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30/6/2007 at 6:54pm
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Hi,

I have just got my first ever tent, never been camping before..... thought i would put it up in the garden to try it out before i go camping but im having great difficulty putting it up.

It is a Blue Ridge Panama 4 person tent. The instructions are very poor

Could anyone give me some tips please???????

Thank you Tracy



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30/6/2007 at 9:34pm
 Location: somerset
 Outfit: sunncamp aps 3004
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Don't have one of these but I looked at a picture of one on the net. very similar to my old sunncamp tent. Here goes 'cause this worked well for us....

I would recommend you lay the tent out, with the pole slots uppermost, all windows and doors zipped shut. Peg the four corners of the tent at goundsheet level, in the position you want it.

If the top curve poles of the main dome are separate, slide these sections in first giving an 'x' shape then put one section of the uprights into these all round so you get the remaining sections lying flat on the ground. Keep going round eachtime fitting another upright section in until at full height and slot them into the base fitting (ring with pin into end of pole ?)

If the poles are all in one length joined with elastic, then feed these through the slots with the tent flat on the ground they should be colour coded ! (the longest will be the main crossover dome ones)  Fit the main dome poles to create an 'X' shape and the other two poles through the sleeping ends across the tent. Either way feed poles though carefully so as not to snag the fabric ! You may well need help with someone inside the tent to hold it up in the centre while you bend the poles down to fit onto the end rings with pins. Be carefull to feed the fabric around the poles while you bend them. The main dome should be ok then bend and end fix the other two poles (much easier with 2 people). Fix the tent clips to the poles to hold the shape well.

Complete the pegging out and use the guys to stabilise but not too tight !! (keep guys pulled out in line with the seams) I dont think this has a sown in groundsheet, so lay this in and finally hang the inner sleeping compartments in each end with the elastic tags.

Hopefully that should do it !!

 



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