Setting Up Your Tent Properly:
Choose the right place to pitch your tent. Do not set it up in lower grounds because there is greater moisture and lesser wind flow there. To get optimum ventilation, set your tent so that its tail faces the direction of the wind.
Lower areas also tend to flood when it rains, a great inconvenience you want to avoid. Survey the ground before setting up your tent. Remove any sharp objects to protect your tent from damage.
Be sure to pitch your tent in such a way that your head is in the elevated part of the ground when you lie down. Once your tent is up, check the inside to see if the floors are evenly flattened.
If there are wrinkles, adjust the stretching of the stakes to flatten your tent floor evenly. To preclude these little mess ups, be sure you master the dynamics of setting up your tent even before going to camp. Read about it or better yet, practice setting it up at home.
Taking Good Care of Your Tent:
See to it that you store your tent in a clean, dry stock room. Leaving it in a moist storage will cause mildew to bring damage and bad odor to your tent. Be sure to dry it after use without exposing it direct to the heat of the sun. Avoid the accumulation of water outside your tent.
You may use condensation reduction products like ReviveX which makes water slide down your tent’s exterior like water detaching from a bird’s feathers. Use also ground cloth to keep your tent floor from getting punctured by objects sticking out from the ground. Secure your tent’s interior by completely sealing it to keep water from penetrating the inside.
In storing your tent, do not fold it in the same way you’ve always folded it so that no permanent pleats develop. This may ultimately weaken the tent fabric and threaten its weatherproofing capacity. Stuff your tent when folding and transporting it to avoid unnecessary damage.
The Right Type of Tent for You:
Dome tents are quite spacious so that its occupants could even stand inside. Its two pole design however, compromises its support system and makes it unsuitable for bad weather.
To stand up against strong winds and severe weather conditions, you may use the modified dome tent with additional poles, cross-section rods and tapered ends. Pyramid tents are quicker to set up but its structure makes it vulnerable to crawling insects around.
Tunnel tents provide you an elevated ceiling in the front and are quite light to carry around. Its design however does not give adequate sleeping space for the occupants.
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