Camping in the Wild Country Helm 1 and Helm 2

Join me and ‪@benhikescamps‬ for a wild camp in the Chiltern Hills. I tried out the Wild Country Helm Compact 2 tent for the first time, and Ben was in his Helm 1. We admired the views, did a bit of lion hunting, spent some time exploring Teletubbie Land, admired some weird worms, and had a good catch up as well.
I blew the dust off my winter gear for this one too, so it was good to take that out ready for some ‘proper’ winter camps.
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[@jenstone9308]

Omg it's a pride 🤣🤣 Have to say I really enjoy your sense of humour!

[@daleyoutdoors]

Haha thanks! 🤓

[@benhikescamps]

Did you see the savaged sheep in the morning? The lion hair attached to your Helm 2? The beast….. Great camp and great video Mr D. Cheers!!

[@daleyoutdoors]

The sheep was me. I needed food after my stove failed.

[@ktswandering]

Like the humour in your vids! Nice one you don't take KZbin too seriously.

[@daleyoutdoors]

I don’t take anything too seriously 😆 Thanks for watching 👍

[@CuriousGoose]

To answer the question about being in the pub I'll use the wise words of Karl Pilkington: "You're better off living in the hole, looking at the palace. Than living in the palace, looking at the hole" You got me with the lion 🦁

[@daleyoutdoors]

Wise words indeed 👍

[@ironkid8836]

Get a pint and burger then off to the tent haha best of both worlds

[@daleyoutdoors]

True! 😆

[@GrizzlyGaz]

Strange that I was talking about American werewolf in London on my camp the same night haha. Loving the kinky worms 🤣

[@daleyoutdoors]

Yeah just watching it. We’re in sync! 🤣

[@steviesteve750]

Great vid. Love the slightly sarcastic presentation, keep flipping those trigs. Helm great tent, love mine.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Haha will do! Thanks for watching 👍

[@Rich..]

Bloody love the Chilterns

[@johnc6474]

I have same problem with Coleman gas canisters. It's as if they have made them different to other manufacturers so they only work reliably with their own stoves. My APG works fine with every other make of gas canisters I've tried. I got round my situation by breaking a link from one of those silver ball type keyring thingies you sometimes get on clothing tags and dropped a ball into the canister top. The APG stove then worked ok.. I wouldn't recommend for regular use but got me through the camp.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Glad it's not just me! Cheers John! Ben

[@davidhudson7590]

Good camp lads and no beer advertising either haha

[@Mickoutdoors]

Great vid, was laughing all the way through it, would have liked more of it though keep em coming mate 👍 😉

[@daleyoutdoors]

There’s a longer ‘directors cut’ coming soon mate. Glad you enjoyed it! 👍

[@benhikescamps]

@@daleyoutdoors work outtakes?

[@jonathanthompson6783]

A nutritional alternative 😂

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

Looked like a roarsome camp 🦁 Helm2 is a belter of a tent

[@daleyoutdoors]

Sure was! I’m loving the tent 👍

[@rickyswain2403]

Lions on the loose, worm porn and wet tent flaps!.. great video mate! 👍

[@daleyoutdoors]

Hehe thanks Ricky! Ben 🤓

[@ironkid8836]

Have the one man thinking I need the two man for myself and missus or a vango 300 of some description

[@michaellaing2067]

Cracking tent you have there Ben

[@daleyoutdoors]

I love it! 🙌

[@cushybunt]

Didn't know 'The Proclaimers' were into camping.

[@6666madmick]

Hahaha brilliant video

[@daleyoutdoors]

Thanks Michael 🤓👍

[@earlebacciochi9796]

Everyone knows Circuses don't have Lions anymore 😻 ! They escaped from a private collection 🤪 👍

[@daleyoutdoors]

Ah yea they must have! 😆

[@randomhato]

Who collects lions? I have a cat and she is hard enough lol

[@TaxTheMonkey]

Bloody pervert voyeurs spying on worms in the throws of love!😆

[@daleyoutdoors]

Full video is available on WormHub 👍

[@GrizzlyGaz]

You look like Marv out of home alone with the hat and fingerless gloves 🤣

[@daleyoutdoors]

🤣

[@GrizzlyGaz]

@@daleyoutdoors is Londoner harry? 😜

[@daleyoutdoors]

@@GrizzlyGaz must be!

[@Bowlin01]

I've only used the larger 250 Coleman gas canisters with my APG but had no issues with them, I'm going to try the smaller 100 type next (got loads of the 250 each with a little bit of gas in them to use up first 🤣😂🤣. Your pitch was only 15mins from my gaff, next time you are in the area and fancy some more company please do shout. Cheers.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Ah nice! Will do! Ben

[@johanvanbeek7138]

"flip the trig"

[@daleyoutdoors]

🫡

[@tomwheeler7816]

thats where i took my wife for her first ever wild camp and what she calls her naughty camp ,LOL

[@daleyoutdoors]

Lol. It’s a great spot 👍

[@tomwheeler7816]

@@daleyoutdoors ps it why i always carry the small MRS

[@ramblingracheltrailtales]

Yay! Northampton! Sorry, it’s my home town, it doesn’t get mentioned much 😂 Bit expensive at the services thou!

[@daleyoutdoors]

Haha sure is! 😆

[@ASTHECROWFLIESHIKING]

Nice video! Crow✌️

[@daleyoutdoors]

Thanks Crow! 🙌

[@grahamcliffe8672]

Great Video as usual, quick question, what sleeping bag/quilt were you using? If I've ever had any issues getting a stove to connect to a cylinder properly, I have removed the rubber washer on the bottom of the stove (if it's got one) and that can allow the stove to be tightened slightly more, hence pressing on the cylinder seal a bit further. I find the go systems cylinders to be really good.

[@daleyoutdoors]

I use an Ice Flame down quilt 👍 I'll give the washer thing a go I think. Thanks!

[@marccoulson6555]

14mins of my life I ain’t getting back 😮

[@daleyoutdoors]

Thanks for watching

[@1972andyb]

Great vid. Amazing footage of the lions, you got really close. Nice conversation about American werewolf in London. Check out ‘off the shelf reviews’ for their review of it. One of my favourite films 😊 What chair did you have? Thanks for sharing and inspiring 😊😊

[@daleyoutdoors]

Yes it was great to get so close to them 👍 my chair is an unbranded eBay special 😉

[@grahamscothern4319]

Hi Ben What your thought on the Helm2 is it your favourite 2 man ? Atb Graham

[@daleyoutdoors]

Oooooh tough question! For me, right now, yes it is. I bought it for bad weather / wet camping and it’s ideal for that. When it’s warmer weather I’ll probably swap it out for something a bit lighter like my Lanshan 2.

[@grahamscothern4319]

@@daleyoutdoors Thanks Ben

[@micahdavis214]

Go north that was an insult to trig points 🤣 bombproof tent but definitely not tiger proof 😉

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

Spirit stoves are more reliable.

[@steveb1972]

Sure that’s not you creaking?🤔

[@daleyoutdoors]

Could be! 😆

[@ramblingracheltrailtales]

I do like the Chilterns but different kind of hills to the Peak District. Tent looks good, nice set up 😊

[@davidhale1568]

Just completed a five day across wales in a helm 1 does make a good winter tent stands up to gales on exposed sites fine within reason. Not had any problems using Coleman 100s using either jet boil stoves or Msr pocket rocket 2.

[@daleyoutdoors]

I think it’s one dodgy can. I have two the same make/brand. One works. One doesn’t. 😆

[@alanbateson9275]

I have the APG stove and never had an issue with different gas canisters. I also have one of the Jobsworth variations as well and that has an issue with pin not fully opening the gas from the cannister. (I think that's why they recalled them). You have to really tighten the stove on to the cannister with the Jobsworth and the gas pressure is still way less than i get with the APG. Good video Ben, I don't like the fact that I like that tent 🤣, I'm a Cloud Peaker though so will be staying with the Naturehike.... For now.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Turns out I have a dodgy canister. Others work, even another one of the same name and model 🤷‍♂️

[@christopher9727]

Jesus Christ saves John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Does he wild camp though?

[@paulhunt8852]

Trig finger 😂

[@simonward4520]

My Osprey rook makes the same noise, I thought it was because I put my sit mat in the water bladder compartment, but I think it is a design fault?

[@daleyoutdoors]

Maybe. My Kestrel only seems to do it if I’m above 12kg in weight. Can’t work out where it comes from though 🤷‍♂️

[@UKIcarus]

Wheres the food pouch from? Would it keep bacon cool? Also helm 1, big enough for 1 man and dog? Or need helm 2 if youve got a dog with you?

[@daleyoutdoors]

Amazon : amzn.to/3LVQnjb . Depends how cool you want your bacon to be. Depends what size man you are and what size dog you have.

[@UKIcarus]

6ft. 30kg and size of a large beagle or small lab

[@daleyoutdoors]

@@UKIcarus Helm 2 then 👍

[@stevec-b6214]

I once camped in the lakes about 20 minute walk back to the old dungeon ghyll pub, and a very merry evening it was, many beers, watching the climbers hanging off the beams in the bar by one finger, then a jolly stagger back to the tent. best of both!

[@ChicaLocaGB]

Have you seen the guy in the audience extra at end of Teen Wolf with his trousers open then notices? That in itself is classic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYqcZ2dud75ljJY

[@stevew585]

Hi great video Thanks. I'm just starting out with wild camping and have a question please. With these tents, when packing away wet, do you remove the inner and pack it away separatley from the fly?

[@daleyoutdoors]

I don’t for a one night camp as I put it up when I get home a dry the whole thing out. For a mutiny day trip yes, you’d keep the inner separate and dry. They just clip in 👍

[@stevew585]

@@daleyoutdoors Thanks

[@stevew585]

Sorry to be a pain, one more thing that may interest you. I have the Helm compact 1 and love it, however, I have been eyeing up the Helm 2 for the extra space. As I always research heavily before a purchase, I was just about to pull the trigger and buy the Helm 2 when a very simlar awesome bit of kit caught my eye and completely stopped me in my tracks! If you haven't check this out. Sierra Designs Meteor 3000 2 Man, Apart from the Helm this is the best 2 Man tent I've seen, all things considered.

[@daleyoutdoors]

@@stevew585 I’m happy with the Helm 2 mate

[@dynamo127]

My nephew once saw a monkey out in Stoke

[@paolomattiello2248]

Great vid as usual! I just got an helm 2, wasn't sure about the helm 1 or 2 but I figured in winter I'd prefer more covered space over less weight. can't wait to try it out.

[@daleyoutdoors]

It’s a great tent 👍

[@randomhato]

OK the Lion Bar thing made me laugh out loud. Dad humour at its best 🤣

[@daleyoutdoors]

Hehe thanks! Ben 🤓

[@deaneager]

Hey Ben, I've had a right game with Coleman gas canisters myself. They don't work with SOTO Windmasters for a start, and tend to release gas slowly on other stoves, too. Apparently it's a known issue, and Coleman insist that their canisters are made within the correct specifications, and that it's the fault of the stove manufacturers. That may well be the case, but I only ever buy Coleman gas in big canisters now, and use them to fill up others that reliably work with any of my stoves.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Ah right. Makes sense. Cheers Dean!

[@michaelgatford6194]

Great directors cut version Ben. Londoner defiently goes all out for a good cinematic shoot. What sleeping bag do you use? Glad it wasn't an issue with your stove and just the canister.

[@daleyoutdoors]

I use an Ice Flame down quilt. Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@bobbyball6671]

Great video pal, i had similar problem with my apg stove. Had screw gas canister on mega tight to get it to operate. I just removed the rubber o ring in screw thread for the canister and replaced it with a thinner one and that solved it

[@daleyoutdoors]

I’ll give that a go - thanks!

[@decayuk3642]

Never tried the dehydrated meals. Always take burgers or chicken and a few beers

[@daleyoutdoors]

I them because I’m lazy 😆 I’ll be cooking ‘real’ food for the next few camps though. I enjoy cooking when trapped in the tent in winter 👍

[@nickhook3649]

Brilliant! , I have helm 1 and 2 it’s nice to have extra space in winter but the helm 1 can slip in smaller spaces.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Exactly that. They’re both great tents 👍

[@Benzoff]

Nice one. So glad KZbin suggested your channel.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Thanks for watching! Ben

[@craig3401]

Great little camp for me the little bit of extra weight is worth it for so much more room you get having a 2 man tent.

[@daleyoutdoors]

Yes it’s definitely worth it. Makes a huge difference 👍

[@BruSwayneable]

whats the the "flip the trig" thing about? im so curious

[@daleyoutdoors]

Just something I do. Got fed up of seeing people slap them 🤣

[@BruSwayneable]

@@daleyoutdoors haha so funny, nothing else in your content would suggest you ever flip any thing, lol. Loving the content fella, I'm a single parent dad down in Sussex that has just been gifted from my dad the helm 2 tent! it's been a budding interest of mine of late, feel like we are all getting to far from our evolutionary routes in modern society and wild camping is an itch of mine that needs scratching. You have been one of the main inspirations on KZbin of late. Tent - Check. Everything else - need to buy still!

[@daleyoutdoors]

@@BruSwayneable Helm 2 is a beast! Weather will be getting warmer soon so grab yourself a cheap mat and a budget bag and get out there 👍

[@BruSwayneable]

@@daleyoutdoors been looking at all the recommendations, thermarest etc but like u have said in previous videos, you don't have to spend loads. What do you think is the best comfort to price ratio for a sleeping mat? It definitely needs to be a inflatable for me

[@daleyoutdoors]

@@BruSwayneable Exped Ultra.

[@DJunclepaul2nd]

I camped in the 3 season Lanshan 1 2021 just before the clocks went back, 7° over night. I was fine on a 4.2r pad with a cumus 350 quilt and thermals. Helm 2 looked 4 seasons. Look forward to see you test that a little more. I'm tempted to get out again and test my setup in colder conditions, find my limit! I'd like a 2 person 4 season ... A bunch of options though!

[@daleyoutdoors]

Go for it! Just make sure you can bail if you need to 👍

[@DJunclepaul2nd]

@@daleyoutdoors found a quiet spot, 10 mins from where I can park, 5 mins from home!. It's very peaceful, a crafty little location.

[@daleyoutdoors]

@@DJunclepaul2nd perfect 👍

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

😳… I’ve just realised that I should have subbed to Londoner and not Daley 😂… nah, just kidding, but a year ago I did think you were the same channel 😉😆

[@daleyoutdoors]

Haha maybe we are the same 😉

[@benhikescamps]

That’s hilarious!

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

@@benhikescamps 😊… what can I say: I clearly have no taste: Daley gets the sub, you get the likes 👍🤣