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07/8/2011 at 8:08pm
 Location: stockport
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Hi all,

I am just wondering where the best place to store my tent is over the winter?

cheers.


07/8/2011 at 8:19pm
 Location: Newcastle
 Outfit: Hi Gear Voyager 6
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We were just gonna keep ours in garage all being well......only our first year camping so not sure if this is ok or not?!


07/8/2011 at 8:44pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: SoulPad 5000-ease™
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all camping season all our camping gear stays in the trailer and during the winter we just transfer to the shed... we have never had any problems and have been storing this way for about 5 years or so...


07/8/2011 at 9:02pm
 Location: lancs
 Outfit: coleman marseille 9 juno 500
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We keep ours in the attic.

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21st-26th april plas farm caravan & camping park

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07/8/2011 at 9:17pm
 Location: Nottingham
 Outfit: Eldiss Affinity 482
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We keep ours in the garage and its been fine

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07/8/2011 at 9:22pm
 Location: stockport
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We will put ours up in the attic i think then. Would you recommend unfolding it a little to allow it to "breathe"?


07/8/2011 at 9:44pm
 Location: Greater London
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we keep ours in the cellar...

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"tereba nessa, kemer wyth"

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Snowdonia - Peak District - Brecon Beacons - Lake District


07/8/2011 at 9:48pm
 Location: lancs
 Outfit: coleman marseille 9 juno 500
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we dont to be honest, just make sure it all dry and before packing it away and never had any problems.

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21st-26th april plas farm caravan & camping park

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07/8/2011 at 11:19pm
 Location: Hampshire
 Outfit: Outwell Concorde XL + awning & M
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Can polycotton be kept in a shed or should that be a room temperature room ideally?

(no idea.... first polycotton tent!)



10/8/2011 at 8:02pm
 Location: Cambridge
 Outfit: Ace Jubilee Statesman
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Quote: Originally posted by lewislaw on 07/8/2011Can polycotton be kept in a shed or should that be a room temperature room ideally?

(no idea.... first polycotton tent!)



Our tent is polycotton and we had a near catastrophe with a small rodent with big ears and a long tail aka Mickey and his pals! I discovered that they like to eat polycotton! Luckily they only chewed through the bag but it was a near miss. The tent was stored in the under stair cupboard and we had no idea we had visitors! Now it's stored in a vinyl bag which I hope they won't like the taste of so much. So be careful about the shed unless you can rodent proof it.

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10/8/2011 at 8:26pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Combi camp Venezia & Lokon vario 6
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Previously we've just made doubly sure it was put away dry and left it all on the drive. Now we have a newer one I'm tempted to remove as much as pos, but the only real storage we have is the loft, but it's only part boarded and we don't have a fixed ladder so going up and down is a pain, so we may well just leave it on the drive too. We've always added an extra tarpaulin under the cover, and put in pots to raise the level so any rain runs off and have never had a problem.

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Angela


11/8/2011 at 4:37pm
 Location: Sunny south coast
 Outfit: Columbia 600 Bude 4
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After having a polyester tent die after not a lot of use but storage in the garage loft, which gets very hot and cold - and after reading something about temperature conditions affecting a tent we now keep the fabric parts of our tent at the bottom of our bedroom wardrobes in dry, roddent free and stable conditions.

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Love our set-up and need no more tents or gear, so trying to stop looking!


11/8/2011 at 5:20pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Bear Lake 6
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Ours is under the bed with all of the rest of our camping gear.



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