How to pitch a tent

How to pitch an inflatable air tent

It’s easy! Here’s what you need to do:

1. Open your carry bag and lay your Outwell inflatable tent flat on the ground. If you can, place the rear corner so it’s facing towards the wind. This will ensure great stability and means you can sit under your front canopy without the wind blowing directly at you.

2. Stretch out the groundsheet and peg down the four corners using your Outwell air tent’s colour-coded pegging system.

3. Attach the supplied pump to the inflation valve. Before you inflate the air tent, open the front door to allow air inside as the tent rises.

4. Blow up the tent’s air frame until its firm and rigid to the touch. This will take seconds. Having someone inside the tent helping to lift the air tubes as they inflate will make pumping easier and reduce stress on the air frame.

5. Zip up all doors and windows before pegging the rest of the tent using your inflatable tent’s colour-coded pegging system.

Please refer to your Outwell air tent’s pitching guide for full details on how to pitch your inflatable tent.

Top tips for pitching

• Note how everything is packed together when you open the transport sack. This will help you when you come to repack it.

• When selecting your campsite, the ideal place would be an area as even and clean of rocks, branches and other sharp objects as possible.

• Avoid placing the tent directly under trees.

• ALWAYS have a trial run, putting up and taking down your new tent in order to know it before you use it for the first time AND to ensure nothing is missing.

• When erecting your tent, do not secure it too tightly, otherwise it will not be able to adapt to varying wind and weather conditions.

• If strong winds are expected, replace the normal tent pegs with storm pegs. For stony or hard ground stronger U-form pegs are recommended.

• Finally, check all guylines and pegging loops for equal tension. This will help reduce possible tension-damage and to ensure stable pitching.
NOTE: Do NOT use guylines to pull out the tent pegs, instead invest in a proper tent peg remover.