Tips on pitching, double guying, and packing your backpacking tent

[@DemiGod..]

A problem with your double guying is that the guyline atachments will rub againt the sleeve. Sombody with a nallo GT, found that after a few storms, holes had been worn in the pole sleeves by the centre pole guylines, For this reason , I am reluctant to double guy my anjan 2 or akto, the akto I user 2x10mm poles instead. The Akto is a bit tricker to put away in a storm, I find the best way is to roll it round the poles on the lee side, stuff it into the sack when you rolled it up to the windward poles, followed by the shoving in the other 2 poles. Had an akto ripped out of the ground in a storm when a gust shot in the door, I found that a very quick way of packing it away with your sleeping bag, mat etc still inside is to shove it into a survival bag.

[@tauntonleisure]

Good tips

[@petergilbert72]

For me the first thing is to identify current wind direction and strength (and whether either is forecast to change). With a single entrance tunnel tent I’d then decide whether to pitch it foot end to wind (if not very windy) to have easy and open use of vestibule entrance and views, or head end to wind (if strong) for the reasons you give.

[@jbairdexp]

Top tips, especially around the packing your tent....packing up always seems more difficult than putting up! lol

[@tauntonleisure]

No problem, I think so especially in more adverse weather conditions!!