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Hi Flush glad you had a good time despite the weather. No, don't leave the tent in the bag for more than 2 days. .

get it out and spread it out as much as you can. air it until completely dry or it will soon go mouldy. It doesn't have to be put up, just open so the air can get at it. DO you have a stair bannister, you could hang it over that.

I have had to just leave mine opened out in the living room or draped it over the stairs overnight. keep turning it over so everything is really dry.

they don't take long to dry indoors.

i wouldn't risk it. tents cost too much to mess about with and i know from experience that they can go mouldy quick. we must have not noticed a damp patch on ours one year and when we got it out a couple of weeks later and it was growing black patches. glad that was before we started spending real money on tents.

we drape ours over the rotary washing line until it is dry, and then it sits open in our loft for a few days before we pack it. the small tent we can even drape over the dining table for a few days much to the annoyance of my OH

48 hours in the bag, absolute maximum. If you try leaving it in the bag damp for 2.5 weeks you might as well throw it out now and save yourself the storage space.

Sorry!

we spread ours out in the garage if its too wet to get it up in the garden. infact i think its still there from last week. oopps better check.

Quote: Originally posted by Flush on 23/6/2008

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Well the wind helped in the end. I got the tent out into the drive and just basically waved it around like a lunatic. The wind was so strong it just billowed the inner and outer sheets. Result...dry tent in 1 hour of frantic activity.

Cheers all.

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Well, at an hourly rate of whatever your tent cost you, I think that was time well spent.