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I was going to say open up the doors when rolling, the trapped air should escape.

Don't forget to zip them up, when pegging out the doorways.

heath63

I find it surprising how many fellow campers on here cannot get their tents back into the original bag after they have used them.I hold my hands up to say yes,we have struggled,but have always got our tents back into their bags by folding them as I describe below.

After dropping the tent and removing the poles and having the tent flat on the floor with the zips open slightly,we fold the tent in half lengthways,then fold it back on it's self leaving it folded into a quarter. We then repeat the process with the other half taking the tent right over the quater left on the floor ,so that when it is folded back on it's-self again it leaves the tent on the floor,a quarter of it's original width.we then take each end of the tent and fold it to the centre,but we leave a gap of around 6" (inches) between each end,so that when the tent is rolled,the gap will stop the ends overlapping and leave somewhere to put the tent poles,whether they are in their bag or not.The tent MUST BE ROLLED AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE,this will expel all the air trapped in the tent as well,and ususaly allows the tent to be made small enough to go back into it's original bags.

I forgot to say,that after we have folded it into quarters lengthways,we roll half to the centre,and then check it against it's carry bag,to ensure that it is not far too long to go in.an inch or two over,it can easily be stuffed in so the bag will zip up. Ensure that the tent does not get trapped and nipped by the zip.Sleeping pods are either taken down and left inside the tent,or placed loose on top of the fly sheet before the folding process starts.If you are lucky,you may be able to get away with folding your tent into thirds rather than quarters.

I am not saying this method will work for all tents by any means,but has always worked for the types of tent we have.Here's hoping that this may have helped .

Quote: Originally posted by pingvin on 03/3/2013

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When I have folded the tent lengthways so it's width fits with the bag, and before rolling it up tight from the end to the (open) front door, I use the method showed in the photo below:



Works every time. But I do not recommend the method if you want to take your teenager camping. While my youngest daughter had great fun helping me, the oldest (who took the picture) now refuses to go camping with Mum if she ever will behave as embarrassing again...

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I find its rolling up the footprint, carpet, tent, awning that takes us 4 hours to pack up last time. The tent normally takes a few attempts but have always got in it the bag after. The nightmare is the awning, again although we have got it into the bag, the bag is twice its original size.

Our Coleman Ceder had an extra sized back so was never an issue.