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Personharrys
30/7/2014 at 3:23pm
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Still a bit off a newbie at camping . We have a Mojave 5 tunnel tent which has two clip in bedrooms.
My question is , presuming when you are packing up all is bone dry , why do you need to unclip the bedrooms from the main flysheet ? Surely they could all pack as one ?
I know some newer tents have bedrooms built in using a more complex attachment.So why not ?


PersonLainey01
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No idea!! We do sometimes pack ours away like that to get it home but then I tend to separate it to make sure it's all completely dry and pack it away in the bags it came with.


Personmoonstone
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we leave our sleeping pods in our tents if we're packing up dry, but if it's a wet pack up then the sleeping pods are removed and placed in a bin bag to assure that they stay dry...

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Personcdsmiler
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Suppose it also depends on packaging up. Our main tent goes in one bag, the inners and poles go in another. The main tent is tight in it's bag, so packaging up our tent, inners still attached, MIGHT cause more problems getting it to fit back int he bag!!

(But we HAVE got a big tent!!)

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We leave ours in, far too lazy to reclip every time


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PersonTynxuk
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Quote: Originally posted by cdsmiler on 30/7/2014
Suppose it also depends on packaging up. Our main tent goes in one bag, the inners and poles go in another. The main tent is tight in it's bag, so packaging up our tent, inners still attached, MIGHT cause more problems getting it to fit back int he bag!!

(But we HAVE got a big tent!!)


We choose to pack ours away with the inners attached if dry, to over come the bag issue we bought a larger one with wheels to pack It in.


PersonBob61
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Most tents with sewn in groundsheets are meant to be erected 'as one'. That is to say that once the inners have been fitted after first erecting, there is no need to remove them again.

However, some tents do not have sewn in groundsheets and therefore the bedroom pod groundsheet sits directly on the grass. I suppose you could try erecting those 'as one' but you may find that you are folding a wet and muddy groundsheet up inside the flysheet. A footprint may resolve this problem but even with footprints, the bottom of the groundsheet can sometimes be wet due to condensation.


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Quote: Originally posted by harrys on 30/7/2014
... My question is , presuming when you are packing up all is bone dry , why do you need to unclip the bedrooms from the main flysheet ?...


Who says you need to?
You have it right. Leave 'em in!



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PersonTigermouse
30/7/2014 at 10:18pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Tynxuk on 30/7/2014
We choose to pack ours away with the inners attached if dry, to over come the bag issue we bought a larger one with wheels to pack It in.


Me too. It's too much faff keep putting them in and taking them out each time, plus leaving them in saves time when setting up/packing away.



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Personharrys
01/8/2014 at 11:58am
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Well thanks all , for all the prompt replies , what a friendly forum this is !
The consensus seems to be leave the sleeping pods in if dry - so that's what I'll do .
Ta again for your advice........

Harry



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