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Hi,

Are there any Outwell Idaho XL owners out there with any tips for they easist way to put the tent up?

We had 2 great weeks in France last year in one of these but did find it a bit tricky to get the tent up and placed correctly over the footprint ground sheet!

Any tips apprecaited, maybe we just need more practice!

Thanks

Anthony

i have a idaho xl and find myself and my friend can put it up easily within 30 mins, we put the curved poles in first making sure they all face the same direction, then the leg poles again making sure they are facing the right way, i leave the porch poles till the end when the tent is upright, i do each pin starting at the end and do each side together, then erect the tent from either end, loosely guy rope the side ropes out, make sure the mud flaps are on the edge of the footprint, then do each section first, its easier to do one ring and pin once the other side is up,then work from side to side, and make sure its fully stretched out, i find it easier to put the porch poles in once all the poles are pegged in.

getting it back in the bag is easy but takes practice, make sure all doors are open, i fold it lenght ways in 1/4, then the other side 1/4 then 1/4 again and then finally half width so its the width of the bag, and start rolling up, start small and end up large, but it does go in, haven't got the poles in the bag, they and the footprint go in a different bag.

hoep this helps,. we get many a look manily from men saying my god 2 women can't put that tent up, but we do and the look on their faces are priceless, and no arguing between  us, my friend has a idaho l, so after my tent is up its on to her tent, we do give our kids things to do, and they love it, my 8 yr old is usually the one to peg out and tell us if its not right.         

I found a clip on you tube of a single guy putting up a vermont XL on his own

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdLpxDCQkHs&feature=PlayList&p=D3693E5353D794AD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

Hope this helps, but then again its not the same way James and me put ours up. !!!  The guy here is far too rough.

A few tips:

1. Go inside the tent and let a bit of air in before you try and start to lift it up

2. Zip all the doors back up again before you peg it out properly

3. Don't peg the footprint down - then you can make small adjustments to both tent and footprint

4. Easier with 2 but quite possible by 1 with some practice

We're normally "populating" ours within 20 minutes of bag hitting grass.

Getting into the bag is another matter altogether though...

Thanks everyone - some great tips ! Will try them out next time we use it

Cheers

Quote: Originally posted by thomsonmum3 on 06/5/2009

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i have a idaho xl and find myself and my friend can put it up easily within 30 mins, we put the curved poles in first making sure they all face the same direction, then the leg poles again making sure they are facing the right way, i leave the porch poles till the end when the tent is upright, i do each pin starting at the end and do each side together, then erect the tent from either end, loosely guy rope the side ropes out, make sure the mud flaps are on the edge of the footprint, then do each section first, its easier to do one ring and pin once the other side is up,then work from side to side, and make sure its fully stretched out, i find it easier to put the porch poles in once all the poles are pegged in.

getting it back in the bag is easy but takes practice, make sure all doors are open, i fold it lenght ways in 1/4, then the other side 1/4 then 1/4 again and then finally half width so its the width of the bag, and start rolling up, start small and end up large, but it does go in, haven't got the poles in the bag, they and the footprint go in a different bag.

hoep this helps,. we get many a look manily from men saying my god 2 women can't put that tent up, but we do and the look on their faces are priceless, and no arguing between  us, my friend has a idaho l, so after my tent is up its on to her tent, we do give our kids things to do, and they love it, my 8 yr old is usually the one to peg out and tell us if its not right.         

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Could you please go through those folding instructions again.

Thanks

Seen this?

http://www.outwell.dk/TentSetUp.aspx?b=Outwell&bid=2&lid=1&l=en-GB&TentId=592&catID=248&pid=1 

Click on the link, navigate to "Set up" and watch the video.

Quote: Originally posted by tomsdadalf on 19/8/2009

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I was after after instructions for folding the xl awAy small enough to fit in the bag. Any help welcome!

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