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29/7/2006 at 8:05pm
 Location: CAITHNESS
 Outfit: COLEMAN MICHIGAN 9
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DEAR DONNA 4725,

                              PEG YOUR MUDFLAPS OUTWARDS AS THIS TAKES RAINWATER AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TENT AND KEEPS THE GROUNDSHEET DRY!

                             



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31/7/2006 at 10:12pm
 Location: London
 Outfit: Gelert Lokon Vario 5
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SIG bedrooms, separate groundsheets for living area and porch = best of both worlds! Just put my new Gelert Lokon Vario 5 up in the garden and it's lovely. We have been using an old army canvas bell tent for the last 10 years, so had no need for SIG.


01/8/2006 at 11:31pm
 Location: South Derbyshire
 Outfit: Khyam Freelander
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Hi all, I've got all this to look forward to, literally bought my first tent a few weeks ago and I'm camping for the first time on Saturday - no SIG, so could be a wee bit draughty judging from what some of you have said, but the sleeping compartment is virtually sealed at least. I do however have a full groundsheet - fingers crossed and I'll take some warm clothing with me!!!

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04/8/2006 at 9:08pm
 Location: nr colchester essex
 Outfit: tent
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Hi we have a tent with sig in the bedroom but not the living area but after doing batle with wind,coming in and youngest trying to disappear under flaps all the time.. and ants marching through..I am looking to buy a new tent with sig anyone reccomend one needs to be big enough for 2 adults 5kids


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05/8/2006 at 10:39am
 Location: None Entered
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Quote: Originally posted by Bartons on 16/7/2006
Very interesting as we have just brought a Sunncamp vario and it is as draughty and noisy, after a windy weekend in North Devon it has to go. So can anyone recommend an easy erect 4 to 5 person tent with a SIG for us newbies please. Thanks Paul


If you were happy with the quality of the Sunncamp, if not the draughts, try the Sunncamp Tourist. We've had one for about 8-9 years. www.e-awnings.co.uk has last years Tourist plus 6 XP for £115. Takes 15-20 mins and I can do it on my own no trouble.


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05/8/2006 at 8:36pm
 Location: North West England
 Outfit: Vango Venture 500
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Non SIG! But a separate bedroom pod is great.
I hate tents with a SIG, it gets so hot



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05/8/2006 at 11:52pm
 Location: A quiet pitch with a lovely view
 Outfit: Cabanon Noumea
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Having camped in the full SIG Montana 6 last year, I would not want to go back to a completely flat traditional loose lay groundsheet in a nylon tent (canvas tents are a different situation). But, I have decided that full SIG would not be my first choice either!

Having tried the riser groundsheet on our Indiana 4 my ideal now would be a toggle in riser groundsheet for the entire footprint of the tent ie underneath both the bedroom pods and the living area. That way you could have maximum draft exclusion at the cooler ends of the season eg Easter or September, but be able to drop the groundsheet flat for maximum ventilation in the sort of hot weather we've just had in Cornwall!

Most riser groundsheets at the moment, including the Indiana,  only seem to cover the living area, and some do not even 'rise' in front of the doorways. The groundsheet on our Indiana 4 can be toggled up across the doorways but has zips either side of the two doors so that the groundsheet can easily be raised or lowered independently in those areas. MT

 



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06/8/2006 at 10:48am
 Location: West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Hymer Exsis 578i
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We have had a seperate groundsheet and just bought a tent with a sig,big benefit for us is the sig keeps the dog in!

Never really felt draughty with the seperate groundsheet and I do not seem to recall being invaded by creepy crawlies,maybe we were just lucky or undesirable to the local insect population?

I have thought of putting a cheapo groundsheet under the sig but I have heard it can trap water between the two and that causes a bigger problem than a mucky groundsheet?Any personal experiences spring to mind?



06/8/2006 at 11:03am
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Lots.mainly Cabanons!
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Quote: Originally posted by Merry Terrier on 05/8/2006

I have decided that full SIG would not be my first choice either!




LOL!!! Have I managed to turn you then MT?! I've yet to try a toggle in groundsheet but they do sound like a good idea.


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06/8/2006 at 2:16pm
 Location: A quiet pitch with a lovely view
 Outfit: Cabanon Noumea
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Ha ha!

Last year I really appreciated the greater cold weather comfort of the full SIG in the Montana 6, and know that I will miss that if we do any breezey September camping later on this year.

But I  think the Indiana's toggle-in riser groundsheet and peggable mudwalls give a good compromise with allround draft reduction in the living area, but which you are able to vary to suit your needs. I was very glad to be able to drop the groundsheet flat in the extremely hot weather we had some days, even though the Indiana has very good highlevel and rear venting. 

If the Indi's  riser groundsheet was full footprint, then that would be brilliant. But its very very good as it is! I would be less enthusiastic about some of the risers on the market which cannot rise in front of the doorways and end before the bedrooms start, if you see what I mean!

So my order of preference would be full footprint riser groundsheet first, good Indiana-type partial riser next, flysheet first full sig next, flysheet first flat/looselay groundsheet last. MT



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06/8/2006 at 10:05pm
 Location: Cumbria
 Outfit: Outwell Montana 4
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Definitively SIG for us. Keeps the dog and the draughts in, and the insects out. Just back from a long week end in Norfolk, there were zillions of ants crawling about, were we grateful for the SIG!


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11/8/2006 at 9:49am
 Location: Aberdeenshire
 Outfit: Eriba Triton 420GT
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SIG fantastic!

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13/8/2006 at 6:51pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Terra Nova Terra Firma
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SIG no question.  We also have a footprint sheet underneath to keep it clean and it offers a little more protection from the risk of stones puncture.



15/8/2006 at 5:47pm
 Location: N.Ireland
 Outfit: Wynnster Cygnus 8
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Last year we used a frame tent with a pegged groundsheet. this year we bought a Wynnster Cygnus 8 with SIG.

Would never go back to the pegged groundsheet. The SIG made us more comfortable and the tent was a lot cleaner too.



17/8/2006 at 5:57pm
 Location: Derbyshire
 Outfit: sun valley 6
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have just brought a outwell sun valley 6 (just for the 2 of us) with SIG so I am please to read they are better (OK all  of  you didn't say that) going to try  it out bank hol w/e come rain or shine .............. thanks  for the tip about putting a ground sheet underneath



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18/8/2006 at 10:38am
 Location: Chilworth Surrey
 Outfit: Tent
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I prefer SIG in the bed unit and not in the living area as the extra ventilation stops condensation



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