Naturehike Cloud Stream Ultralight Waterproof Camping Tent

No me gusta ir acampar,pero al estar obligado compré una que me gustará,y me encantó.
No pasamos frío,supeeeer fácil de instalar solo son dos varillas.
El color con el sol le queda muy bien,es un verde dorado 👌🏽
Espacio perfecto para dos personas a los laterales.
Ligera y facil de transportar por su tamaño.

I got this tent for kayaking-camping trip purposes. I love how high it is, you can easily get changed in it, sit straight and the size is perfect for 2 people. The only thing that I wish was better, that you could feel warmer in it, and that it was more water resistant. It was +9~12C° one night when I was sleeping in it, I was under one bag and 2 blankets, but I was freezing cold until morning came. Maybe I could’ve had a better sleeping bag or maybe it truly was the thickness of the tent walls + the ventilation at the bottom that was letting the cold air in. On a warm summer night this tent would be absolutely perfect. The weight of it is pretty good too (lightweight), and the setup is very easy, besides the tent fly (it’s always confusing to put on, I can’t ever tell where the front and where the back is, but might just be a me.

So I’ll update on waterproofing later, as I haven’t had the chance to try it out yet. But, there are some details I figured I’d point out as the reviews I read didn’t cover them. This review is of the Cloud Stream 3P.

– This tent, unlike some of Naturehike’s other models such as their Spider 1, actually has points on the sides adjacent to the openings to stake the rain fly out from them so you don’t get splashing in from under it. I only got caught in the rain in my Spider 1 but it didn’t splash in, however I’ve read reviews where it did happen, so YMMV I guess. However, those spots are just the same cord as the guy line that’s included, without adjustment things if its needed, much like on the Mongar, so adding them might be smart if you care enough about that. I always camp on soil so I can just pull it out further. Might be a future addition that I’ll consider, though.

– This model has 2 vents. They’re up at the peak, though, and while their flaps do have a lot of overlap, being up so high causes the flaps to be nearly horizontal with the peak of the tent, and I can see a windy storm blowing the rain sideways and into them. If they were a little lower, like on the Spider 1, then this likely wouldn’t be such a problem. On the other hand, the Spider 1’s vent didn’t catch much breeze because it was lower and the flap stopped it, so it’s give and take, I guess.

– This tent doesn’t come with a ground sheet, unlike the other two I’ve mentioned (I have the other two). I purchased one called the “Azarxis Waterproof Camping Tent Tarp Hammock Rain Fly Footprint Ground Cloth Shelter Sunshade Beach Picnic Blanket Mat for Outdoor Camping Park Lawn”, in size 6’x7′, and it fits the dimensions of the floor perfectly. Technically I could even put the poles into its corner grommets but then it’d catch rain, plus the tent and fly got really loose and frumpy when I tried that. I resolved this sheet sliding around by taking some paracord and trying it through the grommets into the nylon tab-strap-things at the corners, so I could just fold it up with the tent.

-This tent’s floor feels very durable. However, it isn’t of 1-piece construction, though the seams are taped. Might be smart to get a ground sheet just based on this to block moisture coming up from the ground.

– This tent’s mesh doors’ “hinges,” if you will, are only about 5″-6″ long, on the lower end of the doors’ height. The majority of the door material kinda bunches up once it’s fully opened. I find unzipping from bottom to top to be best practice anyway in general to avoid catching and ripping the mesh in the zipper.

– As per the other two Naturehike models I own, this one also came with those stupid candy cane shaped stakes. I bought a 16-pack of aluminum tri-wing ones as a replacement. The included ones always twist around when I try to either hook or unhook the fly openings on my other two. I replaced them on those two as well. No joke, once I separated the poles/body/fly from the stake bag, it felt, in my hands at least, that these BS stakes were half the the tent’s weight. These others are hardly noticable in my hand. They go by a bunch of different off-brand names, just look for “tent stakes” and you’ll find them.

– If you’re taking this one out solo on a trip (like I’m planning to), you might want to invest in an external frame pack (I use an older Kelty). It’s not heavy, especially after swapping out the stakes, but it definitely has bulk. The carry bag has built-in cinch straps though, which is handy for strapping it to the bottom of my frame just beneath my pack.

– The poles are pretty thick, albeit light and actually aluminum. I personally find the “spider-pole” design to be cumbersome and confusing because they always have a wider end and a narrower end. Not an issue with this, and if a section breaks, I can more easily swap it out. Granted, it doesn’t have the one that makes the walls vertical, but I see that as a plus, as I find tents having a more domed shape tend to redirect accumulated moisture down along the fly more easily.

– This model’s fly is silvered on the inside. I don’t know how much I’m going to like that in the warm months, albeit it’ll be handy in the cold ones. I’ll just have to update that part later as well.

So, that’s that on this tent for now.