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Hi, I’ve just bought a urban escape 6 man inflatable tent and now looking for a footprint is there 1 made for that tent or do I need another make, does it need to be bigger than the tent or smaller, thanks


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Personseanfdh
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I think Urban Escape are Halfords own brand. I don't know if they sell footprints but that would be the best place to start.
If they don't it's easy enough to make your own from a builders tarp cut or folded to shape/size. It needs to be slightly smaller than the tent.

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Downside of buying in house brands (Urban Escape) from non-specialist camping suppliers like Halfords is a virtual total absence of spares or support, you could ask Halfords if they sell footprints as spares, but I seriously doubt they will.

A footprint is nothing special, it's just tarpaulin like sheet cut to slightly smaller than tent ground plan. It's purpose is to provide a extra layer of protection for sewn in groundsheets from sharp stones etc, and to keep mud and debris like grass and leaves off the groundsheet, so that when you pack tent up you don't soil flysheet with stains, debris and the like that can affect both the aesthetic look and waterproof qualities.

Cheap and cheerful solution is buy a regular tarpaulin, then cut it to shape so that it is about 2" (50mm) SMALLER all the way around, purpose being that you DO NOT want it protruding outside tent base where it will gather rain, dew etc. and wick it under tent.


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That’s great , thanks


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Bought a tarp from wickes 5 by 8 metres nd shaped it to tent £16



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