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It took us 2 trys to get it in the bag. We ended up rolling it very tight. I'm so grateful for my oversized bag.

We always put the bag at the end of the tent so we can see as we're folding it if it will fit. Our tent came folded and when we tried folding it back, it was just too big so as stated above, we rolled it very tightly.  Not easy to do with the polycotton and the thicker ground sheet. A bit stiff.

Hi Beadyspice, I have just bought an orchy 600  for exact same reasons as yourself. was hoping to have a go at putting up this weekend but was stopped by all the rain- hopefully will have a go on wednesday and will let you know- quite a few people on here seemed pretty confident it could be done- let's hope so!   Sarah x

Quote: Originally posted by bramapp on 14/4/2008

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Yes, if you are less than 140cm tall :)

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Jill,  Have just put up orchy in garden.. it's lovely and sunny here-very tempted to stay out there and pretend I was on lovely peaceful campsite somewhere! Good news is I managed it on my own although my brother popped round for moral support he did not help. However, there were a couple of bits the kids (my two are 10- so will be quite useful)  would be able to do like holding poles steady which I hope would make it bit quicker- it took me 40 mins. That does include time spent swapping porch and bedroom poles round with tent up when I realised I had put them wrong way round! Hopefully will be quicker next time. I got tent back in bag fairly easily but had to call on my brother to help getting poles back in as well - wouldn't have been end of the world to leave out as they have their own bag but.. 'oversized bag'?! -not quite!

One thought- main poles are really long- may be worth putting them together as you thread them through to make them easier to handle... if there were tents either side of you, you may not have the room needed to swing them about!

Was feeling very pleased with myself until I tried to put up sun canopy that I bought separately- no instructions with it and the basics were obvious enough but could not get it right at all (brother did help this time!). Any ideas?!

 Cheers, Sarah x

hi just happened to be looking at this tent in the vango 2008 catalogue & it says"goes with the standard canopy" .

                                                          Thorin.

I can pitch my Orchy 600 solo, didn`t do a great job getting it back in the back solo!!!!

I have the large sun canopy for mine and it fits, one of the guys goes over the side doo, but we attatched it to a tree instead last time!!