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16/6/2016 at 12:31pm
Location: Derby.
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Jelboy (and anyone else interested),
This is the Vango Tunnel Tarp... which is pretty much like a stretched Vango Adventure Tarp, and appears to be designed to go over the curved roof, then shelter to a side door.
Clazzers,
There's confusion on my part, as when I google "Outwell Iowa L tent", it brings up two designs (presumably a newer and older version, unless Google is the guilty culprit!?). Even the pics that go with the UKCS reviews are showing conflicting owner photo's.
Can you confirm if either of those matches the tent you have?
Crucially, the latter has a small but fixed canopy over the side door, which would make things so much easier for a tarp, as it wouldn't need to go over the tent's roof.
With that fixed side canopy, you could easily achieve something like this, using pretty much any tarp...
Without that fixed canopy, we need to sort out why your tarp seems to be struggling.
Am I right in thinking your tent is full standing height, and around 2.5m wide?
I'm just wondering whether the tarp is long enough to go over the top and still offer enough sheltered area. At 3.25 total length (tarp), I'm guessing 40% of that needs to go over the tent (Never set a tarp up over the top, so literally guessing!) I wonder, therefore, if this tarp is designed to go over a tent, but only on a smaller tent?
The lack of detail on the Vango page doesn't help much, to be fair.
Can you get the narrower end of the tarp over the tent roof?
Do the guys reach the ground at that end?
Does it leave enough tarp over your head, as usable cover?
...Or couldn't you even get that far, and why?
Post last edited on 16/06/2016 12:36:31
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16/6/2016 at 7:16pm
Location: Derby.
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The narrower edge (the end you don't stand under) only needs to be beyond the centre of the roof tent (so any rain runs down that side, and not back under the tarp to your open door. Maybe a foot to 18" to be on the safe side?
If that can be done, and still leave you with enough usable space, then all you need to do is get some longer guys, which are easily found on t'web.
The one pole is fine, but if you want more headroom below the tarp, you could add another pole to each of the two additional points, to spread the tarp "roof" out more. Again, poles are easily available.
I do suspect though, that overall, the tarp may prove a tad too small for your tent, to be of any useful service, other than an actual rain shelter over your door.
I guess you need to look for a larger tarp. If you want a bit of a kitchen under there, I reckon something around 4.5 to 5m long x 3 to 4m wide... and poles, of course, if not supplied with the tarp.
Check out DD Hammocks for tarps... very highly rated on these forums.
Extendable poles from G.O.
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