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Just booked our first camping trip at end of April at Moelfre view in Taly bont near Barmouth and so excited. We are slowly getting all our stuff together with the trailer being the last thing to buy.

We wont be able to trial pitch our tent so hopefully it will be fine.

Just one question , we havent bought a footprint groundsheet thingy, do we really need one and what is the main purpose of them?

The footprint groundsheet is a separate groundsheet, that matches to the shape and size of your tent (ie it's 'footprint') and goes down first, under the SIG. They then help to position the tent (since you can see where best to position it on the pitch) but, probably more importantly, they stop the SIG from getting muddy (and so potentially transferring to your tent walls) and make it less likely to get damaged (punctured by stones etc. - how often do you pitch and then discover a rock under the groundsheet in the middle of your living area?!).

If you go for one, though, remember it should never protrude further out than your tent walls, or else it can channel water under the tent, which then gets trapped between the SIG and the footprint groundsheet - not good!

katluce

I just bought a Diablo 900(06) with a fp groundsheet.

Are you happy with your tent, or do you wish you had gone for something else?

Dbroms

I am in a similar position but slightly behind you, I only have the tent so far.

Good look with your first trip.

I have Kayaked the Usk Tallybont to Crickhowl its a lovely river.

thanks for tha advice, i will look around for the cheapest one.really looking forward to it and our 3 year old has started packing his rucksack !!