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This year I have gone from the useless Rage dome tent to a much better Outwell indiana 8 tunnel tent and if it works out it'll change again next year. The question I have is that how do I get the whole thing up? As the instructions are not very good I have been looking at the the outwell site videos and there seems to be 2 ways to erect tunnel tents. The first is to start at the back and put the poles in 1 section and erect that and peg it out and then pole and peg each section as you go. This is how we do it now but it's not easy as the straps do not seem to give you enough slack to put the pin in.

The other way shown is by putting all the poles in and then lifting all the sections up at once and let the tent stand up on its own whilst you peg it out. As my tent is discontinued there are no videos on the site to watch and find out which is the right way for my actual tent. The boys and I have been practicing and in fairness they are really good at helping but I'm just curious to find out if we are doing it right. In it's defence it is still easier than trying to deal with the bendy fibreglass poles on the Rage tent that I always thought would snap at any second.

Which way do any of you get the things up? am I doing it right and it is just hard to get some of the pins into the poles whilst trying to hold it vertical or is there a simpler ways around this that I'm just not seeing? 

Thanks

Gary

 I think it is easiest to fit poles whilst tent is on the ground, then pin them and the tent then lifts up from one end, and then pegging corners to hold it in place. You can then peg out all the rest of the guys.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for that all of you. I'll try it your way as well and see if it's any easier. Trouble is, we haven't been away yet this year due to one thing or another so have only practised in the back garden and can only peg out the 2 ends as the flowers and garage are in the way. It takes us about an hour to get the thing put up so I didn't know if it was just the lack of space or us doing it the hard way.

Thanks again, time for another practise session before we at last go away in just under 3 weeks.

Gary

Quote: Originally posted by firestorm1 on 12/7/2010

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... <i>It takes us about an hour to get the thing put up</i> ...

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