Great tents. Always clean the ground under the floor and feel for stones before final pegging inner tent. Rubber tap washers are good under and over the flysheet on the spikes.
From memory I think the new revised design is meant to have the tips of the poles through the grommets on the inners corners, old style had mushroom tips on the poles to go on the ground.... Anyway your pole position didnt look quite right
What have you done to that ridge pole? Its like a banana. I've had my Mk4 since the 70s and it is still straight. The entrance end of the tent is far too taught and as a result the zip cannot be closed properly. Also for a demo video make sure the tent pegs are straight......at least to begin with.
There's ways and means to get these tents up and gown and keep the inner bone dry (even in nasty conditions). Put the frame and flysheet up and leave semi loose but guyed; and put up your inner from the inside. Then secure tent. To take down, do in reverse; loosen outer and take down inner and fold in the shelter of the flysheet; then take down flysheet and poles. Attach mushroom feet into their positions to give maximum strength.
Great tents.
Always clean the ground under the floor and feel for stones before final pegging inner tent.
Rubber tap washers are good under and over the flysheet on the spikes.
From memory I think the new revised design is meant to have the tips of the poles through the grommets on the inners corners, old style had mushroom tips on the poles to go on the ground....
Anyway your pole position didnt look quite right
Forgot the plastic rain shields for the sticking out poles that hold the fly sheet
What have you done to that ridge pole? Its like a banana. I've had my Mk4 since the 70s and it is still straight. The entrance end of the tent is far too taught and as a result the zip cannot be closed properly. Also for a demo video make sure the tent pegs are straight......at least to begin with.
There's ways and means to get these tents up and gown and keep the inner bone dry (even in nasty conditions). Put the frame and flysheet up and leave semi loose but guyed; and put up your inner from the inside. Then secure tent. To take down, do in reverse; loosen outer and take down inner and fold in the shelter of the flysheet; then take down flysheet and poles. Attach mushroom feet into their positions to give maximum strength.
You don't stand on the tent. Golden rule of camping.
I hate people treading on the canvas.
How many people will fit into this tent?
3 xx
Not helping get lost