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hi, i have just joined the cotton brigade by buying and old cotton tent (not collected yet) as i have not seen it yet and knowing that my wife is all for a bug free environment my question is this. can i give the tent a SIG or is that just ridiculous? what do other campers do to protect from the bugs in their tents?

I think thats not really possible....or practical.

Buy a ground sheet slightly larger than the footprint, then bring the edges up inside the flaps...not to high or they`ll be touching the canvas.....badly explained but I know what I mean.

Bugs are inevitable when camping

thanks for your very quick replies!

u400jb9 - i thought it would be a stupid question but had to be asked. i know what you mean with your explanation. will try this when i get the tent.

cant wait to get it as have always wanted a cotton tent bur OH wants the SIG, will have to work on her and get her toughened up! haha.

If your tent has mudflaps that peg down on the outside, pull the flaps well in to the tent and place an oversized groundsheet (about 30cms wider & longer than the footprint of the tent) on top of the flaps. Hold down at strategic points with heavy objects around the edge and you will have the best of both worlds - ventilation if you need it and a fairly draughtproof/bugproof living area.

once again thanks for your info, you can always bank on the wealth of experience of the campers on here. thats the excellent part of this forum.

very handy to newbies and people like me (cotton frame tent newbie)

got my new tent yesterday and she is a beauty!

in fantastic condition. not sure how to link a picture but have put one on my profile.

Hi magpiesnest.

                       Fitting a SiG, would be a challenge, when I was looking for a new Cotton tent, Mr's Francais insisted it had to be ZiG or SiG, we eventualy found one but they are thin on the ground, unless you have a large budget, then there is always Karsten or De Waard, but your talking of a serious investment at 3K for a tent!.

Andy.

That looks a lovely tent magpiesnest  Welcome to the canvas club

Andy: My Raclet Quick Tent is canvas & it has a full sig, but it's only a 3 berth. Bought it off ebay a couple of months ago.