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Topic: S V 8 we are new to this plz help

thecoopers10

18/2/2010 at 8:45pm
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Hello, our new Sun Valley 8 arrived today. We bought it along with the side extension and the carpet for £502. This seemed like a reasonable deal.....please tell me it was!!!

I have had a look at the carpet and there appears to be some kind of pull cord pouch attatched. Can anyone tell me what this is for???

Also does anyone know of a supplier of the footprint. I have been doing a bit of hunting and cannot find one anywhere.

Also any other hints or tips with this tent would be very much appreciated.

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dadsbeaniemad

18/2/2010 at 8:50pm
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Excellent choice

We have one amongst our 'collection'
We don't have the carpet for it - we use a Monty 12 one - but I would suspect that it is where you attach the front bedroom inner to the floor.

Lay out your carpet in the tent and then put the front pod up.
The drawstring pouch will open up so that you can anchor the bedroom pod to it's anchor point on the floor.

Hope that makes sense to you

Can't help on the footprint either but it could be worth phoning a few places just in case they have the odd one still in stock.

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dadsbeaniemad

18/2/2010 at 8:55pm
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You can mae your own, of course, from a big piece of tarp cut to size or pieces taped together.
Remember to make it slightly smaller all round than the actual tent fotprint so that rain/water won't get under the tent.

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mumshadenough

18/2/2010 at 10:00pm
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Ditto the above. Great tent. Just get a cheapy tarp for the footprint.

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HarryBear

18/2/2010 at 10:45pm
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Yes, it's a great tent. Ditto the above.

In terms of tips, the only advice I can offer is not to be depressed if your SV has a saggy rear - a lot of us suffer from it although there may be some expert advice on hand from a more experienced user.

If you look at the tent review section on here you can see plenty of pictures of the interior.

Wishing you many happy holidays!

dadsbeaniemad

18/2/2010 at 11:25pm
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We usually had a saggy rear too

SunvalleySue seems to have got it right and no saggy rears there - still don't know how she manages it

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sunvalleysue

19/2/2010 at 10:49am
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Quote: Originally posted by dadsbeaniemad on 18/2/2010We usually had a saggy rear too

SunvalleySue seems to have got it right and no saggy rears there - still don't know how she manages it

Me neither.

I usually just pull the corners out till the pegging point lines up with the corner seam then peg out the rest.I also line the corner guys up with the corner seams.I hope this makes sense

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dmsplat

19/2/2010 at 1:07pm
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Ditto again!

I too suffer from a saggy rear upon occasion with my SV6 - I tend to blame the pitch for not being flat...

Toggle on carpet - Don't know can't help. Does it hook up to the middle of the main bedroom inner?

Footprint - we use a tarp. Really cheap and easy!

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dadsbeaniemad

19/2/2010 at 3:17pm
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You just can't quite see but where the kitchen leg is right in the bottom right of the picture - you cansee the front bedroom pod. If you were to follw it down to the floor then this is wher your drawstring bit would be and where you need to open it up so that you can fasten that bedroom pod corner into the toggle for it in the groundsheet
Once you get the tent up it will all become really easy to see how it works.

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dadsbeaniemad

19/2/2010 at 3:23pm
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you can just about see how the pod fastens on here - it's just with a toggle (like a parka coat fastening) it here - right in the bottom right

ignore my carpet as it's the Monty 12 one and some Isabella flooring in the space behingdFreja.

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thecoopers10

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Thanks everyone. This site/forum looks to be invaluble to us as newbies, I am sure I'll be bothering you all again sometime soon.

David

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dadsbeaniemad

19/2/2010 at 9:18pm
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Anytime David

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Good luck David with your new sunvalley,imo one of the best(non polycotton) tents Outwell have ever made.
I might be slightly biased though

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thecoopers10

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Thank you, we caught the bug last year when ( not being able to afford a 'proper' holiday ) we were given an old tent to try camping to see if we enjoyed it.

Unfortunately that tent died on the way out of the campsite but we were hooked. Had a great time for a couple of hundred quid!

With regards to the Sun Valley, are there any things to consider with it? Should I weather the tent first? Would you suggest applying seam sealant? Any tips would be appreciated, treat me like the inexperienced novice that I am.

Thanks everyone

David

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20/2/2010 at 2:29pm
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We didn't weather our at all. We did, however have a practice pitch of it before going away - just to make sure everyhing was OK with it.

The seams shouldn't really need sealing on a brand new tent but you will have got a bottle of it in with the 'repair kit' they include with new tents.
Take it with you and if you do get a problem then you can run a little sealer down the seams where the problem is. Remember, though, that the tent must be DRY when you do this.

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