FOOTPRINT Mad House 8

MAD HOUSE SET UP INSTRUCTIONS:


1. Remove contents from stuff sack. Spread out the tent body.
2. Hint: locating the front and back of your tent at this point will be very helpful. The front of the tent features one big door with red webbing & grommets at the corners.
3. Assemble six poles: two silver poles with one red end (main poles), two silver poles with two gray ends (side poles), one silver pole (back room pole), one silver pole with two red ends (vestibule pole).
4. To ensure each pole section is fully seated, insert each pole section into the next by hand, instead of allowing the shock cord to snap them together.
5. Located the two gray pole sleeves, with red binding on the ends, running diagonally along the tent body. Feed the two silver poles with one red end (main poles) into the sleeves, aligning the red ends with the front of the tent.
6. Secure the red pole ends into the grommets on the red webbing at either side of the front door and secure the silver ends into the grommets on the silver webbing on either side of the tent. Make sure to insert the pole ends into the 1st grommet closest to the tent body.
7. Attach the corresponding plastic clips on the tent body with these two poles.
8. Located the two gray pole sleeves, with gray binding on the ends, running parallel with the front on the tent body. Feed the two silver poles with two gray ends (side poles) into the sleeves ABOVE the poles already installed.
9. Secure the gray pole ends into the grommets on the gray webbing on both sides of the tent.
10. Attach the corresponding plastic clips on the tent body with these two poles.
11. Locate the gray pole sleeve, with silver binding on the ends, above the rear door. Feed the silver pole (back room pole) into the sleeve.
12. Secure the silver pole ends into the grommets on the silver webbing on both sides of the tent. Make sure to insert the pole ends into the 2nd grommet on each piece of silver webbing.
13. Attach the corresponding plastic clips on the tent body with this pole.
14. Stake out the webbing loops on the floor of the tent body. Start at the front and work your way to the back of the structure.
15. Drape the rainfly over the tent body and match the colors of webbing on the fly with the webbing on the body.
16. Attach all Velcro® tabs on the underside of the fly to the corresponding pole sections for best stability.
17. Feed the pole with two red ends through the pole sleeve on the top the fly above the front door and secure the pole tips into the 2nd grommet on the piece of red webbing at either side of the door.
18. Attach the corresponding plastic clips on the tent body with this pole.
19. Make sure the webbing at the corners of the rainfly is completely slackened. Attach the buckles on the rainfly to those on the tent body.
20. Tighten the webbing on each buckle as needed to keep the rainfly taut.
21. Stake out the front & rear vestibules. Then stake out all remaining guylines.

Separate 6” length pole segment included for emergency field repair. Slide repair pole over the break to act as a splint. Secure splint in place with tape.


HELPFUL HINTS FOR TENT SET UP


Our tents are easy to set up, but we suggest you practice once at home before using them for the first time to avoid late night bickering with tent mates while fumbling around in the dark.
Before pitching tent, clear campsite of debris that may pierce tent floor.
We recommend staking out all corners, vestibules and guylines to increase space and ventilation. Securely staking out your tent and all guylines is crucial to maintaining the structural integrity of your tent.
Hang onto your stuff sacks or they’ll blow away and create backcountry litter.
Pull on the pole sleeve fabric when inserting poles to avoid any bunching in the material.
Push rather than pull poles through pole sleeves.

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