Firstly a very nice hello to all of you camplet owners out there. I have been an owner of a Camplet Concorde for about 4 months now, and have done three one week camping trips and some weekends in it untill now. I must say it is one of the best investments i have made sofar, at least camping vise. Easy to set up (no bent poles yet), easy to tow, a lot of accesories could be stored inside etc. I have not found mayor faults or bad facts about it, although there is always room for improvement.
I do have a question and i was wondering if anyone can help. What bothers me it, that the canvas is all wrinkled inside the camplet, when you close it. I have been given a demonstration from our dealer in how to set the camplet up, but not how you properly take it down again. Reverse order i know, but still this part on how to correctly take down and fold the canvas was not included. Does anyone have a good system in folding the canvas, so it is not wrinkled too much. If anyone is a sailing freek, he knows, that the sails must be folded down correcty....
Another thing. Can a camplet canvas be washed, lets say with car shampoo and water and the left outside to dry...
Good canvas on the camplet,but it can't be folded neatly because you push it back from the kitchen before closing the lid.But,when you next put it up,it will be fine. As for washing,it will be due for a scrub in a decade or so.Have a look at the Tencate web site for cleaning,but in a nut shell,use a soft brush on dirt as long as it has dried ,good old British weather does the rest. You can wipe down the mud walls(just water,detergents are deadly to canvas and you are bound to get some on it).
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When folding up my Savanne, I follow the instructions from the hand-over demo at Camperlands.
After letting the canvas body drop back into the trailer and removing the key pole:
1. Fold back the PVC section below the front windows so that it lies neatly (clear of where the kitchen will sit).
2. Pull out the canvas at one side so it forms a triangle, fold that in half (so the edge meets the side of the trailer) to make a smaller triangle, then pull it up and over to sit in the trailer body.
3. Repeat with the other side.
4. Pull up the canvas skirt at each side and the back, and make 'hospital corners' so it forms a neat border all around.
5. Secure the left hand side canvas (trailer top) with the bungees supplied.
6. Close the trailer.
It seems to work quite well and any creases fall out quickly anyway.
Quote: Originally posted by Jo123 on 04/9/2010
When folding up my Savanne, I follow the instructions from the hand-over demo at Camperlands.
After letting the canvas body drop back into the trailer and removing the key pole:
1. Fold back the PVC section below the front windows so that it lies neatly (clear of where the kitchen will sit). 2. Pull out the canvas at one side so it forms a triangle, fold that in half (so the edge meets the side of the trailer) to make a smaller triangle, then pull it up and over to sit in the trailer body. 3. Repeat with the other side. 4. Pull up the canvas skirt at each side and the back, and make 'hospital corners' so it forms a neat border all around. 5. Secure the left hand side canvas (trailer top) with the bungees supplied. 6. Close the trailer.
It seems to work quite well and any creases fall out quickly anyway.
That's how were were shown to do it too. Sometimes we've managed it neater than other times, but it always seems to work OK and the creases drop out straight away
the slower you fold it back the neater it folds then we just fold in the sides and push back the front to fit kitchen in, it always comes out nice and straight again
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Topic: Folding canvas in Camplet Concorde
