Sagging Tent

“I bought a new tent and the only thing I don't like about it is that it's very saggy near the botton of the tent.
Everything else is pretty taunt. But, it's very loose on the bottom. So my question here is,
is there a way to make it tighter?”

“Viagra?”

“More beans in your diet?”

“A tent bra, perhaps?”

“Oh, and a tent that hurls invective at you all night is probably not a good one.”

“Loose on the bottom, bit. A tent girdle...”

“You better explain that last one to her, bit...”

“LOL @ Tilt! you beat me to it, ya little varmint.”

“ALL RIGHT,
Tilt you should be proud of yourself.
It took only 1 answer to degrade this thread.

Well I don't feel bad for not making someones hate list. Thank you guys for helping me make history!”

“yes bit, do splain yerself!”

“We are a load of help, aren't we?

Maple Leaf, when you say sagging at the bottom, do you mean the sides are sagging down? Or that the floor of the tent isn't tight?

<English pedant mode on>
taunt - To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner, ridicule.

taut - Pulled or drawn tight; not slack.

<English pedant mode off>”

“Are you pulling it taut to stake it at the corners?”

“The walls are sagging in? are these the side walls or all of them? Hows the floor? Are you pitching it correctly? Are you pulling the stakes as far apart from one another so the floor is good and tight. Some tents will have a connection from the tent wall to rainfly and then on to a 'fly' stake to keep the lower part of the tent wall from sagging in. I'm sure there are many that have plenty of solid advice to give about your saggin walls.”

“...and there are also many of us with smart-ass answers to problems she doesn't have, apparently...”

“'Splain yourself, so's we kin help you.”

“hehehe,
I can always count on you guys to help me with my gear and my english.

I will taunt my tent when ever I want to!
If it keeps sagging that is!”

“What kind of tent is it??”

“Can you say CHEAP?

I bought this tent just to use for the summer months.
It's a

Knollwood Bivy Shelter tent

It sags at the bottom of the body of the tent.
I have it staked out as far as it can go and it still sages. I guess this is whats happens when to buy cheap.”

“You should have consulted a sage...”

“Good point L...

May be the routine to pitch the tent is the problem...I took to trying to shortcut the procedures for setting up my North Face VE-25 but had similar problems...When I went back and read the directions, and followed then to the letter, the problems disappeared...turned out that staking out the bottom BEFORE inserting the poles was a no-no. I inserted the poles and THEN staked out the tent floor...no more problems...Go Figure...

Re-readthe instructions...then try again...”

“Are there extra tie-outs that they didn't provide lines or stakes for? Even the expensive tents will short you on stakes sometimes. My Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight has about a dozen guy-out points, but only came with 8 stakes.”

“Aye! There's the rub! What flavor of tent might it be?

That moldy old SD Lookout of mine tightens up and goes slack because of temp and humidity variations to the point that I had to add loops of shock-cord to the guylines. Now I can tune it to Mountain Modal or an open G.



Sorry about that other... it was just Too Damn Easy, LOL”

“Hmmm...

Does it look like ...



?”

“Does anybody else think that if it rains, she's gonna get wet in that thing?”

“Just throw a plastic drop cloth over the whole tent and fugidaboutit. Go hikin, be happy.”

“You should have saved your money and bought a six pack instead.

That thing looks so pathetic, if it were alive, I'd shoot it to put it out of it's misery and our's.

You get what you pay for.”

“Gear Slut was bottle-fed.”

“If that IS the tent she is talking 'bout, I agree with Slut. I bought one of those as a cheap first tent. I got a tear in it the first time I used it and the main pole snapped on me the second time I used it. There is really no way to make it "go". It's not a very good tent, there's no good way of getting around your problem.”

“Don't worry about people making fun of your tent.
If it rains, you have a open invitation to share my tarptent.
I'm harmless, really, and I we won't even need to let your hubby know...”

“Thank you; you helped ML greatly here...”

“That's what The Slut is all about, putdowns and mean-spiritedness. He must have been conceived in a test tube. Surely, had his parents known each other, they would have disavowed all knowledge...”

“There is no help for that tent.

I see similarities between FG and that tent. nuff said.”

“Tilt, you are out of control today, LOL!”

“gear slut, i can always count on your for support!


NOT

thank you stovestomper, i may have to take you up on your offer if it rains. sorry guys but money is not what I have alot of. Im trying to save $ to buy a house. Damn those kids for wanting fresh air and there own room and a backyard to play in.
So thats why I went with this cheap thing even when you all said DON'T DO IT.
I should have listen to you all :(
So far ive been lucky with no rain. I have a big tarp that I can put over it. But I think i'll try the bra thing cause that might work.
When I did put it up I did insert the poles first, so maybe when I go camping this weekend I will try to stake it first.”

“gear slut,
unless you offer to buy me a better tent, then don't rag on mine!!”

“Slut, you're beginnig to look dangerously dim. If intellect were taxed, you'd get a rebate!”

“FG very funny!!”

“Maple, if you had bought a $700 Bibler, G-Slut would've given you crap about that too. S/He's a little like Goldilocks in that regard.”

“Come on rain, come on rain....”

“I'd rather have a sagging tent than sagging breasts.”

“A couple of points about cheap tents, ML:

1. if you can sew, you can add extra stake-out loops (be sure to seam seal all the stiches). This could help with your tent's sagging problem.
2. Use some waterproofer on the rainfly. Seal all the seams on the rainfly as well.
3. Be gentle with it, and pitch it in somewhat sheltered areas like you would a tarp.

My contention is the same as it has always been: cheap gear is fine. Know its limitations and adjust accordingly.”

“be good stovestomper!”

“Thank you everyone,
I guess it's not true about what they say about you all.
Except maybe Gear Slut”

“Sorry Tilt, you're completely off on that one.

Maple Leaf, sounds like you deserve that "tent".

FG - pffffft!”

“Gear Slut, the way I see it, you touting high-end gear in such an obnoxious manner means you lack the creativity to use anything but top of the line gear.

In other words, if your gear fails, you fail, so you do your absolute best to make sure it doesn't.

You seem like a parody of a backpacker to me.”

“"be good stovestomper!"- Maple Leaf


I'm always good!”

“well thank you i do. i quess im a pretty good mother for taking a cheaper peice of gear and trying to work with it then taking a piece that costs alot of $ for reasons stated before!
So cheers to me!!”

“Absolutely, ML. GS is just being snotty like usual.

Not buying expensive gear is seen as a personal failing to her.

PFFFFFFFT”

“Brilliant retort, Slut. You're so friggin' stupid, you should be watered twice a week.
Je fart dans votre direction générale..”