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Just done ours today - loads of space in the bag.

1. Unpeg everything, roll up guys, release vents etc. Leave front door completely unzipped.

2. pull out 4 corners and make sure everything else is on top, so you have a nice rectangle to play with,

3. stand at the front and back and fold left side in towards middle to width of bag, fold right side same way, but twice. then fold 2 bits together (you should have 5 layers now if you've done it right) This will leave you with a long strip of tent!!

4. fold long strip in half by bringing front to meet back.

5. roll tightly from folded end to edge (you can roll on it if you want - we often do)

6. place open bag at end of roll and push the rolled up tent straight in. Place poles on top and zip up bag.

This works every time.

Quote: Originally posted by Debhill on 20/6/2010

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Stand on the long edges of the tent. Pick it up 1/3 of the way from the front end and bring that fold to the back of the tent. It's now in thirds. Then fold it in half. Now fold in both short ends to the centre, Then roll. You need to get the air out. We flop on it!Ours goes in the bag every time. Also the groundsheet doesn't touch the tent fabric. I'm afraid this sounds like gobbledegook! If you don't get it, you can email me at debrahill at hotmail.co.uk with your phone number and I'll ring you.

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I've just done it this evening, my Icarus was drying out for a few days so we did the needful today. After you've got it straightened out into a nice rectangle fold it side to middle on both sides. That means the more delicate polyester is enclosed inside the sturdier groundsheet. I then checked out the bag size and decided to fold it into thirds (again from front to back) - that left me with a long strip which I rolled from the back to all air could be expelled out the front door, using the pole bag in the middle.. I've packed this tent four times since I bought it and todays packing was the best job so far.

The last time when I didn't get it first time I put the whole damn thing in the car rolled up and left the site. I'd provided other campers with quite enough entertainment as it was.

I've done this a load of times now and sometimes I still don't quite get it right but I mostly it works out fine. I fold side to middle and then to thirds. When I roll it up there is a certain amount of adjusting because it want to 'spread' as I roll. I also find it a bit easier to connect the straps before zipping the bag up.

I only slightly open the front door, maybe a third of the way. That's because I keep forgetting to close the doors the following time I pitch the tent and then the doors won't zip shut, so I have to move all the guys then.