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PersonCamping nutcase
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In the as I haven't used SIGS, apart from in the bedroom sections - so I haven't bothered with a footprint. However, when I go away after Easter, I will be taking a tent with a full SIG.    As we have a foster dog, who has never been camping before, it will make my life easier to use the tent that has a SIG (bargain Vango Vector when TJ Hughes was closing down).   That way I can confine him at night. Like Comet he will be tethered during the day - another couple of spikes needed.     
Now what I need to know, is that I am right in thinking that you just lay your footprint down - thinking of getting one of those cheap blue tarps from the likes of Wilkinsons - and then pitch your tent as normal on top.


Personarsenaldes
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Hi
Yes you can use a cheap tarp as a footprint it should be slightly smaller than the tent to prevent water collecting on it. Footprint first ideally pegged to stop it being blown away or curling up when you put the tent on top of it

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PersonBikerbill55
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I would use a tarp that is the same length and width as the full tent. Does not have to be an exact fit.  The advantage being that the sleeping area will be doubly protected from the ground as it will have an SIG.  The living / porch area will now be covered from the grass. Great in muddy conditions. However, make sure the groundsheet (footprint, hate that word 17) is not prutruding from under the tent, otherwise rain will get in. 

 


PersonMucker1884
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Ideally wants pegging at four corners at least, as Des Ses!!

Eyelets or tabs of some sort preferably. Poking pegs through the "material" will obviously shorten the life of it, I'd guess.

Or, risk putting a bit of gear on the corners to keep it down, just while you unroll the tent out on it? Trouble with that, of course, is that it can still move about/ruffle up, as you drag the tent about.

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PersonCamping nutcase
10/3/2013 at 10:14am
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Persondk168
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Indeed put the cheapo tarp down first, pegging at least the four corners down as already mentioned by the others, then pitch the tent as normal on top of it.

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PersonRTS5
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You can get some groundsheet pegs that hold the tarp but don't have to be put through it, like these


Persondelabane
10/3/2013 at 12:21pm
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We purchased the footprint for our Outwell Montana 6P, really glad I did as it adds a little insolation but also keeps the bottom of the tent from getting muddy. It has about 10 eyelets which we always peg out.


PersonJdDerek
10/3/2013 at 12:46pm
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I too have purchased the foot print for my Vango Orchy 600. Being relatively new to camping I find it a useful tool not just for protection to the Sig but for marking the exact spot I want to pitch the tent. It also helps me keep the shape of the tent during pitching


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I have put some string loops in the eylets of my footprints so the pegs are not beneath the SIG of my tents.

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Persondk168
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I use mushroom pegs on my cheapo tarp.

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PersonCamping nutcase
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I know I need more of the mushroom pegs - so I will have to pop into Outdoor World
Going to look for a cheap tarp over the next week - after finding out the footprint of the tent.
Oh the joys of having a foster dog.


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Lots of sizes on Ebay

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B & Q are cheap for tarps at present....

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I got a great tarp from wickes its got all the eyelets to peg down very padded and tear resistant was a bargain at £29 quid.

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