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beezers

02/9/2006 at 6:09pm
Location: Cumbrian coast or behind you !
Outfit: Outwell Vermont XL and Montana 6

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It won`t out us off camping, don`t worry about that. The tent seems to be fine, even though it is invading everyone`s bedroom plus the bathroom. It doesn`t feel damp and we keep moving it about. Hopefully we will be able to repack it on Monday.

daisybev

02/9/2006 at 6:36pm
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I always take a big roll of kitchen papaer and dry my SIG away before packing, also I always use a ground sheet under the SIG which saves mud and wet on it and gives me a dry base on which to fold.

The best suggestion I have is same as others pull it from its bag and dry off as much as you can, in short intervals using a hair dryer on low heat work your way round the SIG.
Its hard work but worth it for a fresh smelling tent.

Oh and once its packed away stick a fabric conditioning sheet in the bag (extra freshness and smells good)

mrs x

02/9/2006 at 8:47pm
Location: kent
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hi daisy

r u on every site 2day or wot! great advice though glad u bored and nifty with comp. though gosh that sound sarcastic dont mean it mean it nicely honest simon was worrying how 2 dry big diablo if we bought it now i can tell him! if we buy it hopefully they wil put it up 4 us on fri as cant leave kent until 6ish! so b dark by time get there!

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daisybev

02/9/2006 at 9:32pm
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I do try to get in and read as many threads as I can once home.

Should you buy it you will soon learn all the tricks and hints of how to put it up and down. lolol

cemh

02/9/2006 at 10:01pm
Location: South Gloucestershire
Outfit: Khyam Tourer 400 and Cabanon Chambord

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I've got the same problem tonight! I came back from a camping trip tonight where we had gale force winds and one of my poles snapped. I was just glad to finally shove the tent into the car! I have now left it in my lounge half erected (a khyam rapidex) and hope it will be dry for tomorrow. God knows what state it will be in, it was covered in mud where we (my 8 year old and I) were hanging on to it to stop it blowing away! As a single parent I prided myself on being able to erect the tent on my own, I never thought about getting it down in a gale force wind....

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02/9/2006 at 10:22pm
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Quote: Originally posted by cemh on 02/9/2006
I've got the same problem tonight! I came back from a camping trip tonight where we had gale force winds and one of my poles snapped. I was just glad to finally shove the tent into the car! I have now left it in my lounge half erected (a khyam rapidex) and hope it will be dry for tomorrow. God knows what state it will be in, it was covered in mud where we (my 8 year old and I) were hanging on to it to stop it blowing away! As a single parent I prided myself on being able to erect the tent on my own, I never thought about getting it down in a gale force wind....

Hi there sorry you had a blow away tent hope its repairable.
At least your ok, at the end of the day its only a tent!

Uncivil Servant

02/9/2006 at 11:31pm
Location: Hampshire
Outfit: Cabanon Espace 8 berth

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As we normally take the mankiest old tea towels with us when camping, their last job is always to dry the groundsheets from the tent inners. Usually unclip from the tent frame, unpeg half, fold it in half and mop the underside dry, then unpeng another half, fold and dry, and so on. Helps to pack it more tidily and means we know the SIGs are dry before they are put away!

The tea towels get a boil wash when they arrive home though....

Dafttart

02/9/2006 at 11:36pm
Location: Stroud Gloucestershire.
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We just leave our tent draped in the kitchen or sitting room overnight and find that this usually does the trick. Ours is also 8m x 8m.

Oregano

03/9/2006 at 9:23am
Location: Darlo
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Our brand new Vango Venture has had a severe soaking...packed up a day early, in a horrendous downpour...

...if I had thrown the tent in a swimming pool it could not have got more wet!!!

Anyway - it didn't leak, and at the moment it is opened out in the loft, draped over various old tables and clothes airers...

We will have to keep going up into the loft, and moving it about, hopefully it should dry OK - watch this space!!!

itsmekids

03/9/2006 at 11:02am
Location: South Yorkshire
Outfit: Vango Vista 800dlx

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We put our TT up on friday pm to dry, well it got wet through again overnight and yesterday am. Then because of the winds it has finally dried out. Today we have invited my parents for dinner, they dont know it yet but they are going to help us take it down. Its still very windy here and I dont think me and hubby will manage it on our own, we be going up like a kite with it.

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