saunders jetpacker pitching?

[markml]

Hi
I have bought a 2nd hand Saunders Jetpacker tent, can anyone tell me how to pitch it?
I am not totally new to camping but I cannot seem to make any sense of how this is meant to go together!
Thanks
Mark

[nightshade]

Ask the makers Robert Saunders - Specialist Tents that is your best bet

[Meles meles]

a friend had one, if i remember right its to do with the guy ropes.
where as most tents like mine the main support is the pole structure, yours i believe differs.
try fastening the top poles to the fly sheet using the ties. then the base poles.
knock in the pegs around the base sheet and then anchor down the guy ropes.
By tightening one and loosening another (vice versa) your tent should be standing upright.

If you really have no experience, then contact the manufacturers for an instruction sheet.
Alternatively have you a outdoor shop "blacks" near you, sure they have them on display and the staff (for a change) are pretty clued up

Email: info@robertsaunders.co.uk
Website: Robert Saunders - Specialist Tents

[Gytrash]

Oh.

So the thread's not about the in-flight handling of the latest escape gadget for Double-O Agents?

Can't help ya then... sorry...

[paulchandler6]

Dont know if this helps, but I used a Jetpacker for years (one man tent). Pitch the outer first with just the two poles at each end and tighten the guys. Then you should be able to peg the rest of the outer. The inner should then be fairly self explanetory. If this is no help then pop to your local outdoor shop as advised previously. Cheers.

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by Gytrash

Oh.

So the thread's not about the in-flight handling of the latest escape gadget for Double-O Agents?

Can't help ya then... sorry...

That's very funny, Gytrash! Made me smile.

[foxy mars]

Hi there. I had a Jetpacker Plus some 5 years ago and I used to peg out the rear first and then pull the front taut and then it is a case of fine adjusting the tent.

I now have the Terra Nova Laser 2-man and that is the same method. Always works for me. Good tip, before you set off to the moors, is have a practise first in the garden.

[OneTen]

I'd agree with starting with the rear first. I had a Jetpacker Plus for many years as my cycletouring tent. I spent over two months living in it on one trip. Here's how I'd pitch it:

1. Lay out the outer tent, place the poles and pegs within easy reach and untangle the guylines.
2. Insert the small rear pole to the flysheet, peg out the loop at the rear of the tent, attach the guyline and peg out keeping the pole vertical.
3. Keeping tension on the flysheet, move to the larger end and insert the front poles. Attach the guylines and peg out each to make a V ensuring the flysheet remains taught.
4. Peg out the rear, front and then sides. Peg out the centre guylines.
5. Crawl inside with the inner, and attach the top to the loop near the top of the rear pole, and peg out the inner.
6. Attach the front of the inner to the loop at the top of the front A, peg out the front of the inner.

Notes:
1. It's much more stable with the lower end into the wind, a cross wind feels like you'll lose the tent. I mainly used just the two poles to make the A but if it was windy I'd add the third pole.
2. If there is a slope, pitch with the larger end up the slope. I made this mistake once and couldn't sleep.
3. I found ventilation was a problem with this tent, water vapour would condense on the centre seem and drip down on to the inner tent.
4. I woke up a couple of times feeling like I'd been buried alive, it can feel like a coffin at times...enjoy

Hope this helps. I need to find mind and give it a go now.