[MR] EZ up type tents

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

A centerpole square tent is easy to put up by oneself (1/2 hour, excluding 
staking down the wall flaps)--though it takes less time if you can score some 
squires to help! An alternative, if you don't have to have walls, is simply to 
have a canvas roof. I've seen 4 corner poles at equal heights, plus two taller 
poles at the center point of the long sides of the canvas to give extra head 
room. (Camelot Treasures often does this sort of set up).  My hate with the EZ 
up is that it wasn't intuitive to get it to come down properly, and at one event 
something weird happened that meant that the tent became unusable/irreparable in 
mere seconds--something with the legs overextending in a weird way. Also, at a 
dog agility event all the EZ up blew down in high winds (even though they were 
staked--but modern staking not our 'period pavillion, heavy duty' staking) and 
several frames were so twisted they were irreparable. I think wood poles, while 
heavier in quantity, are easier to switch out/replace.

Kateryn Rous




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From: Natasha Laity Snyder <NATASHA at UNPLANNEDPEACOCK.COM>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 8:50:21 PM
Subject: [MR] EZ up type tents

Can anyone share their love/hate stories with their EZ up type tent?  I would 
love to get a period tent (for vending) but the truth is that I'm usually alone 
so I need something I can put up by myself.  I want to get a brand that is going 
to last.

Tangwystel

Natasha Laity Snyder
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