neither by military standards. A thin layer of concrete like this probably won't even stop some small arms fire, and having to wait 24 hours (after supplying the water as well) is a long time. In a 'hot' combat environment sandbags, Hesco barriers and other such devices are far superior in protection while being logistically simple and quickly established (not to mention the incremental nature of their construction. Every sandbag filled is a little extra protection - as opposed to this tent thing which is nothing until it's fully cured). In places not expected to receive incoming fire I see no reason why normal canvas tents can't be used as they have been for centuries. Tents like these are far lighter and cheaper and don't require anything but manpower to erect, unlike the concrete canvas 'tents' which demand both a water supply and a source of compressed air to be usable. It's a nice idea, and it no doubt has it's advantages - however it costs far too much for far too little gain over the competitors. The bonuses it claims to grant are only counteracted by the flaws of it's design.

Imagine trying to set up a tent while it’s raining.

So very cool... I see packages available for purchase, with multiple tents with multiple rooms..... Boom shaka laka

This is awesome!

Can't wait for the epic pranks, like coating your friend's car in concrete.

Pretty cool I wouldn’t mind putting one of them up in the mountains 😏For a bug out shelter

My wife and kids left me after I spent my last dime on this stuff, after watching this video, but who cares! My entire house is now completely covered in this stuff. Rock Solid!

Perfect for those applications .... 💕✨🏆✨👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Finally I can afford a house 😂

1:28 the rough water channel is better than a smooth canal.

Very cool,, thanks for that. Never seen it before but am not surprised it exists. I only wish it was my idea,lol.

Wow amazing invitation 😍 👏 👌

Good luck trying to set up the premade tent in the rain.

Next time I owe taxes, I'm sending a tent and a bag of cement, with a note that says "keep the change."

this is brilliant, I'd like to meet the genius who made this and shake his/her hand.

Ingenious, so many ways to use this material!

my cast is similar and extremely strong and lightweight. water required is minimal. Mars where we come!

I wonder if it could be used as roofing for a container home. Fire proof, storm proof compaired to plywood and asphalt shingles.

great idea thumbs up !!

That's pretty cool!

There are probably many other uses for this product. I'm thinking it could be useful in disaster areas.

$30k?! That is a lot more expensive than a modular home build.

Wow this is so brilliant !

This is amazing! 😊

Mr beast : last to leave car covered in this stuff that is slowly having water dropped on it wins $1,000,000

Take a shot every time he says *CONCRETE CANVAS*

Thats wicked cool love it!! If its strong great stuff! Would like to try it out build a pond or something with the stuff hope to see it being used soon looks good easy to use!

How cool is that!

"Feed 'im to the fishes, boys." "What's this? A blanket? How is this s'posed ta kill me?" "Throw 'im in." "Ohhhhhh, it's this stu - _burble"_

This would be great for Mars. If you made equipment to manufacture and process the raw materials. Then Mars-trucks could transport the folded pods to locations, Then with onsite water production unit, inflate and harden the bunkers.

This is crazy amazing!!!!!

That’s awesome 👏 👏👏👏

Damn that's a good idea. They could use those on the outside of Bastion walls. P.S. Probably be cheaper in ten years like dvd players.

Nice, but too expensive. You could do almost do the same thing with vinyl bags that contain cement powder. Just spread out a bag on the ground, then add water. It will harden into a panel in twenty four hours. Total cost for an 8x12 panel would be around a hundred dollars. You could even make one long panel, which can be lifted by a few men, and then folded into a box. And it could have window and roof openings. Always look at cost. There’s usually a cheaper way to do just about anything.

I work at the factory that this is made, it was an exciting time when we realise this had taken off. This stuff is seriously underestimated.

That's a very useful invention👍🧠