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Flex 10m x 10m
Setup Instructions
13. If your using Storm Lines – Tension them last and
tension them HARD. Two strong adults pulling as
hard as they can should do it.
You're ready! Enjoy your Flex tent.
Storm Lines
Storm lines can triple the wind resistance of a Flex
tent. Storm lines keep the Flex Tent from being lifted
by the wind and help keep the center poles in place.
CanvasCamp strongly recommends using storm lines
when pitching a Flex 80 or larger – or in any environ-
ment wind may be prevalent. Storm lines are not
included with the purchase of a Flex Tent. They are
sold separately, or ropes can be picked up at your
local hardware store. Climbing rope, sailing rope, or
truck tie rope works great.
Run storm lines over the top of your Flex tent and
through the holes in the side clamps to avoid the li-
nes cutting into the canvas. Both ends of the storm li-
nes should be anchored with their own stakes. Check
our different setup options to see how we do it.
Think of a Flex tent as a massive sail on a ship. And
thus huge forces can occur depending on the size
of your tent, the way the tent is angled towards the
wind, the meteorological conditions, the chosen
pitch, ... In order to keep these forces from lifting up
the tent, causing the central poles to fall and the tent
to come down, storm lines are installed when nee-
ded.
Custom Wood Poles
Aluminium pole sets are available on our website.
The optional aluminium poles don't need any pre-
paration and are modular in length. They are easy to
ship and store.
* Side poles: slide the round grip on the bottom of the
side clamps into the side pole.
* Central poles: fit the rounded 'mushroom' pole caps
to the top of the poles in contact with the tent fabric.
Wooden poles. A lot of our customers source their
own wooden poles locally. They are widely available
on- and off line. Wooden poles are harder to store and
ship than aluminum poles. But they are more beauti-
ful, stronger, fit the organic style of the tent better, are
easier to attach lights and speaker to, ... We prefer
and advise wooden poles for most uses.
In the accessory bag you'll find all the accessories
needed in order to be able to use your own wooden
pole set without damaging the tent fabric.
* Side poles: drill a 12mm hole into the top of the side
poles, remove the black grip from the bottom of the
side and corner clamps, retighten the clamps using a
hex key and a wrench, now fit the bolt sticking out of
the bottom of the side clamp into the drill hole.
* Central poles: screw the adapters, to slide the roun-
ded 'mushroom' pole caps onto, onto the top of the
central poles.
When shopping for wooden poles:
- we advise 6cm diameter pine poles for poles measu-
ring < 250cm.
- and 8cm diameter pine poles for measuring 260 to
450cm.
ONLINE TENT STORE
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