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Just got my new Vermont XL (2008) - Fantastic!

Put it up in the backgarden in about 45 mins - piece of cake!

Spent an hour and a half trying to fold and roll it so it fits back in to its bag - surely this not possible and it was a figment of my imagination that I got it out of the bag in the first place!

Can anyone please offer me a sliver of hope in the form of advice?

Yours in hope

Ploppy

Thanks Crappie, Adrianc, Fire261and Elvis

You give me great hope and I will keep on trying

Adrianc: I was particularly impressed with your Youtube idea of turning it into a work of art - it would at least look a little bit better than it does at the moment; looking like an unloved sausage roll in the corner of the lounge.

Ploppy - apologies for asking an unrelated question - how many people do you think can realistically sleep in the smaller bedrooms? Is the detachable one on the right as you look in smaller than the one on the left (I know dimensions say not but it looks it on pictures and I can't find anywhere that has one pitched for me to look at).

Got 3 boys 7,5 and 3 adn trying to work out if this tent is suitable.

TIA

Tia - I only put it up for 5 mins as rain was threating but I am pretty confident in saying it sounds ideal for you; very large and wide.

At a casual glance the bedrooms all looked the same size, the middle one is bigger but not a great deal so - the two outside ones appear to be the same size.

I would have no problem at all in recommending it to you for a family with three boys; I bought mine from Outdoor Action it was the cheapest I could find £470 - all other sites £500 (£499)  

Make sure you get the 2008 model as the 2007 one does have a smaller right hand bedroom.

Oh thanks for that - I watched a video and the right hand room looked smaller but it's more than likely a 2007 model in the video isn't it?

Have had some other advice on another thread about using mats to 'carpet' the floor, rather than airbed, for the boys so I think it will work.

Thanks for your advice - oh yes, I did see it on that website for £470.

(by the way, TIA is 'thanks in advance' on another website I post on, so it's not my name - sorry for confusion!)

Reply to Elphaba - we sleep with a queen size bed in the middle pod for hubby and I, my very tall teenager sleeps in the left hand pod but could easily fit two and our three year old in the right hand.  This comfortably sleeps us all - wouldnt like to try it for 7 tho! 

With regard to folding back in the bag we dont put the inner wardrobe compartment in as  we dont use it.  Have the portable on  top of a rigid unit there.

We fold ours this way:

1.  Leave front and side doors open and make sure that bedroom pods are also open and that the inside section is unzipped to allow air flow.

2.  Fold the tent in half lengthways.

3.  Then fold into 3 lengthways.

4.  Starting at the back end my hubby rolls the tent towards the front whilst I go just ahead keeping the folded part in place (if that makes any sense!).

5.  Have the bag ready at the end and the tent simply rolls into it.

We've never had problem with trapped air (in the tent!) and this method hasn't failed us yet.

Give it a try and let us know if it works for you!