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24/6/2010 at 3:15pm
Location: Germany
Outfit: Wolf lake 7 Quechua BS and 4.1
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Hello
Stupidly happy because our bearlake replacement of our avantgarde tents is on its way.....hopefully arriving tomorrow...
But please could have some tips on how to put it up...do you peg before you zip...
and do you put it up bit by bit or concertina it out?
I know lots of you have this tent so how do you put yours up?
hoping to put it up this weekend for Garden camping....will of course post pics of our polycotton baby!!!
Thanks
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24/6/2010 at 6:54pm
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Great.... thanks for the tips.. we do have a footprint and there are 2 of us so should be ok....cannot wait to sleep under polycotton....Yaaaay
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24/6/2010 at 9:20pm
Location: Beds
Outfit: Outwell Wolf Lake 7 and Greycliff 7ATC
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Ok I disagree with the method suggested. Thats the outwell method and led to bent poles on my WL7.
The method that Gary at Cross Camping and member of these forums told me which I find far better is:
Put in front pole only and pin and clip and tension a little. Then pull front of tent up into position and guy.
Then moving front to back repeat with each set of poles in turn.
Once all poles are in and guyed put in side brace poles and tension and the front canopy gets zipped on and guyed. You can tweak the position of the other poles and tidy up the shape of the tunnel at this point.
ZIG and then peg all around and tension all straps as necessary.
So the main difference is that you dont put all the poles in whilst the tents on the ground as it adds a lot of additional weight that just makes it harder to pull the tent up and adds unecessary stress on the joints.
I don't have an outwell footprint just a cheap B&Q tarp that is about the right size but costs a fraction of the outwell price.
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24/6/2010 at 9:29pm
Location: Germany
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Ok thanks Justin....that is like how we put up the Ohio only we started from the back.....
Do not want any bent poles so will do that tomorrow or sat depending on when the tent arrives..
Thanks again
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24/6/2010 at 9:32pm
Location: Beds
Outfit: Outwell Wolf Lake 7 and Greycliff 7ATC
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The other way was ok when I first got the BL6 I had before I got the WL7 as the BLs a bit lighter. But I just find Gary's method a lot less hassle and so far (goes to find some wood to touch) hasn't led to bent poles.
Good luck I'm sure you'll love the BL6 we liked ours and the new extension they have planned for next year really sounds excellent
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24/6/2010 at 9:46pm
Location: Germany
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Thanks again...really looking forward to seeing it up close...this whole change over was sooooo unplanned but it seems to have worked out for the best..especially with a planned ext for the bear lake...
fingers crossed there will be no faults with this one...our 4th outwell tent since may 2009...
hope we are not jinxed!!!!
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25/6/2010 at 8:40am
Location: Wales
Outfit: None Entered
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Hi cj , we are so glad we exchanged our Maryland XL for our Norfolk Lake , the difference is like chalk and cheese (as the saying goes) , I am sure you will be pleased with the quality of the Bear Lake just hope you get a good one. Rick
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25/6/2010 at 10:48am
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Thanks Rick...we certainly deserve a good tent by now....lol
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25/6/2010 at 2:31pm
Location: hereford
Outfit: outwell bear lake
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I have never used Gary's method but it makes good sense. My front door at times seems to be tight to zip up so next time will zip all doors before erecting. Often i have unrolled the B.L.onto the tarp and found it is the wrong way round. I now tie a bright red ribbon on the front door zip so it is obvious. This is also true of the zig. To ascertain the right way up and the back or the front saves a lot of time if you magic marker the zig with 'front' and 'this way up'. I think i have a phobia about it because all my horizontal tensioner poles are also colour coded. It is worth it though as it is a lot of heavy canvas and zig to heave around if you get it wrong. Having said all that it is a first class tent which has kept me safe and secure in many a storm. The first time I camped awoke one morning on a campsite in Wales most of the tents had suffered damage or had been blown away and the owner said to me 'I did not think I would find you here this morning' I said naively I was not due to leave until the following day!!
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25/6/2010 at 4:37pm
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Ok...thanks...that is a funny story...but a good one..in that the tent was secure and you had one more day!!!!
The tent arrived this afternoon...had a quick look in the boxes...the ZIG looks amazing..i cannot believe how thick it is and the material looks so different from the other tents we have tried..
Tomorrow morning we will put it up...weather should be great 30 degress on Sun so Garden camping tomorrow night!!!
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26/6/2010 at 9:53am
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Hi just a quick question...I have shock cord in the tent poles....is this right...and does it break easily...and if it does break is it easy to fix...
Sorry this is actually 3 questions!!!!
about to start putting it up now...hope it goes ok....
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26/6/2010 at 10:56am
Location: hereford
Outfit: outwell bear lake
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Yes it is normal to have a shock cord in the poles. Make sure you push the poles through the webbing and not pull otherwise the poles could come apart. I have never had one break so cant answer the last question. You have a lovely day to erect it. Are you going to 'weather' it by turning a garden spray on it? Good luck with the curtains /mesh/windows.I can never remember how these work. Have a good camp tonight-don't let the bugs bite get a clearite.
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26/6/2010 at 5:09pm
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Well we have the Bearlake up in our Garden...will post some pics later when hubby has got them onto the laptop...
What can i say....At first we were like... this is completely different camping from polyester....The quality is so different and especially the groundsheet...
We had the tent up by 12.00 in blazing sunshine and the temp inside were as everyone says comfortable...
Then we were a bit worried that it was a bit smaller than the Ohio...but that soon disappeared the more time we spent in there. We all fit comfortably in the sleeping pod which we have as one big room...we are still waiting for the carpet as they were currently out of stock but they are posting it on when it arrives..
We are sleeping there tonight and as we live in south Germany in the middle of the countryside we are prone to lots of mozzies....so have had the windows and doors with the mozzie screens on and the bedrooom pods firmly shut all the time so we should be bug free hopefully....
hope to put the pics on later...
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