Just bought our first tent! How should we weatherproof it?

[carriedawayannie]

Dh has just gone to pick it up from Decathalon.

We chose this tent as its a good price and dh isn't as keen on the whole camping idea as me so I thought something easy to put up might help sway him

Should we weatherproof it? What should we buy? How often should we do it?

I was hoping to pitch it today in the garden to play with it make sure its all in working order but the grass is all wet so no sure if dh will be too keen.

Just thought - do you have to repitch the tent when you get home to dry it?

It's already weatherproof . If you want to reduce UV degradation you can spray it with this if you think you are going to be camping in it lots and lots and particularly in v sunny weather.

In theory you don't need to repitch nylon tents to dry them out as they won't shrink, however as it is a pop up you will need to at least unleash it from the bag if you strike camp if it is wet as all tents need to be bone dry before storing or you will get mildew.

i am looking forward to your trying to pack it away thread already

I've watched some youtube videos.

I am not all confident about being able to pack it away - although I haven't mentioned that to dh, I just showed him the 2 min pitch time

Thanks Slubber

Apologies for all those Smileys - I think I may be a tad over excited!

'unleash if from the bag' is sooo right Slubber

Hope you enjoy the whole experience carriedawayannie - don't forget the wine!

It's a doddle to pack away, we've just done our first camp with ours.

Advice: be proud . The 'cock' needs to be good and long and the 'balls' fairly small.

dh will so know that advice came from MN

Does this pop-up one have a sewn-in groundsheet? I have wanted a pop-up for a while but have been put off by the lack of a sewn-in groundsheet. If it has this would be ideal!

No I don't thinks its got a SIG.

Oh dear, then it isn't for me. I like camping but not enough to allow bugs easy access to me. Will have to stick to my old one that takes an age to put up.

The sleeping areas have SIGs and the middle area has a bathtub style one where the sides velcro into place.

Yes, ours (4..1 seconds) has a SIG in the bedroom so no worries re mini-beastie attacks while we sleep!

Phew!

Do you love yours?

I've just bought the same tent and I LOVE it! Put it up first try at the weekend and got it packed away again in about 10 minutes too! Can't wait to try it out for 'proper' at half term :)

The best weatherproofing for a tent is leaving it at home and booking a B&B

Oooh our first trip will be in half term as well MrsMonkey .. can't wait! Have you got a lot of kit? I'm trying to go as light as possible but can't work out if we can manage without a table or not.

We realised at the weekend that the grass area in our garden isn't big enough to do a practice pitch. So might have to do a trip to the local park instead. Did you have problems collapsing MrsMonkey?