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Hi

Sorry for sounding dence but "what is a footprint?"  I,ve only been camping a few times and have just bought a bigger tent, a haven 600, but have never heard of a footprint.

Quote: Originally posted by Kazb on 26/7/2007

Hi

Sorry for sounding dence but "what is a footprint?" I,ve only been camping a few times and have just bought a bigger tent, a haven 600, but have never heard of a footprint.

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It would be a good idea if you wish to protect your sig and make cleaning an awful lot easier.

To answer Becky's query - you do need to trim your extra groundsheet down so it is slightly smaller than the SIG - otherwise, as you guessed, rain will gather on the protruding surface and run under the SIG. This creates extra hassle when taking the tent down as your will have a SIG with a wet underside and will risk is making the rest of the tent damp when it is all folded up together.

We don't have any SIG tents, and we either use an extra GS ( preferably the smooth PVC ones at they just hose clean and mud does not get stuck in the weave like it does on the cheaper woven PU ones)  or one of those poly sheets that you get at B&Q as a disposable dust sheet.