Naturehike Opalus 3: 10 Reasons to Buy

In this video I discuss my 10 reasons to buy the Naturehike Opalus 3 tent as well as a couple of reasons that could be improved.
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[@Zodicz]

Bought the 2-person version (Oplaus 2) of this couple of months ago for a 5 day hike in northern Sweden. A shop were not gonna have these in store anymore so they were selling the last ones out for nothing, got the orange version for 700sek which is like $70. Tent kinda saved our trip for the first 3 days since it was truly pouring down rain. Friends who shared a dome style tent could not set up and eat due to the rain. So i suggested we snuggled up inside the big vestibule and cook dinner and lunch in it so we wouldn't get soaking wet. I admit it was a cramped in there but 3 full grown people (me being 196cm), 1 medium sized dog + luggage were able to fit in there, cooking and eating. The vestibule is truly a godsend, Cant imagine the size of the Opalus 3.

[@ItsaCampingThing]

Yes the Vestibule is a Godsend. It's such a great feature of the tent. Be it the 2 person or 3 person version. It sounds like it was meant to be especially as your friends had trouble setting up their tent with the rain. Plus you've made some good memories from that trip no doubt. And yeah the Opalus 3 with one person in there is an absolute palace. With two it's perfect

[@alicyclochallenge3063]

Thanks for demonstration

[@ItsaCampingThing]

You're welcome

[@hkaelin3256]

A very good tent. Good Job my friend. Well done! 💪

[@ItsaCampingThing]

It is that. Thank you for your kind words 👍

[@malesu1068]

Used mine in anger for the first time last week (5 days using it as a base camp near Keswick). Loved the size of it, can easily handle 1 or 2 Exped 10 sleeping mats (length matches inner perfectly). Plenty of storage space. Weather was inter-changeable, so didn't get to raise up the end section (wish I could have as it did reach 35c+ inside the tent, though the vestibule was noticeably cooler). Due to the inter-changeable weather, I did notice a big of sag above the sleeping area, but that was just due to on-off rain and the temp swings, so just needed a bit of adjusting here and there. Final thing I did was purchase a cheap ground sheet for the vestibule.

[@ItsaCampingThing]

The big sag is quite common. It's probably the worst part of the tent to be brutally honest. It's all in getting the guide lines in the perfect position to reduce that sag. But it is quite fiddly. That said the size is great for multiple days camping where you will need that extra space. Im glad you enjoyed the tent and yeah Keswick does have very interchangeable weather thats for sure haha. Though I do miss being up there. Thanks for letting me know how you got on with the Opalus 3

[@martialliaj8498]

While I see this video I bought this 3 person tent great 😃😃😃😃

[@ItsaCampingThing]

Great 👍

[@Snick989]

you should do a set up video of how you set up the tent. The last time i went camping with this tent during some rain, i experienced the sagging you mentioned. I must not have the guide lines set up correctly.

[@ItsaCampingThing]

Thank you I will do that later in the year. Though you may well see how its set up in the short Timelapse at the beginning

[@Im_With_Stupid]

You've probably figured this out by now, but it didn't sag because you guyed it out wrong. It sagged because it's nylon. When nylon gets wet it absorbs water and expands and you have to retension the lines to pull the sag out. You do have to guy nylon tents correctly so you can pull the sag out effectively when it happens, but it's always going to sag no matter how well it's guyed out.

[@MrEvilWasp]

Speaks the virtues of having a foot print and how essential it is and then puts the tent up without it lol. Personally I would prefer the outer tent to have a fully sewn in groundsheet. Not just to keep the bugs out and to stop condensation fron the grass but to also keep out animals such as mice and rats etc. Someone on KZbin was camping on a campsite that a farmer had made from one of his fields and the guy had caught a small rat in his tent munching on his food. The rat took off but he had to pack up and leave because now the rat knew where there was food it would be back at some point and probably with friends. OK it might be a rare thing to happen but why take the chance. Peace

[@ItsaCampingThing]

The footprint was attached and used

[@Im_With_Stupid]

The footprint attaches semi-permanently to the rest of the tent. You can see it attached when he spreads it out for the pitch. One of the best things about these tents is that all the parts are connected - footprint, inner and fly - and it all pitches together.

[@drsquirrel00]

A shame the footprint doesn't cover the porch area - can it be put in from the other way? (how symmetric is it?)

[@ItsaCampingThing]

Ahhhh.... Thinking about it as its been awhile since I set it up. If my memory serves me correctly I believe it can only go the way that I put it under the bedroom. Having said that now you've mentioned it and doubt entering my mind. I will have to set it up and give a try under the porch.

[@drsquirrel00]

@@ItsaCampingThing I finally received mine. Doesn't quite fit, edges show up outside so could run water back in, the taper is different. For now I'm using a pair of pegs to hold it down at the end.

[@luxifero77]

I'm interested in seeing the two-seater version well, could you dedicate a video to it? Thank you in any case..

[@ItsaCampingThing]

Sadly the two person version I have no need for and since I pay for these tents out of my own pocket. It's not a tent I will be featuring. Sorry.

[@luxifero77]

@@ItsaCampingThing I'm a biker and I'm looking for something more portable than Decathlon's 2 second easy. Maybe a four seasons but it has to have a porch necessarily. Can you recommend something to me?

[@ItsaCampingThing]

@@luxifero77 I'd look at the Wild Country Helm range of Tents. I haven't tried them but heard good things about them.

[@luxifero77]

Thank you very much, I will certainly look at them

[@maritmusters4478]

Do you know if a person that is 2 meters tall would fit in this tent? Without touching the 'walls' with your head or feet.

[@ItsaCampingThing]

The bedroom area is 235cm from front to back. 2 metres is 200cm. So you should be OK. However the rake of the rear or slope and added hight from say a sleeping mat that 235cm will deminish the deeper the mat is as you'll be higher. So it all depends on what sleep system you intent to use really. I'm 5ft 10" and have no issues with a 4" deep sleeping pad

[@maritmusters4478]

@@ItsaCampingThing Thanks for your answer!