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I take it you mean a 'footprint' to go under the tent! The 'groundsheet' is an integral part of the tent and sewn in to the flysheet.
Forget trying to get a manufacturers 'footprint', often hard to find and hugely overpriced for what they are! Just buy a standard builders tarpaulin (it's the same material!), available from numerous DIY outlets, to match or slightly larger than the tent. Any colour will do, it's out of sight, so doesn't need to colour match anything!
It needs to be cut (or folded in use) to be 100mm (4") SMALLER than the tent ON ALL SIDES, there must NOT be any of it protruding! The reason for it being smaller than the tent base is to prevent rain (water) running down tent walls and under the tent, which would partially defeat the point of the footprint, which is to keep the sewn in groundsheet dry as well as clean.
If you want to do the job properly, you can fit some eyelets to the 'corners', to enable you to peg it down (use plastic mushroom head pegs), that makes it a little easier to position the tent correctly on top of it.
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Topic: Beta 550xl alloy/Vango/ground sheet
via mobile 25/5/2024 at 9:59am
