We've just come back from our first camping trip this year - lovely, lovely, lovely. And, just like last year, we all *love* our lovely bell tent.
But....we cannot get the door right! Every time we always get a really, really tight bit across at the level of the top of the vertical 'walls'. Can anyone help?
We've tried loosening the guys either side of the door; changing the angle of those guys; putting the door frame higher or lower; loosening the main door guy rope. Nothing's worked! I'm getting really worried about the strain being put on the zip, not to mention how hard it is to shut the door! Help!
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Perhaps the ZIG on mine keeps the shape better than the separate ground sheet one, as the tent is obviously pitched where it should be in the main doorway
If you follow the line on the seams on the tent with the guy ropes, they should be in the correct place - other than trying to move them more to the front, not really sure what to suggest
You could always email belltent.co.uk and ask for help, they're pretty helpful and they won't know it wasn't from them!
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If possible a picture may help. I do pitch my SoulPad, with the guys either side of the door facing forwards not outwards like the rest. Hope that makes sence. (the two front guys run parallel to each other not away from each other as all the rest do) This stops a sideways pull on the zip. I've tried several options with the door pole on mine, I often just use a single door pole, following the line of one side of the door, (slanting)
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I use an adjustable aluminium clothes prop for my single pole.
On my very heavy duty 4mtr Bell tent, I use a hooked elastic between the two front guys at night, to help pull the twin zip togetrher. It has a flap, not two half doors as yours has.
Some of the latest A frames have vertical lower sides to help solve problems with fabric creasing.
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Do you zip the door shut after putting in the A frame and before tensioning the guy ropes?
Is the door zip tight even before pegging out the guy ropes? If so it sounds as if something doesn't fit and you should get on to the company you bought it from. Sounds like the A-frame is at too wide an angle or something.
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Topic: Bell tent door problem
