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Topic: Porch for a Tentipi

pete.j.soper

07/7/2011 at 12:10pm
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We have a Tentipi Safir 9 tipi tent which we have been delighted with (after an initial swap due to a fault!).

However, the one thing that it really needs is a porch. I have tried lots of different approaches from using a sail to a square tarp, but none of them do the job well enough, or look the part along with the elegant lines of the tentipi!

I have seen a porch designed for a tipi tent here: http://www.greenoutdoor.co.uk/products/tipi-tent-porch-tarp which looks ideal.

I was wondering if anybody has any experience of this tarp, particularly with the bigger Tentipi 9 - the tarp is designed for a smaller tent.

Thanks

Pete

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weetabixface

07/7/2011 at 4:02pm
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Have seen that one but I already have an obelink tarp so planning to use that attached to an awning/ratchet strap passed though the loop at the apex of the tipi and then guy the king poles to support the other end of the tarp. Haven't been away for a long enough trip in the tentipi that warranted trying it out so at the moment it is all conjecture.

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robnchar

07/7/2011 at 5:18pm
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Does the Tentipi really need a porch ? Id rather keep a tarp separate so if the weather turns windy your not affecting the hundreds of year old wind stable design of the Tipi .

What would you intend using the porch for ?

SorchaLiv

21/3/2012 at 9:01am
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There is now a porch available - http://www.tauntonleisure.com/tentipi-porch-9-cp/p8282

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valbarley

21/3/2012 at 9:18am
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Quote: Originally posted by SorchaLiv on 21/3/2012
There is now a porch available - http://www.tauntonleisure.com/tentipi-porch-9-cp/p8282

Why make such an ugly modern design to go on a elegant traditional shaped tent??...

weetabixface

23/3/2012 at 12:54pm
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I will not be rushing out to buy one of these

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It's seems expensive for what it is there were having issues with them don't know if there are sorted now

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foggers

03/4/2016 at 10:12am
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Yikes, that looks terrible! See here

I would have thought a more simple tarp and pole arrangement like those for bell tents would look right, but I appreciate the challenge of securing the end that sits against the tent entrance.

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