Impregnation and sealing




To prevent the steel of the poles and tent pegs will rust, you can better before the store with good cleaning, for example, a piece of tissue. It is perhaps the vervelendste job at storing your tent, but as sand and moisture does not get the chance to touch or material damage.



To the sealing at the seams to keep you agree that in the few years renewal. Sealing is more available in aerosol cans. The rest of the tent, you can immediately impregnation. Do this outside on a sunny day, so you do not suffer from the fumes and the tent during the treatment is not wet.

Types of holidays




Finally, the transportation of the tent. A lightweight tent you can easily take with you and is ideal for active holidays such as hiking and / or bicycles. For heavier tents are usually designated on the car. For them not to the rest of your luggage in the trunk in hooves plugs, you can also rent a small trailer or tent roof boxes in a suitcase or carry on the hook.



Isolated you are never completely, maybe that makes the tent just so special. You are free from the walls around your daily life are built and attracts the world. Completely separate from and independent obligations, because a tent can stand almost anywhere. Whether for a long stay in one place or always choose to be ready to continue to travel, it's all possible. And a tent can be as large as you want. For families, groups or loners, for everyone to find a suitable tent. An experienced camper countries within the shortest times and breaks his tent as him again. That is usually easy to learn. Do you sleep in the tent, most tents have also a boot and / or an awning where you can sit or even stand. On vacation with the tent can also be environmentally friendly way to travel, you do not necessarily need a car to. For example, you can go hiking or biking and then set up a tent. When using a tent damage the environment or not hardly. A tent is not exercising great influence on the environment and the duration of the stay organized. At most, what you leave behind traces in the form of herring holes and a place where the grass dried up tent has been. You are not alone in the middle of nature, you will also good for another.



Who goes to the tent camp, will initially wonder what kind of tent it is. That largely depends on how camping it is. If you from one place to the next draw, you have a very different kind of tent than a month if you want to stay in the same camp with the whole family.

As mentioned earlier you can attract; that you need a lightweight tent, which is soon to set up. Usually there only to sleep, he must also be easy to break. Thus ' n tent is a roof over the head rather than half home.

If you somewhere for a longer period you want to remain a large tent made of solid material need where you can stand upright. The most enjoyable than a large tent with several cabins, space for a kitchen and a large factory. Thus ' n tent is often heavier material (cotton) and have multiple, sturdy tent poles and a good number of pegs needed. You can not put him in a jiffy, but practice makes perfect and if he stands once, you will also have longer time of fun. Who attracts not around, but opts for a short stay in one place, has a broader need lightweight tent, where you possibly can stand upright. In that tent you should at least have room for an extra person to have in your luggage to be lost.

The type of camper that you are helps determine the model you choose. Roughly there are seven models of popular tents. Which model you like and fits your intended camping, the choice may be easier with the descriptions at hand. In all the plays also describes whether you are traveling alone, with the whole family, with your partner or a group. All these possibilities contribute to the selection of the proper tent, because most models are also tent again in many sizes.

Set up




[head] The tunnel tent
The tunnel tent is an elongated lightweight tent, with plenty of space for luggage and a separate sleeping area. It is easy to set up and designed to weather and wind to pass. These tents have a simple construction and a lot of space. All bow sticks are parallel to each other. The tents are made of nylon or polyester cloth. They are usually slightly heavier than a dome tent. Tunnel tents are small twin performances, but also for large families of four to eight people available.

[head] The tent
The tent is a bigger tent where campers can stand upright. The stacks of what heavier material to the tent hutvormige good to be able to support. The tents are spacious and they are very suitable for a long camping stay in one place. The heavy weight is the best move the tent with a car. Sometimes there are several separate sleeping areas. The tents are made of sturdy cotton cloth and sometimes a plastic roof.

[head] The hybrid tent
The name says it all; this is a cross between different types of tents. Among other things, the tunnel tent and the dome tent can be recognized in the draft. The owner may decide to set up the classification. These tents are a combination of crossed arms and a higher arc across stick to the entrance. The storm fastness is good, but on the flat roof of snow may lie. The tent was conducted in nylon or polyester cloth and is ideally suited for the backpack tractor.

[head] The dome tent
This lightweight, dome-shaped tent is also known igloo tent, because the form is ijshut a thought. The tent has the basic shape a hemisphere that is supported by two cross-mounted flexible tent poles. Dome tents are very stable and can be mounted moved. These tents offer much room to the side. Usually they are carried out in polyester or cotton. The dome tent is a good place for novice campers. It is easy to set up, lightweight and offers protection against storm and rain. The dome tent is available in various sizes; of a single performance to a 'giant' dome tent that offers a sleeping place for up to eight people. Some dome tents have a small luggage compartment under a flap of the tent, others have a fairly large vestibule. " An area where luggage fits in, but also where you can sit. Crossed the tent poles are a solid, self-supporting structure which relatively little tent pegs need. He keeps in shape by that construction, anchoring the tent pegs in the ground and the efforts to luifeltje. Mountaineers often use a so-called 'geodesic' dome tent, which in the cold outside sound closing high.

[head] The tractor tent
A tractor tent is a lightweight tent, referred to them long distances to go. The tunnel tent, dome tent and hybrid tent fall under this category. Also ' old-fashioned ' noktenten with a stick or be used to tow tents.

[head] The pyramid tent
The name of this place is a bit misleading, because the "roof" of a pyramid tent is not always pointed. A pyramid tent is a large tent, which can be supported in an upright, made of cotton and / or polyester, with sturdy tent poles. Often they are also known as storm islanders tents or tents. One name that already refers to their biggest asset: storm resistance. A pyramid tent usually has a frame made up of three or four poles standing, mutually connected by horizontal tubes. In three poles, the rear stick the longest, so saying a pyramid shape is achieved. The model is still relevant and form is beautiful in the landscape.

[head] The pumping tent
Inflating air tents have jobs that once pumped the tent can contribute. They are very suitable for easy and quick to set up. These tents are ideal if you want to camp at several places for shorter periods. They will be carried out firmly in cotton canvas with land sizes from 2.00 to 2.00 meters to 3.80 by 3.80m. The tents are very stable and have an ample headroom.



Tents allows you to set up a lot of different ways. The process is becoming less complicated and there are even so-called pop-up tents, which are to extend themselves. Here we will discuss the most common ways of setting up regular.

A tent has lightweight flexible poles that usually consist of a plastic or aluminum tube with an elastic cord is that the various parts together. You move the pieces of pipe on each other and as the stick than fully dimensioned, slide the whole through a tunnel in the tent. This can tunnel inside the tent when tent sit outside. Then you must still securing the pole at the corner points by a pallet, that the tent stuck in the pole stabbing. Typically, the tent saying it lifted in shape and he need only put down to be staked and guy lines. Possibly you should have in between the inner and outer tent tent to connect through, for example, Velcro or plastic hooks that go to the tent poles can be put down.

Large tents for a long stay, as the tent, are often heavier material and the design lasts longer than even. These tents usually have four or more vertical stacks of steel or aluminum, who also comprising various components. This vertical poles are connected by horizontal pole, with a hole in each end, where the pin on top of the vertical poles through it. The tent itself is placed on those pins go. To prevent the tent goes off, sit on top of another rubber stopper, that the holes in the tent immediately quit for rainwater. It must be brought fully staked and shaving lines. The inside cabins are individually suspended on the fly.

Then there are the pumping tents. These are the most tent poles replaced by air tubes, with an electric pump can be blown up. The tent is so if it were ' in model pumped ' and is soon ready to be brought with pegs. Even when these tents are usually the tent to tent hung.

Finally we come back to the ' pop-up tents '. This is the most convenient place to turn. You throw a hoop of cloth in the air and folded the tent itself. Pop-up tents are usually single hybrid tents for one to five persons. They are made of plastic and fiberglass poles are.

Tip




The place where you design your tent is of enormous importance. You must watch a lot of things. The most important thing is that the tent on a flat surface state. This is not possible, make sure that in each case the tent is not in a pit. If your tent in a pit state, all the rainwater flows there and it remains under the floor stand. The result is a leaky tent and driving wet stuff. Look upon arrival on the pitch always anywhere where the sun and the shadow is too hot tent can be quite unpleasant. Yet a little sun on the tent have recommended to him in any case could be dry after a rainstorm or when, for example, you had to hang in the near your tent. When a tree is to always watch out for birds and resin; both can onuitwasbare stains on your tent behind.

Prepare to set up the place always clean. Especially branches, stones and pine cones can easily damage the floor and is never comfortable on a piece of stone. Look at the selection of a sleeping place also at the slope, so that your head is higher than your feet. Use plastic tent under the tent. This prolongs the life of the tent and keep the floor clean.



Try setting up the tent always the first to use a quiet place. This allows you to practice and make sure that the construction on the pitch itself a lot easier and faster. Additionally, you can check immediately whether the tent is complete so you upon arrival for nasty surprises.

Maintenance




Many large tents are made of cotton, a breathable material, which minimizes condensation. This leaves the tent in warm weather pleasant to live. Because cotton tents are heavier than synthetic, they are less attractive for tractors. Cotton absorbs moisture and is still heavier. The material is very vulnerable.
Lightweight tents or larger tractor lightweight tents for a short stay at the camp are mostly made of plastics such as nylon and polyester. The difference in weight cotton can be up to thirty percent. A major advantage of these materials is that they absorb less moisture and dry quickly after a mood. Unlike nylon and polyester cotton breathes not. However, the tent ventilated to ensure that less condensation forms on the inside of the outer tent. A plastic tent is also poorly resistant to UV radiation and warms faster than cotton. In order to reduce its impact, you can make multiple layers of silicone coating, this right protects against too much stretching and tearing. Another form of coating is the PU coating. This material protects the tent from the effects of abrasive dust of the different layers together. A silicone coating is sensitive to.



A good tent can be a good investment. It is pleasant as he remains a good long time. For your tent as long as possible to let go, we give here a few maintenance tips. From a good tent, you can enjoy in years.

Package




After you for longer or shorter time've been somewhere with your tent, there are usually all leaves, soil, dust and the like in the tent. Before it degrades and opvouwt it is prudent to first to be wiped out, so that as little as possible in dirt behind. So do not damage the cloth and remain within the tent clean and tidy.



It is not advisable to a damp tent to pack. Try always to ensure that it is dry before taking him back into the bag stops. Should that not work, get him there as soon as possible in dry conditions to him and hung out to dry. If the tent longer than two days in the tentzak sit, it can withdraw it again, which means that he goes moldy. The fungi attack the protective layer and leave behind ugly stains on the cloth, which will no longer be traced.

Never fold your tent in the same way, this may ultimately affect the tent. The folding lines and wear on these sites will be easier to tear the tent fabric. Therefore it is prudent to expand to different ways of thinking.