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Personcharliep
26/5/2007 at 5:49pm
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Got mine last week, put it up this morning in 2 hours.

Not bad, considering I've never put ANY tent up before...

No problems putting the poles through, but then decided to put opegs and attach guy ropes whilst it was on the floor....... got there in the end though :)

The instructions are BAD, but you already know that ;)

After the flysheet was up I wondered what the extra two poles were for ...... not mentioned at all..... took a while until I remebered the side door ;) so solved that mystery!

So what was left.....

Theres a tent tidy, another piece of material with toggles on, and of course the inner sleeping tents.

No instructions here at all..... put the red toggle in the red holes and the yellow toggle in the yellow holes..... that's the bedrooms done..... but what to do with the loops between the rooms ??? No idea yet !!

Where does the 2 tidies go ?   and what about the other peice of material with toggles on ?

Any ideas would be welcome :D

P.S The tent is still up, so it couldn't have been a really bad job :) At least it's not a kite, yet :)


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Personbeefysmum
26/5/2007 at 6:32pm
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well done getting the tent up first time. .No idea where the  bits you have left go, but  I guess the piece of material with toggles on could be a bedroom divider? Where are these loops between rooms?  are they for holding doors back? or for the tent tidies?

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26/5/2007 at 6:45pm
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We have got last years lokon 6, the tent tidies... if you stand at the door at the front, one goes on the right at the back under the window and the other under the first window on the left, not sure if its the same for this years model though.

As for the material with toggles on ...no idea !

the loops between the pods....i just tie them together with some string to keep the pods hanging nicely.

2 hours i think is a very good first attempt, believe me you will get it down to about 40 mins with practice (with 2 of you) !

 



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PersonBreezeblock
26/5/2007 at 8:07pm
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Hi Charlie, good choice of tent.

We've had our LV6 3 years now and have been well pleased with it.

The elastic loops on the bedroom pods are for tying back the pod doors.

The toggles are spares and the material is for minor repairs - which hopefully you'll never need. I also had a small tube of seam sealant which I've never needed to use (on very rare occasions the seam may leak slightly where the bedroom toggles are attached - ours never has).

Hope you get as much enjoyment out of your LV6 as we've had over the years.

If you have any other questions then use the search button above and search for 'Gelert Lokon', 'Lokon Vario', 'LV6' etc. and you'll find loads of threads covering nearly all aspects of this tent. If you can't find what you want then ask away and we'll all try to help you.

Happy camping mate.

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Personcharliep
27/5/2007 at 7:40am
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Thanks all for the help!

Any tips on taking it down..... I'm a bit worried I might damage it, or not get it in the bag :(


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Personmagnolia
27/5/2007 at 10:42am
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Taking the Varios down is as easy as putting them up. We always leave the back 2 pegs in place until we have all the poles out - stops the beggar from blowing away!

Fold in half then fold the front and back into the middle. Keep folding until you have a strip the width of the bag. Roll from the end that doesnt have any opening. All the air will come out and you will get it in the bag easily.

Hope this makes sense


PersonBreezeblock
27/5/2007 at 6:34pm
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One very important tip:

REMEMBER TO TAKE OUT THE TWO STEEL INNER TENSIONING POLES BEFORE COLLAPSING THE TENT.

There is a great danger that the tent fabric could be damaged or torn if you don't.

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PersonNot for a few years
27/5/2007 at 8:19pm
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I have notice that the lokon has a 'detachable groundsheet', what does this mean?  Does the mean it ii zipped into place?


PersonBreezeblock
27/5/2007 at 9:00pm
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GS just pegs down. We never use one.

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Personcharliep
28/5/2007 at 8:29am
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The tent is still up as it's not been dry the last two days.

In fact last night we had torrential downpour most of the night and this morning the whole of the inside of the tent is wet. If you tap the flysheet at the top it drips down.

I've no idea if this is a big problem or not as we're new to this game.

The story.....

Yesterday it rained most of the day....

After looking at breezy's pictures (Nice ones!) I noticed how 'loose' our tent has been put up, and the water from the rain yesterday was pooling on the roof..... but you only got the tip of your finger wet if you touched the flysheet to push the pool off......

This morning after torrential rain all night the whole flysheet inside feels wet and if you tap it, you get a lot of drips from the surrounding area.

So, could this be down to the droopy flysheet and the pooled rain ?   Is this a known issue if you don't erect your flysheet taught enough, or do I have to take the tent back ? or is it a ton of condensation ?

I'm thinking that the whole of the flysheet can't leak , can it ?   As that would be the conclusion of a beginner, like me :)


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Person2tents
28/5/2007 at 9:39am
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Sounds like condensation to me.


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Personwilkins76
28/5/2007 at 6:40pm
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was it on a hill as water can run in underneath, the rain we had the last 2 days is mad we had 5" of rain in Cornwall in 2 days. 

With the front and back guys dont pull to tight as it will bend them down making it hard to open the door zip also casuing the roof to go flat.


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28/5/2007 at 8:10pm
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Disclaimer first, this is Mrs CharlieP in this post.

No, the tent wasnt on a hill. We erected it in our back garden as a first try at putting it up. I dont think we had it quite as taut as we should. Just not enough space in our garden. There were no obvious leaks as such just the whole of the inside of the tent was damp, like condensation. We had no groundsheet inside the tent and the mudflap things werent secured down in anyway. Im wondering (and sort of hoping) that it was just condensation from the wet weather and the soaking wet ground getting in and settling inside the tent. Standing inside the tent, even in the pouring rain there were no drips. It was just if you touched the top or shook the tent, even gently, a spray of water fell down inside, wherever you touched.

Just concerned, yes because I dont want to keep a faulty tent (if it is indeed faulty). Also we have young 18 month old twins and I really dont want to worry about them sleeping inside a damp tent. We are so looking forward to going away in the tent. Just want some reassurance that when it is properly erected, groundsheets put down etc. it will fair better.


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28/5/2007 at 8:55pm
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Hello Mr & Mrs.

I hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs, but here goes.

You pitched the tent on wet ground. During the day the temperature inside the tent will have risen above the air outside. The humidity inside the tent will also have risen and when the air outside cooled even further during the night the moisture in the warm air inside will have condensed on the flysheet.

Allow a little ventilation during the night, a couple of inches at the top of the front door will suffice. This will not eliminate condensation completely but will reduce it.

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30/5/2007 at 9:46am
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Thanks, we feel a lot better :)



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