I have just purchased a montpelier 12 tent and its massive. I have a dread of packing it away wet after a trip and then struggling to dry it out at home. any tips anybody?
We have a montpellier 9 so not quite as MASSIVE as yours. The only way we could get ours dry was to use the dining area and dining table. We had most of the material on the floor put 2 metres of it on the table wiped it down with a towel and then another 2 metres and another and another.....of course it is as wide as it is long so had to move it width ways as well as length ways if that makes sense. That was just to take the worst off and then we did the same thing again just to 'air' it and make sure it was totally bone dry. It took about 3 days to do though, but I think the most important thing is to get air circulating. The hardest thing was tying to fold the bloomin thing up in the living room!
I have a Suncamp stratus 8 which got somewhat damp at Billing aquadrome last month. I used the spare cabin bed in the bedroom to drape the tent over to dry.
I'm going to put some hooks in the attic to enable me to spread the tent up there as I live in a trraced property.
We've only brought ours back soaking once so far, and managed to put it up in the garden to dry - we have another three camps this year so we could have as lot more wet tent moments. I'm thinking of putting some hooks in the corners of our dining room and then if necessary tie up a temporary washing line. Dining room is 9'x12' and tent flysheet folded in two is approx 12'x20' so we could drap the whole tent up, across and then down the full length of the room. Eat on our laps for 3 days.
Try putting hooks up in sitting room or largest room i use poles from a old frame tent i have & put this up in the living room overnight this seem to do trick have even tied tent from one window to another ( like a giant Flag) Good Luck
Had our first outting this weekend in Dundee. Rained on Sunday night and Monday. We had to pack up in the rain. I've made a make shift line on our garage. It's been drying now for two days. Have to say the guide ropes are taking the longest to dry.
It's inevitable that you'll be caught out at some point. Just hoping that the law of averages means we've had our fair share for the year.
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