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I've got a Khyam Kansas/Ontario 8 with a SIG

My daughter asked "Can we leave the bedrooms in" when we tore down the camp last weekend ?

I can't see any reason why not, we only use the 4-man bedroom, and a 2-man bedroom, the other bedroom is left out, as we use it as a utility area for the loo etc.

I'm not too fussed about pack size, or even if it fits back in the bag, as we have a trailer for the camping gear.

Anyone do this ?

What about leaving the carpet in ?

I guess leaving the air-beds in the rooms would be a step too far........unless I deflated them first

Cool

What do you reckon is best - leave the inners 100% in place, or un-hook them from the "roof" and let them lay them flat on the floor.

The bedrooms in my nevada were pre attached so I leave them in. The bedrooms in the kestrel were seperate, so I took them down before packing away .

The nevada bedrooms have no plastic groundsheet attached. the floor is the same as the walls, , the wynnster inners have  a plastic groundsheet , so are much heavier. The extra weight of the inners might put more strain on the poles when erecting the tent.

I wouldn't leave the carpet in either, it would get too creased. And I would be airing it over the line at home to make sure its completely dried off before storing away

I think if your going to leave them in, you may as well keep them attatched.

Debbie could be right about the weight when erecting it next time though!

We have a Campus Indiana 8, which is similar but doesn't have a SIG. We leave our bedrooms attached at the top and have never had a problem.  Does save time.

Hi. We now have a VAngo Orchy 600 and the bedroom is  permanently in there anyway as the front bit of the bedroom is just sewn to the groundsheet. However, when viewing the DVD that came with it I noticed that they DID detach to roof clips of the bedroom pod and I surmised this was to reduce the strain on the poles when lifting the crossed over dome poles into shape; thye do advise having some one under the crossed point to support and lift, and I have always done this with full height domes.

I notice that some folks are saying they leave the bedroom fully attached and experience no problems - I would advise that you release the upper side and roof clips so the weight of the bedroom is not on the poles. It may seem fine without taking this precaution, but you don't know what long term weakening effect it may be having, especially on  fibreglass poles. We had a small dome tent some years ago that appeared to survive a horrendous storm where it really thrashed about, but a couple of uses later a pole split and ripped the fabrics, and when we examined the poles we could see lots of tiny fracture lines through them. 

Maybe I am over cautious, but poles are usually only guarranteed for a year or two when you read the fine print, and I want my tent to last longer than that! 

Yep that sounds like a plan - bedrooms in, but unhooked.

Pulling the poles up into shape, is always a slightly tense moment, don't need that step any harder.

I have the Ontario 8 and leave the inners in, never had a problem ring and pinning it when re-erecting.  Used to have a problem getting it all back in the bag but can even manage that now, does save time when re pitching having the inners in.

Michele