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Heres colemans instructions for erecting bi-space 500 that I received by e mail from colemans consumer services uk. Yesterday

Make your own minds up about how good they are, and remember don’t shoot the messenger!

Please find below our set up instructions which I hope will help .

1.    Ensure that all the zips on the doors and porch are done up before
starting.
2.    Lay out the outer tent flat on the ground, so that you are able to
see all the pole sleeves.  The poles are colour coded to the relevant pole
sleeve.
3.    Assemble all of the poles and lay to one side.
4.    The 2 long black or grey poles need to be inserted into the diagonal
sleeves with black taping and they will intersect each other in the centre.
5.    Put all the other poles in the relevant pole sleeves (according to
colour).
6.    Do not put the ends of the poles into the eyelets until all poles
are in the sleeves (the tent should still be flat on the ground).
7.    Then put the main cross-over poles (black poles) into their eyelets
(this will be a bit difficult for one person but it is possible), if there
are two people get opposite ends of one of the long black poles and push the
pole up into an arc (it will feel quite heavy as all the other poles and
fabric will be supported by it) then put the ends into an eyelet (either
eyelet will be fine).
8.    Do the same with the other long black pole, you should now have a
dome shape in the centre with the other poles hanging.
9.    Insert the other poles into their eyelets.
10.    You are now ready to peg out the tent.
11.    Peg out the main dome (2 black poles) first to give you stability.
12.    Then peg out the rest of the tent using the guy ropes to give
tension.
13.    Hang the inner room(s) into the main tent, again the toggles and
eyelets are colour coded so you should be able to get the bedrooms
positioned correctly.
14.    Peg out the bedroom(s).
Place the additional PE ground sheet in the domed area and peg out.

Nothing wrong with that advice is there ?

> Nothing wrong with that advice is there ?

Yep... at step 7: " ... push the pole up into an arc (it will feel quite heavy as all the other poles and fabric will be supported by it)...", the pole breaks!

Has anyone found a decent a description on how to erect this tent without damage, which pegs should go where and in particular which pegs go in all the different loops and eylets around the groundsheet of the inner tent?