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 Topic: Struggling with the wind
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09/10/2020 at 8:15am
Location: Suffolk
Outfit: Very variable
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Perhaps make the next tent cotton or polycotton, they tend to be quieter, and a design with good wind shearing potential?
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09/10/2020 at 2:19pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: T6 Hi-Top & Karsten
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Google "Clingons" and shop around.
For info only...
However, having looked at photo's of your tent, it appears that the only place to connect them is the flap that covers the door zips.
I've no idea whether your tent... material and/or zips... are man enough to take the strain.
We had a similar experience with the sloping front/door of a previous tent a few years back (We used the side door, so this door wasn't used)...
Even on my polycotton tent, it was an idea that got more negative/cautious feedback than positive, and I never actually got the opportunity or need to try it in earnest.
Here's my old thread on the subject (Two topics in one... Sorry!)...
https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=32&TopicID=290215&PagePosition=1&ThreadPage=2&ReturnPage=Search&search=sloping&searchIn=Topic
Perhaps consider Zip Cover>Clingon>Bungee>Guyline>Peg, so at least the bungee would act as a shock absorber to the zip cover?
(One each side, somewhere between a third and halfway up the door height?)
It's an option, but only you can decide whether it's an option you are prepared to risk (ie do you trust your tent to be strong enough?).
Personally, I just spent the following 18 months clinging on for dear life, then opted for the ultimate in storm tents, and I have to say, I have absolutely no regrets on that score, as much as I loved my previous tent(s).
Best of luck... and if you do try anything, please come back and let us know what you did, and how successful it is/was.
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