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My friends, welcome to this episode of the outdoor gear review. I hope you all are doing well. It has been some time since I've reviewed a cot tent. And folks, that changes today. Recently, I came across this on Amazon, and at least in the details that were shared and in the photos, this appears to be a strong contender for a really good cot tent. The tent that I'm talking about is the Nebula, and it's from a company called Sum Loom, which I have never heard of before. Already, I have to say that I'm quite impressed with the size of this. As you're looking at it, you're probably thinking, "This looks pretty large." But check this out. When it's stored, it's actually quite small. Have you ever
heard of this company before? If no, if yes, comment down below. Let's go ahead and let's do a quick component breakdown. So, we have the storage bag here. We have two compression straps. And this does appear to be of an interesting design. And this is a sort of burrito bag, but it has a zipper across the top, which is unusual. Here we have the tent, all the components. But before going to that, I should mention that we do have setup instructions on the inside of the tent. with the tent bundle. We do have a compression strap, tent poles, tent stakes, and some guidelines. We have the fly here, and we have the body here. Let's take a quick second and look at the tent stakes. And the guidelines, we have seven tent stakes, and we have two guidelines.
That was the first bundle of poles. And now we have another bundle of poles. I have to admit, everyone, I'm a little bit confused by this. Did we receive two bundles of poles? Let's set this up and find out because I'm a little bit confused. I don't know how you would set this tent up with two bundles. Hm. Let's find out. On the bottom side of the inner, we have sleeves. And these sleeves go over the corners of the cot just like so.
I was a little bit worried about this not being able to stretch enough to fit over your average size cot. That's because with these sleeves, they're nonadjustable. Most of the time when it comes to cot tents, they feature straps that anchor down to the cot. That way, you have quite a bit of adjustability depending on slight variances in size. In this case, we have a one tigress cot and it fits perfectly with this tent here. Now, everyone, let's check on these tent poles and see how this works exactly. Okay, folks. This is interesting. So, yes, you do have to have two sets of poles to set this up.
Instead of having one large spider pole, the company has given us basically two halves. I've never seen a company do this ever. And I'm I'm not really sure why you would want to do this. This is really strange. So, the poles go together like this, but do they stay together that well? That is really weird. I mean, really, really weird. Folks, this is a very interesting tent. We have quite a bit of mesh here. We do have some fabric around the head and the foot. Talking about features, we do have two mesh pockets along with two hooks for hanging items. Interestingly enough,
with this tent, you actually have two doors, one here and one on the other side. As you all can see, this is quite large. It is really, really, really tall. Right at 40 in tall, even for a cotton, that is really, really tall. Let's zip this up and let's measure the width. It does taper a bit, but it's roughly 23 1/2 in wide. And that's right in the middle of the tent. As you go down lower, it's about 26 inches wide. Plenty wide for a sleeping pad if you want to put one in there. Certainly enough space for one person, but you're not going to fit much gear inside of this. As far as length goes, realistically,
I would say if you're 5'11 and under, you can make this work. This is certainly not a very long tent. It's crazy tall, but it's not very wide and not very long. Check this out. The door has been zipped up. Now, let's unzip it. It unzips from the top and also from the side so that you can then store the mesh in the bottom pocket. We now have the Fly on. And when it comes to the Fly, it has a handful of features. Again, it does have two doors. Over each of the zippers, we have storm flaps. We also have a vent at the foot and a vent up at the head. When it comes to these doors, they can
be rolled up in sections. Section one. Section two. Weirdly enough, there's no way to unzip the entire thing. The zippers actually stop right in the middle with a divider in the center here. So you can take this and basically put it over the top or put it above the inner. And as you can see that does work. But I have to say I'm a little bit surprised that the zipper doesn't join over here so that you can just unzip the entire panel. When it comes to this tent, I have to say it's a little bit strange, folks. The company has made some interesting decisions when it comes to this, such as this fly here, also with the poles. I'm trying to think back to whether or not I've ever seen that done before. I've
used tents before that have the same pole structure, but I've never seen a company split the pole structure in half, forcing the user to join them together and then put them into place. That's a little bit weird. So, with this tent here, this is a freestanding shelter designed for threeseason camping. In other words, it's designed for use in the warmer months. This is a oneperson tent that has two doors, two vents. It is available in one color and one color only, brown. When it's stored, it measures 16 1/2 in x 4.7 in. Concerning the materials, you're looking at a 210T polyester with a B3 mesh and a 150D Oxford fabric floor. I do not know what the waterproof rating is for this tent, but I do know the weight, and that's $42.
And lastly, when it comes to cost, only $100 for this tent. And I have to say, as long as this tent does not leak, based upon my observations with the materials, I would say this tent is worth $100. This is certainly not a high-end tent. It does not use high-end materials, and the price reflects that at 100 bucks. Continuing on with my impressions of this shelter, the overall quality looks to be quite good. I only found one thread that wasn't loose, but it was a single thread just hanging off that had not been cut at the factory. Outside of that, this tint looks rather good. The stitching looks solid. The seam tape is very good, and from going hands-on with this product, I cannot see
any issues developing. That doesn't mean that there won't be any, but from a hands-on perspective, everything looks good as far as the manufacturing goes. As far as the overall size of this tent goes, again, it's really tall. It's wide enough for one person, but not much else. You're not going to fit much else inside of there. As far as the length goes, if you're 511 and under, you can make this work. If you're above that, you're definitely going to be touching either the front or the bottom, if not both. The setup process for this tent is relatively easy. You can get this set up in about 5 to 10 minutes with no issues.
The pole structure again is weird, but it does work and it's not difficult to do, nor is it difficult to break down. Ventilation inside of this tent should be quite good. We have the fly that pulls away from the inner. We have the two vents and you have all of the air flow that can go underneath the fly and enter the tent on the sides. That's the most impressive aspect to this tent. Plus, you have to keep in mind this is a cot tent, right? you have air circulating underneath the cot which is going to assist with keeping you cool in the warmer months. With that said, you can use this tent on the ground if you
want to. There's no reason why you can't. One thing we should talk about is this. This tent here works perfectly with this cot, but it may not be attachable to every single cot out on the market. It all depends on the design of the cot itself. Again, this tent does not feature attachment straps, but rather those pockets. That's an odd choice because again, most tents have straps so you can attach the tent to any cot. But with this tent here, it's only going to work with certain cotss. Cotss that are like this one here. This tent does feature two vents, and I do not see any sort of issues coming from those.
The overhang is quite deep, meaning the odds are of getting like blown moisture inside of the tent from those vents is quite low. Concerning this tent being waterproof, that is something that we will have to test out together. Again, I was not able to find the waterproof rating for this tent, so who knows exactly what that is. Ultimately, the waterproof rating doesn't mean a whole lot. I'm talking about the hydrostatic head rating. As long as it's above 1,200, most people are not going to have any sort of issues. Finding a tent with a hydrostatic head rating lower than 1200 is quite difficult to do. Cotton canvas tents often have hydrostatic head ratings around 800, if not lower. But
yeah, anyways, when it comes to this tent here, we will have to see how well it performs in the rain. And as it stands right now, I really do not have any sort of prediction. I'm not familiar with this company. This company has an unknown track record. So, we don't have that sort of information to go from. With that said, folks, I am done. I've said a lot. Now, it's your turn to sound off in the comment section down below. What do you all think about this content? In the United States, plain and simple, there are not many cot tents out on the market. So, this is a rarity of sorts. I have high hopes for this shelter. The price is right, the size is
good, the airflow is going to be amazing, but is it going to be waterproof? Stay tuned as we will have that answer soon enough. Make sure to put your predictions down below. We'll see if they're right in a few weeks. Everyone, take care. Be well. Strength and honor. By the way, please hit the thumbs up before you go. I do appreciate it. Bye everybody. Strength and honor.
