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Quote: Originally posted by HighSlayer on 05/7/2017

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One thing I noticed on the first video is that the tent doors were all closed.

I'd recommend opening the doors for pitching and breaking down the tent. With a sewn in groundsheet and the doors closed you create a suction which can make the tent harder to erect, and trap the air when putting it down.

I always make sure the doors are open (just hanging loose), peg the corners, put in the poles (same as Gary's video above) and put the tent up. Once the tent is up, close the doors before pegging out (to make sure that the doors will open/close easily).

When packing down, open the doors, leave the bedroom compartments in place (open the bedroom compartment doors but leave them hanging loose). Unless it is windy, take out all the guy ropes apart from the front and rear ones, then remove the poles, allow the tent to drop and remove the other guy ropes. Then unpeg the tent.

Put the bag at one end and fold the tent to just a little smaller than the bag. If the tent has a side door then start folding from the opposite end (to push air out). Keep folding the tent, squishing air out each time and you should end up with a long length of tent just a little narrower than your bag. Starting at the back of the tent roll it up as tightly as you can, rolling towards the front (also to push air out). When you have it rolled, tie it off if it came with ties. Dont try to put it in the bag, put the bag over the tent and pull it around, then zip it up. If it is one of the newer open plan bags then even easier.

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