I wonder if anyone can help. We have purchased the Meldon 5 Tent Waterproof 5000mm and can't fathom out the instructions, first time pitching a tent. Does anyone know if there is an instruction video online somewhere? Thanks.
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Believe me tent instructions, even for the well experienced can be close to gobbledegook! Good news, it's a typical three hoop tunnel tent, not rocket science to erect. Biggest challenge is deciding which poles go where as potentially all different lengths! If lucky the poles will be colour coded to match flysheet channels (often only a small piece of coloured tape on channel start/end, and maybe end of pole!). If not colour coded, then look likes longest pole goes near door, down to shortest pole at rear of tent.
Usual method is to peg out 'corners', then insert poles, anchor poles (typically to pins or holes in pegging points attached to fly sheet), then pull upright and peg guylines to hold erect. Pretty typical that 'pre-pegged' corners and guys need a little 'tweaking' to get perfect pitch. Brand new, never erected before tents, often need a little fetling after erection to compensate for stretch and sag in materials. After a little time, things settle, and the 'fetling' becomes unnecessary on subsequent pitching.
To a newby, 'ALWAYS' PUSH poles through channels, NEVER try and pull (the pole will part at joints and become a challenge to rejoin and get to pass through channel!). New tents are often challenging to get pole ends to fit anchor points, as the poles appear to be too long! After erecting and a little time allowing fly sheet to stretch, things become much easier next time.
Not sure you'll find specific video of such an obscure brand tent, but video of any similar tent may prove instructional to a novice.
Always, absolutely ALWAYS, even if experienced camper, wise to erect new tent in garden etc. BEFORE going away. Firstly gives opportunity to familiarise yourself with erecting process, secondly ensures tent is in good order and you have all necessary AND CORRECT parts! Plenty of tales of woe from campers who arrived on their hols only to find fault with new and untried tents!
you couldnt have got an easier tent to put up than this one! get the poles out and you will see you have 2 metal ones, then a shorter flexible pole and 2 longer flexible poles, the shorter one goes at the bedroom end of the tent then the 2 longer flexible ones goes in the front and the middle, and finally the 2 metal ones are for holding open the front door to turn it into a sun canopy
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Topic: Meldon 5 Tent Waterproof 5000mm
