Message Forums

Quote: Originally posted by moog56 on 12/7/2009

---

Try e-mailing khyam, they were very helpful when I had a request.

---

We have both the Rigi-pod and the Rigidome, and the basics of putting them up is the same, so use any video links on-line to help you do this bit.

Once the main central section is up, we find the Rigipod is even simpler than the Rigidome because there is far less pegging.

In the pole bag you will find 5 sets of quite thick plastic poles which are elasticated together. Construct these and slide them through the horizontal sleeves at the top of each side - two over the porch area. The rest of the poles should go together in pairs. These are all identical apart from 2 pairs which are slighly smaller (ours were colour coded pink for most of them and black for the shorter ones. The curved end of each pole attaches to the horizontal pole in the sleeve, and then the spiky end at the bottom fits into the circular hole in the base foot. This can be a bit of a battle the first few times, especially when you try to put the second spike in from the adjacent side - the poles are adjustable so it may help to shorten them slightly if you get too frustrated! The only difference is the porch, where you connect a normal pair of poles to the horizontal pole nearest the tent the same as the others, and then the slightly shorter poles attach to the remaining horizontal pole and the lower spikes go into a hole in a short piece of webbing at the base of the porch.

Everything else is just commonsense in terms of getting it square, and pegging out the sides to give you the correct footprint for the tent. Does the tent have a porch inner? With this you can use the tent for sleeping 2 people even without attaching the pods. Worth trying to get one if not as they are increasingly difficult to find. Sporting Supplies have always had them at a good price, but I am having trouble linking to their website, so I don't know if they exist any more?

Only attach the pods after you have the central area pegged and square. Then simply unzip a door panel, zip in the flysheet for the pod, slide in the horizontal pole through the sleeve in the pod, and add the uprights in a very similar manner to the porch poles on the main unit. Only difference is that the porch poles are slightly sprung so you should see the horizontal pole bending slightly as you poke in the spikes at the base. If this does not happen then the joints at the upper corners probably need rotating through 180 degrees.

Hope this helps - not easy without a diagram - there is a knack which will get better with practice. We absolutely adore our Rigipod - it has a fabulous feeling of being light and airy.