just bought a windbreak to go with Diablo, however when I go to put it up there 5 poles but only 7guys and 7 pegs. I've used 2 guys on first and last poles and one on each of the middle ones (pegged on the windward side) and this seems to be OK at the moment but as there's hardly a breeze in the garden I'm not entirely convinced.
yep sounds like you have put it up right and you have the correct amount of guys/pegs. - we have an outwell one, this has 2 guys for each of the end poles and one guy for each of the middle poles - as long as you guy it securely & tightly it should be fine - we haven't ever had a problem with ours, but we do take it down if it's really windy. We are waiting on delivery of a couple of vango windbreaks to match our aspen - can't wait to get them so they match the tent!!
We've got a vango windbreak as well with a lack of ropes so we improvised with some washing line type rope as it was VERY windy in Wales the other week!!!
just bought a windbreak to go with Diablo, however when I go to put it up there 5 poles but only 7guys and 7 pegs. I've used 2 guys on first and last poles and one on each of the middle ones (pegged on the windward side) and this seems to be OK at the moment but as there's hardly a breeze in the garden I'm not entirely convinced.
Have I put this up correctly ?
Should there be more pegs and guys ?
Any advice welcome.
Thanks
Mo
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That's the same as on our Outwell windbreaks, but we add more guys to the middle poles just to be safe.
I nearly bought a Vango windbreak at Millets, recently (need a blue one, have to colour co-ordinate!) when they had £10 off (down to £19.99) but, when I went into store, they were out of stock. Now they have them back in the price has gone up, naturally.
we got our 2 vango windbreaks from outdoorgear4u £24.99 each, but they do free delivery if you spend over £50, so ordered a vango half moon pillow aswell to qualify for free delivery....very quick arrived 2 days after order. sooooo pleased with the windbreaks they are gonna look really good next to the tent, just gotta be co-ordinated!
I've got the outwell windbreak and put it up for the first time last week but i couldn't get it right and it fell over at regular intervals and just didn't look right, any tips??
Quote: Originally posted by sooty1230 on 03/7/2007
I've got the outwell windbreak and put it up for the first time last week but i couldn't get it right and it fell over at regular intervals and just didn't look right, any tips??
firstly you should have 2 guylines on each of the end poles, push one of the end poles through the sleeve and make sure the spike at the top goes through the eyelet on the webbing strap then pull the guylines out diagonally (don't have them one in front and one at the back of the windbreak but out to the side and about 90 degrees from each other) tension the guylines making sure the pole is still vertical then stand up the next pole, pull it away from the first pole to get the fabric nice and tight again make sure that the top spike is through the reinforced eyelet and peg out the guyline, make sure you guy the centre poles straight out from the windbreak and into the wind, again making sure that the pole is straight - continue for all the poles, keeping the tension as you go and finish off at the other end pole with 2 guy's again - go along and tension up again if necessary - hopefully this will help, but remember if you are on a slope or uneven ground this may affect the way the windbreak sits. These windbreaks are very stable if pegged and guyed out well, just takes a bit of practice.
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Topic: Vango Windbreak Advice
